OFF LINE TRAINNING
New guys need an aid to get them up to the basic level needed to takeoff and land.
Tutorials to teach basic flight maneuvers: loops, rolls, split-s, etc.
teach advanced maneuvers: wingovers, stalls, spin/recovery, etc.
teach basic combat maneuvers: lead/pure/lag pursuits and turns, barrel rolls.
use canned "follow my control movements" type of tutorials. Starting with "hands off" to let the AI fly the first try.
Teach gunnery - most of these new guys dont have a clue.
A guncamera is required, for the newbies (and us ol'farts too).
It's not spiffy bells and whisles stuff I know but, If an effort to train up new guys is not taken the player base is never going to expand fast enough to keep all of us happy. ie. the company goes under and we cant get our fixes in anymore.
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