Author Topic: Observations about Gameplay on Fester’s new map (Read 3232 times)

beet1e · « **Reply #120 on:** October 08, 2003, 01:17:27 PM »

Rude, thank you for your advice. I must expand my flying experience still further. Perhaps I should start flying N1Ks and LA7s, and work on honing up HO technique.

As for surviving, a lot depends on working as a group.

I do have two squad invitations pending, but I need a squad that flies in Euro hours. And I was rather hoping for the AH2-TOD/Missun concept before making any decisions on that.

SlapShot · « **Reply #121 on:** October 08, 2003, 02:01:02 PM »

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I played plenty on this map 2 nights ago, and had fun. I flew 109G6 most of the time. Hmmm, kept getting cherrypicked by Spit ix. It's only problem if lone wolfing. Maybe a guy sees me on radar, and comes up not from the field that I have flown to, but the one next door which is now only about 3 minutes away. I was afraid we might see that. One solution would be to go back to the G10 for survivability, but I didn't need to. Some more friendlies arrived, and the cherrypicking evaporated.

BTW diving down on a much lower con doesn't work well in a 109Gx. It will accelerate rapidly to the point where elevator authority is lost. I could show you how it's done, but that would involve two offensive four-letter F words: Film, and fact. But why bother. You seem happy enough in the land of makebelieve. (these comments addressed to no-one in particluar)

A 109 getting cherry-picked by a Spit IX ... thats a beautiful thing. This has got to be one of the all time funniest things that I have heard ... a 109 pilot getting picked and NOT liking it ... 109s and 190s are the BIGGEST cherry-pickers of them all.

If he was 3 mintues away and climbed to alt ABOVE your 109 (in a Spit), then you deserved to be picked and it has nothing to do with field proximity. Don't be afraid ... it only hurts for a second.

Why always this "lone wolfing" banter ? I lone wolf at least 95% or better of my time when I play, and for some reason, I really don't find it as a hinderance to getting plently of kills nor is it the reason why I get killed.

Diving down and getting weak elevator authority is common in all/most of these planes ... ya just gotta know how to dive and stay within the limits ... not very hard to do.

gofaster · « **Reply #122 on:** October 08, 2003, 02:06:35 PM »

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I played plenty on this map 2 nights ago, and had fun. I flew 109G6 most of the time. ... BTW diving down on a much lower con doesn't work well in a 109Gx. It will accelerate rapidly to the point where elevator authority is lost.

I had the same problem until GScholtz (I think it was) suggested using the trim keys to regain elevator control. I mapped the trim to one of the hat switches on my joystick (mine has 3 hat switches

). That reduced the problem I was having with compression-augers into the dirt.

Of the 109s, I usually fly the 109F4 if I want to turn-fight, or the 109G10 if I'm doing bomber interceptions and high-speed attacks. The other two are compilations of the two themes. I haven't quite figured out the difference in combat effectiveness of the G2 and G6. They seem about the same except for wing roundel insignia and weapon packages.

beet1e · « **Reply #123 on:** October 08, 2003, 04:13:46 PM »

gofaster - I choose my 109s in much the same way as you. The F4 can excel when your opponent just assumes that you're a G10! But the G6 is not as fast as the G10. One of my mentors, Urchin, advises that on many occasions, a G10 v Spit ix duel will end in stalemate. That's been my experience. I think it's fair to say that the Spit ix trumps a G6.