You roll when turning your aircraft to produce a more controlled & tighter turn. It also allows you to do the reverse maneuver which I will cover in a future video. I currently have a tutorial video for Reaver upgrades posted on my channel. Video's for the other 2 aircraft are planned as well.
I welcome questions :) It lets me know what I need to put in future videos! Steady aim is A LOT easier with a mouse rather than a joystick. As you can see in my video's I only go into 1st person mode when I have the shot roughly lined up in 3rd person camera mode. Once you have the target roughly lined up, trying using your A+D keys to move your crosshairs in a more controlled fashion rather than constantly trying to use your mouse. Difficult to explain in a comment. Will make video in future.
I have seen lot's of pilots and I know it's just beta, but you sir are one amazing pilot. Keep up the good work, I would love to see more vids, guides, tips and tricks. Ty sir!:)
Yes,i tested it myself the last 2 days and the vortek still works great. My earlyer concerns where more because the patch changed arround my joystick settings without me noticing at first,made my aim worse till i fixed it. ;)
According to patch notes, they actually didn't nerf the gun, just buffed gun damage resistance on aircraft. So it's still an overall great gun against all targets (especially infantry with zoom optics, I'm sniping these guys left and right)
Thanks bro. Flying in 3rd person is no different from flying in 1st person. The controls don't change. Just practice, practice & more practice. Create a new character, pull your aircraft and practice in a quiet area with no enemies around, get used to doing the turns and flying in 3rd person. If you crash just create another character and do it again.
Matt Higby said they have a pendulum approach to balancing testing out extreme positions and then narrowing in towards a sweet spot. I guess it is at the extremely powerful position right now and expect the A2A guns to be weaker again.
I'm just watching this in mild horror more than anything else. It's full daylight, it's not like your hiding and they keep just flying out to die without checking the area at all.
Hello Iron, just subscribed yesterday and I am liking what I see. I notice that you spend much of the time flying in third person mode. While I can see the many advantages this gives the pilot, I am having a really hard time getting used to maneuvering while in third person. Any tips?
The rotarys got nerfed pretty good last patch. What do you think,is it still worth it using it over the standard gun? I feel its a bit weak now. I am sometimes a bit surprised about the "sledgehammer" game balancing at SOE. First the rotarys where almost useless,than they got buffed so mutch that you could kill a ESF in a second, than it gets nerfed back to almost the way it was before.
I have a couple questions. 1. What is the point of rolling right when you make either left or right turns? 2. Can you make more tutorial like videos and guides on what to cert in? Right now I know but things change and I just can't keep track of it.
yeah the Vortek rotary cannon is just like the VS hailstorm turbo laser its just eats through anything and everything including ammo. Though with the recent patch at least on my server mass reaver has become the norm again and this hasn't been the case since the beginning of beta when air was OP. Idk if air is probably a lil OP now or not but I do believe that the A2A main guns of the fighters needs to be looked at because I can never convince myself to buy the A2G cannon being worth it.
I got an idea but it may take a lot of work to do. Analyse a bunch of footage in Dogfights and "crack it down" and analyse it, what should someone do in that situation
Although I really dislike NC more than the other 2 factions, (VS here) I do respect your skill and you make good vids, so I'm subbed. Look forward to what you make next. :)
Great video, helped me a lot. I'm a TR pilot, but now I know what not to do when facing a Reaver :). One thing, though. I see a lot of videos where players can look freely in the cockpit, and the controls state that this is done by mouse button 2. I've clicked every button on my mouse, and I still can't freelook within the cockpit. Am I doing something wrong?
You have to hold the button down while moving around... Could that be it? Or it's mapped to a different button on your settings.. on mine its annoying because the mousewheel is button 2.
Good suggestion. Lot of editing work though ;) When I get a day off I may look into doing something like that. Keyboard & Mouse will beat joystick everything. Much better precision. I never condone the use of A2A missles, they will not help you to get better as a pilot. m30 is pretty crap. I haven't used it recently though.
A reaver is faster than a mossie or scythe due to speed degradation when after-burning, and the difference in turn rate is negligible. With the NC nose gun also being amazing, right now a reaver will beat any of the other aircraft 1v1 if both pilots are of equal skill. Hopefully SOE get on that and either give each factions fighter the advantage they're supposed to have or just level the playing field.
Actually your wrong. All ESFs have exactly the same amount of HP and armor. Also the front cannon's all have roughly the same TTK (time to kill) within a couple fractions of a second.
