posted 05-04- 01:06 PM               

This is not because I am a tasteless gnome who doesn't appreciate the incredible excitement of flying a well-designed mission.

This is because I am an extremely overworked middle-aged weenie, who has barely had time to really fly and get to know the new FM's.

I felt I knew the old FM's like the back of my hand, and when I get into the new planes, I feel like sometimes I don't know which end is up, or how to fly them.

I also want to make it clear that I am not complaining about the new FM's, because I understand that we are striving towards having these aircraft react with each other in the sim, to more closely approximate how they might have reacted to each other in real life.

I am simply stating that with the new FM's, I'm kind of like a babe in the woods, and need some practice.

So, just wanted to alleviate any aggravation, unnecessary dropping out of games, or posts about how hosts these days just don't seem to want to fly really neat missions, which might indicate a lack of seriousness, or arcade-like attitude towards the history of combat aircraft in WWII.

I can assure you, this is not the case.

As soon as more of us get hip to how these puppies fly with each other, the new missions that will be created will be a gas to fly, and so much more the better for us all.

By the by, is there somewhere where we can start collecting missions in a neat online missions folder? It'd be cool to have a repository available, with readme's or notes explaining the theory behind the missions, etc.

Like Siddhartha in my quest for knowledge,

posted 05-04- 01:15 PM               

..AND if you do encounter something in the FMs that you think isn't right ... let us know!

BTW ... I "DO" enjoy a good "air-Doom'esk" online experiance from time to time. Exspecially when I only have a couple hours to be on. Nothing like waiting/fling for 30 minutes just to to warp into a hill ...

posted 05-04- 01:30 PM               

I bought her a Notebook computer to keep her off mine and still don't get to use it.
Where is the justice?
Can I get a witness brothers!!

posted 05-04- 01:31 PM               

If you online guys out there, after flying H2H and doing some serious stick and rudder stuff against other online aircraft have some feelings you'd like to share with the class, please feel free to make constructive remarks regarding the FM's.

Write them in grease pencil on old smelly beer cans, and mail them directly to Zurawski.

That's a joke. Please start a well-thought out thread here, and we can jump in.

For myself, before I start voicing my opinions, I just want to be damn sure I know what I'm talking about before I open my mouth.

Some will say that that in itself is an impossibility, but then if I listened to everything everyone ever said about me, I'd be living in van, down by the river.

Case in point: Even with the old, old, version of the 190A4, at first I thought it was a piece of garbage to fly in combat. Remember, this is even the REAL old version.

But then, after weeks of watching Monsieur Le Slide claw his way up into the safety of the Heavens, no matter WHAT I was flying, I soon came to love that old Boom 'n Zoomer, and got fairly proficient at cleaning Allied clocks with it.

Gawd but I'm wasting time today. Procrastinating 'cause I know I won't get home till 9 or 10 tonight. Feh.