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[Soulyss]

One of the things I had to quickly try and learn when I started flying the 38 was timing my rolls and breaks better.  The 38 is either a huge target or if the roll is timed right it can become a small and elusive target real quick. 

[Rich46yo]

The Pilot wounds in the 38, in AH, is ridiculous.

That said Im currently infatuated with the airplane. The guns are like lazer beams and its just a joy to fly.

[Ack-Ack]

Ack-ack, I agree that historically the P-38's size disadvantage was not that great, but in the game that is not represented well.  It probably has to do with the damage model and how hits are detected; the rear fuselage is especially prone to soaking up bullets.

It is represented quite well in AH since the game doesn't have a hit bubble surrounding each plane and just as it was in real life, the P-38's size and shape doesn't put it at a disadvantage.


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[Anaxogoras]

It is represented quite well in AH since the game doesn't have a hit bubble surrounding each plane and just as it was in real life, the P-38's size and shape doesn't put it at a disadvantage.


ack-ack

Come on, don't simply repeat the same point.  The 38 is far easier for me to hit than a P-51 or P-47, and I highly doubt I'm the only who's had this experience.

[CAP1]

I usually go for P38s hoping it is member of S.A.P.P 

[Ack-Ack]

Come on, don't simply repeat the same point.  The 38 is far easier for me to hit than a P-51 or P-47, and I highly doubt I'm the only who's had this experience.

As someone that has probably some of the most in game hours flying the P-38, its size and shape is not a disadvantage. I have never lost a fight because of the size of the P-38.  YMMV.


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[CAP1]

The Pilot wounds in the 38, in AH, is ridiculous.

That said Im currently infatuated with the airplane. The guns are like lazer beams and its just a joy to fly.

AS WEIRD AS IT MAY SOUND, I SEEM TO DO BETTER WITHTHE GUNS IN THE G model, as opposed to the J model. thing is, though, that for me it's also much harder to see through the windscreen due to that useless piece of bullet resistang glass.

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[BaldEagl]

I like buff hunting.   

[CAP1]

I usually go for P38s hoping it is member of S.A.P.P 

KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY about that? i seem to be a somewhat easy kill when i'm in the buffs. when i'm trng to kill em......they seem to have friggin lazers with my name all over em.

[Tumor]

I don't get it.

[Delirium]

I've said it time and time again, P38s are the first targets after slow perk rides and C47s.

The few times I fly a 109, I feel invisible because everyone ignores me.

[CAP1]

I've said it time and time again, P38s are the first targets after slow perk rides and C47s.

The few times I fly a 109, I feel invisible because everyone ignores me.

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i used to feel that way going into furballs in a hurri2. not anymore though. it it feels to me like the most "transparent" plane i can fly in in a furball is the f6f or a low model spit, like maybe the 5. zekes, they light me up very quickly, we've already toaked about how they go for the 38's first, and higher model spits, i get kilt quickly in too.

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[stephen waldron]

      Personally i get the MOST enjoyment out of the game whenever some "Richtoffen" character decides he's going to single me out and shoot me down no matter what it takes.  A couple of nights ago a fella decided he was going to personally put an end to my bombing raids against his sides factories.  He comes after me in a P-51..  But i go up in a B-26 and i'm bombing and bugging out too fast for him to stop me from landing unharmed at my base.

      So next he starts bombing the radar at four forward bases so i don't see him coming.  It does him no good, because the "base under attack" warnings are telling me he's coming.  I'm still evading the guy in a B-26, and by now i'm laughing so hard i can barely fly the plane.  It was hysterical.   

      The bottom line is, there is usually a "counter" strategy to every tactic.  Figure it out and have fun.

[Masherbrum]

      Personally i get the MOST enjoyment out of the game whenever some "Richtoffen" character decides he's going to single me out and shoot me down no matter what it takes.  A couple of nights ago a fella decided he was going to personally put an end to my bombing raids against his sides factories.  He comes after me in a P-51..  But i go up in a B-26 and i'm bombing and bugging out too fast for him to stop me from landing unharmed at my base.

      So next he starts bombing the radar at four forward bases so i don't see him coming.  It does him no good, because the "base under attack" warnings are telling me he's coming.  I'm still evading the guy in a B-26, and by now i'm laughing so hard i can barely fly the plane.  It was hysterical.   

      The bottom line is, there is usually a "counter" strategy to every tactic.  Figure it out and have fun.

 

[CAP1]

      Personally i get the MOST enjoyment out of the game whenever some "Richtoffen" character decides he's going to single me out and shoot me down no matter what it takes.  A couple of nights ago a fella decided he was going to personally put an end to my bombing raids against his sides factories.  He comes after me in a P-51..  But i go up in a B-26 and i'm bombing and bugging out too fast for him to stop me from landing unharmed at my base.

      So next he starts bombing the radar at four forward bases so i don't see him coming.  It does him no good, because the "base under attack" warnings are telling me he's coming.  I'm still evading the guy in a B-26, and by now i'm laughing so hard i can barely fly the plane.  It was hysterical.   

      The bottom line is, there is usually a "counter" strategy to every tactic.  Figure it out and have fun.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<always has fun except when some non-fighting alt monkey schmuck spends 20 minutes tryin to bnz me, then runs when i get to a co-alt situation, when he could very easil have fought and most likely kilt me