New Player?

[Avimimus]

Welcome,

Basic advice:

- Always land with some of your ammunition left (don't be too aggressive, don't repeat attacks too often and don't become target fixated - your primary goal is to survive).

- If you see tracers coming at you (from aircraft gunners or anti-aircraft fire) turn away and avoid flying any closer to them.

- Knowing good tactics can allow you to beat a faster, better climbing, better rolling, better accelerating, all round more manoeuvrable, better armed aircraft. But tactics only get you into position to shoot - the actual shooting is essentially instinctual (although it may take time to acquire).

- Negotiate with your plane. Trust it and it will trust you. It has to be nursed through manoeuvres not forced through them. Also, don't panic and go rigid - a steady relaxed hand prevents spins.

- Don't expect to be an ace (if you shoot down one plane or get half your bombs on target you are doing a good job). Similarly, even different variants of the same family of aircraft can be quite different (eg. Yak-9 and Yak-9U), each one takes some time to learn. So be patient and don't only fly in combat (try other activities and basic flight manoeuvres).

- Fly the Mig-3, it is the best plane in the world (failing that try the Pe-3 1941). Generally speaking, flying aircraft with weaknesses is fun and builds character (as opposed to picking the one which is fast and has the biggest guns).

S!