BF2S Forums Dogfighting in BF2: Sarge's Guide.

Argh why must u release our secrets?!?! lol

Seriously though guys, the main key here is situational awareness. Too many times I'm a WSO (weapon systems officer - the #2 seat) in an F-15E or an SU-34, and the pilot is flyin without a care in the world. He's on A-G (air-to-ground) mode lookin for ground targets - instead of checkin his six (his a$$) for enemy fighters.

Situational awareness is a crucial characteristic to have as a pilot of a low performance aircraft (F-35, F-15E, Su-34/30) as defensive tactics are the only way to stay alive and kill more guys on the ground. Of course you might luck out and get a server with pilots on the enemy side just as oblivious as you! lol

Drumedor wrote:

Oh, nice guide. Hope it will help my shitty flying ablities. Any clue about how to avoid those trees that are everywhere?

Well, when you're bombing instead of dogfighting, do so from a very high angle (near vertical) as this makes bomb placement much easier. Just pull up early if you have even the slightest doubt that you might not be able to pull up in time. Certainly don't make rash decisions, like trying to bomb something almost out of your sight.

USAFDude_1988 wrote:

Argh why must u release our secrets?!?! lol

Seriously though guys, the main key here is situational awareness. Too many times I'm a WSO (weapon systems officer - the #2 seat) in an F-15E or an SU-34, and the pilot is flyin without a care in the world. He's on A-G (air-to-ground) mode lookin for ground targets - instead of checkin his six (his a$$) for enemy fighters.

Situational awareness is a crucial characteristic to have as a pilot of a low performance aircraft (F-35, F-15E, Su-34/30) as defensive tactics are the only way to stay alive and kill more guys on the ground. Of course you might luck out and get a server with pilots on the enemy side just as oblivious as you! lol

yup - hence all my talk about camera's. I'll make a video of how I use camera's while flying. Basically, once I've seen someone, they stay in my sight constantly.

Last edited by SargeV1.4 (2006-07-25 16:12:51)

edzed wrote:

Nice one man, Im so bad at flying maybe this will help

This would be my guide:
Stay out of the  F35B on Wake.

*points to sig*

If you nuke the second J-10 and shoot down the first J-10 then you're home-free. Just have to get some luck.

When I played Wake Island (AAARGH WAKE *shivers*) I just set my video settings on low so I'd load fast and shoot that bitch when he's still on the runway. Then I'd just spend the rest of the round raping the chinese. Shoot j-10, start the timer, bomb something, get ammo, check timer, come in to destroy J-10 at 50 seconds.

Defiance wrote:

Proves that theoretical knowledge isn't always the best.

And good practice is hard to come by thesedays.. check out the BF2S flying lessons in the bf2s server forum if you want some 'live' help.

Ah I'm off to bed, and I betcha that this topic will be on page #147 by the time I wake up, completely forgotten under the heaps of 'post your' topics

I know a pilot that uses that move very effectively, but I don't quite get it yet. I thought that the scissors were caused by accident instead of being an actual maneauvre?

scissors

dontfeedthenerd wrote:

I dunno how effective this is, but I have a habit of switching to bomb mode as soon as I unleash a air to air missile. This cuts off the lock tone I believe and if the other pilot isn't in rear view he often thinks he's lost me and flies straight.

As long as you have a missle on your tail, you will hear the beeping. I have had missles chase me accross the map through a 900 meter high/1600 kph loop and all the time - beep beep beep beep, despite the fact that my enemy had lost me already.

Great guide...im not great at flying so that help....for sure i need to pratic loosing AA missles..thanks man+1

This is a great pre 1.2 guide. Now its just lock, they deploy flares, you switch to bomb mode, foloow them until they straighten out, switch back to AA mode and spam missiles. If its a J-10 you need to creep up behind it in bomb mode. Less the 30 game metres away then just spam missiles. They're dead before they can deploy flares.

alpinestar wrote:

SteikeTa wrote:

I always use a mouse and keyboard. will never use a joystick.... dont need one

LOL, good luck surviving

i survive just fine thanks

I never thought of the Split-S downwards...nice job.  The Yo-Yo trick sounds great too, I might have to try that some time. +1

SargeV1.4 wrote:

Get a joystick!

Why? I have a joystick but only use it for flight sims.

Keyboard and mouse all the way for bf2.

Last edited by hutchy52 (2006-07-27 09:14:31)

Thanks man!