Spotting the enemy?

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Roblex

Of course one thing nobody is mentioning is that in real life it *was* very hard to spot aircraft and nearly impossible to see anything against the ground. I have read three fighter pilot biogs in the last few months and they all mention how impossible it was to see anyone against the ground. They also mention whole squadrons failing to see enemy squadrons nearby and even cases of 109s accidently joining Spit formations and vice versa.

its all about context and degrees, and what you are quoting is the exception not the norm.

its like somebody claiming the hard to detect enemy planes are due to their camouflage paint, they might be stating a relevant historical fact, but its context is totally disproportionate to the major visibility problems we have in CoD currently for spotting ground targets or detecting and maintaining visual contact with other aircraft in our vicinity (the SA bubble). the comparison can only be made by experienced individuals who have significant experience in real life of what it should really look like, and the extensive 1e person reports available from ww2 pilots. all of this confirms we currently have a MAJOR problem in CoD

currently in Cod (and a similar problem existed in the il2 series) we have about 30% of the visibility you would have from a normal cockpit, looking under good viewing conditions at a distant aircraft

and that problem has nothing to do with infrequent bad visibility conditions which under certain lighting or weather conditions make some objects occasionally hard to see in real life