Can Random Expert and WOL have a baby please?

[JaffaCake]

WOL is fun and mindless dogfight with GPS.

 

RE is awesome because you have economy and your kills kind of matter. Objectives are more fun too. And you don't get the unreasonable locked load-outs that WOL has every time.

 

Many people don't play RE because they can't navigate (its a pain, I always get lost too!!)

 

Many people complain that WOL is just quake in air (that is too true!!)

 

RE with GPS would be so much fun as anyone can join and play without having to learn the navigation. I would perma-switch from WOL to GPS+RE and forget either RE or WOL ever existed if GPS+RE was a thing. And winning can bring you credits too so defending or killing objectives would matter to everybody!

Edited February 7, 2017 by JaffaCake

[Scojo]

Is Random Normal not what you're looking for? It has the economy, according to it's forum post, but I assume that it might not have expert engine management

[JaffaCake]

Is Random Normal not what you're looking for? It has the economy, according to it's forum post, but I assume that it might not have expert engine management

 

 

Yeah that. People like WOL for all expert but GPS. RE is better than WOL due to economy and interesting targets but suffers from enforcing no-GPS policy. Many WOL pilots including myself struggle moving to RE because of that

[Scojo]

Yeah that. People like WOL for all expert but GPS. RE is better than WOL due to economy and interesting targets but suffers from enforcing no-GPS policy. Many WOL pilots including myself struggle moving to RE because of that

I'm sure you probably have, but just in case...

 

Have you tried just diving into it and making yourself get used to it?

 

When I first started No GPS scared me a bit, not only because I was afraid of finding myself somewhere I shouldn't but also because I didn't want to waste any time getting lost...

 

However, I just kept doing it and now I don't really worry about it. I just use approximate headings and landmarks that I pick out before I takeoff. For bombers you can use a mission planner to make your mission run really smoothly.

 

What helps even more is having someone to fly with on a Non GPS server. If you meet someone that you like to fly with and they're used to not having GPS or don't mind it, get your feet wet with them and they'll teach you a lot just by demonstration.

 

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All of that doesn't really speak to what the thread was intended for, so I'll try to answer that best I can by suggesting Finnish Virtual Pilots - Dynamic War.

 

From their thread:

Server settings currently:

- full real

- no icons (except own plane map icon)

- no payload restrictions

 

 

I think this will be the closest you can get to a Random Expert - WoL baby.

Edited February 7, 2017 by 71st_AH_Scojo

[JaffaCake]

--snip--

 

 

I appreciate the suggestions!

 

My motivation to propose this is primarily driven by current situation - People on WOL complain that RE is fun but lack of GPS means they cant play. I like RE because economy and fun missions, but lack of players and significant downtimes (which WOL does not have) mean besides learning to fly without GPS I also have to suffer inability to play during the weekdays.

 

Server to combine both the RE benefits and the WOL fun would be amazing. Sad that every server out there has something about them that does not fit the bill of WOL ruleset + economy + fun missions / dynamic campaign. RE normal or the finnish are just the same in this respect (no engine management, no economy)

[Scojo]

I can definitely understand what you mean. This topic has come up in our squadron several times.

 

Maybe someone just needs to bite the bullet and make a server like everyone seems to want

Or maybe even petition the Random guys to convert one of their servers to it? If the Random Expert Normal numbers are consistently low, they might be willing to try it if enough people ask

[=TBAS=Sshadow14]

WoL is only a trashy dogfight server when people allow it

We in the LW have been winning a lot as i have been getting people to help me in bombers and play properly
(NOT AS I THINK THEY SHOULD BUT AS THE SERVER AND GAME DESIGN DICTATES)

its pretty simple
Dont fly a fighter and dog fight no problems here my stats are great for Feb '17
Second place where it counts :D Ground kills.

About 20 hours of that is purely he-111

Edited February 7, 2017 by =r4t=Sshadow14

[hames123]

Come on the Finnish pilots lobby sometime, I need help killing the giant factory complex West of Moscow, since we are probably never going to capture it. The whole lobby is focused on bombing, they say that they might add supply dumps as well soon.

Edited February 16, 2017 by hames123