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Originally Posted by Bobby D (Post 109354)

Why am i so bad at online multiplayer?

Because your australian :P

But no joking aside i have a very good theory as regards online multiplayer: everybody sucks except for a very small percentage of flight sim veterans who just know every trick in the book and kick arse at it...it certainly seems the way to me...what ya gotta remember is alot of people are completely new to the whole genre, and know nothing of all the advanced tactics used to lose people and to stay on people six's etc...i really think its just a case of practise makes perfect...

:-P

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Originally Posted by Chips86 (Post 109419)

Yes you right... Sometimes I met a new player that I've never seen before online. And he flies like an eagle amongst pigeons that I have to reevaluate my standards. It's not possible to become such a good fighter with only practicing BOP offline. They must be sim veterans. What is great with BOP is that you score really depends on your level. That's really stable. (a lot more than COD for example) so you can track your progress.
But you still can have a lot of luck. One burst your target burn into flame. :)

Personnaly I distinguish to side of the dogfight:
1/ Being able to get yourself on "his 6"
2/ gunnery

For the first one you could learn from posts, articles to learn tricks and tactics, how to spot ennemies, to have the thighter turn, how to behave when you are chased...etc

For the second point "gunnery", It's just practice. So many times I loose my kill because I take too long to shoot my target down and I got Kill instead by another ennemy (who takes not so long to shot me down)

Actually Gaz im pretty sure it was me you murderized about 6 or 7 times!

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Originally Posted by Bobby D (Post 109354)

So the other day I played against some guy in 1v1 realistic dogfight matches (because this was the ONLY MATCH available online at the time). I managed to score 0 kills on him while I was shot down at least 6 times in both matches. We were both flying Spit IXs and every time we engaged I tried to maneuver behind him but no matter what I did I always ended up with him on my tail rather than the other way around.

I guess that playing with more people would give me more of a chance to take people down, but it seems that the time when I was playing, the bulk of the community must have been asleep or at work because it was just me and that guy online.

I'm sure you're no worse than I am! I've only played online twice. The first was a team battle which went OK. I got some kills which was nice. Earlier tonite I played a couple CTA games. Man did I suck! I was trying to play with the Yak-1 because I want to unlock the IL-4, but it didn't go well! I wasn't really sure what I was supposed to do. I am convinced I'll never get the IL-4 or B-17...

I am slowly starting to get better, but I still suck.

My gunnery is getting better, and that may be the most important part of the game.

I also am getting better using the strengths of my plane. (I almost exclusivly fly the BF-109G-6.)

You will get better with the experience.

WOW IM SO FRUSTRATED!!! I AM GARBAGE TOO! I JUST PLAYED 3 MATCHES AND MY ONLY KILL WAS WITH A STUKA IN A STRIKE MISSION!!! wow.

Well I am glad I am not the only who seems to feel hopeless playing this game online. I did manage to find a couple of sessions for realistic and enjoyed it much more. I just can't seem to get close enough to anyone to get a decent shot at without getting shot up myself. But I will keep playing because I love the realism, or at least my perception of it.