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Title: Wow im horrible
Post by: sandwich on October 08, 2009, 09:14:25 PM
I just started playing again after a long time and wow i got really really bad.

I cant hit anything, I blackout frequently and i am starting to hear the stall horn in my sleep.

I seem to have lost all of my skills.

Has anyone else lost their skills after time away from aces high or am i just bad?
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: SunBat on October 08, 2009, 09:18:29 PM
Pretty normal. Good thing is they come back faster than it took to learn them. Or so I hear 'cause I have always sucked so suckin' doesn't matter with breaks.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: LLogann on October 08, 2009, 09:18:57 PM
Keep going and reply to your own thread in 7 days.

 :salute
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: thndregg on October 08, 2009, 09:21:15 PM
Yep. Used to be that the Yak was my main ride. Got fairly proficient in it, but that was back when I had lots of time to play.
Times have changed, and I don't devote nearly as much time to this as I used to due to real-worldly issues, so I fly bombers much more as my fighter prowess is in the crapper.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: JunkyII on October 08, 2009, 09:35:39 PM
I just started playing again after a long time and wow i got really really bad.

I cant hit anything, I blackout frequently and i am starting to hear the stall horn in my sleep.

I seem to have lost all of my skills.

Has anyone else lost their skills after time away from aces high or am i just bad?

I noticed it, I notice that aim is what goes first. I wont fly a K4 for a bit and cant aim the tator for crap :salute
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: Nemisis on October 08, 2009, 09:40:07 PM
I just started playing again after a long time and wow i got really really bad.

I cant hit anything, I blackout frequently and i am starting to hear the stall horn in my sleep.

I seem to have lost all of my skills.

Has anyone else lost their skills after time away from aces high or am i just bad?


Same thing happened to me except for the blacking out. Now after about a month, I'm better then bout half my (is it "our" now?) squadies. I hadn't really noticed large ammounts of blackouts, but then again I may just have a good memory and so it seems normal.

BTW is there any trick to keep from blacking out other than not turning so hard?
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: OOZ662 on October 08, 2009, 09:42:28 PM
I tend to actually get much, much better after time away. No idea why. Slow downhill slide after that, though.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: sandwich on October 08, 2009, 09:49:05 PM
i contacted ace and i am gonna be your squaddie now.

I have the bad tendency now to yank myt stick hard making me black out frequently.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: OOZ662 on October 08, 2009, 09:51:49 PM
Blacking/Redding out is caused by putting stress on your body from pulling/pushing G forces. Generally that's caused by pulling a tight turn. So, no, not really much else to do about it.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: Nemisis on October 08, 2009, 09:52:58 PM
Oh, OK. Heres what I did: I went into offline practice mode, and got adjusted to turning with the slow turning drones, and pulling lead on them. Its a good way to get used to turning again. And then once you got that down, try and pull lead on the next one while staying in place....
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: AirFlyer on October 08, 2009, 10:17:19 PM
I just started playing again after a long time and wow i got really really bad.

I cant hit anything, I blackout frequently and i am starting to hear the stall horn in my sleep.

I seem to have lost all of my skills.

Has anyone else lost their skills after time away from aces high or am i just bad?


Has happened to me each time I go on any extended hiatus in this game. It's irritating but you'll bounce back quick.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: Shuffler on October 09, 2009, 12:33:58 AM
I just started playing again after a long time and wow i got really really bad.

I cant hit anything, I blackout frequently and i am starting to hear the stall horn in my sleep.

I seem to have lost all of my skills.

Has anyone else lost their skills after time away from aces high or am i just bad?


Maybe your just noticing how you've flown all along.  :P

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Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: Getback on October 09, 2009, 08:54:21 AM
I'm like some, I tend to get better after some time off. However, in my first 4 sorties back, I crashed into my prey 3 times.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: Nemisis on October 09, 2009, 09:05:28 PM
Kinda like my getback, I couldn't aim worth toejam, and I kept crashing, but after about a week when I didn't screw up, I was better than I was before, lol does that speak badly of my skills?
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: Reschke on October 09, 2009, 10:38:11 PM
It doesn't matter once you leave and don't touch a joystick for a while it all goes in the crapper. As long as you do something in a prop flight sim you can retain some semblance of appearing that you know what you are doing. I didn't touch a stick for at least a year and tried IL-2 series...couldn't hit squat...after about a week I was g2g and then now about 6-8 months later back in AH and at least nail a few kill hits on a plane or three.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: grizz441 on October 10, 2009, 05:20:16 PM
I have the bad tendency now to yank myt stick hard making me black out frequently.

 :lol
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: JunkyII on October 11, 2009, 03:00:05 AM
:lol
lol hes cutting off blood flow :rofl
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: crazyivan on October 11, 2009, 05:46:38 AM
I tend to actually get much, much better after time away. No idea why. Slow downhill slide after that, though.
You can't have my milshake 0ZZ ; because it brings the boy's to the yard!
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: OOZ662 on October 11, 2009, 06:15:36 AM
You can't have my milshake 0ZZ ; because it brings the boy's to the yard!

Not sure if any professional in any branch could discover the thought process (much less the reason) behind this reply.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: JimmyC on October 11, 2009, 06:40:18 AM
stall limiter off??

Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: Nemisis on October 11, 2009, 11:28:35 AM
lol hes cutting off blood flow :rofl



Lol, just got it.....
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: sandwich on October 11, 2009, 02:47:49 PM
wow

I get it. Cant beleive i missed it at first.
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: StokesAk on October 11, 2009, 02:49:43 PM
 :rofl
Title: Re: Wow im horrible
Post by: Nemisis on October 11, 2009, 09:13:44 PM
wow

I get it. Cant beleive i missed it at first.


Lol sandwich, you were probably talking about the subject of the joke at first, and now think we're some how laughing about the game....