newb question

[DeeACE]

Same goes for the gamepad.  Yes I have used similar gamepads for flying in the past (similar assignments as well) and while it was better than nothing, it's still far from being as precise as a joystick is.  Why?  My guess is the short-throw of the 'sticks' on the gamepad.  Basically you're trading a faster reaction time for less precision - but this isn't the only factor.  If you grew up using a game-pad type controller, then you're probably going to do better with one... at least without tanking your score by using a joystick for a couple months to get used to it...

Late War Tour 123 Statistics for DEEMAN
   Fighter     Bomber     Attack     Veh./Boat     Total
Kills    37    2    101    12    152
Assists    9    0    26    3    38
Sorties    30    33    111    21    195
 Landed    12    15    18    6    51
 Bailed    1    3    6    0    10
 Ditched    1    2    1    1    5
 Captured    7    1    19    0    27
 Deaths    9    12    64    14    99
 Discos    0    0    3    0    3
Time hh:mm:ss    06:38:10    03:30:18    19:59:36    02:37:14    32:45:18
Rank    288    728    556    533    236

<S> DEEMAN

[Buck]

Copy that, had to assume 'Buck' was your in-game name, but in the bigger picture, manipulating pixels with a mouse just isnt a flight sim!

Roger bj229r, i'm beginning to feel that posting my opinion was a bad move, I'm sorry that i brought the whole thing up. i didn't know that aces high pilots who have flown for 10 to 9 years would respond this way.

a stick is a stick, a mouse is a mouse, lets leave it at that. 

[fuzeman]

Hopefully we wont encounter a mouse with a pointed stick!!

[bj229r]

Then of course, there's the tards in those girly 2 engine thingies with the cute little steering wheels

[Buck]

Then of course, there's the tards in those girly 2 engine thingies with the cute little steering wheels