Kills per hour and per sortie

[Howitzer]

I saw another post making reference to kills/hour and I thought I'd bring it up.  I've decided that I'm not flying for score, and I'm also not doing anything besides fighters.  I'll mess with a gv now and again, but they always leave me with that "morning after you wake up with that ugly broad who has more stories about her than Harry Potter": sorta dirty, itchy, and needing a shower.

I was trying to work on different fighter aspects.  First I tried K/D, but then found that is pointless because its easy to do if you BnZ and don't put yourself in danger.  Then I tried hit %.  I was around 15% in AH1, and the best I can seem to get is about 11% here.  I've given up on becoming any better at that.

I have to tell you though, I'm freakin stuck at about 8.3 kills an hour and 2.02 kills a sortie.  I can't seem to do any better.  With the advent of the fun nazis, I find that I fly around in search of good fights rather than actually shooting down people.  Sooooo, how do you guys with 9+ kills an hour or 3+ kills a sortie do it?  I mean even if I have a fantabulous night and kill every p40 I see in hopes that I find the one Stang is driving    I still can't seem to get better at it.  Because I'll have a terrible night that just evens me back out.  

Just late night thoughts from Howie... any thoughts?  discuss pls =)

[Stang]

Originally posted by Howitzer
 I mean even if I have a fantabulous night and kill every p40 I see in hopes that I find the one Stang is driving    

Nevah!

 

[mechanic]

well, if ya really want to improve that aspect of rank...

all you got to do to raise K/H is fly a CV deffence furball/CV attack on a base furball for 1 hour.

undoubtably you should rack up 20kills/hour minimum like this.

i think your score at present reflects to one who just plays for fun and good fights. mine looks similar, and while some days i can kill 30 guys in one hours furballing (dying probably atleast 10-15 times for that), on other days I'll troll around right up at 8k lookig for a decent 1on1 that will either end my sortie or take long enuogh to send me rtb after.

but yeah.... furballing is the only way to improve k/h.

better jump outta that 190 and into a CV plane for a bit to see best results.

[Howitzer]

Well haven't flown the a5 much for a few tours.  Mostly f6f5, jug, spitV and tempest.  Ballistics on the german rides just aren't for me, but the a5 is an old favorite.  I do like the typh as well because of the 4 cannons, but it just isn't much of a furball ride unless you use it as an E fighter....

[Dead Man Flying]

Just fly a Tempest all the time and your K/D, K/S, and K/H will skyrocket.

-- Todd/Leviathn

[Howitzer]

Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Just fly a Tempest all the time and your K/D, K/S, and K/H will skyrocket.

-- Todd/Leviathn

I can believe that... The Temp is a hoss any way you shake it.  I have to be averaging about 7 kills a sortie with that thing.  If you have a feel for how hispanos fire, you get mad kills in that thing.

[wetrat]

Umm... just kill fast.

[Goth]

I also haven't cared about scores in forever...My problem is hit %. In AH1 I had a decent 9-11% monthly, now I'm lucky to get 4-5%. I can't shake that monkey loose and get any better.

Half my problem is I can't see the durn planes. Even at ranges of 200 it is very difficult for me to see them. I have messed with resolution sizes and it really doesn't change the size aspect, just makes things look uglier. I honestly think the only way I be able to see again is if I buy a 21" crt, because my 19" LCD just ain't cutting it.

[Howitzer]

Yeah, I'm not so much "caring" about the score as I'm just using this to benchmark where I'm at and try to build on it.  Seeing planes in AH2 is a problem for me as well for some reason.  AH1 I would never use the zoom when firing, and now I simply cannot live without it.  I have a 21" CRT and it works pretty well for me.  You can get one at Ubid for about 200 bucks.. .so it may not be that bad of a purchase.

[Callisto]

Kill per sortie?
Kills per hour?



Fighter K/D ratio the only way to go.!!!

[eskimo2]

This is probably my strongest suit:

•   Don’t take off from a base unless there are plenty of low enemy within sight.
•   Don’t take off from a base where you are outnumbered more than 1:3 or outnumber the enemy more than 3:1.
•   Don’t climb over 4K.
•   Bring little gas, lots of ammo, and shoot at everything that you can.
•   Don’t worry too much about living.

eskimo

[StarOfAfrica2]

Originally posted by Goth
I also haven't cared about scores in forever...My problem is hit %. In AH1 I had a decent 9-11% monthly, now I'm lucky to get 4-5%. I can't shake that monkey loose and get any better.

Half my problem is I can't see the durn planes. Even at ranges of 200 it is very difficult for me to see them. I have messed with resolution sizes and it really doesn't change the size aspect, just makes things look uglier. I honestly think the only way I be able to see again is if I buy a 21" crt, because my 19" LCD just ain't cutting it.

Do you zoom in on them at all?  I'm using a 17" CRT right now and have no trouble at anything from 400 down getting a good view.  Even out to 600 I can still tell whats what.  At d800 the plane is only recognizable as a plane (i.e. I can see wings and fuselage and tail structure, but no details).  At 1.5k I can see enough to tell if it's turning or not lol.

I keep the Z key mapped to one of my stick buttons so I can flip it back and forth in a dog fight for better gunnery.  I found it doubled my hit%, and it saved me alot of greif not having to look down to the keyboard to find it when I needed it.

[FiLtH]

I hate the zoom key. I never use it. It tends to magnify any input I do w/ the stick. Gets all wobbly. I havent lloked at scores for months now. I look at it this way. Tuff won kills blend in w/ vulches so its a soup to figure out.

 I just try to win the fight Im in, if I do Im happy, if I dont I did something stupid, or just said to heck w/ it and tried the best I could with what I had.

[OIO]

want good kill ratio?


furball in high ENY planes until you can afford 262.


Then fly the jet and ALWAYS keep it at 600mph and dont fly near flak/AAA .


Your stats skyrocket.

[wetrat]

I've had zoom mapped to my index finger button on my throttle since AH1. I shot high 30%'s in AH1, and about 18% now... it helps. I can't hit things without it Flying planes with nose mounted guns helps too.