611 Squadron - Biggin Hill Wing 1943

Oberon · 04-03-09, 06:08 PM

Oberon · 04-03-09, 06:16 PM

Take a Friday night, add a UI 1.01 which makes you restart every time you disconnect, add a drunken ferret and an englishman who accidentally turns his microphone off, then add a tablespoon of bad luck and stir until ready.
The result, about four restarts, a mass slaughter, a mid-air collision and only two survivors. I bagged one Fw-190, quite lucky really, I must have got the Luftwaffe n00bs because they were flying quite happily straight and normal, I would have got two but I used up all my cannon ammo firing too early and then ran out of MG, the 190 didn't even flinch when I accelerated past it and took a photo of it

, Red Max got two and made it home while Task Force and Hunter weren't so lucky...

Oberon · 04-03-09, 06:21 PM

Oh, and Red Max, as promised, first round is on me

Task Force · 04-03-09, 06:41 PM

I think we need to add a ruel to prevent crashes like we had today.

Like... Keep at least 2 plane lenghts away from eatch other when in formation. unless told too by your flight leader.

Because when you fly too close to eatch other. Your asking for it almost.

We probably need to stay in a area. So we dont have a slaughter house like today.

I remember looking back to my 6 and seeing 3 fw 190s (out of the bunch that were waiting to kill me.) (2 of which were both shooting at me at once.)

It was... boom, boom,boom. black screen

"Task Force has been killed"

Fincuan · 04-03-09, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Like... Keep at least 2 plane lenghts away from eatch other when in formation. unless told too by your flight leader.

Because when you fly too close to eatch other. Your asking for it almost.

There is a reason why the RAF practically stopped using tight "wingtip to wingtip" vics of three and started using the more loose finger-four a la Luftwaffe. Flying in close formation means most of your attention is focused on the leader and you're not very effective in observing and spotting the enemy. Collision risk is also there, even more so in IL2 than real-life thanks to lag. Also if you're bounced you don't have much room to maneuver.

Close formations are for airshows, and there's no reason at all to fly one in combat.

One exception: It's allowed when you want to scare the **** out of an FW190. Nice one

Gotta love IL2's AI too. "Me is Oleg's AI the "returning home"-mode, me doesn't react to anything!"

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 04-03-09, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Oh, and Red Max, as promised, first round is on me

:rotfl::rotfl:. I'll drink to that mate

. It seems that the ai compleatly ignored the fact that I was there, the first one that I got tryed in my book the dumbest evasive manuver ever( the one where the enemy climbs straight up to attempt to gain altitude but loses a lot of air speed

), I didn't go straight up after him, I stayed on a 70-80 percent climb gave him a few bursts from the machine guns and when those hit I fired the cannons and blew his left wing off. The second one was even dumber than that!! He must have been a pilot with no combat experiance since he flew strait and level in a combat zone for more than thirty seconds, I gave him a seven second burst and he blew up right in front of me. Hunter that piss poor landing that I did was because I'm more used to landing with the outside view on, or if we could use ctrl+F1 I probibly would have made a better landing, but its one more thing to practice I guess.

XabbaRus · 04-04-09, 03:00 AM

So I didn't miss much then?

Dowly · 04-04-09, 04:07 AM

There was enemies?

Kratos · 04-04-09, 04:51 AM

I gave up after all the restarts.. got some ''nvopenglbuffer'' error that wouldn't allow IL2 to start up,

Schroeder · 04-04-09, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

There was enemies?

35sec. after you rammed me out of the sky.

Stealth Hunter · 04-04-09, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Oh, and Red Max, as promised, first round is on me

Funny, especially since the Brits demanded that Germany hand over all Fokkers after the war... all of them...

That D.VII was just too good for their Se5s.

Task Force · 04-04-09, 05:26 PM

I looked back at the track...

Dowly was flying around behind Schroeder (3 to 4 plane lenghts upside down.) and then you both blew up.

Nither of youall touched.

It was lag or something like that.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 04-04-09, 10:50 PM

Lag could be the culprit

.

Dowly · 04-05-09, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

I looked back at the track...

Dowly was flying around behind Schroeder (3 to 4 plane lenghts upside down.) and then you both blew up.

Nither of youall touched.

It was lag or something like that.

Nah, I checked the track yesterday and I went Top Gun on his German butt and crashed to his cockpit. Sorry about that Schroeder.

Schroeder · 04-05-09, 10:17 AM

Don't drink and fly.

04-03-09, 06:08 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	611 Squadron - Biggin Hill Wing 1943

04-03-09, 06:41 PM	#4
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I think we need to add a ruel to prevent crashes like we had today. Like... Keep at least 2 plane lenghts away from eatch other when in formation. unless told too by your flight leader. Because when you fly too close to eatch other. Your asking for it almost. We probably need to stay in a area. So we dont have a slaughter house like today. I remember looking back to my 6 and seeing 3 fw 190s (out of the bunch that were waiting to kill me.) (2 of which were both shooting at me at once.) It was... boom, boom,boom. black screen "Task Force has been killed" __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

04-04-09, 03:00 AM	#7
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	So I didn't miss much then? __________________

04-04-09, 04:51 AM	#9
Kratos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,267 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I gave up after all the restarts.. got some ''nvopenglbuffer'' error that wouldn't allow IL2 to start up, __________________

04-04-09, 05:26 PM	#12
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I looked back at the track... Dowly was flying around behind Schroeder (3 to 4 plane lenghts upside down.) and then you both blew up. Nither of youall touched. It was lag or something like that. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

04-03-09, 06:16 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Take a Friday night, add a UI 1.01 which makes you restart every time you disconnect, add a drunken ferret and an englishman who accidentally turns his microphone off, then add a tablespoon of bad luck and stir until ready. The result, about four restarts, a mass slaughter, a mid-air collision and only two survivors. I bagged one Fw-190, quite lucky really, I must have got the Luftwaffe n00bs because they were flying quite happily straight and normal, I would have got two but I used up all my cannon ammo firing too early and then ran out of MG, the 190 didn't even flinch when I accelerated past it and took a photo of it , Red Max got two and made it home while Task Force and Hunter weren't so lucky...

04-03-09, 06:21 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Oh, and Red Max, as promised, first round is on me

04-04-09, 04:07 AM	#8
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,035 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	There was enemies?

04-04-09, 10:50 PM	#13
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,259 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Lag could be the culprit. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

04-05-09, 10:17 AM	#15
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Don't drink and fly. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.