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I have brought this up as well as others several times, but the BuddySpike team is still holding onto not enforcing limitations in any way. With more, and more people asking about this maybe in the future they will change their mind.

See page 144 (DCS-BS_Manual_EN.pdf located at foinikas.org) for Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) ARK-22. See #3. I believe this is the volume control for the R-800L1 (page 174). The R-800L1 has a switch (indicated by #4 on page 174) which switches it to ADF mode. Since it's either or it stands to reason they wouldn't use two volume controls, but rather just the one.

I like night, and thunderstorms, but that raining during a clear sky needs to go. It just kills framerate and gains nothing.

We must not lose to Blue in anything :D

"Careful what you wish, you may regret it. Careful what you wish, you just might get it." "Then it all crashes down, and you break your crown, and you point your finger, but there's no one around."

I think it's the first time I've seen Toxic on Red.

I interpreted it the same way he did.

I'm so sorry about that. I was listening on GCI channel, and heard we lost the FARP, and that a Mi-8 had been shot down, so I didn't IFF. I thought you were the Huey going to capture it. If it's any consolation we did recapture it, and the comm array. Also, managed to close Kutaisi, but I hit a building attempting to dodge an AIM-7 fired at me, so we only closed it.

Seems to happen at random at all airfields. Yesterday we held Sochi for 6 hours, but it never repaired past 0%, so it was completely useless to push forward with.

We were just making sure the ejector system worked :thumbup:

There is no reason to provide sources or scientific evidence as you haven't done so either. Broken is as broken does. The SFM aircraft are accurate to what the SFM will allow.

I think they should add the 33. A lot of people like to fly it, and it is no more broken than some of the Bluefor aircraft.

Pro tip, I learned to fly the Huey, and now this Mi-8 in Blue Flag. Don't be afraid to ever join my flight group. I had the best laugh when we were setting up KUBs at the BE-TL FARP. That VRS stall faster than an F-15 buster into the earth had me in tears (of laughter). I've been in that same position so many times. I appreciate your willingness to work with the rest of us more than you know. Even if we don't accomplish much.

Tell me how you really feel. :wub:

That's going to cause a ton of problems for our SA in fighters. Without that thing losing lock we'll never know if you're in front, 3/9, or behind. Not to mention if we have other bandits closing from other directions. Edit: We'll.. I guess we'll know since it should point in the direction you're locking, but if we're chasing you, then we'll be blind to everything else.

I wonder if the Mirage will ever not be broken.

Funny that you mention this, because Reaper6, Dave, and myself went to close the Maykop-Sochi FARP using two Ka-50's and my Mi-8. A bomber strike was called in which we ended up having to wait on it to carpet bomb prior to us capturing the FARP less we bomb ourselves. We didn't get far enough away from the FARP for the bombing run, so we all got peppered by the bombs, but we're functional enough to still capture it thankfully. It was a very cool experience having bombs dropped all around you. Gave the feeling of a large war even if they were our own bombs.

This would be even more effective at curtaining spammed bomber runs if the AI refueling aircraft is turned into a chopper, but I don't really see the bombers as to big of a problem right now. It take some time for them to reach their target, and they fly right into enemy threats without taking any evasive action. Sometimes they actually help capture a FARP, or airfield, but mainly they seem to be a minor inconvenience at best.

That description is great! "Never seen or heard from again". You need to get Mulder, and Skully on it. Might be some Redfor UFO out there. Our most successful runs tend to happen with around 4 to 5 people. Anything more which isn't defense falls apart rather quickly.

That was my joke. I'm going to die while reading your text before getting back to the war. That sums it up pretty well though I think we face similar problems more then one might be lead to believe.

Not saying your frustrations are wrong. It's tough dealing with people who aren't able to get the job done, and who don't want any help in getting the job done. "However, what is not an issue on red, to my understanding, is the player numbers." This is an issue in the opposite direction. On my end, I was sending in a bomber strike to a FARP which I closed twice before being forced to retreat. I asked for Mi-8 pilots, but none were to be had for over 2 hours. Not a single Mi-8 pilot in the entire team. It wasn't until the very end in the last 30 minutes of the round that Reaper6 (not a Mi-8 pilot) took a Mi-8 for his first flight to help retake the city south of Beslan because we lacked the players. I can't believe he didn't VRS. Lets also look at things from an ED level, as well as me screwing up level. Same situation as above. I'm the only Mi-8 pilot available, so I start making my way to a FARP which a 25T pilot closes. 2 KM from the FARP, game crashes! Thanks ED! Take 2! While waiting for the 25T to close the FARP, I decide to land to place an EWR, and what do I do? I VRS, doh! (I don't do this much anymore, but it happens). Sorry guys I wasted your time. Take 3! short story, my game crashes again. We deem the FARP touched by the hand of the Bluefor GODS and abandon all attempts to take it. IMO Communication can be managed. Lack of players/assets cannot.

You are going to win this war through a wall of text. I'm not trying to single you out. In general I hear the same arguments from Bluefor. We can't accomplish anything because of pilot skill. The finger pointing I was speaking of isn't Bluefor pointing at Redfor, but Bluefor pointing at Bluefor. Due to the above the same argument keeps getting laid forth that the numbers aren't a problem. The numbers have actually gotten so bad at times that some Bluefor are acknowledging this, but we keep going back to Redfor is more efficient, so it all evens out. It only evens out when the numbers even out. Bluefor doesn't have significant gains because you're pushing into Redfor home bases which means your time on station is less, the time it takes to get there is longer, the AI become a factor, etc, etc... Remember we can spawn everything on our bases while you can't. This makes defending these areas easier for us. If you lose a valuable asset like a chopper, then the time to get back could be 30 minutes to an hour. For us it would be a matter of respawning. The reverse holds true. It becomes extremely hard to take Bluefor bases. Notice we pretty much only ever get Sochi because it's the closest one to us. I also didn't claim I knew how life on Bluefor is. I stated we face same problems you describe in your post. If you face other problems, then I don't know if we do or not, because I don't know what those other problems are. You can call that false all you want. Fighting a defensive battle against oppressive odds can be fun every now and then which is about how you receive it. It isn't all that fun when it's all you get to do, and if you think otherwise then you really should join Redfor. As for my bombing runs, it was the first time I got to call in a bomber strike. Transport or no transport I was calling in that bombing strike.

Why don't you stop talking to me then, since I'm talking to myself?

Since I run the Steam client (No F-5E), I'm going to be floating around in an F-86F, Huey, and P/TF-51D. Much fun will be had! I will also finally get to fly for Bluefor. I'll have to remember to change my signature.

No, you're taking exactly what you want to hear from that message. Said another way, double the numbers are frustrating to work with, so it's no big deal. On that note, if you're having such trouble with people being uncooperative, then why don't you find a subset of those who are willing to try and work together, and create a smaller strike package, and not worry about the entirety of Blue?