Match-ups

[Cueball]

I just bought the game, and have found it frighteningly addictive. However, one of the things I noticed it that by the time my pilots earned enough XP to take a 109e, I was facing non historical match-ups in 1 vs. 1 dogfights, like the P40n. My last battle was a 109F vs P47’s … something that rarely occurred.

I understand what the computer is doing. It’s matching up point value vs point value, but it’s putting the points into the planes instead of the pilots to make the fight even. I have discovered that by flying escort missions, it spreads the XP out to the opposition and that fixes the problem. The last battle, my 109e’s were escorting Stuka’s and facing 4 Hurricane I’s. Felt just like the Battle of Britain.

However, I would like to do a quick 1 vs. 1 dogfight, and get something more historical. There just doesn’t seem to be a way to do it. An interesting option might be 1 vs. 2. That would spread the XP out, allow historical match-ups, and one could feel like the beleaguered Germans during much of the air war.

I’m going to try campaign’s next, as that may be more my cup of tea. However, I wanted to point out a possible issue (match-ups) and a new option (1 vs. 2) and see what people thought.

[bartbert]

I think you will like the campaign games. The Battle of Britain will see Spitfire I's and Hurricane I's matched up against Bf-109's, 110's, He-111's and Stukas. Since the match-ups are based on how each player allocates their aircraft to the various regions on the map, you can definitely see some 1 vs. 2 situations.