These videos are always the best for figuring out how to properly fly in Planetside. There is no perfect method, but by god this is effective as all hell.
Showing what keys you were pressing while doing those maneuvers really helped a lot. I've actually improved a bit in my reaver thanks to this. Though I've only flown in the VR training area but still, an improvement is an improvement.
Am totally learning from your videos; I usually fly solo, and these techniques are golden for people who don't want to rely on numbers for survival! Will keep practicing... and practicing... and dying... and practicing... and exploding... and practicing... until I learn!
I have been playing dogfighting games for a long long time, especially Ace Combat and HAWX series, and I can tell you have done the same thing. This barrel roll turn is a common tactic used in Ace Combat multiplayer. Keep UP the good work, mate..Cheers :)
Pitching down helps to encourage the thrusters into locked down position. The other thing that helps is hours and hours behind the wheel (joystick?). Get your preferred airframe maxed out so you don't have to relearn the sensitivity and touch of your Reaver.
You should bind a key to "analogue throttle" for aircraft. Pushing it will immediately cut all of your forward thrust, and it makes transitioning into a reverse maneuver a lot faster and easier than by holding down "s".
I'm a horrible pilot. I use my reavers as a transport. I fly to the battle, crash it into a mountain and respawn at the sunderer. Thanks for these guides, I might actually one day start using them to fight with.
Reaver: Default (35) can one clip an ESF Mossi: max upgraded (60) will one clip Sythe: Default is (40) around the same as the Mossi but a slower RoF In this order is the balance of the 3 ESFs
Thank you so much for putting the virtual keyboard there. I was a little confused on how to use that turn you described in the last video, and this helped alot!
I would donate to your PayPal for how much I appreciate having the keyboard overlay up. I know that's hard to edit together, but Jesus does it go a long way in explaining things.
I just found your videos and it makes me want to start playing planet side 2. I wonder if it will be any good on the ps4. If not I would have to invest in a better computer first. Keep up the great work and the Virtual Keyboard its great to see how these mechanics will actually work.
At 0:12, why are you pressing 'A' for the barrel roll manoeuvre? To make you harder to hit or something? Can't recall hearing that in the video for the barrel roll...
I have to absolutely agree that i never saw a better pilot than Ironfist :) also, Dear Ironfist, can you please make a video of you just flying around killing stuff? I would like to see your flying skills outside of a tutorial.
I have all the maneuvers pretty much mastered. what I really need help/tips with is accuracy with my vortec. I find it increasingly difficult to lead esfs and/or engage from longer ranges
Yesterday I was on a big open place on Esamir repairing my Reaver and saw a Scythe on the radar, entered the reaver, did a backflip and shot down the Scythe, he was not expecting that :P
Hello Sir! Awesome piloting you have going on there, I'd need a better PC in order to train to be this good because the FPSlag prevents me from getting anything done. However I'll be using these maneuvers from now on in an attempt to gain superiority. Which performance chassis are you using? One for high acceleration and/or ascent speed?
When i fly with my A2AMs equipped, i find that if the guy i fired the missile at flies towards me, the missile breaks off a 100% of the times without fail. Best tactic to win versus an A2AMer is to turn and fight him, if you run you're fukd since its very easy to lock on then
For someone like me who is coming into this game in due time with little to no experience and a clean slate this is highly useful. Do these maneuvers work in air transports as well?
I have no aim when I fly. Thats my main issue. I am a good flyer but I don't have the tight twitch control for the dogfighting part. I've successfully done stuff like the barrel roll turn but I can't follow up with any kind of accuracy, so I die anyway.
Great vids, I have only one question: Is third person view better for maneuvering? Because when I fly in first person, I feel the plane, but in third person I only see it. I know a lot of people feel safer in third person, but I am the opposite, I suck big times while flying in third person view.
I'm only semi-serious here but I find it odd that someone who would take the time to upload a tutorial video would then bash someone for being "a bad pilot." It's like, naw, he just hasn't watched your vids yet lol
Hey, I'm having a lot of trouble keeping the thrusters in that down position.. I find after verticle thrusting my thrusters then resume their position in the horizontal position causing me to thrust forward, any ideas?
I have 58 hours in a scythe so far, I can keep up with most pilots' maneuvers in a 1v1 dogfight, but my problem is my aim sucks. I have so much trouble maneuvering AND aiming at the same time, and I just end up spraying a lot of the time and just chipping at their health slowly, while they pull some crazy maneuvers and tear me apart with every shot in their magazine hitting :/
at only 25 shells per clip and 33 fully upgraded its a definite high risk high reward as one-two bursts of the gun will leave you reloading, it favors those who can aim and punishes those who can't, so its not as overpowered as you think.
you do know that this is mounted on an air vehicle right? one clip isn't going to do the job unless that esf your firing on is already at half health. even then that's only in the most perfect situations, I would rather have the sythe's stock gun than the rotary for air-to-air dog fights. The no bullet drop really helps for using it in long range alpha engagements
Deathcap Rabadon I ran into many situations where i lost almost all of my mousy's health due to a reaver back-reaping me with one clip , and in close distance dog fights u don't really need the no-drop of the scythe's base gun , i know that every ESF has it's own good points , but the reaver's good point , which is the rotary , is the most over powered .
