27.06.2010, 11:05
Hello man, I DL'd your campaign and played several missions so far. Nothing to say about campaign/missions structure, a really good job...
...but, nevertheless, I have to say that what I get playing it is, above all, frustration.
I know I'm surely not the best jet pilot around, and that MIGs are supposed to be superior to F-86s, but they appear to be really TOO MUCH superior. They fly circles around me, climb vertically to the stratosphere, shoot me to pieces with their cannons, zoom away like rockets and play cat-and-mouse, while my Sabre struggles to gain some altitude, losing precious speed with the lightest maneuver (f***ing auto slats! :evil: ) and refusing to accelerate even in level flight, the engine constantly overheating. My wingmen (which, as AI, are supposed to manage engine at best) climb someway better than me, but can't do much more.
I thought this was due to low performing earlier Sabres, but since newer serie has appeared nothing has changed. Incredibly, even entering combat with altitude advantage makes almost no difference: I dive at full power on climbing MIGS, take the chance for a shot, then I (gently) zoom climb, to find that other MIGs have already out-climbed me!
So, every mission goes about the same way: meet MIGs, try to evade their attacks until they run out of ammo, then chase retreating formations and possibly score a few kills if fuel allows. Not very exciting.
Do you have any hints on how to make battles a little more balanced? TY.
...but, nevertheless, I have to say that what I get playing it is, above all, frustration.
I know I'm surely not the best jet pilot around, and that MIGs are supposed to be superior to F-86s, but they appear to be really TOO MUCH superior. They fly circles around me, climb vertically to the stratosphere, shoot me to pieces with their cannons, zoom away like rockets and play cat-and-mouse, while my Sabre struggles to gain some altitude, losing precious speed with the lightest maneuver (f***ing auto slats! :evil: ) and refusing to accelerate even in level flight, the engine constantly overheating. My wingmen (which, as AI, are supposed to manage engine at best) climb someway better than me, but can't do much more.
I thought this was due to low performing earlier Sabres, but since newer serie has appeared nothing has changed. Incredibly, even entering combat with altitude advantage makes almost no difference: I dive at full power on climbing MIGS, take the chance for a shot, then I (gently) zoom climb, to find that other MIGs have already out-climbed me!
So, every mission goes about the same way: meet MIGs, try to evade their attacks until they run out of ammo, then chase retreating formations and possibly score a few kills if fuel allows. Not very exciting.
Do you have any hints on how to make battles a little more balanced? TY.