Career seems unfair, or am I doing something wrong?

[DRosa]

On 12/16/2022 at 8:20 PM, Bloke75Bloke75 said:

Long time reader / first time poster here .   

                                                                     For me ,  besides practicing gunnery skills  (  a lot of shooting down bombers + slow flying transports ) as mentioned already by previous posters  ,  one of the most important things i've discovered in flying single player career mode is knowing when to  " get the hell out of dodge "  .   That is , having an idea as to what way the air battle is progressing and realizing when the  " fur ball "  is suddenly full of enemy planes and your AI pals have disappeared   !!   

 

( P.s  It also helps , when flying your MIG3 ,  you depart the battle being chased by  109 E  and not the 109 F  !!    If its the 109 F  ,  leave a little earlier for a head start  !!  ? )     

 

yes, I had learn this the hard way, better and more precise radios calls would solve a lot of frustrations on this

[FlyinCoffin]

I started training in CLOD fighting beaufighters in the bf109 e7 or F whatever.

 

 

they could work on the communication but they dont(or maybe they do) . clod has better intercom.

 

I play Il2 great battles.

Edited May 23, 2023 by FlyinCoffin

[RossMarBow]

On 12/7/2022 at 2:45 AM, DRosa said:

I bought IL2 not long ago, I tried to play some games online but I just got frustrations. Then I started a career to "train" but ended up discovering that it's much more fun than I imagined. Turns out I'm having some issues, I'm on my second career as a Yak-1 ser. 69 pilot., and I don't understand how, but my guns don't seem to do any damage, just luckily sometimes I end up ripping off an enemy's wing, on other occasions, I have to hit hundreds of shots, completely damage the enemy plane, chase only 1 during the entire battle, to make him fall. And believe me, it's not a lack of aim, the shots visibly hit, the gasoline, the oil, the water, everything starts to leak, sometimes I get close enough to see the entire fuselage of the opponent punctured, but the damned ones keep flying and maneuvering . I don't get it, shouldn't 20mm hits do more crippling damage? Also, my machine gun looks puny in battle, like I'm shooting beans. On the other hand, all NPCs, including my friends, seem to have impeccable aim, shooting long bursts without missing a single shot.

 

Changing the difficulty doesn't seem to make much difference, the only thing that makes a difference is changing the battle density, which usually makes the enemy have 10x more planes and all missions are impossible to complete

 

I saw that the career mode is played a lot by the community, does this only happen with the Yak-1? Do I need to install any mods? Or just lack of skill?

that plane is one of the worst planes in the game
with the worst weapon system
and I'm gonna guess that you are shooting some of the strongest planes in the game with it

also don't expect to nuke someone 
if you get a 109 leaking coolant it has less than 10min of engine life left
so its a "confirmed kill" but you will have to wait for him to bail or ditch (unless of course he can land safely and repair)

 

if you play multiplayer 
you can go on the website and look at exactly how many bullets you hit him with and see what damage you did
http://stats.virtualpilots.fi:8000/en/aircraft/38/NO_FILTER/?tour=63

 

[Colmaniac]

There was a small documentary on British and German fighter m guns, and the damage they inflict,  they did a .303 round hit into a wing component and then both the German mg gun and the 20mm cannon,  comparing all 3 the 303 and the axis gun I think 7.62mm?  Just made pin holes while the 20mm did alot more overall damage.

 

As in game I rattled off the entire ammo count trying to down a British 2 seater biplane,  came to figure that I had to kill the pilot or try and disable a wing.  Getting head shots now become easy with less than 20 rounds of ammo,  as the enemy turns and pulls up you have a clear shot at the pilot, a good aim at this point guarantees a kill.  I shot down an entire wing of 7 aircraft doing this and using less than 150 rounds of ammo

[Dragon1-1]

Yup, rifle caliber MGs are peashooters and while it is possible to kill something with them, particularly if you start a fire (the Bf-110 seems particularly prone to lighting up), they're not particularly effective. You want .50s or cannons. The Yak is a good fighter, if underpowered, just don't rely on your MGs to do much of anything.

[Aleksander55]

On 5/26/2023 at 12:03 AM, RossMarBow said:

that plane is one of the worst planes in the game
with the worst weapon system
and I'm gonna guess that you are shooting some of the strongest planes in the game with it

also don't expect to nuke someone 
if you get a 109 leaking coolant it has less than 10min of engine life left
so its a "confirmed kill" but you will have to wait for him to bail or ditch (unless of course he can land safely and repair)

 

if you play multiplayer 
you can go on the website and look at exactly how many bullets you hit him with and see what damage you did
http://stats.virtualpilots.fi:8000/en/aircraft/38/NO_FILTER/?tour=63

 

In my opinion the Yaks are amongst the best performing airplanes in the sim in overall flight characteristics against the AI, even the Yak1-69s. I recommend you (DRosa) practice with quick mission dogfights flying the La-5 Series 8 until you manage to get a few kills with it (good luck), then go back to the Yak-1s to feel the difference.

 

Other than that practice, practice, practice. The armament may seem weak especially due to the low ammo count of the single 20mm, but keep in mind that all guns are centered in the nose, so it's easier to aim and at closer ranges all rounds will impact close together. It's also similar to that of ME109s from the F onwards until later G series. Of course without the minengeshoss and lower ammo count, but the soviet 20mm is no slouch. Just practice until you get good aiming, with how overpowered the Yaks are against AI it's very easy to get very close to them in good firing positions, short bursts at closer ranges will give you good results.

Edited June 1, 2023 by Aleksander55

[PatrickAWlson]

Remember too that Russian fighters were generally not running up the kill counts that German pilots were.  Russian fighters were not designed for it.  Lots of Yaks, each with a  bit of ammo, could effectively control an area long enough to let the IL2s do their work.  That was their purpose.  

 

Fly like a Russian.  Take care of the attackers.  If you get a victory, great.  If you want that victory, pick one target, get close, and then fire.  Come away with a single victory once every few missions and you will be (by a large margin) the top Russian ace.

 

Germans shot down many more planes.  Russians won the war.