Some questions about B17 mighty eighth

jscharpf · 05-24-13, 11:46 AM

I'm hoping someone here can help me out.
I just re-installed B17 mighty eighth and updated to the 2.0 patch.

I'm not sure I quite understand the navigation. I was hoping to just fly along as one of the waist gunners, but it seems no matter what settings I choose, my navigator ALWAYS gets lost, and we never seem to drop bombs.

I started in Squad mode, and I guess I'm the lead plane, but my navigator is above average and so is my bombardier.

So I was hoping that I could just ride along and let them deal with everything.

I started out on realistic navigation, then I moved it down to Easy.. but still he gets lost.

Today I started up my first mission, went out to cut the grass, and we were WAY out over germany with my navigator saying "I have no idea where we are" lol..

I will go through the training if I have to and take control of the navigation myself. I'm not opposed to learning this as well as the bombardier stuff (I'd rather not pilot the plane if I can help it).

But I was hoping for my first few missions that my guys would do all the work.

Should I choose a different plane in the formation? Is it ok to not be the lead bomber in a squad and still command targets, etc.?

Any hints are greatly appreciated! I still love the planning and feel of this game!

Thanks,

Jeff

05-24-13, 11:46 AM	#1
jscharpf Frogman Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 296 Downloads: 325 Uploads: 0	Some questions about B17 mighty eighth I'm hoping someone here can help me out. I just re-installed B17 mighty eighth and updated to the 2.0 patch. I'm not sure I quite understand the navigation. I was hoping to just fly along as one of the waist gunners, but it seems no matter what settings I choose, my navigator ALWAYS gets lost, and we never seem to drop bombs. I started in Squad mode, and I guess I'm the lead plane, but my navigator is above average and so is my bombardier. So I was hoping that I could just ride along and let them deal with everything. I started out on realistic navigation, then I moved it down to Easy.. but still he gets lost. Today I started up my first mission, went out to cut the grass, and we were WAY out over germany with my navigator saying "I have no idea where we are" lol.. I will go through the training if I have to and take control of the navigation myself. I'm not opposed to learning this as well as the bombardier stuff (I'd rather not pilot the plane if I can help it). But I was hoping for my first few missions that my guys would do all the work. Should I choose a different plane in the formation? Is it ok to not be the lead bomber in a squad and still command targets, etc.? Any hints are greatly appreciated! I still love the planning and feel of this game! Thanks, Jeff