I've now gotten to the point where I can comfortably fly the planes without stumbling around for keys and buttons, but I'm getting shot to pieces.
This is the first modern-era flight sim I've played, and I know next to nothing about tactics and how to fight. I know how to use the weapons and hit with them, but not how to fight. I've mainly been flying the A-10.
Is there any centralized guide to the tactical basics? I'm having the most trouble in situations like these:
1. En route to the ground target, I start getting mud spikes from somewhere up ahead in the target vicinity. What do I do if I can't see the SAMs and AAA?If I tell my wingman to engage air defenses, he goes off and maybe gets a few of them, but is often shot down, and whenever a SAM launches at him he jettisons his weapons, which makes him then unable to fulfill the mission. If I try to go in at high speed, using the ground for cover as much as I can, I get shot down by SAMs and AAA maybe 75% of the time. When I know where the SAM is, I can take him out with a Maverick, but if I don't, then I don't see what else I can do then come in as low and as fast as I can and then try to get out.
What do the other A10 drivers do in this situation? Do you break off and then come again at the source of the enemy radar, trying to spot the SAM? Or do you race in low to try to put your bombs on target and then race off.
Does anybody have a link to a guide or any suggestions for the above? I can put bombs and missles on target, but I'm having trouble dealing with AA defenses that I can't see.
Another area I'm struggling with is commanding my wingmen. Any guide or suggestions on how to get him to attack highest threats, etc. would be helpful, as well as any way to prevent him from jettisoning whenever he's engaged defensive.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
