How is the game these days?

[DmonSlyr]

Tempest sucks at high altitude.   

When I run into one with even a c202 at 30k, they dive away.

Diving away is an advantage. And it's weakness is stall fighting, so of course it's going to run away. Extending away quickly is the biggest advantage a plane can have. On top of having the best cannons in the game so it's easy to collect a kill in 1 pass, where as the C202, you'll be putting 100s of rounds of bullets in them. Cannon planes make everything much better in these types of games because 50s and below take much more bullets and longer gun solution time on the plane to take them down. That's why the Nik for example is such a deadly plane, even though it's slow.

[icepac]

It's not extending if they don't intend to engage at some point.

[DmonSlyr]

It's not extending if they don't intend to engage at some point.

The advantage of having the faster plane is that you can choose to engage or not engage when ever you want. If nothing can technically catch you, than you are the most advantaged.

[Animl-AW]

The advantage of having the faster plane is that you can choose to engage or not engage when ever you want. If nothing can technically catch you, than you are the most advantaged.

So some are saying it should be strictly TnB in planes designed to BnZ? Or we should just fly TnB planes?

You can chase me, once you turn back I’m on your 6, and I’m faster
Some players bite that hook. two birds one stone. Not only do I regain E, ya just handed me the 6.

Just FYI, a plane designed to BnZ needs to extend to regain speed so you don’t always have the advantage.

Frankly, I think those who fly with large nose canons strictly to HO are a bigger problem in that epidemic.

[Animl-AW]

insisting this is the thread for this.

You're on your own. I'm not rowing upstream anymore.

[caldera]

caldera - I gotta say, flying Aces High in VR is a completely different experience - it turns your flying knowledge on it's head.

From an immersion perspective, the difference of flying with 2 screens and maybe a TrackIR, and flying with an Oculus Quest 2 headset is the difference between driving a 1988 Toyota Corolla 4 door hatchback and 1969 Pontiac GTO 4-speed RA4 JUDGE. 

Which is more fun to drive/fly?

I would much rather have a '69 Road Runner with a 440. Big and bad, like a Jug or a Hellcat.

It was kind of fun driving slow poke tin cans in the '80s.  You could wring them out for all their worth and not be going fast, but they felt fast, because they were loud inside and seemed to be coming apart at the seams.

I was fine with using the hat switch for views and am sure that VR is nice, but would rather spend my money elsewhere.

[DmonSlyr]

I still use the hat switch myself. Just cannot get the look behind views how I want with VR and Track Ir, and it just hurts my neck too much in WW2 with how much I look around.

So some are saying it should be strictly TnB in planes designed to BnZ? Or we should just fly TnB planes?

You can chase me, once you turn back I’m on your 6, and I’m faster
Some players bite that hook. two birds one stone. Not only do I regain E, ya just handed me the 6.

Just FYI, a plane designed to BnZ needs to extend to regain speed so you don’t always have the advantage.

Frankly, I think those who fly with large nose canons strictly to HO are a bigger problem in that epidemic.

I think you are over thinking it. I'm saying there is a skill level. Like a p40 takes a very high skill level to be successful most of the time. Planes like a spit16, La7, Tempest and 190D, take a very low skill level to be successful because of how capable they are vs other planes, regardless of the pilot (even though yes the pilot matters). I'm trying to convince vets to get out of the low skilled planes and into higher skilled planes in order to give the less skilled players more of a chance to have fun and be successful in the fight.

Remember, good players in low skilled planes are far more deadly than good players in high skilled planes and it makes an impact on the arena.

[ZE]

I'm trying to convince vets to get out of the low skilled planes and into higher skilled planes in order to give the less skilled players more of a chance to have fun and be successful in the fight.
Remember, good players in low skilled planes are far more deadly than good players in high skilled planes and it makes an impact on the arena.

It's my personal option to use the old Brewster ( even I know most of the HA fighter planes are faster and powerful and can kill me easily ) since the fun on the turns, twisting and long shooting is amazing. I'm not a killer pilot, but rookies and veterans have fun fighting with me and my Brew... I believe that attract more pilots to our game. 
ZE

[MDStampf93]

Always gotta be careful when ZE’s Brewster is in the area, he’s a good shot in it. 

[ZE]

Always gotta be careful when ZE’s Brewster is in the area, he’s a good shot in it. 

JAJAJA, nooo Stampf93 , we need to be careful with you around.    
ZE

[The Fugitive]

So some are saying it should be strictly TnB in planes designed to BnZ? Or we should just fly TnB planes?

You can chase me, once you turn back I’m on your 6, and I’m faster
Some players bite that hook. two birds one stone. Not only do I regain E, ya just handed me the 6.

Just FYI, a plane designed to BnZ needs to extend to regain speed so you don’t always have the advantage.

Frankly, I think those who fly with large nose canons strictly to HO are a bigger problem in that epidemic.

Personally I'd rather dodge HOs all night than chase anyone "extending".

[icepac]

Edited:

So when one ups to engage B29s in a Tempest, expect to see me there escorting at 35k in anything that will get up there.   

Then players can "extend" away 30k feet to land and put together excuses.   

I don't mind 163s and used to hunt them......unless they don't show up on dar at all which may be because of the crazy climb rate.   That's happened twice in my aces high career so it's a fluke but it was in AH3.

[Animl-AW]

Personally I'd rather dodge HOs all night than chase anyone "extending".

Some who are flying fast planes are just coming in to straff and egg they had no intension to be caught up in a fight they would lose in a TnB. I’m nit one of them. However if I have 2-4 on my 6 you can bet in Vegas I’m pulling away instead if stopping and posing for their shot.  A lot of details excluded from the complaint. In fact if I get 1500-2k out I AM going to flip on all 2-4 of them. Also, I will pull that troll line just to deplete their canons for my flip, because they are spraying the full chase. I watch out my rear window more than front to dodge incoming fire on my 6, hence I hit a lot of trees. Lol

As far as HOs I give a short warning burst at 1500, if they continue I just dump the whole load on them. Some will bank out. And sometimes if its not a total HO night I’ll use my own evasion tricks to get on their 6.

[icepac]

I'm a sucker for the HO ever since I got lucky to PK a jokers squad P47 with a HO in a D3A but it hasn't happened since.

[Shuffler]

Careful... that Epstein guy liked hos and we all know what happened to him.