2.1 Will have Air combat !

[lysan]

If you want air combat IL2 1946 or Falcon4 BMS 4.33 not Elite...

As for Air Combat in Elite from what I see just flying around space against other CMDR. their piloting skill are poor at best. I'm not sure if it the flight modes or just poor programing or that most of the sim-pilot in this game just suck - hey when I started in flight sims I as really bad but I learned been do this for 35 years still learning stuff. What is the difference between a Sidewinder & a Eagle can you show me on a chart, like her roll deg. per sec. or pitch or yaw. Is there recoil from the gun weapons.

I have a lot of questions, but Frontier Developments Plc. has no answers. So I have drop the game from my main computer, too be revisited on updates as they come out too see if they have improved the game any.

As one who play IL-2, DCS and prepar3d SIM I think you're a bit off the track here. First there are no air in Elite yet, so no drag or lift, secondly the ships are supposed to be in the year 3200. Thirdly its not a flight SIM, its a space SIM different ball game. What FD is trying to do is to balance the SIM part with the game part. So the flight model is made to be like air planes to avoid turret type of gameplay you see in other space games.

So there will be elements of flight sims in Elite, but it will never be a full blown flight SIM because we don't know what to SIMULATE from the year 3200.

There are a huge difference from ship to ship, I can't show you a chart, because I frankly don't care, you test and you find what you like. I like the iCourier because it suits my style of "flying".

So if you're looking for a game that Simulates combat in space, I would suggest rogue system as this is as close you can get to DCS in Space.

 

[Privata]

If you want air combat IL2 1946 or Falcon4 BMS 4.33 not Elite...

As for Air Combat in Elite from what I see just flying around space against other CMDR. their piloting skill are poor at best. I'm not sure if it the flight modes or just poor programing or that most of the sim-pilot in this game just suck - hey when I started in flight sims I as really bad but I learned been do this for 35 years still learning stuff. What is the difference between a Sidewinder & a Eagle can you show me on a chart, like her roll deg. per sec. or pitch or yaw. Is there recoil from the gun weapons.

I have a lot of questions, but Frontier Developments Plc. has no answers. So I have drop the game from my main computer, too be revisited on updates as they come out too see if they have improved the game any.

Realy?
The space combat in elite is good its just like Xwing alliance.
I used to word ''Air Combat'' because mass-locked-around-large-object-in-space combat does not sound as good

 

[Pul Myfinger]

I recently had a pirate eagle follow me in an instance while running cargo to a surface port. I don't remember the exact altitude, but it was definitely close to the surface (after the glide towards the port), and we had combat alright. Can't say the eagle was much of a challenge, but it was trying to attack me, so combat is possible even at this time.

So true. Some time ago, I was attacked by a Courier immediately upon leaving a surface port. It was a challenge to keep from smacking the surface and so I lost and 'retreated'. The only time this has happened to me. Nerve wracking but looking forward to the challenge!

 

[777Driver]

If you want air combat IL2 1946 or Falcon4 BMS 4.33 not Elite...

As for Air Combat in Elite from what I see just flying around space against other CMDR. their piloting skill are poor at best. I'm not sure if it the flight modes or just poor programing or that most of the sim-pilot in this game just suck - hey when I started in flight sims I as really bad but I learned been do this for 35 years still learning stuff. What is the difference between a Sidewinder & a Eagle can you show me on a chart, like her roll deg. per sec. or pitch or yaw. Is there recoil from the gun weapons.

I have a lot of questions, but Frontier Developments Plc. has no answers. So I have drop the game from my main computer, too be revisited on updates as they come out too see if they have improved the game any.

Basic stats - Doesn't include FA-OFF, max roll/pitch/yaw rates are the same as FA-ON, however, acceleration to max rate is slightly faster with FA-OFF.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=182465

All I can say is you have been quite lucky with your encounters, I have met quite a few highly skilled cmdr's in Arena & the main game over the last few years.

PM me if you would like to try some dogfighting in smaller ships, would be interesting to see how good you are.

 

[Tenshi]

I have had npc battles above the planet surface its kind of hair raising as you have to remember the ground is there to catch you.

 

[Patrick_68000]

2.1 Will have Air combat !

Will add the life to the galaxy (if we can say it like that)

 

[[DOOK] Droogie]

Will add the life to the galaxy (if we can say it like that)

Adding life by adding death, so to speak.