Ahhh the most frustrating and difficult thing to learn: Aerial refueling, I literally managed to do it an hour ago in another campaign, I've never felt more proud of myself
Next one coming this weekend. Having to skip the air to air mission though... I feel like it's quite unbeatable in its current state. At least for me anyway.
@@Gribbstar For me too sadly. I mean clearly we are supposed to clear 4 helos before the migs and su's get there, but I can never find more than 2-3 in time. I fly low, and watch the radar at 160...not sure if that's the ideal method here...anyone succeed on mission 5?
@@shawnxevious5470 I think there might even be 6 required helo kills. I got 4 of them with no RTB instruction. After action report has 6 helo units listed in the dropdown menu which is absolutely crazy! The F18 radar struggles with target acquisition on low level units that are backed by the ground. You need to really hug the floor and have them level or backed by the sky to ensure a lock. Developer has said they will tune it for next beta release, so I will wait for that to try again.
I've completed Missions 1 thru 4. Tried Mission 5 for the first time today. It appears it will take me many attempts to get the A/A targets. I had issues with getting the radar positioned correctly and the DL seemed be in and out as the helos were disappearing from my SA and radar screens. First time I've hunted Helos so I'm sure the problem lies with the pilot (me).
I was doing fine on my first attempt, then my VR gave out right as I was to push to enemy Airfield...Trying to fix and DCS crashed... Maddening! My only tanking hiccup was not realizing I was cleared to the right drogue, not the left lol
Oh man that sucks, sorry to hear this. I think we are meant to use left drogue but I pushed my luck and used right in effort to save time. You can see my wingman separates to the right and nearly hit me. If I was any further forward I was a dead man at that point. Keep trying, you will get it :)
Yuck 🤮, only 4 missions in and they require you to air to air refuel. Seems a bit too early for such an advanced thing. Maybe it was optional if you can finish the mission without rtbing.
I just about made it back to base with the little that I managed to refuel. I think if you hang around any longer than needed in the AO, then tanking is a must. I read a post from the campaign developer about missions not requiring RTB. It seems they want to maximise player progress rather than make it overly difficult. Still, there's a skip button for a reason 😎👍
24:08 This one came close, the commander would probably be furious 😂😂😂😂
Ahhh the most frustrating and difficult thing to learn: Aerial refueling, I literally managed to do it an hour ago in another campaign, I've never felt more proud of myself
Thank you for these and please keep going! The next one is air-to-air finally!! Unfortunately I did no fare as well as I'd hoped. lol.
Next one coming this weekend. Having to skip the air to air mission though... I feel like it's quite unbeatable in its current state. At least for me anyway.
@@Gribbstar For me too sadly. I mean clearly we are supposed to clear 4 helos before the migs and su's get there, but I can never find more than 2-3 in time. I fly low, and watch the radar at 160...not sure if that's the ideal method here...anyone succeed on mission 5?
@@shawnxevious5470 I think there might even be 6 required helo kills. I got 4 of them with no RTB instruction. After action report has 6 helo units listed in the dropdown menu which is absolutely crazy!
The F18 radar struggles with target acquisition on low level units that are backed by the ground. You need to really hug the floor and have them level or backed by the sky to ensure a lock.
Developer has said they will tune it for next beta release, so I will wait for that to try again.
I've completed Missions 1 thru 4. Tried Mission 5 for the first time today. It appears it will take me many attempts to get the A/A targets. I had issues with getting the radar positioned correctly and the DL seemed be in and out as the helos were disappearing from my SA and radar screens. First time I've hunted Helos so I'm sure the problem lies with the pilot (me).
I’m glad they added tanking. It’s so fun once you get the hang of it. Still I agree for a beginner campaign it might be to advanced for some.
man wthis mission tough, I replayed for three hours and when I almost made it I went winchester on the LAST F*CKING HELI...
ey, did you change your loadout? I start the mission with 4 bombs and rockets, no MAVS :(
This video was version 1 of the campaign some time ago. It's since been updated and looks like they adjusted the loadout for it.
I was doing fine on my first attempt, then my VR gave out right as I was to push to enemy Airfield...Trying to fix and DCS crashed... Maddening! My only tanking hiccup was not realizing I was cleared to the right drogue, not the left lol
Oh man that sucks, sorry to hear this.
I think we are meant to use left drogue but I pushed my luck and used right in effort to save time. You can see my wingman separates to the right and nearly hit me. If I was any further forward I was a dead man at that point.
Keep trying, you will get it :)
Yuck 🤮, only 4 missions in and they require you to air to air refuel. Seems a bit too early for such an advanced thing. Maybe it was optional if you can finish the mission without rtbing.
I just about made it back to base with the little that I managed to refuel. I think if you hang around any longer than needed in the AO, then tanking is a must.
I read a post from the campaign developer about missions not requiring RTB. It seems they want to maximise player progress rather than make it overly difficult.
Still, there's a skip button for a reason 😎👍