Ok so I have a few questions about flying.

[Bluesky]

I'm tired of being a complete piece of ♥♥♥♥ at flying after 650 hours in this game. So i'm asking for some help, and have some question about air:

- Aircraft Mouse sensitivity. Should it be hight / highter than infantry / low / lower than infantry? (currently quite hight.. But lol idk)

- Which weapons to use? I bought those rocket pods for 1000 certs back in 2013 and I don't even have 40 kills with them...

- Equipment? I thought that with the rocket pods, it would be clever to use the "stability - hover and vertical thrust improvment" thing but apparently it's not really working...

- Defense? I bought the anti locking thing and for once its pretty usefull. But the BIG problem, I still die in LITTERALLY 2 SECONDS and don't know where it's comming from 70% of the time... So i bought the improved armor against light guns and flack (lvl 1 only... not investing more in this ♥♥♥♥ if im not told its usefull)

Well that's about it.
Ah, one more question, i'm really curious about this one,
How is that possible that I die in 2 seconds with my aircraft, even tho when i'm a MAX with the two flak guns, TR mossies destroy my a$$ in (once more) litterally 2 seconds, and I don't seem to do any damage to them even tho i'm clearly hitting them, while he's ripping me apart with that gun that makes the sound of my lawn mower?

Thank you for you time :)

[wack packer]

I would say to set your flight sensitivity to 2-4x your regular infantry sensitivity, also make sure mouse acceleration is off. (People have lots of different setups so it's pretty hard to tell someone how to set their mouse sensitivity) Also, if you have trouble aiming your mouse speed is probably waay too high.

[wack packer]

You should also make sure you're flying the right ESF. (TLDR: The Reaver is bad at dogfighting and the Mosquito is OP.)

- Reavers don't really have much going for them; they're a bit faster and more manueverable than the scythe with much better afterburners, but they have a really large head-on hitbox compared to the other ESFs, making them a lot easier to hit in dogfights
Main Downside: Fat flying brick | Main Upside: Agility |
Overall: Can't be shot by AA or tank shells quite as easily as the Scythe.
Tips: Try to initiate combat against enemy aircraft from above and behind, and use your agility to stay out of their firing angles. Good potential of attacking ground targets with reverse manuevers, you can dump a lot more damage into them before pulling out.

- The Scythe has arguably the worst nose guns now that they've been nerfed (It used to have the best by a hair), has the lowest speed, a bit worse agility than the reaver, and an incredibly large hitbox to flak because of its protruding wings which easily catch flak. Most importantly, it has a good head-on hitbox (almost as good as the mosquito) while retaining decent vertical thrust for hover manuevers.
Main Downside: Awful Speed, nerfed noseguns, weakness to anti-air | Main Upside: Not as fat as reaver |
Overall: Has a niche in some hover duels.
Tips: You can't run from enemy fighters, you have to face them and give them everything you've got. Also, flying in a squad is especially helpful.

- The Mosquito has an incredibly small hitbox, so it's naturally resistant to taking damage. It's also the fastest ESF, but it doesn't have quite as good vertical thrust as the Reaver or Scythe (Making certain manuevers worse). This ESF can chase down or run away from any other aircraft, and overall very hard to hit. It also has better damage per magazine than the Scythe (idk about reaver).
Main Upsides: Fast, very hard to hit by anything | Main Downside: A little weak on the vertical thrust |
Overall: The best in most scenarios.
Tips: Don't get too close to enemy aircraft during hover duels, or else you will lose your advantage of a small hitbox. Also, in dangerous situations it's much better for mosquitoes to do hit-and-run ground attacks, in order to keep their advantage of being hard to hit (because of weak vertical thrust, reverse manuever a2g isn't always the best choice). Hornet Missles are a little more synergetic with the Mosquito than regular rocket pods

Overall flying tips for all ESF:
- LEARN REVERSE MANUEVER,
- fly low and use the terrain if you need to break locks or avoid AA,
- don't use dogfighting airframe, ever.
- fire supression is awesome (25% healing @ max rank)
- GO ENGINEER FOR FREE AUTOREPAIR.
- Max Flight altitude varies, (Southwest indar = 400m, North Indar = 900m)


Also, be aware of these comparisons:
Insta-kill tank cannon danger: Prowler(2 shots)>Vanguard(fast)>Magrider(drop, slow)
Speed: Mosquito>Reaver>Scythe
Flak Hitbox Size: Scythe>Reaver>Mosquito
Non-Flak hitbox size: Reaver>Scythe>Mosquito

[FluffyCat]

