I found out I was definatly wrong.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not going anywhere and putting DCS:BS down, I just want to relate my frustrations/wants out of what, from what I can tell, is a VERY giving community.
First some background though. I started "simming" in 1988 when I got my first computer with Flight Sim 3.0 and then the Jetfighter series shortly there after. It was love at first sight and I LOVED these games. I had the basics down pat and could get to where I wanted to...generally.... by using the zoomed out map (hey I was like 10 years old, give me a break).
Since then I had played some of the Janes series, LHX, Gunship 2000, etc. Loved every one of them also, but they were NOTHING like what was to come.
Falcon (forget what version came out) and my system couldn't run it. I couldn't afford at the time to update it so I took a break.... a break that was to be for a while.
You see I hit high school and found out about the opposite sex. A man must have priorities and I set them straight. I finished high school, went on an extensive college carreer and had A LOT of fun. (change my major 7 times, twice being CS lol!)
Once I started in teh workforce I quickly got back into gaming, albeit it was anything I could get my hands on, MMO, RPG, FPS, Racing, Flight, I didnt care. If it was there I was playing it. Flight sim 2004 came out at some point (probably 2004 ;) ) and I picked it up.
It was yet another demanding flight sim on my system, so I put it down for a bit until I could afford to have a system to play it.
Oh how Lady Fate can be kind some times.
I ended up as a Gaming Product Manager for a major OEM. I was able to test out all sorts of new hardware and games at a whim. I can't tell you how many joysticks, throttles, pedals etc were thrown our way to test. Anyhow life was good and I played around with FS 2004, and then FSX when it game out. But I never had any issues. I twas always business as ususal, didn't really think there was more to just getting in it and flying around.
So fast forward to today:
Anyhow, I am now here with a loving woman and three kiddos. I have a pretty nice gaming rig, and VERY limited spare time...yet I am hooked on gaming. I knew DCS:BS was coming and I had always loved helo combat sims so I decided to pick it up. I must say that off the bat I was bit disappointed. I couldn't get off the ground, nor really go and blow stuff up. Assigning buttons was a pain in the rear (no way to just click the button on the joystick to assign) and the learning curve on this game was WAYYYY high, even for the "easy mode"
So due to the lack of time I put it down and played it here and there trying to figure the game out, but it wasn't until this past Christmas break that I really had any time ot try and figure it out.
Now I spent a lot of time trying to get off the ground and figuring out how to play the game. I was able to get through a few missions (took me forever to figure out the night vision button, and the first couple night-vision missions i flew blind, only by the instruments lol!)...but I never played multiplayer.
So now you know why I dont see myself as a good simmer, I jsut dont know this enough!
And this is where some of you come in...
I KNOW there is a lot more to this game and much more to learn as to how to really fly this chopper than I know now. I generally learn more by people telling me what to do WHILE I am doing that, so I am hoping that there is some squad out there that MIGHT be willing to show me the ropes while on TS or Vent.... Like I said before I don't have a lot of spare time, so I would rather use it playing than reading manuals.
Please help!
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