Rise of flight buy or not?

[Rumcajs]

Thx for reply. I'm just disturbed by those vertical maneuvers i can't copy if i try to fly the same aircraft. And those magicians who can shot while climbing perpendicular to earth and hit the target. I've already learned that it's pointless to stay online when one of my favorite extremely talented shooters logs on. Ok I'm not the best pilot ever, but if i see someone in a slower aircraft catching me from below within seconds i smell something weird.
So far my impression is that the most populated servers are infested by cheaters. I've been able to have really nice fights on some of the less "famous servers" but particularly "Flying Circus" seems to be the worst example ever.
Are there some private servers with closed community so one can have the experience playing on equal grounds? I mean no mods/cheats/hacks/bots/auto {insert your favorite activity} tools at all. Just what the game allows by default.
I'm asking here because i don't believe the official ROF forums. Thanks in advance if you reply.

[raaaid]

if your climbing at stall limit even the coyote will caught you

[AndyJWest]

i don't believe the official ROF forums

Why not? As for 'hacks' etc, unless you are playing on a 'mods allowed' server (and there aren't many of those), frankly, I've seen no evidence of any. And yes, the 'Flying Circus' server is sometimes a bit of a shooting-gallery. Try 'New Wings' instead. And once you are confident, try the 'Syndicate' server - no icons, complex engine management, no external views etc.

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by Rumcajs

Thx for reply. I'm just disturbed by those vertical maneuvers i can't copy if i try to fly the same aircraft. And those magicians who can shot while climbing perpendicular to earth and hit the target. I've already learned that it's pointless to stay online when one of my favorite extremely talented shooters logs on. Ok I'm not the best pilot ever, but if i see someone in a slower aircraft catching me from below within seconds i smell something weird.
So far my impression is that the most populated servers are infested by cheaters. I've been able to have really nice fights on some of the less "famous servers" but particularly "Flying Circus" seems to be the worst example ever.
Are there some private servers with closed community so one can have the experience playing on equal grounds? I mean no mods/cheats/hacks/bots/auto {insert your favorite activity} tools at all. Just what the game allows by default.
I'm asking here because i don't believe the official ROF forums. Thanks in advance if you reply.

Try the nubie server. Maybe there, if you are lucky, you'll find players of similar skill as you.
ROF planes have a rather hard flight model and you need good understanding of the dynamics of flight, patience and a lot of practice to be effective.
If you are new, being respectful and asking for advice, is a lo more productive than screaming "cheater".

[paf]

Originally Posted by AKA_Tenn

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 fealing of flight is the most realistic to me. Its just that these old WW1 birds didn't need that lot engine-management like WW2 birds. All is very simplistic, it just was that way. Or I don't understand what you mean with realistic

When I came from Il2 to ROF I also wondered about some performance in dogfighting that made me wonder. Well, you have to get used to the WW1 birds, is all I can say. Switching from fast WW2 birds to WW1 makes dogfighting and especially E-tactics difficult at the beginning. You are used too much at the much more powerful performance of the planes

[arthursmedley]

Sorry, no cheating on RoF servers and no hacks either but there are a lot of very experienced guys who've been playing the game since release and they are VERY good.

[von Brühl]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

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

What are those big white puffy things under the plane? We know from CoD that those don't exist in any number over Europe!

[AKA_Tenn]

Originally Posted by paf

The fealing of flight is the most realistic to me. Its just that these old WW1 birds didn't need that lot engine-management like WW2 birds. All is very simplistic, it just was that way. Or I don't understand what you mean with realistic

When I came from Il2 to ROF I also wondered about some performance in dogfighting that made me wonder. Well, you have to get used to the WW1 birds, is all I can say. Switching from fast WW2 birds to WW1 makes dogfighting and especially E-tactics difficult at the beginning. You are used too much at the much more powerful performance of the planes

i guess realistic is the wrong word, more like... the WW1 planes are much more forgiving... easier to fly... harder to land...

and i mostly only fly energy fighters even in rise of flight, not really into flying in circles when i can avoid it...

[AndyJWest]

the WW1 planes are much more forgiving... easier to fly... harder to land...

Really? Try a Gotha with a full bomb load, and 50% fuel. In turbulent air. Straight and level is doable. Climbing at anything approaching a useful rate is less so. And don't even think about trying to climb and turn at the same time. Of course, you've got to get it off the ground first...

[fifi]

Originally Posted by AKA_Tenn

i guess realistic is the wrong word, more like... the WW1 planes are much more forgiving... easier to fly... harder to land...

More forgiving, yes...easier to fly, kind of yes...harder to land, well not really

Strange thing is plenty of IL2 pilots coming to ROF found it harder (in ROF forum).
Perso, i find COD and WW2 planes harder to fly, and have hard time to hit anything! lol
Must be the speed...everything is going so fast

Anyway, i've never spent so much time in a sim like in ROF, and it is definetely the best WW1 sim ever for me.
If you feel like a pioneer pilot, flying fragile wood and canvas planes, don't hesitate! Go for it, you won't regret