Fighter Rank?

[Phantom4]

You are taking it the wrong way,  You may be great in any plane. I  am only saying I don't fly to survive  whereas you  by your statements do.  I respect that, just showing the contrast.    I have no qualms with how anyone flys --- It's their $15 they should spend their time as they see fit.  I don't think you will every see me complain about late model planes, LA7's, cannon toters, niki's, spits, HO's, vulching (or being vulched) or any other aspect of the game because after all it is just a game and when I get frustrated (as we all do from time to time) I just log and do something else. No flames intended.

[Zazen13]

Originally posted by Phantom4-Mag33
You are taking it the wrong way,  You may be great in any plane. I  am only saying I don't fly to survive  whereas you  by your statements do.  I respect that, just showing the contrast.    I have no qualms with how anyone flys --- It's their $15 they should spend their time as they see fit.  I don't think you will every see me complain about late model planes, LA7's, cannon toters, niki's, spits, HO's, vulching (or being vulched) or any other aspect of the game because after all it is just a game and when I get frustrated (as we all do from time to time) I just log and do something else. No flames intended.

Ok, I see where you are coming from and it's just a "different strokes for different folks issue". I think flying to survive, while seemingly boring to some, is actually more exciting LONG term to people like myself. I get my rocks off getting on lengthy kill streaks without dying. These streaks may last days or even weeks of continously flying and killing without a death.

On the other hand, someone like yourself flies with just the one mission in mind, there's no real connective tissue in your mind between this mission and the next. It's a more immediate and SHORT term fun. Every hop is a seperate and distict experience for you, whereas for a  survivalist the interval between deaths is a 'career' of sorts in a role-playing sense where each mission is more or less a logical continuation of the next.

I totally understand your persepctive and sometimes I'll have a camp where I just do as you do, but I personally get bored just doing that, something in my personality requires more long-term objectives. It's hard to explain. I found a long-time ago just killing is rather easy regardless of the style of play, to hold my interest I had to set more lofty goals for myself, that is in essence how I became a K/D dweeb.


Zazen

[Phantom4]

That is it exactly! I also set lofty goals like maintaining a 2 K/d and 15K/h flying a slow under gunned airframe.  It probably an ADHD kinda thing .........

[Nomak]

Originally posted by ra
Fly a lot and it won't matter.

That statement is total nonsense.

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by MC_Honky
If I want to fly next tour for fighter rank then what ride should I be in?  I guess what I'm asking is -does the formula for fighter rank take "eny" values into account or should I be in a La-7 next tour?

Fly the plane that YOU fly the best.

It often takes time to get used to a particular plane.  There likely is a plane out there that is better for you than the one that you are flying now, but it may take a tour or two for you to learn the plane well enough to fly it to the best of your abilities.  Switching gun platforms takes some getting used to as well.  If you are only used to Allied 50s, and you switch to German cannons, you're going to have to relearn how to shoot.

If you really want to play for rank, you should look at your ranking in the individual sub-categories.  If you fly a fast energy plane and your K/D is high but K/T is low, you should consider flying more of a turn-&-burn plane and mix it up a bit more often.  Likewise, if your K/T is high but K/D is low, then you may need to find a plane that will let you escape more often.

eskimo

[Urchin]

Originally posted by Zazen13
Speed isn't absolutely necessary if you have great SA. There's alot of sub 100 Ranked Fighter pilots out there who fly nothing but SpitV's and Niki's. You either have to kill alot of enemy in a short period of time thus jacking up your Kills/Time, or fly very smart and engage very discriminately enhancing your Kills/Deaths. Kills/Deaths and Kills/Time at the upper end of the spectrum are almost mutually exclusive, so it's usually best to choose which one you are going to focus on and stick to mission types that intrinsically enhance that area (ie: base/carrier defense enhances Kills/Time but can negatively effect Kills/Deaths).

In a Nutshell:

Killing quickly means you generally won't be killing very carefully.
Killing carefully means you generally won't be killing very quickly.


Zazen

Actually it seems that K/S (kills per sortie) doesn't have much stiff competition.  K/D has gotten a lot tougher to come into under 100 (in that rank alone) in, but I think a lot of the people with really high K/D have really low K/S scores still.  Be a good way for someone with a low K/T to get their rank up.