crowdpleaser1989 Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Hi All, I have been looking at the forums for a while now, time to contribute something now. Ive been playing IL2 GB for about a year now, having grown up with MS combat flight sim as a 90's kid always gave me an interest in the genre, I have tried the original IL2 Sturmovik but back then I was too young to take it serious. I do remember the stuka tutorial which was amazing. Years passed and on a random sale I decided to buy BoS last year. What an experience! Somewhat shocked of the learning curve and aircraft controls (my first flight on the Bf109 F4 dove right into my ground target as I tried to pull out at 650 Kph...) , I picked myself up and kept practicing. Watching the Air-combat tutorial video's, reading the IL2 forums and reading up on actual flight and aircraft techniques was super interesting! Not to mention dogfight tips & tricks , basic fighter manoeuvres ! After a few months of reading up, I made an entry into the VR world, which was a completely different world for me. After getting the Oculus Rift, setting it up with all your forum tips I never ever looked back. The experience just can't be explained if one has never used a VR set. The amount of control, freedom is unparalleled . Although not perfect graphically wise, the feeling you get when you are actually IN an aircraft weighs out the imperfections of VR. 140 hours of gameplay later: I have yet to scratch the surface of this sim, I have barely flown half of the available aircraft as of now, I'm now flying mostly fighters in all kinds, learning their specific strengths and weaknesses and adjusting tactics to them really takes up a lot of time! I recently bought the most beautiful aircraft, the JU-52, what an aircraft! It was surprisingly not what i expected in terms of performance, but what an aircraft! Hauling supplies to the Stalingrad from, dodging I-16 fire whilst running on 2 engines. Leaping home in my Bf109 while I have lost half of my wing, even crashing on the Russian steppes even losing my crate is a great experience. Not to mention me diving into a formation of bombers with cannons blazing! And now BoB came out, with Holland (My home country, missing Dordrecht as a City though!) as a map, With aircraft that are incomparable to anything I have ever flown, the experience is about to become even greater! And I havent even tried multiplayer yet! Special thanks to all the people participating with making tutorials, forum posts, single player campaigns (I loved them all) and anyone else making the community great! Ill be sure to do my bit in time as well! Ugh, just ordered a HP Reverb just for this game Alex 9 3
peregrine7 Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Oh boy, if ya haven't tried multiplayer and VR you are in for a wild ride. Jump on the voice channels and come fly with us
crowdpleaser1989 Posted October 4, 2019 Author Posted October 4, 2019 Thanks guys, Will do that for sure!
GrinderX9 Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 22 hours ago, peregrine7 said: Oh boy, if ya haven't tried multiplayer and VR you are in for a wild ride. Jump on the voice channels and come fly with us When playing on servers, I havent found info on where to find voice channels. Any recomandations? I have both teamspeak and Discord.
[CPT]Crunch Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 https://discord.gg/UXFKX6G There's a good start, say hi to Milo. 1
Sharpe43 Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 try the virtual squadron forums also. You might find some like minded 'friends'that way..
crowdpleaser1989 Posted October 7, 2019 Author Posted October 7, 2019 Thanks guys, Ill be sure to get in touch!
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