If you care about score, how should you fly

[madrid311]

 every once in awhile when I go to rankings to see who is ranked where and see how close to the bottom i am (lol) I wonder  how do they do that? how should you fly? what is the protocol? Do you have to live and kill in all three formats? curious to see what you guys who score big do to make it so. thanks, peace. 

[Coalcat1]

HO, pick, run, ect, every skilles and boring thing in game

[Lusche]

how should you fly?

Rule #1: Fly the way you have fun.

About score: It's all very obvious what you 'should' do for a better score if you know how it works:

In all players each sub category (k/d, K/S and so on) - best player is #2, second best #2 and so on. Fighter #1 is the player with the lowest rank sum in all  sub categories.
Overall rank works the same: Your fighter, bomber, vehicle and attack ranks are added up. Player with the lowest total is #1.

That's all.


So if you really want to boost your rank for any reason, just look at your detailed score on the website and see what you have to improve. Of course, that could get quite frustrating if you end up 'chasing numbers' instead of just having fun.

[The Fugitive]

I think that is what he is asking Lusche, what to do to get the best scores, or how to work the scoring game.

There are a number of things to do, for attack mode, drop a large bomb in the middle of a town, and return to base to land it.

one bomb taking out lots of buildings give you a higher hit percentage, returning to base gives you a higher damage per sortie and damage per death. Straffing buildings also gives you a higher hit percentage.

Like Lusche said, doing this for "score" makes the game not fun for many. You have to be careful not to be shot down, you have to get kills quickly and as many as you can per flight and so on. Also this isn't for a flight or two, this is every flight for the month.

Again, its much better to just fly and have fun doing what your doing.

[DmonSlyr]

Its one of those things you kind of learn over the experience of time you play the game. There are certain aspects that are good for score and bad for for it.

Fighter- is all about how many kills you can get per sortie, as fast as you can, with the best aim possible, while landing that sortie to get more fighter points and better K/D. In other words, get a lot kills quickly with good aim and don't die stay high, fast, and don't get caught in the "gang"

Attack- is more about how much destruction you can do to a base, town, strat, CV group, by placing your bombs correctly to insure good damage and hit percentages per sortie. You also need to get air to air kills with basically the same motives as fighter rank. It is basically being good at dive bombing to get the most damage while gettimg a few fighter skills all in one sortie. Landing is always the key.

Bombing- how accurate your bombs are, how much damage you do per sortie, and capturing bases. Kills don't really matter. You just need to focus on getting as much damage as you can per sortie while landing it.

Vehicle- i hate vehicles I let others explain.

Everything is per sortie and landing is crucial to success.

[WEZEL]

How should you fly........









Naked and drunk   

[xPoisonx]

I personally find it fun to see how high I can get my score...

 

[Mongoose]

If you want to really enjoy the game the most, forget about score.   

[xPoisonx]

If you want to really enjoy the game the most, forget about score.   

Is that an opinion or a fact?

[madrid311]

Thanks guys. I don't really care about score but that helped.

[mechanic]

  how should you fly?

every waking hour of your life

[RufusLeaking]

About score: It's all very obvious what you 'should' do for a better score if you know how it works:

There are somethings that are less obvious.

For example, the damage and hit percentage categories in vehicles require rockets on a town.

A town capture or two, or anything that get's one off the 'tied for last' rank, is very helpful.

...

There are many ways to manipulate scores and ranks. Some are like work.

Rule #1: Fly the way you have fun.

Rule #2: If you're not having fun, see rule #1.

The only possible benefit for a low rank is to take and hold a Task Group. The only time that is useful is when some is griefer is doing stupid things with a TG.

Ranks happen. Achievements happen. Perks happen. Just have fun.

[Slate]

   When I first started my goal was to get below 1000 rank. At first it was tough to even get a kill. I learned how to survive first, not putting myself in bad positions. Some players helped me with that and can help you too. Altitude and speed were important after taking off not just heading for the higher red guy.

      Fighter : Find a plane that feels good to you. Fast nimble fighters many of the vets use now, LAs, Yak3s, KIs ect. Having a good view from the cockpit too helps and adjust views so you aren't surprised by someone you never saw. As you get better the score will come. I see it as an indicator of skill but if you want to have fun and do some risky stuff your score may take a hit.

      Attack: When I up in a mission say a P38 with ordinance choose attack mode. You don't need many attack sorties but make sure you have a few per tour if you don't score will suffer.

    Bomber: I prefer the Lancaster because of the bomb load though it is risky due to having poor defensive firepower and no guns able to shoot a target directly underneath. One sortie with formation checked I have white flagged towns or totally disabled V-bases. Hitting strat targets will get you decent damage points but a long flight time.
    Some that have high scores will have 5 sorties landing all 5 and hit several town centers from high altitude. That will be their only bomber experience for the current tour.

    GV: It can be fun but also frustrating when you drive 5-10 minutes only to be suddenly shot or Bombed. Be cautious and try to use hills as cover and avoid direct line from spawn to base. I try not to up at a field that has ord enabled. I would rather fly an attack sortie first to disable it for 30 min. then return with GV.
     Important to score besides kills is damage points. I attack with the M4 and rocket package. If you do make it to town you can do a lot of damage. Avoid or kill gun emplacements first as they take out the rocket package fairly easy.

[BuckShot]

my score got better when I stopped caring about score

[Mongoose]

If you want to really enjoy the game the most, forget about score.   

Is that an opinion or a fact?

It is advice.  Based on observation that those who enjoy the game more generally care less about score.