You start flying pretty good right out of the box.... a week or two.
Takes 2 to 4 months to figure out the game "dynamics"...how base takes work, killing buildings, hunting bombers, driving GV's, and the game lingo...to get a very general idea of what the whole game is about.
Reading the "DAR bar" (the red and green bars that appear on the map). This tells you where the friendly and enemies are. This takes a few months to figure out to the point of meaning something.
The "radio". To change radios bring up the console with the "/" key. Channel "200" is an open channel across countries. This channel is where all the smack talk happens and other more relevant information. To change you will type " .radio 1 200 ". The period is the "dot". Radio 5 is the voice channel (VOX). You can tune directly to a player by typing " .radio 5 Playername". This gives you a private voice channel to only that player. You can also tune to a specific radio channel where all players tuned to that channel can hear you and you can hear them....like " .radio 5 126 ". Voice channels over 200 are across all countries. Voice channels below 200 only work for players on your side.
For typing text it works the same way. You can tune say " .radio 1 Playername " and your text will only appear to that person. Or you can tune " .radio 1 126 " and your text will go to all players tuned to that channel.
The green channel tunes to your country. The purple channel tunes to only players in "range"...5 miles it think.
Mission channel will work if you join a mission..all players tuned to mission can hear or see your text.
Red - Squad channel works only if you are in a squad.
A few rules of the road.
HO = head on shot - most players despise this kind of tactic. However you will find that you will get HO'd alot. Just watch ch 200 to see what happens when you do it.
Vulching - when you fly onto an enemy runway and kill them while taking off.
Ack - Ground to air guns.
Pick tard - someone who only flys at alt with advantage picking off players already engaged in a fight.
Twit ,dweeb, tard, etc - refers to players who play in a way that offends some players...ie...continuously vulching ho'ing, killing fighter hangers for no purpose..etc.
Regardless of what you hear from other players there IS HONOR and RESPECT in this game. You get to decide how you want to play. It's your 15 bucks. But I urge you to be careful as you will quickly get labled in one way or another....this could be bad or good.
I beg you to consult a trainer in the Training Areana (TA). It might be hard to get one for an hour or so but it will be worth it...will shorten your learning curve significantly.
DO NOT listen to people who only fly in the DA furball area only. A lot of players only fly in the arena. They DO NOT represent the players in general. (dueling arena lake). You will figure this one out on your own eventually.
The spit16 is the easiest plane to fly. Most players start out flying this plane because it is easy to fly and can outrun, out turn and out climb most other plane overall. However, if you fly this plane only you get labled a "spit dweeb". I urge you to fly several planes...try the slower ones and the faster ones. This will only come in time...but until you get the feel for the game I would learn in the easy spit16...no need in getting killed 50 times in a row in an advanced type of plane like the F4u, 109 or maybe the YAK.
Stay off Ch 200 until you learn what all the smak is about. Don't get labled an "ankle humper" (someone who complains everytime they get ho'd, shot down or somehow loose due to what they consider unfair conditions)
Lastly, there are two types of players in this game.
The "furballers" - Players who fly for ACM and the pure fight of shooting down other planes.
The "base takers" - Squad and groups of players who enjoy taking bases...winning the war
These two types are generally hostile toward each other...the base takes want to kill the fight and take the base...the furballes want the base to stay up so the can engage in ACM and kill other planes.
Good luck,
Agent360
Army of Muppets