All I can do with an ESF is ram people and jump out bail as light assault
These videos are always the best for figuring out how to properly fly in Planetside. There is no perfect method, but by god this is effective as all hell.
Showing what keys you were pressing while doing those maneuvers really helped a lot. I've actually improved a bit in my reaver thanks to this. Though I've only flown in the VR training area but still, an improvement is an improvement.
Am totally learning from your videos; I usually fly solo, and these techniques are golden for people who don't want to rely on numbers for survival! Will keep practicing... and practicing... and dying... and practicing... and exploding... and practicing... until I learn!
Are you good now?
I greatly improved my survivability… and then i stopped playing around 7 years ago 😅
I have been playing dogfighting games for a long long time, especially Ace Combat and HAWX series, and I can tell you have done the same thing. This barrel roll turn is a common tactic used in Ace Combat multiplayer. Keep UP the good work, mate..Cheers :)
The keyboard helps a lot! Now, I finally know the exact timing to press the keys.
Thanks so much for your videos. The Reaver is a beast to tame :)
Pitching down helps to encourage the thrusters into locked down position. The other thing that helps is hours and hours behind the wheel (joystick?). Get your preferred airframe maxed out so you don't have to relearn the sensitivity and touch of your Reaver.
You should bind a key to "analogue throttle" for aircraft. Pushing it will immediately cut all of your forward thrust, and it makes transitioning into a reverse maneuver a lot faster and easier than by holding down "s".
I'm a horrible pilot. I use my reavers as a transport. I fly to the battle, crash it into a mountain and respawn at the sunderer. Thanks for these guides, I might actually one day start using them to fight with.
the keyboard is super useful
Best PlanetSide 2 series on youtube. Keep it up!
Reaver: Default (35) can one clip an ESF
Mossi: max upgraded (60) will one clip
Sythe: Default is (40) around the same as the Mossi but a slower RoF
In this order is the balance of the 3 ESFs
Thank you so much for putting the virtual keyboard there. I was a little confused on how to use that turn you described in the last video, and this helped alot!
I would donate to your PayPal for how much I appreciate having the keyboard overlay up. I know that's hard to edit together, but Jesus does it go a long way in explaining things.
I just found your videos and it makes me want to start playing planet side 2. I wonder if it will be any good on the ps4. If not I would have to invest in a better computer first. Keep up the great work and the Virtual Keyboard its great to see how these mechanics will actually work.
At 0:12, why are you pressing 'A' for the barrel roll manoeuvre? To make you harder to hit or something? Can't recall hearing that in the video for the barrel roll...
The virtual keyboard is amazing! Please keep it up.
I have to absolutely agree that i never saw a better pilot than Ironfist :) also, Dear Ironfist, can you please make a video of you just flying around killing stuff? I would like to see your flying skills outside of a tutorial.
Thanks! This is the number one problem I have with flying!
its very useful with the virtual keyboard
Hey man, these videos are great! Would you be able to perhaps show some of these manoeuvres from the perspective of your friend flying the mosquito?
Thanks bro
Already, keep the damn keyboard in! I love seeing how other pilots use their keys. Cant be the only one. :D
I have all the maneuvers pretty much mastered. what I really need help/tips with is accuracy with my vortec. I find it increasingly difficult to lead esfs and/or engage from longer ranges
i like ur videos they r helping me also could u do a video comparing the 3 cannons please thanks
Yesterday I was on a big open place on Esamir repairing my Reaver and saw a Scythe on the radar, entered the reaver, did a backflip and shot down the Scythe, he was not expecting that :P
Hello Sir! Awesome piloting you have going on there, I'd need a better PC in order to train to be this good because the FPSlag prevents me from getting anything done.
However I'll be using these maneuvers from now on in an attempt to gain superiority. Which performance chassis are you using? One for high acceleration and/or ascent speed?
Do you think SOE should make it so you can't exit your aircraft if you're being shot? Like ~5s timer, similar to the auto repair.
Virtual keyb is awesome, helps understand moves better. Also what you have on the performance slot?
Thank you Ironfist, great video!
When i fly with my A2AMs equipped, i find that if the guy i fired the missile at flies towards me, the missile breaks off a 100% of the times without fail. Best tactic to win versus an A2AMer is to turn and fight him, if you run you're fukd since its very easy to lock on then
LMSTV, can you make a video on avoiding striker missles? I found that if you afterburn in circles, you can dodge most of them
For someone like me who is coming into this game in due time with little to no experience and a clean slate this is highly useful. Do these maneuvers work in air transports as well?
