More player customization for Career Mode

[RedKestrel]

I think it would be really beneficial to have a bit more tweaking available to the player in Career mode.

Right now we can control frontline density and overall difficulty (which sets the AI for the missions).

I'd like to see the option to set the AI level for Friendly, Enemy and My Squad, the way the Difficulty selection changes them doesn't allow you for example to fly against Veteran enemy AI while flying with Veteran friendlies. I'd be more likely to fly against harder AI if I knew my own friendlies were more skilled too.

I'd also like to see an option to enable flying in inclement weather. Maybe a dropdown menu that sets the worst allowable weather, like rain or snow. RIght now in Career mode I've never flown in poor weather, and while I realize this is realistic to a degree, its fun to get a bit more variety in the missions.

I think these additional options would add a bit more depth to career mode and give players a better experience.

[LukeFF]

3 hours ago, RedKestrel said:

I'd like to see the option to set the AI level for Friendly, Enemy and My Squad, the way the Difficulty selection changes them doesn't allow you for example to fly against Veteran enemy AI while flying with Veteran friendlies. I'd be more likely to fly against harder AI if I knew my own friendlies were more skilled too.

 

The AI level of the pilots in your squad is independent of any difficulty settings - you can have everything from Rookie to Expert pilots in your unit. 

[RedKestrel]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

 

The AI level of the pilots in your squad is independent of any difficulty settings - you can have everything from Rookie to Expert pilots in your unit. 

Oh - I thought the friendly AI increased or decreased inversely with the difficulty. e.g. at high difficulty levels friendly AI is novice, and at lower difficulty levels AI is veteran. Is there any documentation at all of what the different functions in the Career actually do? I thought there was something in the dev diaries but after a look through them I couldn't find any. 

Edited March 21, 2019 by RedKestrel

[LukeFF]

44 minutes ago, RedKestrel said:

Oh - I thought the friendly AI increased or decreased inversely with the difficulty. e.g. at high difficulty levels friendly AI is novice, and at lower difficulty levels AI is veteran. Is there any documentation at all of what the different functions in the Career actually do? I thought there was something in the dev diaries but after a look through them I couldn't find any. 

 

Friendly AI does increase / decrease depending on the difficulty level, but that's only for squadrons other than your own. The other thing the difficulty level affects is the number of AA guns defending any given target (however, the skill level of these guns is always the same). 

[RedKestrel]

17 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Friendly AI does increase / decrease depending on the difficulty level, but that's only for squadrons other than your own. The other thing the difficulty level affects is the number of AA guns defending any given target (however, the skill level of these guns is always the same). 

Interesting! Thanks.