Jester Darrak

I suggest more like an elephant walk instead. Formation flying might be difficult at best. And trigger happy at worst! :D

Why you guys always bring up flanker special wing flex? GGTharos got robbed of precious lifetime explaining to you that the way the system works is not perfect but within the numbers. F-15 just doesn't have enough authority on control surfaces as it is NOT a relaxed negetive stability concept.

What I see from time to time is people that are idling/afk in spectator slotsbecause they are out of lives instead of leaving the server. Is therr something that can be done about this or would that affect the host computer itself, too?

Well, in theory you could have ground troops lasing the targets and just estimately drop bombs using initial and release waypoints. But with the all-seeing A-eye (see what I did there? :D) you can't hide those JTAC vor very long and you need to bind at least one more player. I know that BlueFlag is about teamwork and combining assets. But on the other hand many people want to do stuff on their own, be the greatest fighter jock, iron trader or airwolf. And with the great differences in module fidelity and lack of certain aircraft/units there will never be a realistic warfare scenario. At best, it is authentic.

That would be what, BlueFlag Round 37? :D (spidey senses tingling)

That would help if the clouds would protect you from IR missiles what they don't. Not to mention that you need precise coordinates of every asset.

From the site before:

I ran into a few problems a couple of days before and found out some interesting things: If any of you had DCS Beta installed and then used the updater commands to convert it into the Stable version or Alpha to Stable (yes, that is possible), there are some things to look out for. First is the saved games folder which contains iterations of every DCS version you have/had installed. If you change your version from Beta to Stable, it seems that the Stable version "collects" data from your "\saved games\dcs.openbeta". Now SRS is installing it's files into "\saved games\DCS" and that probably conflicts. If you run into problems cross-check your installation folder for a text file name "dcs_variant.txt". That file needs to contain nothing, it has to be empty as it is directly linked to your "\saved games\" folder-iteration. This will create a new savegame called "DCS" and you can just copy everything from your "DCS.openbeta" folder to the one for the Stable version. Run a repair, re-install SRS and you should be finde. Please double-check as that file may link to the wrong savegame and cause problems.

Now you've jinxed it! :D

Well, you won't reach as many people with "just" a website or novel. You really need to shout out to the nuggets and say "Come here, we show you some of our tricks and stunts to make you more combat effective!" - and I'm not just talking tactics. In recent streams or even in the global chat on the server I saw many people stating that their SR doesn't work properly. If we just get half of the missing people on comms we would actually do way better because not all of them are noobs/nuggets. Just a little lazy for comms and/or installing 3rd party programms.

I just re-watched the footage and it was indeed a glorious, peaceful moment, I got goose bumps. I got struck by SRS with my pants down but I adapted pretty easily to it and now I wouldn't fly another minute without it. No pesky whisper setups in teamspeak, almost no unneccessary and distracting chatter on the important frequency - awesome! Maybe, when round 9 comes up, all the nuggets hit the tarmac and the veterans of us should carry them a little to bring them up to speed during the testing phase - if there ever is one. Sure, we can't force them to join SRS or TS (I'd always prefer the former) but if they want to be a real useful asset they need to get their act together. I'd offer my services for the german speaking part of the community to help with SRS setup and sharing (my often bespoken limited) knowledge about the F-15, air combat, tactics and communication/brevity.

That's a negative, I was temporarilly assigned as COCK32 by Coltrogue and it was fun as hell. I literally have like no experience in formation flying since my stick was not able of extreme precision flying for a looong time (imagine setting curves to the wrong direction... xD ) and that was a good moment for easy practice since there were 3 other aircraft making sure I won't get shot down while trying to stay in formation. I hope someone has a recording of that. It really was one of the calmer and relaxing moments during a hot and stressful phase. On a personal note: two 2-ships each consisting of a Mirage followed by an Eagle is both fascinating and surreal. :D

BLUE conspiracy... We will not let you win by knock out! ;P

And I get hydro failure, no, sorry, eject eject eject from every Igla gracing me. As I said, the Mirage is not that big of a factor since it has no functional A/G capability. The damage issue is something we all need to address to Razbam but be honest, both faults are well known over a long time and just overlooked. But instead of chaning we say, well, we're even. There was a post on the FB group about a 29 gliding home 60km, with one wing, no engines, no hydro, no acs, nothing. And he could land it. Show me that you can do that with the Mirage and it might be even. But banter aside, why keep stuff in that's broken for so long time? Because there are still people that scream (against all physical evidence) that it's a lie. Just imagine Ciri would listen and say "Hey guys, no M2K and MiG-29 for round 9". The outcry would be heard on the moon. I only had few encounters with Mirage, so I will not doubt your word, but plenty with the MiG-29 so, please, do agree that both aircraft are broken and need to be taken off the chart for now.

Well, you don't have to fight AI or player MiG-29 in your KA-50. When you are flying CAP you are the first target for them so you have to deal with them first. Then I have 8 missiles loaded. From these 8 missiles I need 6 (if we talk of a PK of 33 or 50%) to finally take down the 29. I can kill as much as 3 flankers with that missile load. I am no master in the F-15, but there are some out there that just suffer the same experience. You can hide in your little twirly wirly while the A-10 either has to run for it's life, maybe even dropping stores to survive, or has to rely on CAP while you don't. So please, stop comparing apples with pears. That leaves me with 2 missiles left

You know that the A-10s equivalent is supposed to be the frogfoot as both are attack aircraft. On the other hand you can't compare the KA-50 with the Gazelle as the first one is an attack helo while the latter is a scout helo. The only real equivalent to the Blackshark would be the AH-64. So please stop it. And FYI: the KA-50 actually has flares.

