Starting a new career question.

[Dexadrinne]

The options in Command your unit. Is a little confusing. Not sure what the three options mean.

 

Regards

[Goffik]

Commanding your unit defines if and when you can become commander of your squadron. When you are the command, you get to decide which pilots go on the missions and what planes they fly. You may even get to edit the waypoints used in a mission, but I can't remember for sure. The options are:

 

Never - You will never be given command of your squadron, regardless of rank and experience.

By Appointment - During your career, you may be promoted to commander if the current commander is wounded/killed/captured/transferred.

From Beginning - You will start your career as the commander of your squadron.

[Dexadrinne]

Thankyou

[Sublime]

I HIGHLY suggest making yourself CO from the start

It allows you to pick what flights youre in.  Change the route and altitude. Etc.

If the AI was better (perhaps better than will ever be possible) Id love working my way up. As it is now its sorta not happening.

Furthermore if youre a bomber youll want this so you can edit your flights bombs.  In game bombers dont seem to dive bomb unless the bombs are externally mounted.  This becomes important for say an IL2 career..

Edited March 7, 2020 by Sublime

[Goffik]

20 minutes ago, Sublime said:

If the AI was better (perhaps better than will ever be possible) Id love working my way up. As it is now its sorta not happening.

 

Just curious, but how is the AI preventing you from working your way up? I've become commander by January `42 twice in my BoM career. Trouble is, every time I get there I end up wounded within the next couple of missions and someone else takes my place!

[Sublime]

The AI itself doesnt prevent you from.working your way up.

Its just itll take a long time to become squad CO for one.

For two if you play Iron man... the loss rates are astounding

3 if you do any type of bombing youre gonna want control over what the whole.flight uses.  AI planes WONT DIVEBOMB unless they ONLY have external bombs.  This...becomes a problem.  Some targets your squadron will get butchered level.bombing or wont hit..some.targets need divebombing.

4 as does me110 squads on scramble taking 1700l of fuel

5 convenience.   Theres usually always one type of mission everyone hates. Depends on the person what type.  This way you chose whar you fly in. Yes you dont get to get promotions. But medals all the other stuffs there.

Also the problem you mentioned. I can think of others.

I play PWGC alot too. Its much better but its only flaw is its impossible to run literally like as a menu in game..  which would totally replace what we have. Out of laziness I often fly career though PWGC allows younto.fly.maps you wont see in career mode. Lets you fly planes when they were available.(yak7b for stalingrad anyone?) And time frames career mode wont.

 So you can fly your La5FN for longer than 2 weeks in game.  Also you can fly in western europe waaay earlier.

Its all just my opinion friend.

(Lol I just talked myself into starting a new PWGC career)

@Goffik

Edited March 7, 2020 by Sublime