BF2S Forums Who flies with the mouse?

not me, the only problem i have with Mous and KB is that i cant throttle down a little bit to bomb or givin my Gunner (in case of bomer plane) the opertunity to use his LGM

in dogfight i prefer to use the mouse caus you can move it quiker then a joystick and u can make any movement with it.

I fly with mouse and KB all the time. I have pretty nice aviator-stats, it´s supreme for dogfight and I CAN throttle down for bombing runs. I CAN even land any jet correctly on the runway... Practice is all you need.

Ayumiz wrote:

Well who flies with the mouse and KB? Do u guys find it harder to break away from enemy jets and harder to chase them down? I suspect a lot of people have been purchasing joysticks and i find it hard to break away from their view.

Me. I do. Its great.

nope, not hard to break away or chase jets.
My mouse works better than my brand new Joystick.

Well whats the sens u guys set for flying jets? I have a saitek gaming mouse which has a 1600dpi button but i dont press it.

Meh, I just use the keyboard all the way.

Ayumiz: Seems like your set up is the same as mine. Saitek (with the blue light). I only use 1600 when I'm pursuing or evading. Bombing requires the stability. I had a flightstick, but I only use it for choppers.

Planes require the... Agility a mouse offers. Joystickers have the slight advantage of a sustained turn/loop etc. I'm sure as hell not going to follow some jackass through 4 consecutive loops. I have no problem losing enemy jets though. Just pull every trick in the book: either MAP tricks or FLIGHT tricks. what do i mean now.

Flight tricks are done open air. Half loop followed by 180 degrees twist and corkscrew away. Not many pilots joystick or other wise is going to follow you. They simply CAN'T. Or two reverse loops (making an S upwards, nosedive down and pull left or right).

Map tricks are tricks that are exclusive to the map. Like the kubra tunnel under lower dam. Don't confuse map tricks with stunts. Most stunts serve no purpose. For example. There's no point in flying under the bridge of wake or Dragon Valley. The pursuer is just going to fly safely OVER and continue the pursue. But the tunnel at the bottom of the Lower Dam? The pursuer is FORCED to follow you through the tunnel, or pull up very very very sharply and risk smacking face first in the dam. My favour is going through the low valley, under the bridge, through the white pillars and through the tunnel. It takes balls to follow that .

Anyways. Tips about pursuing Pilots. People are habitual creatures. They tend to do the same things FIRST. Fine, everyone can start doing totally random stuff, go up, dive low, twist left and right, corkscrew around. BUT, on engagement many pilots have a 1st Action Procedure. For some its a loop. Others its a hard twist left or right (Left OR Right ) Never both. The trick is to make the pilot pay for this. Once I notice a pilot's habits enough, i punish him for doing the same thing whenever we engage.

Pilot likes to pull up for a loop? I lock on and start pulling up first so i get about 1 second of MG fire into his vertical body displayed in front of my HUD and a missile up his tailpipes as i follow him through that. Pilot likes pulling left or right? I come from above and twist so they fly straight into a hail of MG bullets and a missile for their troubles.

But these are not the best pilots. THese are pilots that only react when they see tracers start flying past, or when they hear the alarm of a lock. The best pilots check their six constantly. Once they see you twisting in to start the attack run, they began evasive actions. Which makes it fucking hard to chase them down. Again, your best bet is getting their habits down pat. I was once against this insanely good pilot who would chase me through EVERYTHING on cleansweep, i was forced to fly @ 700 and only come down to bomb and rearm just to avoid him. So i changed over to flying really really low and blindsiding him from underneath.

Use your common sense too. Don't chase a J10 with an F15. The J10's going to run, and come back for your ass. Most pilots would rather avoid a dogfight altogether and get points on the ground. Don't trouble trouble unless trouble troubles you. Unless the opponent is supremely skilled in the bomber with a fantastic WSO and is decimating your entire team, you should be doing the same to theirs.

Dogfights are detrimental to ponts Me and [Bf.Nut]Posuer or [Bf.Nut]Lime once spent 20 minutes chasing each other around cleansweep. Ended with a beautiful 0 points each.

i fly jets w/ KM, i found it a lot easier to use it than joystick, but i fly choppers w/ joystick

i fly with mouse and keyboard, its so easy to fly aircraft

Mouse and Keyboard always for me , I have a Logitech mx 900 and it works very well.

I also bought a saiteck cyborg evo pro , but only dogfights go well , but bombing ground target, doesnt work for me , so I stick with mouse and keyboard with a KDR of atleast 20:1 all the time , rarely get shot down , most of times i die by teammate that flies into you, you get a teamkill and he punishes you aswell.

Im prolly 1 of the few that checks his back more often than his front view

Thats what ruins it really...but yeah cant all have a 100 to 1 score

Last edited by |DL|Krokkieboy (2006-01-25 06:06:26)

mx1000. i have a joystick but i just switch to it when someone is on my ass.

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Last edited by 4lter_3go (2006-01-26 00:38:18)

I rather get points on the ground then dogfight really:P

I fly w/mouse temporarily, my joystick is broke. I think i played with it too much

And i find it more fun flying jets like this, but helicopters are hard w/o one