DLC planes & AI in Career mode

[LukeFF]

22 hours ago, I./JG52_Woutwocampe said:

As for the Yak 9 and Yak 9T's, I've never seen one in a Kuban career. Never. You see 1b's from start to finish though....

 

You aren't going to see Yak-9Ts or La-5FNs on the Kuban map, unless you are flying in a unit equipped with them. Like the Fw 190 A-3, they were around at that time but were deployed on other fronts.

[Voidhunger]

39 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

You aren't going to see Yak-9Ts or La-5FNs on the Kuban map, unless you are flying in a unit equipped with them. Like the Fw 190 A-3, they were around at that time but were deployed on other fronts.

hi, I have shot down some La5Fn at the end of the Kuban career flying from Kerch. So you definitely can meet La5fn in career. Not sure about yak9

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

46 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

You aren't going to see Yak-9Ts or La-5FNs on the Kuban map, unless you are flying in a unit equipped with them. Like the Fw 190 A-3, they were around at that time but were deployed on other fronts.

 

Wrong about the La5FN man, I fought many when I was flying 109G6 in Kuban. Starting late summer 1943.

 

But you are correct about the A3 though, never fought in Stalingrad. You must be right about the 9T too.

 

But I've never seen a single Yak 9 with 20mm cannon in Kuban neither. 

[LukeFF]

2 hours ago, Voidhunger said:

hi, I have shot down some La5Fn at the end of the Kuban career flying from Kerch. So you definitely can meet La5fn in career. Not sure about yak9

 

1 hour ago, I./JG52_Woutwocampe said:

 

Wrong about the La5FN man, I fought many when I was flying 109G6 in Kuban. Starting late summer 1943.

 

But you are correct about the A3 though, never fought in Stalingrad. You must be right about the 9T too.

 

But I've never seen a single Yak 9 with 20mm cannon in Kuban neither. 

 

Correction on the La-5FN, my mistake. But, I checked the files, and for sure you will not see Yak-9Ts. You'll only see them if you fly for 157 IAP.

Edited January 27, 2021 by LukeFF

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

1 minute ago, LukeFF said:

 

 

Correction on the La-5FN, my mistake. But, I checked the files, and for sure you will not see Yak-9Ts.

 

Shouldnt the Yak 9 be everywhere though instead of the 1b? 

[Voidhunger]

I cannot understand why im getting Lagg3 fighter instead of LA5FN in my career.

Im leading ace and I have higher rank. That drives me crazy  I know that its random, but seriously do something about it please.

Also those planes  (Yak9, La5FN and Bf109G) are available only at short time at the end of the career and the game punish you with older planes, and when you finally have a chance to fly them, career is over or the unit is relocated outside of Kuban.

 

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

2 hours ago, Voidhunger said:

I cannot understand why im getting Lagg3 fighter instead of LA5FN in my career.

Im leading ace and I have higher rank. That drives me crazy  I know that its random, but seriously do something about it please.

Also those planes  (Yak9, La5FN and Bf109G) are available only at short time at the end of the career and the game punish you with older planes, and when you finally have a chance to fly them, career is over or the unit is relocated outside of Kuban.

 

 

I will assume you are not the commander of the squadron. Maybe your commander thinks you are so good that you can still do well in your garanteed varnished coffin, while your AI friends are busy getting destroyed and wasting away all available La5FN's. 

 

Seriously I can understand your frustration. Hopefully you'll be leader soon. I think you can fly the La5FN for a while though, if memory serves you can get it as soon as end of July 43, so you still have plenty of time left in Kuban and can fly it until the end. Thats what happened in my Kuban career although I was already the commander for a while when I got it. So I only flew Lagg3 when ground attacking.

 

About the 109G I'll assume you are talking about the G6. Its not only available near the end, you can fly it for a while with JG52, I dont remember the exact gruppe though...maybe III? They got both G4's and G6's.

Edited February 4, 2021 by I./JG52_Woutwocampe

[Voidhunger]

1 hour ago, I./JG52_Woutwocampe said:

 

I will assume you are not the commander of the squadron. Maybe your commander thinks you are so good that you can still do well in your garanteed varnished coffin, while your AI friends are busy getting destroyed and wasting away all available La5FN's. 

 

Seriously I can understand your frustration. Hopefully you'll be leader soon. I think you can fly the La5FN for a while though, if memory serves you can get it as soon as end of July 43, so you still have plenty of time left in Kuban and can fly it until the end. Thats what happened in my Kuban career although I was already the commander for a while when I got it. So I only flew Lagg3 when ground attacking.

 

About the 109G I'll assume you are talking about the G6. Its not only available near the end, you can fly it for a while with JG52, I dont remember the exact gruppe though...maybe III? They got both G4's and G6's.

im not a leader, but its nonsence that the rookie has better plane than me.

Anyway i dont want to have hundred of victories, so im playing rapid career, so there not so much time to play with those dlc planes.

Also pilots went sometimes home after promotions etc so the rapid career is more realistic imho.

[oc2209]

On 1/27/2021 at 4:13 PM, I./JG52_Woutwocampe said:

 

Shouldnt the Yak 9 be everywhere though instead of the 1b? 

 

It's my understanding that the plain Yak-9 was only produced in very small numbers before the factories converted to a variety of subvariants, like the T and D.

 

The Yak-9 Series 1 was something of a 'unicorn' as it were, with only 500 produced. Unless I'm misunderstanding the way it's written; the quote is: "Only 500 of the original Yak-9s were built before it was supplanted by modified variants [...]"

 

I take the quote to mean Series 1 was replaced by variants, not produced alongside them.

 

The reason I'm doubtful, is that the total number of Yak-9s made to 1945 is listed as 14,579. The Series 1, T, K, D, DD, and B, all combine to only about 6,700. The only variant I don't know the production numbers of, is the 9U. But since it was only produced for approximately a year before the war ended, I don't see its numbers making up for the discrepancy.

 

Anyway, operating from the assumption that only 500 Series 1 were made, I imagine the devs included it in the game because of its exceptional lightness and better handling. By contrast, the T was produced to the tune of 2748, while the D had 2934 made. According to my book (Osprey, Yak Aces), all the D had was more fuel for a roughly 150 mile gain to its combat radius. The extra fuel predictably made it handle like sh**, and more flammable as well. Thank the devs we didn't get this much more common variant instead.

 

4188 Yak-1Bs were produced. The book says that "several leading aces preferred the 1B to the Yak-9, which was heavier and less agile." Going by the plane performance data, the Series 1 is actually more agile than the 1B. So the notion that the 9 was heavier must relate to the variants, not the basic version.

 

Anywho, the probability of encountering the 1B is higher than meeting the 9 Series 1 and T combined; in the former case, because many more 1Bs were made, and in the latter case, because the T entered production roughly six months after the 1B did. The only way the Yak-9 would become more common, is if the D were included in the game.

Edited February 4, 2021 by oc2209

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

2 hours ago, Voidhunger said:

im not a leader, but its nonsence that the rookie has better plane than me.

Anyway i dont want to have hundred of victories, so im playing rapid career, so there not so much time to play with those dlc planes.

Also pilots went sometimes home after promotions etc so the rapid career is more realistic imho.

 

Well if you play a fast career, of course dont expect to have much time with any plane, collectible planes or not.

 

Also I suggest you start careers as the leader from now on so you will choose yourself which planes you fly.

 

An advice though, if you start another career as the leader to fly La5FN, you should have at least a couple of wingmen fly Lagg3s because if you always all take off in La5FNs well eventually you'll run out of it and will be forced to fly Lagg3s until the next replenishment.