korean conflict

[Dichotomy]

Hey Cap?

<S> and thanks this has been a load of fun.  Regardless of my suckage as a pilet I plan on being in this arena every Tue and Thur at 7 CST to support whatever you guys come up with. 

I'm going to get my tail kicked for this but as much as the GV'rs whine on the boards you might consider a one night a week GV battle.  We might not get the cookie but we might get an occasional chocolate chip.  Just sayin.

And, for the record, I loathe GV's.  But I'll play em if that's what it takes.

[Oldman731]

Flying the jets was wicked fun, thanks for setting it up. 
I would like to say however, that this set up would actually benefit from having enemy icons "on". My theory is that fights would be more dynamic when everybody is not hugging the deck to stay hidden. That, and at the higher speeds it is very hard to track enemies when switching between views. The time used relocate an enemy is usually enough to give him an overwhelming advantage. One mistake is all it takes before you get to eat a bunch of 30mm. Better visibility, better fights, more time between trips to the tower.

I wondered if the no-enemy-icons setting would work with the higher speeds of jets.  Much to my surprise it seems to work fine, and I haven't heard any serious complaints about it (yours is a suggestion, not a complaint).  Your observation about view switching is certainly accurate enough, and it applies to all of the planes in the AH2 plane set.  Most difficult thing for me to learn - to the extent that I've learned it, that is - was to fly while looking out the back.  The no-icons thing really drives home the importance of this particular skill.

Was great seeing you there the other night, Devil, hope to see you more.

- oldman

[Dichotomy]

Ya play what's out there.  Sometimes the field is wet. 

It's going to take me FOREVER to get used to the icons off situation but in the long run it will make me better so I'm giving it a 

So about those AAMRAMS on MY planes only?   hmmm?

[SAJ73]

My biggest issue with the no icons thing is the fact that my 15" laptop makes it very hard to relocate an enemy at the deck, especially if I just had to change from one direction of view to another during a turn. I get a ton of practice at use of views though, and that is really something I need to work on. But the 262 skin really blends nicely into the terrain when really low, and it is hard on my eyes after a while of hard tracking.. 

Guess a bigger screen would solve my running eyes problem, the dot-hunt in the horizon is also hard on the eyes.. The good thing is there is not a flydirt on my screen that goes un-noticed, so my screen is pretty clean at all times nowadays..   

[Jappa52]

Hugging the deck to avoid detection is one reason you will find Puma and I down there BUT it is not the main reason. Actually it's only about 10% percent or so...  the main reason we are in the weeds is because without the bright, neon-like sign above everyones head that all but flashes "HERE I AM, COME SHOOT ME" it is not easy to see enemies. You have to actually look for people to shoot. I find myself peering intently out of all sides of my plane trying to see the other guy before he sees me. A lot of the time if you are the first you can dictate how the fight will go. So Puma and I scare the squirrels in an attempt to put as much sky above our aircraft as possible. It is much easier to see you guys against the sky than it is to pick you out of all the ground clutter. Which is... pretty darn realistic and makes for some very intense sorties when you are trying to fly a tactical formation while looking left/right/behind/above, at tree top level.... going 400kts + 

We arent trying to avoid a fight, we are just trying to see you better to kill you quicker is all

Anyway it's lots o' fun  see you guys this weekend.

[captain1ma]

i was flying at 4k trying to sucker the guys in the weeds to come up after me so i could drill them!   

[Dichotomy]

I chased a dot on my screen right into the dirt... turned out to be sneeze / snuff residue

Good times nonetheless thanks for all of yalls hard work.   

[Puma44]

Ya play what's out there.  Sometimes the field is wet.  

It's going to take me FOREVER to get used to the icons off situation but in the long run it will make me better so I'm giving it a  

So about those AAMRAMS on MY planes only?   hmmm?

O.K., O.K.!  Ya get one AAMRAM.  But, since ya don't have an on board search radar, the fins are locked, and......an inert warhead.  ....and one is all ya get.  ....and don't poke your eye out with that thing!   I want you to be able to check six real good. 

[Puma44]

Tonight was my first night flying in a week, so I jumped in the AvA for some jet action.  OMG that is so frikkin fun!!  This needs to be a reoccurring set up for sure!  Looks like I need to build a Korea terrain.

 

Korean terrain would be great fun, Ranger.  The Mid War terrain is very similar to South Korea, as was the terrain along the northern Tunisia coast from last week. Go for it!