I am excited. Last week I picked up the FA-18, Warthog and a bunch of campaigns. I am just learning. After some time, I was able to pull several nice "touch and goes" in Syria. For someone who is just entering old-fart-dom, that was a big deal.
I recently opted to get out of horse riding (Eventing - Jumping) to avoid becoming a lawn dart. That allowed me to get an Oculus 2, and upgrade my computer (Video card + Mother Board + RAM + CPU) to enhance VR performance and quality. That effort alone was exciting, although my wife and my wallet were not excited about the investment.
At this point I am learning F/A 18 navigation and basic piloting, hence my elation with touch and goes. The learning curve is a bit steeper than my experience with other flying games (F22 Raptor - Ace Combat - SW Squadrons and VTOL VR) and that is good, because I know that I will not get board with DCS anytime soon. My new Thrustmaster warthog Joystick and Throttle did have me cursing a bit. There are way too many configurations out there for me. I finally opted to use the Chuck version as a base line.
My strategy for the F/A 18 is to become moderately proficient with all aspects of the aircraft, warfare and the DCS game a bit at a time. Eventually, I will delve into multi-player where I will likely be shredded by some young hotdog pilot in a dog fight...so be it, what great fun. And then, I would like to join a squadron where I will be the new-guy-grunt sent to do all the work no one else wants to do. Good Dog Woof.
Since I have experience Adobe editing I may produce some flying content for family and friends. I will never be a YouTube DCS\Sim content god like some of these guys: Grim Reapers, Matt Wagner, RedKite and SpudKnocker (he's the hot shot that will fireball me in a dogfight one day). Thanks all you guys for your video work, it has been a tremendous help for us visual learners.
My future is bright. My inner child is ecstatic.
CHEERS
Me waiting for rescue after getting shot down by some hot dog DCS pilot god.
