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  1. TurboRUSH Blue F-16 (A2G & SEAD)
  2. +1. Really appreciate the fantastic work from the ED team. To think how much DCS has grown since I started playing DCS almost 6 years ago. Just amazing what we have now. Keep up the great work!
  3. Great! Please ignore my previous post about withdrawing from the event.
  4. I'm going to withdraw. Have to be out-of-town Saturday.
  5. TurboRUSH Lonewolf USA Ping: 150ms 1. F-16 (Blue) 2. JF-17 (Red) 3. M2000 (Red)
  6. I have to do some work on my airplane tomorrow and also have to go to a warehouse 2 hours away to get some parts. Please remove me from the roster. Thanks.
  7. TurboRUSH - Any Side to balance things out F-16 or M2000
  8. Unfortunately, I will have to withdraw from the tournament. I will not be available on the weekend of 19th and my DCS time has dwindled to zero lately. Please remove: TurboRUSH 1v1 F-15C
  9. Sorry but I have to withdraw from the event. I will be out-of-town on Saturday. TurboRUSH BF-109K4
  10. Sorry. I too have to withdraw from the event. TurboRUSH - F/A-18C
  11. Blue team, We need to get together before the event for some planning. 104th Discord this Sunday around 1600Z?
  12. Event: 1v1 Squadron Name: N/A Teamspeak/Discord: N/A Contact person: N/A Aircraft Selection: F-15 Pilots: USA - TurboRUSH
  13. Sorry but I have to withdraw from the tournament. I will have to do some work this weekend.
  14. I just wanted to give my qualitative observations on the last round of Blue Flag. Technically speaking, it seems like the best Blue Flag to date. No crashes and lag spikes that I can recall so kudos to the Buddy Spike team. First, the Persian Gulf setting was fantastic. We need more MP experience in other theaters besides the Caucasus. I’m sure that having an event in the Caucasus has the potential to draw in more players but more isn’t necessarily better (Case in point Redfor registered player count). That brings me to my next point. Even though Red had significantly more registered pilots, it didn’t necessarily translate into any numerical superiority in the event. Every time I flew, it seemed the player count was balanced or slightly more in favor of blue but ultimately, red got streamrolled because we were less coordinated, never achieved meaningful air supremacy and lacked any strategy. There were many instances where bunch of Hornets would be spawning from Al Dhafra when the fight was at the tip of the peninsula. It just baffled me. I’m not sure but I’m assuming many of the inexperienced players selected the first Hornets on the list (Al Dhafra) and didn’t realize how far they were from the fight. (I hope ED will consider a graphical map based aircraft selection vs. the current excel spreadsheet like aircraft selection.) I don’t believe that any perceived equipment imbalance had much to do with the outcome. If the two sides switched equipment, I don’t think the end result would have been that different. Redfor could never maintain any air superiority because for some reason(s), redfor pilots jump into a CAS aircraft regardless of the picture in the air. On SRS, people were constantly moaning and complaining for CAP cover when there were none or few available and unlike the blue side, people did not get into a proper CAP aircraft (F-15) when the situation called for it. I don’t know if it is because of the smaller selection of CAP aircraft versus blue? Maybe bring the Mirage over to red to give red more fighter selection? People just seem averse to flying the F-15 for some reason. Also, the hornet seems to be unfairly blamed for red’s woes. I didn’t get to fly the Hornet during the official round because I went up in the Eagle most of the time due to the CAP shortages. I did fly the Hornet during the testing phase and it was fantastic as a bomb truck knocking out ground targets and ships and occasionally downing an aircraft when the situation was right. The Hornet IFF has never been an issue for me when in IFFing during level flight. Now when you are banked 45 degrees, the square looks like a diamond and vice versa… Now here is one thing that I haven’t seen mentioned. The event started on Friday @ 1800 UTC. I don’t have the data to back this up and I’m just throwing it out ther but could it be that Bluefor (Russian/European equipment) attracted more European players and Redfor had more a of a North American player base with the aircraft selection. That would give Bluefor several hour advantage. First to attack has the initiative with numbers to add to it. I’d be curious to know if that had any factor. Maybe next Blue Flag, have it start on Saturday or even Sunday evening and see how that works out. By the time I got on my first sortie, Blue was on the verge of getting on the peninsula. I have couple suggestions to test for next RedFlag: 1.) Make carriers move around else they should just be excluded. They seem pointless being static targets right now with exact coordinates defined on the gadget. The Stennis seems to be always out-of-commission so I’m guessing the Rb-15s make short work of them. Maybe next round, restrict the Viggens to only Rb-04s for anti-ship. 2.) Per Tailhook’s comments, why have the KH-58s available when the KH-25 MPUs are more than adequate against Hawks. -25MPUs have far more reach than the sidearms. Seems to be an overkill. 3.) Any chance of AI spawned interceptors for future rounds? Until we can get this CAP imbalance on red side sorted out, even AI fighters are better than nothing. 4.) Some variable weather and nighttime settings. Hopefully, we, Redfor, do a more respectable job putting up a challenge in the next round.
  15. Count me in! TurboRUSH KA-50 (Flaming Wreck)
  16. Alpenwolf, it was a fun event. There aren't many MP events for chopper pilots so this was very refreshing. It made me fly the KA-50 for the first time in over 3 years. I had several hueys and gazelles visually acquired from long range but couldn't get a lock with the TV targeting system at any range. I had to manually guide the vikhrs with the laser for ground targets because I couldn't get locks on them either. Eventually, I resorted to using rockets on a gazelle after dodging couple of IR missiles with flares. Anyways, I'll enter the next round regardless of mission setup if there is no schedule conflict. If you are looking for a more balanced matchup, the Mistral needs to be excluded. Others may not be inclined to participate when there is lack of "balance."
  17. Thanks for organizing the event. Appreciate Eekz, Mav, and Micro for their contributions. It was short but fun event for me. Good to get up in a warbird after long hiatus. Strong yes to Normandy Map and Assets Pack. Aren't people getting tired of the Caucasus Map? I would not mind it so much if there was a Kuban front setup. At some point, need to make a push to try new things else, it's status quo. SRS is great but couple of us were having problems setting up frequencies. It seems to be a hit or miss with me. Some days works fine, some days it doesn't. Got on a different SRS server few nights ago to test and seemed ok but problems today tuning to the frequency for GCI. It was a very quiet and lonely flight. Purely from reliability viewpoint, I would stick with Discord or even TS. It's too bad ED hasn't made SRS or in-game voice comm organic. Historical Scenarios. Maybe an air start for the allies with bomber formations whereas axis has to scramble, vector and intercept. Anyways, looking forward to the next one. 1st WW2 event for me and I see big potentials.
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