What to do in 1v1 air battles?

[Akagi]

Just joined a tournament, got killed after flying in circles for 5 solid minutes.
What should I have done at this point? The enemy also seemed to came closer so I just broke of and accepted my fate

[Nenne.]

Again what plane where you flying..
there are many different options you can do but it realy comes down to what plane

[Omega Sirius]

Originally posted by Nenne.:

Again what plane where you flying..
there are many different options you can do but it realy comes down to what plane

This right here ^
You need to always understand the plane you are flying and what it's capabilities are.

[hi_1002]

Originally posted by Omega Sirius:

Originally posted by Nenne.:

Again what plane where you flying..
there are many different options you can do but it realy comes down to what plane

This right here ^
You need to always understand the plane you are flying and what it's capabilities are.

And ideally you want to know what your fighting against.

[Nenne.]

First and only for now i can say is..
To fly circles for 5 whole minutes is a big no no...only that is wrong in so many ways..
if you find your self flying in circles and your enemy can follow and as you say gain distance then break of in an way possible...

How we will tell you as soon as you tell us what plane you are flying and the enemies plane..

[Akagi]

I was flying the Bf-109 F1, he was flying the Bf-109 F1.

[Nenne.]

ohhh same plane huh..
well here it only comes down to who is smartest not what the planes can do..
cause you can both do the same i guess..

My instinct would be: hit the breaks and try to stay out of his guns for a few seconds.
hopefully he fly over you or pass you..and then you can continue the fight behind him..

immelmans realy works sometimes good.

Go very close to ground and do quick manouvers it could be his not that experienced so he makes misstakes.. the thing is when flying 20m above ground people tend to loose focus on stearing and just concentrate on not crashing..
that can give you the second you need to hard turn and half immelman to get out of his 12 and come in behind him..

Use your fantasy and use the terrain around you..

Thats just me but i am no pro here i am sure there is others out here that can give you better options..

But bottom line is...train, train and train some more

[jr83]

Why even do those tournaments. That's where the ACTUAL hackers come out, or where the inside people who knows someone on the dev team get the top prizes.

[Akagi]

Originally posted by jr83:

Why even do those tournaments. That's where the ACTUAL hackers come out, or where the inside people who knows someone on the dev team get the top prizes.

Because I just wanted to try it out? Figuring out how my chances in 1v1s are in equal terms

[jr83]

Originally posted by Akagi:

Originally posted by jr83:

Why even do those tournaments. That's where the ACTUAL hackers come out, or where the inside people who knows someone on the dev team get the top prizes.

Because I just wanted to try it out? Figuring out how my chances in 1v1s are in equal terms

Ha, there is no such thing as "equal terms" in an F2P game, especially where the prize is their premium currency.

[Lunovus]

Maybe your enemy used combat flaps.

Maybe he knew the two top cornering speeds and tried to keep to them.

Maybe he also used MEC.

[Vamilad]

Air RB is extremely unbalanced towards who has the better engine. If you don't kill them on their first pass you're dead.

[Nenne.]

Originally posted by Vamilad:

Air RB is extremely unbalanced towards who has the better engine. If you don't kill them on their first pass you're dead.

Nah
dont confuse skill with unbalanced..please dont do that..

[Vamilad]

Originally posted by Nenne.:

Originally posted by Vamilad:

Air RB is extremely unbalanced towards who has the better engine. If you don't kill them on their first pass you're dead.

Nah
dont confuse skill with unbalanced..please dont do that..

Yes the player is skilled for playing a nation which offers a better engine. His skill writing the game code made him move faster than your top max speed!