Been tryin to learn the 109K and this helps quite a bit. I too would like a little more technical information like Ink suggested.
It seems like there are three issues for me at least in learning that plane. First is simple control....the 109s aren't near as friendly as the Ki-84 I am more used to at slow speeds. Especially with regard to throttle usage to counter torque effects. Second utilizing strengths vs weaknesses or how and what to plan in the middle of a fight for getting yourself into the position for the shot. Most of what I am doing in the fight is 75% reaction and 25% planning. So I can sometimes see a half a turn into the future. This is mainly because I still don't understand the plane. When I played before I stayed in the Ki-84 exclusively for a long time. I got to where I understood the plane and could see situations developing and knew where it was going and what I would be trying to do to counter the situation that I usually knew was going to happen. This was because I understood what that plane could and couldn't do. I knew how fast, how much flap, vertical and throttle. I knew what I would be doing or want to be doing in 2 or 3 turns and could move the fight in that direction.
These first two are the areas I would really like to see explained in films. The third area is gunnery. In the Ki-84 I found gunnery to be a simple learning curve but really kind of easy. This plane and it's 30mm is a different animal. I tend to miss those fight ending shots alot...reset and hope for another chance.
I learned the Ki by sticking with it (every sorti), watching films and dueling. I remember really working alot of this out in the DA with the Ki. Unfortunately the current DA is not the best for this kind of learning...it's like a little mini MA where most players seem to be more concerned with landing kills and flying fast planes for the pick. This is great for SA but its not that great for really learning the plane. This to me is more for after you learn the plane. I still go there on occasion but it gets frustrating having the mustangs, temps, 4-Hogs etc run away to a crowd of buddies so they can turn around and pick then chest bump each other on their mad skillz. What's really frustrating is that I have had no luck getting anyone to 1 v 1 at another base so I can figure out some tactics and control. Is there a better time of day for this stuff?
So....anyone that wants a bunch of easy kills and a good laugh sometime in the DA, I could use a little DA time
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Thanks for the film and comments
