What level of flight mode do you use?

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

Sim all the way.

[Zorrin]

Can't ever get on with Arcade modes. Sim all the way till the cows come home dragging my wrecked and mutilated carcass of a Ka-50 through the Base's main gates.

[Tango]

Sim all the way! Do they have labels in real life? ;)

 

Best regards,

Tango.

[brewber19]

Quoted For Truth

 

Couldn't have put it better myself.

 

I don't think this poll is likely to tell us much, I doubt that anyone who would be playing it in arcade mode will be on the forums. If they were interested enough to be on the forums, they probably would be hard corps flight simmers......imho.

[T.Bone]

arcade at the moment, untill i get the english version, then i will learn the full sim way:thumbup:

Tbone

[tflash]

As the only one who voted for arcade, I have to come back to this. For someone who comes from LO:FC, this proved not to be the right approach. Better is to have it right away in sim mode, watch the - excellent - training tracks and producers notes, and start with simple missions. It took me much less time than I anticipated. I did not find the learning curve "steep" (what doesn't imply I can already fly the thing safely in heavy wind conditions or so).

 

The mission editor allows to set external views or labels for each mission, so you can make gradually more difficult misisons if you like.

 

Arcade mode had two serious drawbacks: you learn wrong reflexes in flying the ka-50, and a lot of key commands are assigned differently. So I guess arcade is indeed only meant for new people to the sim world, or more casual players.

[AndyHill]

This is actually a pretty common problem for hardcore sims that have an arcade mode. It's easier to get into, but in the end it'll teach you to do things the wrong way, which can be a bit problematic if the ultimate purpose is to learn to fly properly.

 

Edit: Of course, I'm not against arcade mode in general, it's good to have something for people who don't have the time to dedicate for flying in the sim mode. I just don't think it's the best way to learn if the goal is to fly sim mode at some point.

Edited December 29, 2008 by AndyHill

[redtail]

I only turn on game mode when my 3 year old son Joshua wants to fly :)

 

He'll be 4 in March

[d0ppler]

I use SIM all the way, however I do cheat sometimes by selecting missile view when I fire vikhr to get a better view of the place i'm firing at. I also hit the F10 key from time to time to "simulate" an awacs birds eye view :p

 

EDIT :

This is actually a pretty common problem for hardcore sims that have an arcade mode. It's easier to get into, but in the end it'll teach you to do things the wrong way, which can be a bit problematic if the ultimate purpose is to learn to fly properly.

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I agree. When I'm up to learn something new, I always start as difficult as it can get, and then adjust the level of difficulty if it gets too hard.

Edited December 29, 2008 by d0ppler

[arthuro12]

I fly a lot of Game.. because at the moment.. I can't be arsed to learn.. xD

[aledmb]

i don't even want to know what the game mode feels like.