Author Topic: flying in WWIIOL (Read 964 times)

Mitsu · « **Reply #15 on:** March 07, 2004, 09:57:58 PM »

I love Air Combat of WW2OL.
Now it almost gets ahead of Aces High for me.
Suffice it to say that if WW2OL gets AH2 or IL-2's Flight Model, it would be much better.

Rafe35 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 07, 2004, 10:20:24 PM »

When I download WWIIonline coupe month(probably 4 month ago) and I try it at Offline, I started to hate this game, because the flying really suck and yes ground troops is alot fun. So I never got to chance to online cuz poor dial up speed and i had to deleted it right away.

Sixpence · « **Reply #17 on:** March 07, 2004, 11:37:58 PM »

Allies dominate the air in WW2online. The spit is so uber it isn't funny, and the hurcs and hawks are the same. I barely go 5 minutes in the game w/o a Blen or Havoc dropping a bomb on me. They are everywhere. And half the fighters allowed to the axis are 110's. It's a turkey shoot. The 109f can BnZ, but the spits provide a roof over the Havocs and Blens that rain hell upon us. It isn't pretty.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #18 on:** March 08, 2004, 12:18:45 AM »

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Originally posted by Habu
I doubt you fly in real life.

You stats are all bogus.

Want to meet me in there for a dual? You can show me how much better you are than us WW2OL guys.

Dowding · « **Reply #19 on:** March 08, 2004, 03:54:11 AM »

The titanium foilage is so much fun in WW2OL. Especially when you have tree climbing snipers using it to be practically invulnerable. I cancelled my account (again) in the end because of that one issue. Apparently it's on the list to be fixed.

I might re-subscribe in another year's time.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 08, 2004, 08:12:38 AM »

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Originally posted by Sixpence
Allies dominate the air in WW2online.

I have been playing for 2 months now and this is my biggest gripe (2nd only to the titanium trees). It's German tank vs. Spitfire. They multiply like rabbits while the Axis throw 110s at them.

Wanker · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2004, 09:56:46 AM »

Air fighting is fun in both AH and WW2OL. I wouldn't say one is better than the other, they're just different.

Coolridr · « **Reply #22 on:** March 08, 2004, 10:42:03 AM »

come on...after seeing this i downloaded WW2OL..I played it for an hour...I got in a DOGFIGHT with a JU87...and it was flying circles around me..granted i'm not a great pilot..but outflown by a divebomber? the spitfire flys like crap..the graphics suck...the instrument panel is useless..i can't believe people would pay to play that game...I talked them into a refund as all their players should. The ground war is okay...but pounding dirt isn't as exciting for me so screw it.

Wanker · « **Reply #23 on:** March 08, 2004, 11:04:33 AM »

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Originally posted by Coolridr
come on...after seeing this i downloaded WW2OL..I played it for an hour...I got in a DOGFIGHT with a JU87...and it was flying circles around me..granted i'm not a great pilot..but outflown by a divebomber? the spitfire flys like crap..the graphics suck...the instrument panel is useless..i can't believe people would pay to play that game...I talked them into a refund as all their players should. The ground war is okay...but pounding dirt isn't as exciting for me so screw it.

An hour is not enough time to fairly weigh the merits/demerits of any game, IMO. Did you even take take the time to adjust the graphics settings? The reason I say this is because I believe they are set at 800x600 by default. And yes, they do look horrible at that setting.

I have the graphics set at 1600x1200, with full FSAA and AF, and the graphics look very good to me. Different from AH, but very good in it's own right. Especially the terrain.

Coolridr · « **Reply #24 on:** March 08, 2004, 11:07:01 AM »

yes i tried many different settings...and sorry it was more like 2 hours...still....the performance of the A/C can't be excused

Krusher · « **Reply #25 on:** March 08, 2004, 11:08:56 AM »

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Originally posted by banana
Air fighting is fun in both AH and WW2OL. I wouldn't say one is better than the other, they're just different.

agreed

Habu · « **Reply #26 on:** March 08, 2004, 11:39:26 AM »

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Originally posted by Coolridr
come on...after seeing this i downloaded WW2OL..I played it for an hour...I got in a DOGFIGHT with a JU87...and it was flying circles around me..granted i'm not a great pilot..but outflown by a divebomber? the spitfire flys like crap..the graphics suck...the instrument panel is useless..i can't believe people would pay to play that game...I talked them into a refund as all their players should. The ground war is okay...but pounding dirt isn't as exciting for me so screw it.

Want to make a hundred dollars?

Go into the game and grap a stuka. I will grab a spit. We meet somewhere off on our own and I will give you a hundred to one odds you cannot shoot down the spit in a stuka?

Ok?

Back up what you are saying. I think it is total crap but I am willing to let you prove it.

Coolridr · « **Reply #27 on:** March 08, 2004, 11:46:39 AM »

I was the first to admit that I am not a great pilot..I was just reporting what I observed..I never said the guy shot me down...and I did manage to damage him..but the way that thing was flying was nearly comparable to the spit I was flying in performance...I think they use like just 2 or 3 flight models..a High...Medium...Low..for the various aircraft. I don't need a demo:rolleyes:

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #28 on:** March 08, 2004, 12:14:54 PM »

Habu what if the Stuka was hacked?

WW2OL has had it's fair share of those problems too.

As a side note, a player flying mattel triple action will hand you your bellybutton if he has 1 years experience and you just try it out. Hardly a comment for realism.

Habu · « **Reply #29 on:** March 08, 2004, 12:40:58 PM »

You can grab the best pilot in the game and put him in a stuka and I will still take the challange.

WW2OL has reworked the FM a number of times over the past year so if you are talking 8 months ago then you could have been right.

At one time the drag was not modeled correctly so planes like the Stuka could turn really tight due to their low wing loading but they did not have the drag penelty that their gear caused. It was a problem way back but now if you are flying a Stuka you will quickly see that stealth is your only real option. The bleed energy too quickly to maintain a tight turning fight.

If you are in a spit you should not even get into a flat turn fight with the Stuka. They accelerate slow and fly slow so all you should do is extend a bit and gain some alt and speed then come back and use the verticle to turn around them. A high yo-yo and a burst in the top of him as he is pulling a tight turn and he is dead.

There is a problem right now in the game and that is the Spits are way better than the 109's. I fly both and I can say that a smart Spit pilot can always win over a 109 pilot now. Only a lack of SA will cause you to get shot down.

I have 5 109's chaseing me last night and I had no ammo and no friendlys near by. I still almost made it to a friendly aaa after jinking and turning for probably 5 minutes across a large part of the map. It was only right at the end that my pilot caught a burst to his body and I clipped a tree in a jink. I could have survived if I had more alt.