Originally posted by mars01
Hey Woton,
Are you saying the IL2 flight model is different between online and offline? It's obvious that the AI is in no way going to be comparable to a real person, but if the FM changes thats BS.
No I am saying the human FM is the same on or offline but the AI routines aren't complex enough (just like any other game that has AI) or detailed enough across the planeset to take advantage of each aircrafts strength. . As such AI doesn't fly to the strength of the aircraft but does predictable scripted manuevers.
An offline 'ace' doesn't translate into an online 'ace'.
AI will turn fight otd in a Jug against a 109, or 190s will try to turn wiith la7s...
AI does very predictable stuff. On the hardest settings it will try like hell to ho you on the merge. It has great gunnery so it will hit you unless you manuever. To defeat it you learn real quick what to do and not to do. After fighting them a few times, no matter what the plane. you can recognize their patterns and easily beat them even at the hardest setting.
Fighting human players, especially ones that half-way know what they are doing is completely different.
So AI will never to as good or unpredictable as a human player.
I will say this though. AI at the hardest setting in FB is a lot harder and more fun to fight then 90% of the bore and zzz'rs in AH but it still can't reach the level of a half-way 'skilled' human player.