Hey just a question. Since you're quite an experienced pilot, would you really say that the mosquito is feelably more manouvarable than the other two ESFs?
I brought the vortex cannon but to me it feels like the regular gun is bettter to use but seeing Ur video ill try ur method and I gotta work on my aim lol :/
Never seems that way. Scythes are taking at least 2 full salvos of the cannon without issue. Vehicles are just sucking up breaker rockets as well. Starting to think A2A rockets would be much more useful or are they low damage as well? So basically Reaver has no advantages over the others then as the Scythe moves better and the Mosquito is faster? Typical NC being the underdog.
I really really hate the current state of the vortek, its simply too good. I could chase a reaver for 3 minutes poking at it with my TR rotary and it would just turn around and fuck me in one burst
You roll when turning your aircraft to produce a more controlled & tighter turn. It also allows you to do the reverse maneuver which I will cover in a future video.
I currently have a tutorial video for Reaver upgrades posted on my channel. Video's for the other 2 aircraft are planned as well.
I welcome questions :) It lets me know what I need to put in future videos!
Steady aim is A LOT easier with a mouse rather than a joystick. As you can see in my video's I only go into 1st person mode when I have the shot roughly lined up in 3rd person camera mode. Once you have the target roughly lined up, trying using your A+D keys to move your crosshairs in a more controlled fashion rather than constantly trying to use your mouse.
Difficult to explain in a comment. Will make video in future.
I have seen lot's of pilots and I know it's just beta, but you sir are one amazing pilot. Keep up the good work, I would love to see more vids, guides, tips and tricks. Ty sir!:)
Yes,i tested it myself the last 2 days and the vortek still works great.
My earlyer concerns where more because the patch changed arround my joystick settings without me noticing at first,made my aim worse till i fixed it. ;)
According to patch notes, they actually didn't nerf the gun, just buffed gun damage resistance on aircraft. So it's still an overall great gun against all targets (especially infantry with zoom optics, I'm sniping these guys left and right)
I glad to have you in the NC!!
Yes I fly with a standard keyboard & mouse set-up.
My rig is fairly old. i5 760, 8GB ram, GTX470 and I'm running on medium/low settings.
Thanks bro.
Flying in 3rd person is no different from flying in 1st person. The controls don't change. Just practice, practice & more practice.
Create a new character, pull your aircraft and practice in a quiet area with no enemies around, get used to doing the turns and flying in 3rd person. If you crash just create another character and do it again.
Yes I have a lib guide planned. The last patch has flipped everything on its head so still testing stuff out.
Possibly in the future. But focusing on air guides/tutorials right now.
Matt Higby said they have a pendulum approach to balancing testing out extreme positions and then narrowing in towards a sweet spot. I guess it is at the extremely powerful position right now and expect the A2A guns to be weaker again.
I'm just watching this in mild horror more than anything else. It's full daylight, it's not like your hiding and they keep just flying out to die without checking the area at all.
Hello Iron, just subscribed yesterday and I am liking what I see. I notice that you spend much of the time flying in third person mode. While I can see the many advantages this gives the pilot, I am having a really hard time getting used to maneuvering while in third person. Any tips?
I loved this vid keep up the good work dude!
Glad to have such a great pilot on the NC :D
The rotarys got nerfed pretty good last patch.
What do you think,is it still worth it using it over the standard gun?
I feel its a bit weak now.
I am sometimes a bit surprised about the "sledgehammer" game balancing at SOE.
First the rotarys where almost useless,than they got buffed so mutch that you could kill a ESF in a second, than it gets nerfed back to almost the way it was before.
i suggest using the ejection cert in the situation of getting shot down
@Herrgolani some way the mosquito, some say the scythe. I can't really say because the only thing I have flown is NC aircraft
I have a couple questions.
1. What is the point of rolling right when you make either left or right turns?
2. Can you make more tutorial like videos and guides on what to cert in? Right now I know but things change and I just can't keep track of it.
True about the A2A but you can just stay at range and sending missiles against a lib/galaxy, and they were buffed in the last patch (more damage)
yeah the Vortek rotary cannon is just like the VS hailstorm turbo laser its just eats through anything and everything including ammo. Though with the recent patch at least on my server mass reaver has become the norm again and this hasn't been the case since the beginning of beta when air was OP. Idk if air is probably a lil OP now or not but I do believe that the A2A main guns of the fighters needs to be looked at because I can never convince myself to buy the A2G cannon being worth it.
