Paladin wrote:DocJon wrote:
Well, we have an armor specialist. . . a very good one. Now we could use a pilot or two.
What am I choped liver????
That hurts.
Thatâs like me saying we need a good AT guy.
I am not that bad a pilot man.
Lexx is rather good at helos.
As I said before I just need to practice the bombing a bit for jets
I have the moves down rather well.
I am on and off with that joystick for Helos. I think I am going to practice mouse again.
I only need to practice hovering, I can attack fairly well, especially with a good gunner.
I did have a few weird glitches last week I admit. I am not sure the damn thing just did not want to go up and I crashed twice on the TV tower map. Weird.
I LOVE flying and would do only that if given the chance to do it more. I just need a bit of practice in game.
I do not do it more because everyone is a damn chopper/jet whore and I rarely get one.
No, you're not chopped liver. . . but you passengers are! :wink:
You can get from one place to another very reliably. . .more than I can do. . .but that's only half of the equation. You have to keep the chopper safe from AA and rival air power, at least some of the time. It takes more than keeping it in the air to make a good pilot in this game. 🙁
Like everything else in this game, it's tough, and not something you can excel at right away. Air power has the capacity to ruin everyone's day, so they make it hard. You have the capability to be better, I'm sure, but that will require more time and practice. With Thursday night UT2004 and all the mods we play, you're not getting the practice.
Can't say about your jet skills. You keep it in the air, and don't die from out-of-bounds punishment. . . again, much more than I can do. . .but you admit you need to work on the bombing, and I don't know how you are with the air-to-air combat.
As of now, we don't have a go-to guy to keep the air power off us, or to punish any armor parades ruining our day.
Don't worry about the hovering. . .worry about moving. Moving quickly, changing directions. No one hover-caps anymore, and a good hover just makes you a target for the AT guys.
Lexx used to be OK with the choppers (on his way to being more than OK), but I think he's even forgotten what keys he uses to fly. . . unless they have a UT2004 flying mod 😛