let's talk about airplanes

Discussion in 'PS2 Main' started by Selentic, Apr 27, 2013.

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interested in air

  1. yes but I am terrible at don't know how to start

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  2. no I am a scrub who only plays infantry

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let's talk about airplanes

Discussion in 'PS2 Main' started by Selentic, Apr 27, 2013.

  1. Phragg

    Phragg Donating Member

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    If I may offer some tips:
    Know HOW to gun - know your weapon and it's trajectory as well as travel/reload speed (Dalton/Zeph/Shredder).
    Learn 'lead' times. The higher you are from the ground/farther away from the ESF/Lib, obviously the more lead time you need.
    Anticipate/predict movement of your target.
    Communicate with your pilot. Most of the decent pilots fly mostly in 3rd person unless engaging a target. They can see your gun and where you are shooting. Simple callouts like 'ESF up' or 'Lib far right' will usually help the pilot put you on target.

    I know I've been away from PS2 for some time now due to RL business, but I shall return soon. I'll end with this:

    You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
     
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  2. WillTerry

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    Wise words here. Im having some trouble flying with this latest patch and the strange ****job they did with the aircraft movement. Other than that, I am likely available for this project after the 8th. Thats when all my graduate work is done.
     
  3. Selentic

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    yeah this, guess we'll have to postpone this until they fix all the weird things they broke lol
     
  4. Witchhunt

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    Okay, so it's not just me? I thought the scythe's advantage was supposed to be maneuverability, but I'm constantly getting outflown by Reavers even. Who can give me some in-game lessons some evening?
     
  5. Selentic

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    According to some top pilots (naterian) the scythe is easily the weakest of all the esfs, and I'm inclined to believe that when a racer 2 scythe is equal to a stock mosquito, either way, it's not a *huge* deal for most pilots since it only matters near the top tier, and the vast majority of esf pilots aren't good enough for it to drastically change the outcome.

    Either way, just pop into the air channel sometime if krunk, and will, and crew are around, since they're usually more than happy to help people get started if we're not all doing something important.
     
  6. Selentic

    Selentic .

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    oh right wobble is fixed now so we should like, do this sometime (when's the next outfit meeting?)
     
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  7. Selentic

    Selentic .

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    Also here, have some lib pilot footage that I have that might be helpful maybe for people wanting to learn to properly fight air in a lib.

     
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  8. Jaamaw

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    Teach me so student can overtake master.
     
  9. Selentic

    Selentic .

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    roll with me and krunk qt

    never ever
     
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  10. Geneau

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    My Scythe skills are getting better, but my Lib flying sucks big-time. Most fights, I just make a run for it, try to hit something and make sure to get out before he starts chasing me. Most of my targets are infantry or parked ESFs, unless I got my A2A missiles equipped ofc (although an A2A lock-on kill is far less satisfying).

    I missed a few opportunities to improve my flying (RL always decides to make up something important the moment you plan something cool), but I'm most certainly going to try flying a bit more.