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[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Its been awhile Bliss, but talk to Wolverine or 71Sqn_Knight about blue teamwork. They're excellent pilots, and everytime 5./JG27 has taken them down, it was due to us working together. I've never encountered Knight at less than 3k.

Yes, I can confirm this. I've had the pleasure of two or three furballs with these guys. My guess would be the encounters were usually around 4,000 to 6,000ft up (mine anyway).

An anecdote from last night:

I was flying wingman to another Spit (I'm in a Ia and he's in a Spit IIa as it happened) and we found a 109 at altitude (I'd say at least 9,000 to 10,000ft). The IIa got a few rounds into him by surprise and the 109 dropped like a stone in a dive and proceeded to fly 10ft above the water all the way home.

Even though I had a height advantage, I couldn't catch him and he quickly out paced me. The IIa seemed to do a better job of catching up, but from the looks of it, he was firing from a great distance to try and nick him. He ran out of ammo and returned home.

I dunno. Some nights are amazing, some nights are intensely frustrating. It sucks that my friend still can't get the game running properly on his machine so he doesn't fly with me. This is part of the reason that whenever I find another RAF plane, I form up and fly with them. Usually it means I don't get the kills, but I've actually not been shot down since you guys got me, Cheese

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

I think I was the 109 you guys chased last night. I thought I merged with the advantage, but quickly found the IIa on me. There was a LOT of jinking to stay alive, and I got back with a pretty torn up plane.

I must admit, the IIa really doesn't lose much when climbing, but only if you have a good amount of speed going into it. I still prefer flying the Ia though, I think, because it's a more enjoyable flight experience. More thought goes into the operation of the plane and I get a sense of accomplishment from that. It's tough, though. Wrestling with speed, heat, enemies, prop rpm, and even mixture if I'm high enough is a lot to handle. And you 109s don't make it any easier!

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

I must admit, the IIa really doesn't lose much when climbing, but only if you have a good amount of speed going into it. I still prefer flying the Ia though, I think, because it's a more enjoyable flight experience. More thought goes into the operation of the plane and I get a sense of accomplishment from that. It's tough, though. Wrestling with speed, heat, enemies, prop rpm, and even mixture if I'm high enough is a lot to handle. And you 109s don't make it any easier!

Well.. Your welcome in the dogfight world. There you see what those guys did achieve for real !!!

[bw_wolverine]

Yeah, I don't really mind being the one at a disadvantage. Kinda sets the mood for the Battle of Britain flying for RAF, huh?

Side note, GREAT night on ATAG for me tonight. Had a brilliant flight (in the Ia) in which I:

a) managed to take out a 109 over dover, diving on him from height and forcing him into a low energy manoever that put him into a spin.

b) flew a high sweep to the French coast at 18,000ft and bounced a 109 there in a combination of BnZ and TnB attacks.

c) joined a bomber formation at the french coast and flew return leg escort, engaging one fighter (who either collided or took a lucky hit from a bomber gunner) who lost a wing just as I was laying my finger on the trigger, and then fending off a second 109 over the channel.

I claim two confirmed and one probable out of it. I ended up on fumes for fuel on my RTB Hawkinge. Just as I had put the wheels down, the engine coughed up. St. George was with me on that flight, for sure!

Probably my most successful flight online so far.

I did notice some serious warping on the last 109 I fought. Part of why I call it a probable. It hadn't shown up on the score sheet when I logged out, but I had to quit quite soon after the dogfight occurred. I doubt he would have made it home.

[xnomad]

I'm annoyed that people don't balance the teams. I join and it's 10-2 in blue's favour. Why do people still join blue when there's no competition? I'm in a Spit all night because everyone's on blue and I'm a 109 nut and kind of hate the Spit.

I've hardly flown the bloody thing so I got shot down a few too many times and now I know how it feels in a Spit 1a, it sucks it can't climb. Within a few minutes of taking off you get bounced. I even had trouble evading the bounce when I saw it coming.

Took the 2a out for a laugh merged with a 109, shot him up a bit at 3000m. He went for a dive, I saddled up behind him, put him in the cross hairs and suddenly the screen went black.....

Long story short my computer room's circuitry is somehow linked with the outside lights, my mother-in-law hit the switch and I was sitting in the dark.
That Spit is probably still trying to figure out where I went....

[trumps]

yeah those gunners aren't bad, makes it interesting taking on a flight of bombers singlehanded, i like it!

Craig

[xnomad]

I know I'm coming off as a whining git but I don't want to fight AI online. If I want to take on AI bombers then I can do that in single player. Especially as the AI is so frustrating.

Since the patch the gunners are also too good. I attacked two He 115 yesterday out of boredom, each time the gunner took out my flap hydraulics with insane deflection shots before I even got close. The gunners were just like IL2 if not better.

I'd guess the majority of the people on the server are there to fight human opponents, the thing is some are so naive they don't realise to fight opponents you need opponents and you can't all go on the same side.

So I have to be pragmatic and end up being the Spit bitch that gets shot down for their pleasure, as I'd rather do that then fly around the map all day looking for the solitary spitfire with ten other 109's.