Първоначално публикувано от I'M A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ PARKOUR INSTRUCTOR:

You should also make sure you're flying the right ESF. (TLDR: The Reaver is bad at dogfighting and the Mosquito is OP.)
- The Scythe has arguably the worst nose guns now that they've been nerfed (It used to have the best by a hair), has the lowest speed, a bit worse agility than the reaver, and an incredibly large hitbox to flak because of its protruding wings which easily catch flak. Most importantly, it has a good head-on hitbox (almost as good as the mosquito) while retaining decent vertical thrust for hover manuevers.
Main Downside: Awful Speed, nerfed noseguns, weakness to anti-air | Main Upside: Not as fat as reaver |
Overall: Has a niche in some hover duels.
Tips: You can't run from enemy fighters, you have to face them and give them everything you've got. Also, flying in a squad is especially helpful.

Not completely true, Scythe and Reaver have the same speed of 200kph without high speed airframe. The reaver gains a bigger advantage of its stronger afterburners but the scythe can cancel that out as it gains a bigger advantage when flying in a slight angle and using the stronger vertical thrust.

[GoblinRum]

And the scythe guns are so accurate. The reaver ones drop like crazy. Since the barrel is under the nose, it shoots below your crosshair, and has terrible bullet drop

[SPLINTΞR]

A good reaver pilot should be commended.

[Bluesky]

Well crap cus i'm nc x) I feel like i'm getting better even tho I don't know why when I land to repair , 2 times out of 3, , my plane "bounce", flips over and gets destroyed. So yeah gotta practice a bit, but the physics seem a bit too strange for me lol

[SPLINTΞR]

Never be ashamed because you are NC.FREEDOM THROUGH FORCE.

[Bluesky]

Yeah you're right è_é

[GoblinRum]

Yea you really have to get used to this system. Then you can be good. I always fly better in a mossie or a scythe, but I mean reavers are so fun too and I have upgrades on it too.

[The Kaesar]

I am NC as well. I wish I didn't upgrade the Reaver LOL I feel like I spent 1000+ Crets on it only to be shot down a lot or miss with the Hornet missles, even if they blow up like right next to them, doesn't do any damage.

But...I do have to say, for a missle that does 2,000 damage. I hit an Infantry person dead in the chest with one of them yesterday and did not kill them. I was like WTF.

I should of bought different missles or just upgraded a different vehicle.

[FluffyCat]

Първоначално публикувано от The Kaesar:

I am NC as well. I wish I didn't upgrade the Reaver LOL I feel like I spent 1000+ Crets on it only to be shot down a lot or miss with the Hornet missles, even if they blow up like right next to them, doesn't do any damage.

But...I do have to say, for a missle that does 2,000 damage. I hit an Infantry person dead in the chest with one of them yesterday and did not kill them. I was like WTF.

I should of bought different missles or just upgraded a different vehicle.

Hornets not doing any damage? o.O Tell that all the MBTs I´ve blown up with two runs in the rear.

Infantry also should die to one missle, are you sure you hit them directly? Hornets hardly have AoE damage and direct hits are crucial with them.

[GoblinRum]

Yea I hunt tanks with them it's so funny when they die. But at first it takes me a few runs to hit them still.

[FluffyCat]

Първоначално публикувано от GoblinRum:

Yea I hunt tanks with them it's so funny when they die. But at first it takes me a few runs to hit them still.

Yes, relatively slow flying guided missles on a fast ESF take some time to get used to. Though once you got it they are perfect to kill almost anything(or as opening against libs/gals)

[The Kaesar]

Yeah, I am sure I hit him, he was a Light Assault flying in the air with his jet pack( Why he was moving so slow I do not know)

I've had to hit Ligntnings with about 5-7 hornets. I hit an harrasser with two hornets and finished him with the nose gun. Yet found myself destroying it just as fast with the nose gun.

I went to the VR Training again and tested them on other spots of tanks or even direct hits on infantry. Nothing changed. (Even though I assumed hitting them in the back should of done more damage)

So far, the only thing I have found them good for is taking chunks of health out of a Lib or Gal and making Tanks aware of air shooting at them.

[Praslek]

The flying controls with a mouse are awful... that being said, if you want to get better at using the awful mouse flying controls, war thunder is a much better place to get practice: come back to planetside 2 after a couple of hours flying with a horrible mouse control scheme in war thunder and it'll seem a lot easier.

There are other games that get mouse controls right, but for some reason nobody wants to give up on putting roll onto one of the mouse axes, so games keep getting completely crap fling controls.