Wings Over Flanders Fields (WOFF) (Dec 2013)

[jomni]

Wow. Now that's immersion! (referring to the disparity between good and bad flight leaders... And also the cow)

[Nefaro]

One of my biggest problems with ROF was not being able to shoot anything down......not sounding like it is any easier within this game........hhhmmm

My gunnery skills just improved after I figured out how to reduce the pitch sensitivity.  I killed an Albatross D.III in my Sopwith Pup just a few minutes ago!  Yay!  My first obvious kill!  Not sure if any of my wingmen were close enough to confirm it in my official kill claim, however. 

Doesn't matter.. that pilot got jumped by his victim's buddies soon after.  Four of them.  That little 'ole Pup just didn't have the speed to outrun the flock of Albatros DIII and DVs.  Murderized again!   :D

Being an Autumn 1917 start with that one, it looked like my squadron would soon be due for an aircraft upgrade, so I was hoping to work my way up to a Camel or SE5 within a couple months.  Thus far my first four Pilots have been killed within a week.  :o  I got lots to learn yet.  WOFF certainly isn't easy.  The enemy pilots are fine shots and properly work in groups.   Hell.. I started to wonder if one group used a loner to bait me into a trap, because a bunch of his buddies showed up suspiciously quickly when I did so.

[jomni]

Nice read. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1283972/Bravery-British-WWI-suicide-club-fighter-pilots-took-Germany-Red-Baron-15-hours-training-lasted-average-just-11-days.html

[Nefaro]

I'm seeing why new British pilots' lifepans averaged 11 days during the worst periods.   There are tons of newer Albatross fighters out there in early-to-mid 1917 and they're faster than most British aircraft.  If you're in a bad spot, there's not much chance of escaping.  :o

[Gusington]

What is the earliest start date available?

[Nefaro]

What is the earliest start date available?

Ummm.. like sometime in 1915?   I dunno.. I'm only interested in around 1917 and up.  Those early beaters just aren't that special to me.  Even a late campaign start will take a lot of missions to finish by the end of the war (if I manage to survive long).

[Gusington]

Don't tell me you don't want to fly some Airco pusher and try to get a kill in early 1915...

[Nefaro]

Don't tell me you don't want to fly some Airco pusher and try to get a kill in early 1915...

Not in the least.  Screw those old windbags!  :P   I want something with a little better performance.

[Gusington]

How dare you Sir! Hrmph.

[Nefaro]

The late war aircraft are just so much more beautiful than those fugly scamps.  Smexy.  ;)

I hate to say it but I may end up waiting for their next patch to play.  There's a nasty AI aircraft control issue, in certain windy periods, where the AI hammerfists the stick and tends to collide with flight mates - notably me!  So I've been losing aircraft to my wingmen more than the enemy lately.  >:(   

To their credit, the devs have been on top of bug reports thus far and a second patch was already released.  I hope this third one gets checked out and posted up quick.  I'm really enjoying WOFF - the map environment is tops.

[Gusington]

HA smexy. Thanks for posting all your impressions...I of course am still on the fence...

[Nefaro]

The just released patch 1.3.  Excellent post-release support.  Fixed the strange AI steering issue I had.

I'm enjoying it thoroughly.  Even though I keep getting the snot knocked out of me.  The AI can be brutal.. noticeably so regarding their marksmanship.  Including the rear gunners.  On the flip side, it can be difficult to tell if my bullets are hitting and it's been tough for me to judge where the tracers are going in this game.  I have made a couple kills thus far, and getting more hits all the time.

Not all the skins & such have been redone since WOFF.  Reportedly some of the Nieuports don't.  I believe they're gonna sell an expanded skins pack next week and the money goes to the skinners themselves.  Dunno if that's a must for me or not. 

I've managed to tweak the axis sensitivies and dead zones to a good spot now.  Makes it easier to Gun the Hun.

[Gusington]

So damage modeling...not so good?

[Grim.Reaper]

HA smexy. Thanks for posting all your impressions...I of course am still on the fence...

Well thanks to Nefaro and a number of other good threads at the official forums, I crumbled again and purchased.   The campaign and single player focus really drew me in.  Sadly, looks like it will take 6+ hours to download, so won't have much time to play with it tonight.

I just hope my x52 joystick still works since I have not used the darn thing in ages!

[Nefaro]

So damage modeling...not so good?

It's okay from what I've experienced.  The wings certainly come off in a variety of ways.  My pilot tends to get wounded fairly often and if he takes a big hit, but still make it home, he often ends up dying afterward.  I'd say the damage model is less forgiving than ROF. 

Rumplers and maybe some of the other two-seaters seem pretty tough to take down but most of the single-seaters aren't too difficult if you can get a long burst into them.  In ROF, if you were firing from their rear, the fuselage would just soak up all the hits so you had to shoot the wings or get a higher angle-off to try & hit the engine or pilot.  The aircraft don't soak up as many hits directly from the rear in WOFF.

HA smexy. Thanks for posting all your impressions...I of course am still on the fence...

Well thanks to Nefaro and a number of other good threads at the official forums, I crumbled again and purchased. 

Make sure you force AA and AF in your vid card software.  Works better.