How much more fun is this game with a flight stick ?

[HeroicHeathen]

How much more fun is this game with a flight stick ?

I just ordered one to give DCS a try, but can I also play WT effectively with it ?
Will I become a better player with it ?

[Shillelagh]

I had the same question a while back. From experience: it's harder.

[Shillelagh]

Try flying with the mouse in joystick mode for a bit to get a feel for the deranged paper airplane controls, then start playing with the stick once you're comfortable, or, if it's HOTAS spend a solid hour screwing around in the control menu.

[CH13F]

i couldnt, and threw mine away. saitek x55rhino

[Lunovus]

If you fly AB or RB modes, it may be more fun, more immersive, but you'll SUCK!
A LOT!

Effective or economic?
NOT AT ALL!

Forget about stick or HOTAS in AB/RB if you want decent results.

SB is something else.

It's sad, but true.

I got more flight sticks than shoes (I'm male), but if you want to get good results in AB/RB, you'd better learn to fly with mouse aiming.

When you got your stick, there is still DCS, the IL-2s, Elite Dangerous, Flight Simulator, Aerofly FS, you name it..

But you better don't try WT AB/RB matches with it.
Or just once, to know how much stick fliers have to suffer there.

[-I-]

No is ♥♥♥♥.

[HeroicHeathen]

Originally posted by Lunovus:

If you fly AB or RB modes, it may be more fun, more immersive, but you'll SUCK!
A LOT!

Effective or economic?
NOT AT ALL!

Forget about stick or HOTAS in AB/RB if you want decent results.

SB is something else.

It's sad, but true.

I got more flight sticks than shoes (I'm male), but if you want to get good results in AB/RB, you'd better learn to fly with mouse aiming.

When you got your stick, there is still DCS, the IL-2s, Elite Dangerous, Flight Simulator, Aerofly FS, you name it..

But you better don't try WT AB/RB matches with it.
Or just once, to know how much stick fliers have to suffer there.

I would like to try simulator battles but I don't know if i find enough players for it. I think flight stick and cockpit view is a must.

[[A.B.S]-BooDoo-Speer]

Flight maneuver is a lot easier to do, as you don't have the instructor in the way. Aiming is a lot harder and will pose a problem in the earlier tier compared to mouse aim. At high tier with the missiles and high power cannon, it is much less of a problem.

[HeroicHeathen]

Originally posted by A.B.S-BooDoo-Speer:

Flight maneuver is a lot easier to do, as you don't have the instructor in the way. Aiming is a lot harder and will pose a problem in the earlier tier compared to mouse aim. At high tier with the missiles and high power cannon, it is much less of a problem.

I see

[Lunovus]

Originally posted by TheEuropean:

I would like to try simulator battles but I don't know if i find enough players for it. I think flight stick and cockpit view is a must.

In SB, it is. :-)

And you'll have a queue. So a match will start when there are enough players for it. ;-)

I really love flying with HOTAS, but no markers is no fun for me in SB.

And in RB you only got one spawn and the mouse aimers got the advantage over stick users (in aiming/killing; maybe not in evading).

I tried with stick in AB/RB a lot.
But the results were/are abysmal.

So I had to learn how to fly with a mouse.
Did.
Doing a lot better now.
Still don't like it, but did/do it for the score.

[shadain597]

Originally posted by Lunovus:

Originally posted by TheEuropean:

I would like to try simulator battles but I don't know if i find enough players for it. I think flight stick and cockpit view is a must.

In SB, it is. :-)

And you'll have a queue. So a match will start when there are enough players for it. ;-)

Or if you are playing Air Sim you just pick the match you want from a list; no waiting required, though you may have to change your lineup/nation in order to get into a match ASAP.

[SluttyCrotchNazi]

I only use it in air sim