I have no aim when I fly. Thats my main issue. I am a good flyer but I don't have the tight twitch control for the dogfighting part. I've successfully done stuff like the barrel roll turn but I can't follow up with any kind of accuracy, so I die anyway.
Great vids, I have only one question: Is third person view better for maneuvering? Because when I fly in first person, I feel the plane, but in third person I only see it.
I know a lot of people feel safer in third person, but I am the opposite, I suck big times while flying in third person view.
Do you have any advice for improving nose cannon accuracy?
I'm only semi-serious here but I find it odd that someone who would take the time to upload a tutorial video would then bash someone for being "a bad pilot." It's like, naw, he just hasn't watched your vids yet lol
Dont press W.
If you do, engines will move to a forward position.
Hey, I'm having a lot of trouble keeping the thrusters in that down position.. I find after verticle thrusting my thrusters then resume their position in the horizontal position causing me to thrust forward, any ideas?
Every time I decide to go flying my reaver, I ALWAYS tend to run into BR100 players. Always.
What about going under bio labs and bridges?
i tried all this manouvers in the VR but i think this doesnt work in a mosquito
Where can I get the virtual keyboard set up like yours?
music in background is epic :D
Nice Video. what program did you use for the recording of the keyboard?
can i know you mouse sensitivity for flying ?
I don't press W :/ is there a way where my nose I should be pointing or..? Is it just practise?
Do you have a mouse with bad DPI? Did you forget to turn off mouse acceleration? Both of those will screw you over.
How do u hover with ur esf like that
How do u not take a clip to the underside when flipping?
I hope you show us a way to dodge missile soon... because my way doesn't seem to work any more :'(
Link for the virtual keyboard?
whats your mouse sensitivity. cuz i cant do that smoothly on 0.55 Mouse sensitivity.
I have 58 hours in a scythe so far, I can keep up with most pilots' maneuvers in a 1v1 dogfight, but my problem is my aim sucks. I have so much trouble maneuvering AND aiming at the same time, and I just end up spraying a lot of the time and just chipping at their health slowly, while they pull some crazy maneuvers and tear me apart with every shot in their magazine hitting :/
Keyboard is awesome!
I am new can you show me your defensive moves?
nice videos would be awsome if you teached how to land fast without taking dmg and how to navigategate trough rocks and hide from misslies :D
What kind of sensitivity are you using when flying?
welp, I can do an amateur banking turn, but barrelroll-turn? NOPE
When will this be on ps4?
im doing some wingman tactics whit some friends.
id like to fly and maby discus them whit you.
You up for that??
Thx, i hope that u Will conntinue with the flight school!
I did my first flight and second and third flight but I keep failing I was trying to shoot the enemy but then I died
Oh yes, that keyboard is very useful.
I usually just dance and let the H4TZ clean up the mess.
Well , the reaver's rotary is over powered , u could own any dog fight with it ...
at only 25 shells per clip and 33 fully upgraded its a definite high risk high reward as one-two bursts of the gun will leave you reloading, it favors those who can aim and punishes those who can't, so its not as overpowered as you think.
At close combats u don't need to be too precise , hold down the trigger and boom ...
you do know that this is mounted on an air vehicle right? one clip isn't going to do the job unless that esf your firing on is already at half health. even then that's only in the most perfect situations, I would rather have the sythe's stock gun than the rotary for air-to-air dog fights. The no bullet drop really helps for using it in long range alpha engagements
Deathcap Rabadon
I ran into many situations where i lost almost all of my mousy's health due to a reaver back-reaping me with one clip , and in close distance dog fights u don't really need the no-drop of the scythe's base gun , i know that every ESF has it's own good points , but the reaver's good point , which is the rotary , is the most over powered .
what sever are you on
very good video
Love the keyboard
What do u press C for?
amazed anyone can be so good at flying o.O find it almost impossible duo to the controls of the game
Mossy is not that good to reverse thrust as the Reaver does. Plus that Vortek Rotary...damn death angel.
2019 and all the best Reaver pilots are gone :(
What does c do?
Preadator?
NC IS AWESOME
wait what???? if this is correct then you are my new god!
great video!
Great videos.
great video
I am the guy that puts on music when dogfighting.
VANU..... we have the batwing
True True !
Keep the on screen keyboard
virtuql keyboard is yes!
Verry useful
From Dough to Breadator
great!
it appeared in my sub box fine :3
Flares are unnecessary just outrun lock on missiles
tu é que queres, estou no meu territorio
I think you killed me what server do you play on?
It appeared on mine.
00:18
Not enough agility to do that
18:00
I need an active clan please ,.....
finally
:3
cool
it makes you decend