Letal ground HQ - need suggestion
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Hi Jackal,
Yes it is my TE. Ok i will catch some screen or if i undertood how to attach the file i share the TE itself. What could be very useful is to see someone expert with the same bomb how will manage the HQ in that case. Like a video tutorial
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I am trying to attach mission files. Site said file not valid. Which type of file i can attach? Thanks
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Hi Jackal,
Yes it is my TE. Ok i will catch some screen or if i undertood how to attach the file i share the TE itself. What could be very useful is to see someone expert with the same bomb how will manage the HQ in that case. Like a video tutorial
Good, mate.
About the tutorials, well, there’s a plenty of in YouTube… try to seek for those by MaxWaldorf, Revientor and so many expert fellows, that a database would come handy.
But first come first, so… have a deeper look to the FM (F. Manual ). Sure it won’t hurt you.
Have a nice day and stay safe, most of all.
With best regards.
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Sure!! Thanks jackal.
I saw tutorials from both…but not one against HQ.
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Hey Gundam,
I dont know how experienced you are, so my apologies if I suggest things which are may be too trivial for you. I have tried to “mentor” a couple of guys back into BMS in the last years and I have noticed something very similar to what is happening to you (my impression, i.e. I may be wrong here).
One of these guys is my friend since we were 13 years old. We have flown in LAN almost every sim you can name, EF, Tornado, F3, F4, etc. Unfortunatelly life got him away from the sims for a while.
When he decided to start flying again, he just wanted to fly campaigns. I said, well, we can do, but your chance of survival in a tough mission is very low. And indeed he got shot-down systematically “attacking HQ”, SAMs, not respecting enemy WEZ, etc. I noticed that the problem is that many people (re-)starting in BMS want to go directly into the action, or choose tough targets without proper introduction to several aspects of combat flying. This can lead to extreme frustration.As my friend, I guess you can handle your plane, land, take-off in bad weather, do some IFR etc. But these skills does not guarantee any success in a campaign mission at all. Success in combat mission requires that you are on top of your game in every aspect of the aircraft you are flying in. This requires “unfortunately” (= I love it) that you continously train as building block approach all skills required to complete succesfully a campaign mission. The question is how you do that?
Here is what I have been doing my whole “F4-life”. It is inspired by the training syllabus that some AF have online and everyone can access.
- Choose an aircraft. Yes, F-16s come in different models. Choose for example a CM high block, since you can use in most of the campaigns. Learn all the cockpit. Read the manuals.
- Do your VFR/IFR training and some emergency training (like flame-out training=saved my life sometimes).
- Start your combat training where nothing is shooting at you. Employ each weapon (yes, each one) against units which cannot defend themselves (e.g. engineers). Do that in good and bad weather, night and day, dusk and dawn.
- Run now a set of A2G and A2A missions against simple threats. No double digit SAMs, no active missions for the enemy. Combine some of these missions with different weather and IFR/VFR skills. Start from high-altitude and move lower, Start with PGM followed by unguided weapons. Choose first MIG-17s, then MIG-21, then put some SARH, and at the end some R-77s. You got the idea.
- Increase the complexity of the training even more. Develop and try tactics of other people. Low-level TFR at night, mavericks, MITL weapons, HARM tactics.
- Put a wingman on the show and learn how to use it. He is not cannon-fodder, if you understand the limitations of the AI. If you prefer, fly with a friend. Remember: comms is an additional complexity, but is required to fly online.
- Fly your campaign.
What I also have noticed ís that when I keep flying some aircraft in a kind of mission during a campaign, some of my skills disappear. For example, when I do too much A2G with PGM delivery, I am simply not good anymore in BFM or in low-level pop-ups. How to keep up-to-date?
I run two kinds of “continuation training” (CT) missions. The first one I call “simulator”. It is a TE where there are several missions with F-16s of different blocks at the push point with different weapons. If I want to train, e.g., Maverick with low-level attack, I re-read that part of the manual, then I pick the corresponding mission, fly the weapons employment part of the mission and exit. As a simulator. It is a “simulation”, where I dont care about ramping the acft, recovery etc. The goal is to practice a given attack profile/weapon delivery.
