On The Other Side...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Downey Jr.]

I attempted 'On The Other Side' mission again from the deployment campaign a while ago...and I had it! until...

 

So that mission if you recall is the one where at the last waypoint you have a valley that opens up with a base camp with armor/defenses and enemy helis and you get some air support...

 

So basically if you wait for a bit and hide either your wingman or air support takes out the hinds...ok cool...then you still got the ground defenses...

 

well I got those too it seems, then got the artillery then got the guys who had shoulder rockets...all seemed quiet and clear...I go in to clean up...problem is I take too long I can't control my heli too well...always do that when Im in the heat of action...

 

all is quiet and I think to myself ok all the time in the world just start gunning everything else down...my mistake for ever leaving cover...like 10 minutes later out of nowhere my 2nd wingman goes down and then me all of a sudden...something hit us...no idea what except in the log it seems to be some sort of artillery...

 

I was soooo close...I was an idiot to think I could just waltz in the open area.

 

Two things: anyone do this mission already? and is it sad I can't kill anything air to air yet (mainly cause I dont control quick enough)? and (ok three things) I can't hit anything worth for sh*t with unguided rockets. would the helmet sight or something else help? The target reticle in the HUD seems to not be the indicator for aiming.

 

Also do you just use communications to tell wingman what to attack? or is the Data Link useful to coordinate the attack basically? instead of locking onto to each thing individually and sending a comm to each wingman.

 

On the upside I earned a medal...medal of courage...

 

I hope to be much better at FC2 when I get lomac in the mail...

 

downey out.

[Toast]

I found this mission quite hard as well.

 

Rockets: they are hard to aim and you should think of them more like artillery than like a sniper shot. (Tip: there is a dial on the back wall that needs to be set for the correct balistics for different rockets, so check that.) Even with the dial on the correct one, it is hard. Load up the firing range training mission and have some practice without worring about getting shot at.

 

I find that the pipper needs to be a little under where I want to hit, thow far under depends on how fast you are flying and slope. Try to fly smooth as a you can as well.

 

Wingman: I use the recce command a lot, because he won't attack stuff that he doesn't see. Send him out to recce then you can task him from there.

Edited April 1, 2010 by Toast

[Panzertard]

Training & patience - keywords for success.

It's very easy to get overly eager when you see the targets.

 

Rockets, Air to air takes alot of practise - manual pages 11-31 (p419) is a good place to start for A2A, then make yourself a minimission and practise shooting down AI transport choppers.

Rockets - hours & hours of practise will help. This is what real combat pilots do - together with understanding the weapons they deploy. Manuals, training and practise.

 

Wingman commands can be used even if you dont see any targets - as long as he has spotted them you can use commands like "engage ground units" or "engage air defense".

 

But this is whats so great about DCS - you can try over and over again - until some day you'll get very good at it. :)

[Downey Jr.]

thanks to the both of ya for the tips and advice...I'm gonna work on those and I should def create a mini mission to train...last time I did that was for basic stuff...much training still ahead...

[Downey Jr.]

oh wow...I checked the weapons training video from ED and it looked surprisingly straight forward ...I tried it and it did work...that target reticle is accurate with rockets but why do you need to keep the laser on?

 

Its sad but I discovered also that gun in manual mode fixes the sight and even gives you a shval view that could be useful for run and gun a-a fights too I would think

[Napa]

Those 2 Mi-24 are some tough b#%@es. They shot down my wingman and got me with their fancy gunpods. (Or I think it was a gunpod:huh:) anyway they were shooting some green stuff at me.. not fair :lol:

 

Its a tough mission alright but well worth it when you complete it ;)