MUST KEEP LOCK AT ALL TIMES FOR THAT MISSILE do not turn away too far and if your planning to dogfight lose the bombs get more missiles and in that situation you should have switched to aim9Ls after 2Km range with those you can turn away and fire as many as you want you also switched to another F-2 with your radar keep the same one aim7Ps must keep lock but can lose for a very short time
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your died to a f-2As heat seeking missle you didn’t flare don’t try to dodge it like top gun DOESNT WORK most times unfortunately cut your engines next time to 0 and flare turn and expect another missile because it will be fired
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Try some arcade. The physics are more forgiving and you’ll learn map knowledge, weakspots, effective team coordination and battle field tactics. For air you’ll be able to analyze flight models although juiced up.
If you’re struggling with Realistic you’d be surprised what you can do in Arcade. The gains are similar, less but more consistent. 12.0 Air Arcade is effectively 13.3 until decompression. Haven’t touched it since the update.
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oh wow sorry but you seem extremely overwhelmed with all the systems of a 12.7 jet you should probably watch a starter guide on youtube to get your radar and keybinds set up and play a slightly lower jet to get used to all the newer mechanics explaining everything in detail about high tier air plays would take hours in text while you could learn a lot in a 30 minute youtube video
as for your loadout theres no reason to bring extra weight with bombs if you plan on engaging air targets just leave them out as they make your jet much less maneuverable
arcade sucks tho
Absolutely Valid for real
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that’s why I play costom battles much better with real people pretty annoying sometimes but it does the job
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you dont get anything from custom battles
yea like those f18C early guide but it may be outdated how old the jet is
you get skill and practice nothing else maybe fun
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yea you dont get any immediate rewards but you can get a lot of knowledge especially if you make a custom battle with someone you know that knows more about the game and can teach you by showing you what to do.
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you can do this for air or ground with bots 64 bots learn weakspots
i personally prefer encountering a vehicle in live play, struggling and checking the protection analysis after to see what i couldve done better for weakspots but i like encountering unknown factors
as for weakspots in and around 12.0 the hull is always a safe bet unless its the upper front plate of russia/china
for 8.0, as was initially, said it gets a lot more complicated, where the hit analysis or custom mode could help a lot since people using my method would die a lot(as did i)
costom match or bot matchs only help with macanics not enemy tactics it also helps with weak spots but maybe noodle should watch some videos for his Abrams and F18 but just make sure they are from 2026 and cover the modern meta
agreed his tank gameplay is decent hes just not used to high tier and the new mechanics but lets be honest there arent a whole lot beside laser rangefinding, thermals and smoke usage i think if he just slows down a little hell be fine as a tanker, his flying is a different story
Dissable music, lower ur engine noise, practice aim and crosshair position, avoid areas which where could be frecuently people, dont hold W too much, and listen to sounds.
did he range find that t90M if not he really should start using it , it takes less than a second and his flying is interesting if he isn’t planing to avoid the conflict and base bomb then bringing 4 2k LB bombs isnt good makes hornet much worse unable to dodge or manuever as well and @noodleeeeeeeeee consider using the AOA button if you REALLY need it but just be sure to know this wont work most times as well as flaring and Turning use AOA only if you can recover your jet from falling and in close range dog fights use radar even with aim9L because f18 doesn’t get HMD radar sort of fixes that(also PLEASE PLEASE make sure you turned off intructor before trying this turn it all off or when you get to low to ground it will stop you from turning)
oh jesus i completely forgot about the flight instructor i turned that absolute griefer off 10 years ago the memory of getting sucked into the ground is flashing back into my mind
no top gun if the instructor has anything to do with it he basicly nerfs the jet losing it would create better muscle memory and skill
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also watch out for teamates they will teamkill with aim120s and aim9s
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