The other kind of CT is the real deal. It is a TE, with all sorts of enemy forces pre-positioned. I plan a full mission by keeping track of each skill required to mantain a “combat mission ready” status. For example, according to the USAF a pilot has to perform some core missions within X days. If I did not do that mission within these X days, then I will run a full CT-sortie where this mission (perhaps combined with other skills) are trained. This can vary in complexity, but it is always at least a 2-ship against a shooting enemy. Just to illustrate, my last CT sortie was a DEAD mission in Block 50 together with 2 Tornados to attack an airfield. After the attack I combined a AAR and a SFO to practice some skills.
In general, I manage to run 3-4 simulator sorties per week since these are shorter and only 1-2 real CT sorties. The rest is dedicated to campaigns.In other (less) words, dont go for a Loft attack of a Crotale-NG/HQ, before you are ready for that. You can avoid the frustration of being shot-down by the AI sortie after sortie.
Have a nice Sunday!
Tiago
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Hi Tibus,
Your post is full of value for me. That’s ther real situation for sure. For my side i can say that i am trying to do a progressive approach but with a no full knowledge about BMS. I mean, i fly falcon since the '98 but with always few times and period of stop. I know how to build a custom campaign, i remeber that i use to fire the laser weapon but i never arrived to a gold skill in each one. I like very much build TE or campaign because the engine is so interesting for me. It is very “deep” and i am curious.
For your suggestions, i am fully agree. Simply when i builded the TE i didn’t know the HQ was so nasty! Infact now i put an Engineering battalion For the moment i am progressing more or less at point 4 of your post. Starting A2A with bomber and short missile range ) the “P” and i would like after to move to maverick and HARM.
I fly always on line with my father (80 years old :)) i like very much online fly because it is quite close to real thing And i hope in the near future to have time to join some sqauadron out there. For sure my improvement could be faster in this way.
Anyway thanks for your post, i will follow this anytime i will have a doubt on the approach.
Keep safe and have a nice Sunday too! Ciao
Gundam
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Hi Tibus,
Your post is full of value for me. That’s ther real situation for sure. For my side i can say that i am trying to do a progressive approach but with a no full knowledge about BMS. I mean, i fly falcon since the '98 but with always few times and period of stop. I know how to build a custom campaign, i remeber that i use to fire the laser weapon but i never arrived to a gold skill in each one. I like very much build TE or campaign because the engine is so interesting for me. It is very “deep” and i am curious.
For your suggestions, i am fully agree. Simply when i builded the TE i didn’t know the HQ was so nasty! Infact now i put an Engineering battalion For the moment i am progressing more or less at point 4 of your post. Starting A2A with bomber and short missile range ) the “P” and i would like after to move to maverick and HARM.
I fly always on line with my father (80 years old :)) i like very much online fly because it is quite close to real thing And i hope in the near future to have time to join some sqauadron out there. For sure my improvement could be faster in this way.
Anyway thanks for your post, i will follow this anytime i will have a doubt on the approach.
Keep safe and have a nice Sunday too! Ciao
Gundam
Why don’t you fly with a human who can teach you, bandwidth issue, or fear?
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Fear.
AAAAAHhh…but is quite true.
Stalker give me the discord link i woulke like to join, it would be great for me. But i think before i have to study a “little” and try, i would like to avoid for you expert pilots waste of time…with me…
Just to give y an example, i miss even to start from the ramp, at the moment i start from Taxi Other things is the english that is not fluent…but i think this could be overcame.
Finally for me it could be very cool so just make a first step --> discord link Thanks!!
Ciao
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Fear.
AAAAAHhh…but is quite true.
Stalker give me the discord link i woulke like to join, it would be great for me. But i think before i have to study a “little” and try, i would like to avoid for you expert pilots waste of time…with me…
Just to give y an example, i miss even to start from the ramp, at the moment i start from Taxi Other things is the english that is not fluent…but i think this could be overcame.
Finally for me it could be very cool so just make a first step --> discord link Thanks!!
Ciao
No fear here my friend…
this is what we’re founded on:
Welcome to the 7th VTW GRIM REAPERS & home of the 2nd VFS BATS =LEARN TRAIN FIGHT=
BMS sans arcade is a marathon not a sprint; we pride ourselves on: baby steps; sharing; patience; motivating; encouragement; mentoring; and above all, kindness. And lastly, check egos at the door.
We don’t have a rigid training course like some virtual fighter wings as we are a virtual TRAINING wing founded on the principle of helping people just like yourself; everyone started at the same place
DM me once you’re on and I’ll take care of you
cheers
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Great Stolker! And thanks for the opportunity.
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