Rise of flight buy or not? - Page 5

AndyJWest · #41 04-08-2012, 03:19 AM

Gratuitous RoF screenshot:

You have to love RoF sunrises. And you have to love the Eindekker. Simplicity itself. One aeroplane. One pilot. One gun. No fuss.

No throttle. No rate of climb to speak of. Not much in the way of structural integrity: but the shape of things to come - and the best all-round view of any fighter of WWI. Or WWII for that matter...

Jaws2002 · #42 04-08-2012, 08:14 PM

Agree. Clod had better sun set but they ruined it all up in the last patch.

ATAG_Doc · #43 04-08-2012, 08:34 PM

get it and report back what you think about it

Skoshi Tiger · #44 04-08-2012, 11:54 PM

It's a free download now, so why not? It's not like they're going to force you to buy any planes or anything.

I've collected a few of my favourite planes over the years. When COD gets stale for me I might even be able to spend some time in the sim.

I just wish those trees would stop turning around to stare at me. It gives me the heebeegeebees!

Cheers

CadMan · #45 04-09-2012, 06:34 AM

how about a real one .....

http://www.kiwisim.net.nz/phpBB3/dow...1311&mode=view

from these guys

http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/proje...vlll/in-flight

Flanker35M · #46 04-09-2012, 02:13 PM

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Rise Of Flight is a must for any flight sim nut. Supporting those that still have the will to do these niche games deserves our support. Almost all planes bought, still the map etc. to pre-order and again full set of RoF

HTuna · #47 04-09-2012, 10:32 PM

Rise of Flight is very good, and there's some great MP servers out there.. Think it's hard finding you're way over the Channel in full real.. try it in France in a biplane with no Gyro!.. But the immersion is great, and there's a lot of 'good' people playing.. I am really loving CloD lately though!

AndyJWest · #48 04-10-2012, 02:17 AM

Well, the upcoming RoF Channel map will allow direct comparisons: an opportunity to get lost over the drink in a whole different era...

I think that flying RoF has done a lot for my sim-pilot skills generally. Flying on the Syndicate server with no icons, fiddling with the radiator and mixture, navigating visually, and trying to decide whether the dot above me is a Spad or an Albatross, while staring into the sun every few seconds for the Hun hiding in it certainly makes for busy flights. And then there is the joy of getting on the tail of an Albatross, ready to shred it, only to find that it isn't an Albatross, but a Halberstadt:

Mutually assured incineration:

Yup. RoF AI gunners are crack shots too.

Rumcajs · #49 04-28-2012, 01:07 PM

So i also tried ROF and fell in love with the game fast. Not that WW1 planes are great, but the game is great fun. I realized that one has to setup the control curves and map Z axis of TrackIR to zoom to have a chance online and to actually hit anything. Currently i'm able to get around 6 - 9% aiming accuracy and have maybe 2 kills during an online battle.
The pleasure is often interrupted by certain players, who are able to get 30%+ aiming accuracy and shot down 40 planes within 15 minutes. Ok i understand that there is a problem with zooming combined with snipe shooting. And that the zoom function is needed to help with visibility of distant objects. But i often witness miracle performance of some players and their planes. Seeing a WW1 fighter attacking me from 200m below after he conducted a 180 degrees sharp turn getting right behind my tail with speed advantage within maybe 5 seconds (while i fly a Fokker VIIF at full throttle straight line) belong among the miracles. Also ability of some players to shot from any angle and hit me or my engine with a short burst from any distance below 500m is not much entertaining.
What's your opinion? Have you got the same impression? Are these people so talented or do they use some sort of automatic help? Are there any autoaim mods?

AKA_Tenn · #50 04-28-2012, 08:19 PM

I bought rise of flight, I'd say it was worth it, its a really pretty game, not so arcady you feel like your playing hawx, but not quite Clod realistic either, the campaign is fun and makes you feel like you're a part of something much bigger, and online play when you find someone with trackIR, or really good SA, is a blast

i mostly fly ZnB planes like the pfalz D.XII, but i also like the fokker D.VIIF

and yea there's some people out there that must use some kinda targeting/aiming help maybe an option on the server or something?
or it could be they bought the reflector sight?