Only trees in NTTR (but not all of them) have collision. There's just too many of them in Caucasus.

I underdstand that. But this makes you able to take down an entire airfield. Add a similar skilled Mi-8 pilot and there is nothing BLUE can do to counter it. BLUE will always need numbers to take over airfield because we don't have such assets at our disposal. And to be fair, that is something that needs to be addressed. But all I hear is "Stop bitching, crying, moaning, whatever". I just don't understand that when people point on something it just gets scrubbed off with "Nah, it's supposed to be like this" or "Meh, not a factor" and "So what, you outnumber us all the time". I just don't get it that some people can't admit when something is just off. Missiles are broken, we all agree on that. Then there is the Mirage with it's constant lock what only assits the pilots SA a small amount and can take more damage at some times. But that does not affect balance in any way because the missiles are worth sh*t, the A/G pippers are not working and a damaged aircraft needs to go home anyway. So what does that left us with here? A MiG-29A and S that eat missiles for breakfast, helos that are faster, can call in bombers while taking out FARPs and airfields all alone. An EOS system that can look through clouds. All I hear is "ED problem" "Will get fixed soon" but that is just not the case. Some things are broken for ages so why keep saying "Nah, it's fine" when it is not. There were dozens of players complaining about the MiG-29 to be taken off the player pool since round 6. And still, everything one gets for constantly showing the obvious misfits is hatred, trolling and naysay. And this affects fun in the game - as much as I love Blue Flag. If Round9 has again Slammers and SEAD the bitching will start over so saying we're not ready for E vs W is also a little bit of an too easy approach. I don't want a 100% match on both sides, for gods sake, no. But issues must be addressed. And this thread clearly shows there actually ARE issues.

That was your, what, 3rd post without any contribution to the discussion but directly attacking me. I might be wrong on some topics but I have a right to my opinion and I'm fine if someone proofs the opposite. I assume you are just another troll.

@Reaper6 I'm sorry, despite being all that salty I must say that you exploit the Blacksharks capability to it's maximum that it's almost frightening. I'm not implying anything but it's at least understandable that people start wondering if it's just the skill or something else. But the fact is just that the KA-50 has a great advantage and is able to take down an entire airfield. @Frostie Don't you think I told all aircraft in the area what was going on? I told GCI. I'm not the commancer in chief so it is not my duty to act accordingly. I stayed 10 minutes in the area and kept looking for him. But it's not worth having four eagles look for one blackshark. And he can hover in the trees or even sit on the ground in the trees and there is nothing you can do about it unless you know his exact position. AI ground units don't tell me "Hey, there is a chopper/missile from the northeast over at X-City". Btw, what's NCTR?

@Kobe If you have a helo on your nose, in open terrain and he drops from your radar, 25km out. What would you do? Switch EOS and scan his last known position. Even at 25km the EOS should be able to find a hot chopper engine or rotor blades, even after he landed. I mean, it can look through clouds, so this is just right to assume.

Well, I tried a lot of things to find Reaper6. I have him on the scope but once I come within 15NM he drops. I tried switching MPRF, HPRF, Interleaved, Boresight, Vertical Scan, AIM-9 Seeker, anticipating flight path, last known position, Mk.1 eyeball - nothing. And when chopper hides in the trees (literally!) you can't even find it if you would stand 50 meters away on the ground. I bet you wouldn't find him five out of hundred times. But as I said before, there are allmighty beings in here that don't share but brag'n troll, bring it on guys.

Ciri, I really appreciate your effort and the time you put into this. But it came to a point where RED clearly has an advantage. It wasn't clear before Reaper6 came in and showed it to us. And no matter what we do, we lose one base after another just because the KA-50 is extremely hard to find. I consider this round over because you can't just set 4 aircraft on alert to look only for one freaking helo and still have almost no chance to find it. It's just broken and I don't understand why you keep ignoring this. The dynamic is fine to the point when only one helo makes a difference. Now RED has Tbilisi area and their fighters from Beslan are earlier on station before BLUE can send theirs. It's just broken beyond repair. As an FYI: To capture Anapa BLUE F-15s would need to fly 200 (!!!) NM from the closest airfield while RED has 26 fighter aircraft from 95 to 130 NM of Tbilisi!!!

I will take the freedom to correct you there: Im not understanding. Blue fail to kill two helicopters because CAP too strong, they lose airfield. Red fail to kill one A-10 and one huey because CAP too strong, we lose farp. Not to mention: A-10 is easy to find, helos aren't. Why can't you understand this?

As it is right now BLUE needs one or 2 A-10Cs, depending on the layout, to take down all defences on an airfield plus a considerable amount of CAP, at least 8 aircraft staggered in 4 groups. Then 2+ helos to actually make it. There we have 12 aircraft for a successful takeover. Let's apply the math to RED: 2 Helos. That is what actually happens during blue flag. Sure, we could (!) go in with 3 or 4 Gazelles and 1 or 2 additional Hueys. But that increases the chance to get detected and shot down. And if you lose only one Gazelle the whole operation is doomed unsuccessful. Not to mention CAP is still needed because of the EOS.