Anyone willing to do 1v1 training?

[Serenity]

I offer bombing training to anyone interested. Im not a trainer, nor am I the best bomber pilot there is, but I think I can offer some valuable help to new 'Heavy' pilots. If you wanna learn high-altitude precision bombing, just shoot me a PM! And remember, even carpet-bombing can be an art!

[Citabria]

buncha fools

keep the noobs noobified and unabled to set views and check their 6's.
how else am I gona keep getting all these easy kills?

[Platano]

DammiT Rat I sed I wanna Be A supreme Tater tosser Like you!!!!!

[Murdr]

Originally posted by Simaril
Recently the Training Corps (Bless their busy souls) decided that they no longer had the staffing to schedule 1v1 training sessions.

Simaril, that's not what the posted statment said.  A number of people have taken advantage of open training to get 1 on 1 training over the past few weeks.  The difference is the method for accessing 1 on 1 training, and that we are expanding into group instruciton.

A player offering thier time to help newer players is of course always a welcome sight.

[Thruster]

Wait a minute.
Kill shooter in the TA??
I gotta hear the logic for this.

[Simaril]

Murdr,

I understand that you can ask for 1v1 training some nights, on a first come first served basis. But you can't plan for it any more. Showing up and hoping has been at least an unpredictable way to access trainers in the past, at least in my experience. It isnt easy to be the first one asking there, and if someone gets going with a trainer then there's no telling when they'll be done, or what will come up for the trainer in the meantime. It's kinda boring to hang around waiting, which is what you're reduced to without there being a schedule.

When I have gotten to work with a trainer in the TA, it seems like after only a short while he's pulled away by questions from the truly new, who A) need to learn how to get in the air if they're going to have any chance of subscribing; and B) don't have the experience to realize that they're interrupting anything.

I have had some good sessions there (I can remember one with TC in F4Us) but on those occasions there have been second trainers in the arena to pick up the slack.


PS Might want to reword the website's announcement, because the way it's written now it sure sounds like individual training has been eliminated

Clinics Have Replaced Individual Training Requests....To efficiently furnish trainer access to the most people, the Training Corps will be providing both topical clinics, and open training sessions.

"Clinics have replaced individual training requests" coupled with the failure to mention any individual activity in what comes afterward sure leaves a strong impression at least. Also have to mention -- I didn't realize there was a change until I was praising the how much I learned from the trainers, and another player said that a month after submutting a request he got an email saying that individual sessions were gone and that he should check out the clinics. (Second hand, no idea of actual wording.)

[Simaril]

Originally posted by Thruster
Wait a minute.
Kill shooter in the TA??
I gotta hear the logic for this.

Killshooter in the DA, which was needed thanks to the vulch dweebs, but also killed off the free for all dogfights. Those often turned into learning opportunities when the really good sticks who kept owning me would explain what I was doing wrong.

[Dichotomy]

I generally fly in the TA before I head off to the AVA.  I'm not an uber pilot but I'm ALWAYS willing to help a truly new guy (or gal) with anything I can to take the load off of the more experienced and better sticks.  

New guys (and gals) if you see me in the TA and have any questions or just need a flying target I'm at your service.

Good idea Sim.  

[Murdr]

The "training request form" has been retired. To efficiently furnish trainer access to the most people, the Training Corps will be providing both topical clinics, and open training sessions. The schedules will be posted on the Training Calendar, so that everyone can easily find what suits their individual interests and schedules.

That is the one and only web site announcment.

[CAP1]

something i've noticed.........myself and a couple squadies, go to the DA 1 night a week. we simply fly the aircraft that we most commonly come up against, or most commonly fly.  this seems to help a LOT.
 
plus, its fun!!!

[Sloehand]

Originally posted by wetrat

 I'm not a teacher.

Yes, this is glaringly obvious.  Therefore, maybe you shouldn't have chimed in, in the first place?

[Sloehand]

Originally posted by Simaril
Killshooter in the DA, which was needed thanks to the vulch dweebs, but also killed off the free for all dogfights. Those often turned into learning opportunities when the really good sticks who kept owning me would explain what I was doing wrong.

Two small corrections here.  
#1
IMO killshootter was not "needed" to provide relief from the "vulch dweebs".  HiTech simply did not wish to hear any further requests to provide some type of modest assistance to alleviate 'some' of the more extreme bad behavior.  Their response was a sledgehammer solution to a mosquito problem.  They couldn't be bothered to, at the very least, add an MOTD similar to the TA (thus giving credence to people telling the dweebs they were doing wrong) as one solution that was asked for, so they punished the many to squelch EVERYONE!  

They justified this with the lame excuse of saying the DA was never intended for the way it was being used, even though they knew of, and allowed, it to be used as it was for the previous 15 months (back to the time I joined AH) and most certainly longer before that.

That essentially killed the greater participation and usage of the DA by everyone.

#2
While there was another base so designated for free-for-all in the DA, the initial spawning base (I believe it was A30) was generally used for friendly 'pick up' 1 v. 1 fights or "duels" where an engagement was first offered then accepted, followed by a standard duelling, neutral merge.

Again, IMO, 97% of the time everyone followed these unofficial "Rules Of Engagement" and taught them to newbs who would listen.  This was generally a very well-ordered and polite arena, with only the occasional squeaker dweeb not playing nice.   It only got squirrelly for 2-3 weeks after a new commercial-generated influx 2-week freebies, then it would settle down again.  

As you previously alluded, this WAS a great place to seek out a more experienced pilot and ask (often by painful, but fun trial and error) for ACM tips and tactics. It WAS a very fun arena and WAS a very useful teaching environment (though HiTech will never admit it).

[Sloehand]

I typically visit the TA often when I'm waiting for the stupid arena I want to fly in to open up.

As a recruiter and trainer for my squad, I use this as an opportunity to assist people who ask for help, with an eye towards creating a further relationship should that person prove to have the type of attitude my squad desires (nothing Machiavellian here, we're just looking for nice, sane people, not Darwin Award Winners).

I even help non-recruitable pilots, such as those who are already trapped by the evil bonds of the Rooknits, but who are gallantly trying to resist becoming Bish-snaks on a contineous basis.  LOL

Seriously, I will help anyone who asks a real question politely, no matter how simple, so long has they haven't terminally tripped the Squeaker/Idiot meter prevously.  While I might not give away ALL my tricks (especially to Rooknits), IMO better pilots make for a better fighting experience for all of us.

P.S.  My squad has, as some of the better squads do, written training and combat manuals/material, designated trainers for all combat types, formal training programs and proficiency awards.  After our last training cycle, we even had a private KOTH event for trainees hosted for us by Fuzeman. <>