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[Nefaro]

Nefaro --

Tell you what, I need SPProPE practice and am probably not good against humans.

I'll jump into an APC and let you chase me over the North German plan, cackling maniacally as I go...should be an hoot.

Best,

Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)

I haven't even played SBPro lately although I may do so sometime this weekend.

[Nefaro]

I've been playing mostly Jack & Shit lately.  And an occasional short stretch of AOW3 or Wasteland 2.

Been in another funk the last couple weeks. 

I wish you would come back to WOFF and participate in the Campaigns that Rick Rawlins has organized. It's loads of fun.

As for this weekend, definitely more Wings Over Flanders Fields, and I'm starting to feel in the subsim mood. I may install and mod up Silent Hunter 4. Not sure, though. I'm kinda searching for another game to play when I'm not flying WOFF.

I did one of those.  It was a lot of fun, despite dying after about five missions because I didn't flee fast enough. 

I love the brutality of WOFF - one small miscalculation and you are dead.  Interestingly, the same can happen to the AI pilots.  O0  I'll certainly be flying it again once the funk has passed.   Between single-player WOFF and multi-player SB Pro PE, my sim immersion should be well satiated.

[sandman2575]

I love the brutality of WOFF - one small miscalculation and you are dead. 

Ain't this the truth. I've been playing a lot of WOFF the past month or two, and the game seems to get harder, not easier. I don't know how many pilot careers I've burned through -- a lot. My best career by far, I had 7 kills with another claim pending, when I nosed over my Albatros DII in an attempted crash landing, and that was that. I don't think I've gotten further than 13 or 14 missions in any career. I have no idea how a player can survive many months in a tour, much less the entire war.

[Nefaro]

I love the brutality of WOFF - one small miscalculation and you are dead. 

Ain't this the truth. I've been playing a lot of WOFF the past month or two, and the game seems to get harder, not easier. I don't know how many pilot careers I've burned through -- a lot. My best career by far, I had 7 kills with another claim pending, when I nosed over my Albatros DII in an attempted crash landing, and that was that. I don't think I've gotten further than 13 or 14 missions in any career. I have no idea how a player can survive many months in a tour, much less the entire war.

My best was around 14-15 kills and surviving about six weeks.  Pretty sure that was with a Sopwith Camel.   But most are over within two weeks, especially if I haven't been flying the squadron's aircraft type recently before starting.

At some points I feel like I'm getting kills too fast so I keep the option to manually advance the campaign on.  Then I'll use that to do only one patrol a day instead of two, or skip a whole day.  Helps keep my lucky streaks of finding vulnerable enemy flights a bit more even regarding time frame. 

I only started doing that recently in my careers, however, so my six weeker was still legit.  He did a fair bit of "RUN AWAY" when it was called for.  I think that's the key to surviving very long - sensing a bad situation before it happens.  The AI pilots aren't always great pilots (by design) but they're able to out-run me, all things being equal.  Way more efficient at holding their speed than I.   Which means they can catch up to me eventually, so if I decide to run for home I gotta do it before they get too close.  :o

[Bison]

You guys already have SNOW?!?!?!????!!  DAMN, that's cold!  Any game time this weekend will likely consist of Warlock, Civ, and/or To End All Wars.  It's just a matter of finding the time.

its an indoor, artificial job - its cold but not that cold

The operative words to use when discussing work with geek is "sun tanning bed". 

I'm not sure what I'll play this weekend, but I will be trying to catch some of the baseball games on TV.

one slip and im cursed to carry that round with me forever!

grudge bearing bastard   :P

So what's the in shade of orange this year?

[undercovergeek]

i didnt do it this year, i sent a minion

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Well, get your minion to send in a turn as well.   

(I'm working nights this weekend so won't be able to process too many turns).

[Bison]

i didnt do it this year, i sent a minion

More of a yellow hue this year, eh?

[undercovergeek]

Well, get your minion to send in a turn as well.   

(I'm working nights this weekend so won't be able to process too many turns).

lol, its on in the background, im trying to solve our colonial difficulties

[Bison]

Well, get your minion to send in a turn as well.   

(I'm working nights this weekend so won't be able to process too many turns).

lol, its on in the background, im trying to solve our colonial difficulties

Hmmm...maybe you should stop having your "minion" living your life and just accept responsibility for your own actions young man.

[undercovergeek]

i have minions to allow more gaming time - havent quite got the balance yet

[WallysWorld]

Playing a fun CMRT PBEM.
Plowing through the 1939 DLC for Panzer Corps.
Rediscovering how fun it is to play IL2 1946.

[Tuna]

Going to jam with old band mate tonight...

PBEM PON during the weekend..

Maybe some FSX.. Rome II.. the usual games.

[sandman2575]

I think that's the key to surviving very long - sensing a bad situation before it happens.

This is sage advice. No question I've had careers come to an ignominious end because I pushed a situation or advantage longer than I should've.  One thing I've come to hate is when my 'Kette' (I've mostly restricted myself to Albatros campaigns thus far) decides to pursue an enemy deep behind enemy lines, and I'm just thinking, "C'mon guys, time to turn around and RTB, don't you think??"

That's a good indication of how convincing WOFF is, in a way -- I genuinely start to get anxious when I'm forced to loiter or patrol in dangerous skies.   

I'm impressed, btw, that your best career was flying the Camel, Nefaro.  Not an easy crate to fly...

[Nefaro]

I think that's the key to surviving very long - sensing a bad situation before it happens.

This is sage advice. No question I've had careers come to an ignominious end because I pushed a situation or advantage longer than I should've.  One thing I've come to hate is when my 'Kette' (I've mostly restricted myself to Albatros campaigns thus far) decides to pursue an enemy deep behind enemy lines, and I'm just thinking, "C'mon guys, time to turn around and RTB, don't you think??"

That's a good indication of how convincing WOFF is, in a way -- I genuinely start to get anxious when I'm forced to loiter or patrol in dangerous skies.   

LOL!  Same here.  Or thinking that your flight leader should engage that group that's trying to get around behind us.  Did he even see them?!  "Look over there you bastard!"

I'm impressed, btw, that your best career was flying the Camel, Nefaro.  Not an easy crate to fly...

Once you get used to it, you can tear some shit up.   >:D   

In my experience with WOFF, I think the Nieuport 17/23/24s are some of the toughest to fly, followed by the Fokker Dr.I.  They have some nasty structural limits that I often pass when in a tight dogfight, snapping wings off from the Gs.  I can usually judge how far I can push it with other aircraft by the creaking sounds of the airframe but it's difficult to get a similarly good gauge by the sounds of these as it can happen so much more quickly there isn't much warning.