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Re: How to shake off the fighter plane behind you?
Im ranked 39th with a 18-1 K/D ratio. Im not bragging, I just want yall to know my experience before I get flamed on my tips.
Heres a Tip for staying right behind a jet.
Stay in the other jets arc. If you turn into him too soon, you will overshoot him. If you turn into him too late, you will lose sight of him. When you first spot an enemy, stay higher than him and fly toward his smoke contrails. If he is experienced, he will spot you, but by this time, you will be in his smoke arc.
A few guys here have given the tip of using the Immelman or the "S" to evade someone on your tail. That seems to work for me against 95% of pilots as well.
Another aspect of this is the concept of never allowing someone to put you at a disadvantage. For me, thats paying attention to everything, using every view possible. An example of this is when you pass another jet. If you look back and see that he has turned, its time to lose him now while he doesnt see you. If you look back and see which direction hes turning, you can do an over the top loop while turning the same direction and you may end up right behind him.
Once I engage an enemy, I try to kill him real quick. Bombers are free kills....just stay on the guns and they wont realize till its too late. Even if they do realize midway in, youre in their smoke arc now and cant lose them.....or at least I cant.
A few guys have mentioned slowing down. Ill admit that some pilots have used that against me in the past. Sometimes, not often....I have been fooled. Ill get so involved in a fight, that Im not looking for it and bam....Im going by them. I immediatly invert and leave the scene. Do not crash into him as he slows, youll just mess up your KD ratio and will have to stand in that line again to get another jet. But at no time has this worked twice on the same map. After that, Im looking for it. Typically he will try it again because he thinks if it worked once, it will again. But this time, Im not following as close and Im looking for it....its an easy kill.
Heres my thoughts on pilots going to the ceiling or heading to outer space to lose me. I used to get a little mad at it and sometimes would follow only to see the message "yoohoo313131 is no more". Now I am allways a medic, expecting it and looking at my altitude in relation to where i am on the map. If I cant take em out quick and hes heading to outer space, I invert and head back down. I will typically see on the screen within 10 seconds...."JoeBlowPilot is no more". If I believe hes just following the horizon at 700 - 800ft, Ill follow. Its a judgement call and part of that call is whether I feel like waiting in line for another jet.
If pressed I have a ton of tips, but heres my last and maybe the best. When you get in that jet, make it a point to stay alive all round. Dont take unneccesary risks. Examples: Youre flying over the airfield to rearm and you didnt pay attention to the minimap, if you had, you would have see a friendly jet coming the other way....bam youre dead. You try to take out a chopper with one pass...bam youre dead because you rammed him or you hit his wreckage. Take 2,3, or even 4 passes...who cares how many passes, just dont get too close and die. Youre flying over your airfield to rearm thinking about how cool you are cuz you just bombed sumpthin...you hear a tone and drop flares, yet you continue to fly straight cuz you need those bombs and ...bam youre dead cuz I followed you to your airfield without giving you warning I was there, then I spammed my missles on your poopy hole.......inevitably, you will then call me a haxor...lol
Im ranked 39th with a 18-1 K/D ratio. Im not bragging, I just want yall to know my experience before I get flamed on my tips.
Heres a Tip for staying right behind a jet.
Stay in the other jets arc. If you turn into him too soon, you will overshoot him. If you turn into him too late, you will lose sight of him. When you first spot an enemy, stay higher than him and fly toward his smoke contrails. If he is experienced, he will spot you, but by this time, you will be in his smoke arc.
A few guys here have given the tip of using the Immelman or the "S" to evade someone on your tail. That seems to work for me against 95% of pilots as well.
Another aspect of this is the concept of never allowing someone to put you at a disadvantage. For me, thats paying attention to everything, using every view possible. An example of this is when you pass another jet. If you look back and see that he has turned, its time to lose him now while he doesnt see you. If you look back and see which direction hes turning, you can do an over the top loop while turning the same direction and you may end up right behind him.
Once I engage an enemy, I try to kill him real quick. Bombers are free kills....just stay on the guns and they wont realize till its too late. Even if they do realize midway in, youre in their smoke arc now and cant lose them.....or at least I cant.
A few guys have mentioned slowing down. Ill admit that some pilots have used that against me in the past. Sometimes, not often....I have been fooled. Ill get so involved in a fight, that Im not looking for it and bam....Im going by them. I immediatly invert and leave the scene. Do not crash into him as he slows, youll just mess up your KD ratio and will have to stand in that line again to get another jet. But at no time has this worked twice on the same map. After that, Im looking for it. Typically he will try it again because he thinks if it worked once, it will again. But this time, Im not following as close and Im looking for it....its an easy kill.
Heres my thoughts on pilots going to the ceiling or heading to outer space to lose me. I used to get a little mad at it and sometimes would follow only to see the message "yoohoo313131 is no more". Now I am allways a medic, expecting it and looking at my altitude in relation to where i am on the map. If I cant take em out quick and hes heading to outer space, I invert and head back down. I will typically see on the screen within 10 seconds...."JoeBlowPilot is no more". If I believe hes just following the horizon at 700 - 800ft, Ill follow. Its a judgement call and part of that call is whether I feel like waiting in line for another jet.
If pressed I have a ton of tips, but heres my last and maybe the best. When you get in that jet, make it a point to stay alive all round. Dont take unneccesary risks. Examples: Youre flying over the airfield to rearm and you didnt pay attention to the minimap, if you had, you would have see a friendly jet coming the other way....bam youre dead. You try to take out a chopper with one pass...bam youre dead because you rammed him or you hit his wreckage. Take 2,3, or even 4 passes...who cares how many passes, just dont get too close and die. Youre flying over your airfield to rearm thinking about how cool you are cuz you just bombed sumpthin...you hear a tone and drop flares, yet you continue to fly straight cuz you need those bombs and ...bam youre dead cuz I followed you to your airfield without giving you warning I was there, then I spammed my missles on your poopy hole.......inevitably, you will then call me a haxor...lol
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