planes suck

The success of flying has multiple factors in many of which you have no control over.

Some pilots are easy to shoot down in a dogfight, some are impossible. It is really a matter of luck who you are against.

Same goes for your wingmen. Can they clear the skies or are they just flying dummies.

As for some useful advice:

- the easiest way to upgrade planes is to strafe infantry with the explosive rounds (they are useless vs aircraft) but for this you would ideally have a team which is constantly spotting enemies (happens more often is breakthrough rather than conquest).

- also don't fly over enemy territory, meanwhile if you are being chased, lure your tail over your team to get them Fliegered.

- last but not least: don't use the field repair upgrade, you need the emergency repair instead which gives back more health.

Should the Fliegerfaust be nerfed? Absolutely yes!

@CooperCreeper18  I see a lot of anger here and unfortunately it's easy to get worse the more you get frustrated as you're not flying to the best of your ability. You'll start going more aggressive, get tunnel visioned and ultimately lost all sense of surroundings which will see you back at the home screen in no time.

Yes the Fliegerfaust is an extremely powerful weapon but it's not unbeatable. Here are some tips that I guarantee you better results in future and while these seem like common sense and you may tell other people yourself, very seldom to people take their own advice.

Firstly if you know there is a section of the map that has people shooting at you with the FF avoid it, don't try and get back at them because this is what they want, they will hide in bushes, behind houses, etc and it will only cause you to get more and more frustrated, leading to more and more deaths. Just let it go and steer clear.

Secondly when going in for a strafing run, be aware of not only your height but distance to target. You can strafe low but allow yourself enough turning time to keep out of the FF range and this goes for both factions.

Thirdly if you are in pursuit of an enemy fighter and they start to descend towards the island IMMEDIATELY pull up towards the ceiling and watch behind you. One of two things will happen with that fighter, they will either head towards their resupply station which you can then follow while remaining near the ceiling to enable a quick dive boom and zoom or two they will loop off towards the water once they realize you are not behind them and at altitude they will not be able to see you when looking straight back as you will be out of their FOV. One thing is certain and that is you will avoid being baited by either FF or the Type 10.

Forth, in a dogfight it doesn't come down to who has leading edge, which has radar or even who gets on who first, it's who utilizes their aircraft the best. I don't run the leading edge or radar on any of my aircraft and I can comfortably turn the tables on nearly every aircraft that gets on my six but initiating various manoeuvres, speed control and using the surrounding environment to my advantage. If you're one of these people who have been spamming stall as your primary defence then of course you will have major issues when dealing with decent pilots as this is actually a very easy thing to counter which will leave you sitting in the air like a floating piñata. Stalling should be used ONLY as a last resort when they are so close behind you that they can practically see the pilot.

Fifth and final, fly smart. I know this may sound redundant but flying with full awareness of your height/distance to enemy ground targets, knowing where both the enemy and friendly fighters are at all times, keeping an eye on mounted AA positions through the use of the minimap (the AA icon will disappear when mounted until spotted up) and if you're in a party, keeping good communication with your team is key.

Flying isn't simply choosing a plane and watching your score go up, flying actually takes a lot of patience and skill to use effectively, for if it was that easy to go 100+ in a game everyone would do it but alas only a handful of skill players can pull this off. Learn from these pilots, watch videos but most importantly take every game as a learning opportunity to improve on your next

@Real_Noobalishus All good advice, patience is key. Do you have flying footage of your own?

is anyone else having issues with HOTAS flight controls where if you use both Roll and Pitch input at the same time,  the Pitch gets cut in half for movement thus cutting your ability to turn hard in a dogfight cut in half? 

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That inverted flight was insane!

I see you like flying the Spitfire, 20k kills holy sh!t xD

I subbed to your youtube channel, I like the editing. But actually I was asking about material on flying techniques. Do you ever plan to upload that?

@AOD_CapStar362yeah, now that you mention it, I see sometimes my planes act "weird". That's probably what you have described. I will test it more and report it as a bug. It needs to be fixed!

whats weird is,  the European Theater aircraft do not have this issue,  only the Pacific Theater.  


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq-bdgTEq-s

pay close attention to the Elevator input when i add Aileron input,   watch how it instantly cuts the Elevator input in half,  and then as I do a full sweep of my stick,   notice the "jerky" input of the elevator as i add and neutral my aileron input. 

well,  this equals a cut in maneuverability effectiveness of half and also makes pitch induced turning very erratic and unstable,  thats not cool 

ahhahhh yess the new challenge is nearly impossible for me i can't even get 1 kill with a plane and they expect me to get 6 kills?! i load every bullet into into an enemy plane and it feels it'll take ages for them to go down i've also tries bombing people that also never works and all this for an plane camo?? im on the brink of just giving up on this particular challenge not to mention when it's the other way around it doesn't take me ages to go down the logic in this game is ridiculous