Worst Silent Hunter game ever??

[von Kinderei]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I can't answer for him, but until SH5 has a fully functioning crew and all types of u-boats and over 100 merchant types with cargo and names, it will take second place.

Plus I just like the game play and feel alot better

[Dowly]

The easy way would be just to say: "Well, flightsims aren't for you", but I'm
quite bored atm so.

Originally Posted by JimmyS1985

Well it took $1500 in equipment for me to figure out that I don't like flight sims.

That's your loss. It's not very wise to go into a new genre and spend money
on it like that without knowing anything about it.

I played multiplayer for several hours, IL2 sturmovik, Cliffs of Dover to find out that number1, even with top notch equipment, I still suck (Haven't shot down a human or AI fighter plane to date, despite myself being shot down atleast 30x)

Having "top notch" equipment means nothing if you don't have the basic knowledge
how to use it. How different planes handle, what kind of maneuvers each plane
are capable of executing, what kind of weaponry they have, against which
type of opponent they should be used and what tactics to use.

the flying can get boring, its pretty much looking all around for planes since I leave it on realism and 99% of the time, seeing nothing but blue sky, ground and sea below you.

Looking around is one of the most important things to do in a combat flight
simulator, it's called situational awareness. If you are looking for constant
action, then I'd say try some of the more casual flying games, like HAWX.

The game isn't too popular, just because you can fit 128 planes into a map, usually the maximum is around 20, you might see some action if it gets up to 30 or 40 but usually its well below 20 so you can only play during peak hours.

Which game would that be? You mention IL2, which is more or less the most
popular WWII online flightsim still (IL2 1946, that is). Also, there are servers
that have objectives for both sides, which means you can pretty much guess
where the enemy players will be.

If we are talking about IL2:CloD, then yes, it's not very popular because the
game has quite a few issues still.

Without time compression the game is super slow with multiplayer, the only advantage being that planes are much faster than submarines so its no where near as bad as 1x time compression on a submarine, but the submarine game seems much faster paced with the time compression, or there needs to be more planes in the server to see any action.

Yes, they tend to be somewhat slow paced at times, depends of the server
and the type of mission it's running. But there's something you are missing here,
that extra time is good to have so you can climb and get enough altitude.
If you have the altitude advantage to your enemy, you dictate how the fight
goes. That's one of the basic things to know about combat flight sims.

As for the setup I got a Track IR5, a custom made Flight Console that was made in Greece, I laid $750 down for a greek mechanical engineer to make it for me, and trust me for the time labor and materials involved, he didn't make anything off of me. The throttle and stick are the Cougar HOTAS, and you can't see the rudder pedals but they are the same brand as my HOTAS, they are Thrustmaster, rudder control system pedals, so old that they use a gameport instead of a USB.

Again, like I already said, your loss. But it does make wonder how you are
doing so badly, especially if you have TrackIR. With TIR, you can keep scanning
your surroundings constantly and so can only really be surprised from a blind spot.

Flying may be for you, I got into it thinking I was going to shoot down planes, but when I realized that even on an almost brand new game, as a new player I still couldn't shoot down an enemy plane except in rare circumstances, I shelved it. I may get back into it, Ive considered selling the equipment, but there needs to be alot more players, more popular servers, maybe even smaller maps so less planes seems like more.

For me it got boring, spending 6 hours flying and only getting shot down, not getting so much as a single round off or hitting an enemy plane, thats about when I shelved it, I put in a good 30 hours and didn't shoot down a single Human enemy plane.

They are called flight simulators for a reason, you can't just pick them up
and expect to rule the virtual skies immediately. Like I mentioned already,
study the planes so you know how to use them and what to do if plane type
X attacks you. There are tons of guides around the internet on different tactics,
do's and don't do's, maneuvers etc. I'd advice to check them out.