I got an idea but it may take a lot of work to do. Analyse a bunch of footage in Dogfights and "crack it down" and analyse it, what should someone do in that situation
Although I really dislike NC more than the other 2 factions, (VS here) I do respect your skill and you make good vids, so I'm subbed.
Look forward to what you make next. :)
"F'n OP Vortek." - Mosquito pilot
AMAZING VIDEO!
Now I know where to put my cert points on my reaver!
@Sebastian Danielsson no way, it's a great faction. I'm personally NC but that's cuz I like their free spirit thing
So is the scythe's ATA gun as good a the vortex cannon against ground. i really don't know what gun to use on a scythe.
Thanks man. Appreciate it!
Great video, helped me a lot. I'm a TR pilot, but now I know what not to do when facing a Reaver :). One thing, though. I see a lot of videos where players can look freely in the cockpit, and the controls state that this is done by mouse button 2. I've clicked every button on my mouse, and I still can't freelook within the cockpit. Am I doing something wrong?
You have to hold the button down while moving around... Could that be it? Or it's mapped to a different button on your settings.. on mine its annoying because the mousewheel is button 2.
So what is the diff between the ESFs ? You said the reaver is more tanky and the mossi is faster... but what about the scythe ?
Subed, I really like these videos mate!
How much practice have you put in to flying? You are way too good.
Good suggestion. Lot of editing work though ;) When I get a day off I may look into doing something like that.
Keyboard & Mouse will beat joystick everything. Much better precision.
I never condone the use of A2A missles, they will not help you to get better as a pilot. m30 is pretty crap. I haven't used it recently though.
So In comparison to the VS and TR equivalents, how do they compare?
VS Hailstorm turbo laser is pretty much on par.
TR is lagging behind big time.
how do i use rockets? i press 2 to change the weapon but its inefective
a question: if a couple of buddies had noticed what you were doing and decide to hop out in a pair of Skyguards, would you have been screwed?
Do you fly with a mouse? Nice flyin!
Great video buddy. Waiting for more :-)
For a supreme air dominance reaver, what do you think about the A2A missiles?! And btw is the m30 AH any good?
A reaver is faster than a mossie or scythe due to speed degradation when after-burning, and the difference in turn rate is negligible. With the NC nose gun also being amazing, right now a reaver will beat any of the other aircraft 1v1 if both pilots are of equal skill. Hopefully SOE get on that and either give each factions fighter the advantage they're supposed to have or just level the playing field.
Actually your wrong.
All ESFs have exactly the same amount of HP and armor. Also the front cannon's all have roughly the same TTK (time to kill) within a couple fractions of a second.
Any plans on a Liberator guide?
Hey just a question. Since you're quite an experienced pilot, would you really say that the mosquito is feelably more manouvarable than the other two ESFs?
Why do you only get 100 XP or 10 more per kill? I usually see like 245, and sometimes 420 (which makes me die of laughter).
Thanks bro!
Very nice, thank you.
I beg to differ on the Reaver packing more of a punch - I swear other ships hurt more or at best are on par with the Reaver.
I brought the vortex cannon but to me it feels like the regular gun is bettter to use but seeing Ur video ill try ur method and I gotta work on my aim lol :/
How do you switch weapons in the reaver?
Also, what's your spec? You're getting great FPS!
Have you tried War Thunder with those piloting skills
Never seems that way. Scythes are taking at least 2 full salvos of the cannon without issue. Vehicles are just sucking up breaker rockets as well. Starting to think A2A rockets would be much more useful or are they low damage as well?
So basically Reaver has no advantages over the others then as the Scythe moves better and the Mosquito is faster? Typical NC being the underdog.
@FuzzMD he uses a keyboard and mouse
Do you use a joystick or a KB+Mouse to fly?
Actually the reaver has the most health and does the most damage out of all the ESFs
Being able to fly without constantly being locked on and hammered by flak. I miss beta.
Do you think a joystick is better than mouse and keybord?
I can no longer use my Mosquito to get from point A to point B because of pilots like you. I'm a bad pilot Iron, lemme be >.
What server do you play on?
I have uploaded a beginners flying guide which shows you how the reverse maneuver actually works. Go check it out.
I really really hate the current state of the vortek, its simply too good. I could chase a reaver for 3 minutes poking at it with my TR rotary and it would just turn around and fuck me in one burst
Ace Combat: Planetside
yeah XD
agile
Scroll wheel
Vortek kills 0.2s faster, 10% more DPS. Your opponent was simply better than you.
Base rape?
I wonder how many of those TR nublets uninstalled after this :)
Thanks man!