Newb

[AKA_Tenn]

its not an like birds of prey, it takes a lot of practice to get good at 1946, its more of a simulator, you can't just hop into it and fly, each plane has its own unique flight charicteristics, and it takes a long time to get the hang of'em, then you need to get to know the online... community, who the aces are, who the up-and-comers are, that kinda thing, so then you can learn how they fly so you can plan on how your gonna fight them later ... or in my case... most of the time its choose a different server, rather than fight them... if your ever in a server with a lot of dudes that are in the same squad and your not on the same team, in a squad or on teamspeak... just find a new server.. they can and will camp you on takeoff... well thats pretty much the good and the bad of IL2...

I've been playing this game 9 years now and I'm still learning new stuff in IL2 every day, and there's always someone better...

some more general info:
there's 5 or 6 different servers you can play on that always have people in them, the difficulty and the timezones people use the servers varies, but there's always a populated server to join, i think some of the servers allow 64+ players, and they do max out during peak hours.