Just watched this!! LOL!! Thanks Krause for kicking my butt to get going!!
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RE: Viability of learning Falcon solo
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RE: Viability of learning Falcon solo
If you are looking for some one on one time to basically work through getting comfortable with multiplayer, I would be happy to help you with that. I am no expert at brevity or hosting multiplayer missions but if you private message me your schedule, I’ll get some “multiplayer familiarization flights” scheduled for you. If you have to bail because of real life or work it’s no big deal because in the worse case scenario that just means we’ll be flying without you, which we already do and love to do, so you never need to feel bad about cancelling. Seriously, I think every single person here would love to see you enjoy Falcon BMS multiplayer.
I will definitely consider taking you up on that. Thanks!
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RE: Viability of learning Falcon solo
For your title, “viability of learning Falcon solo,” the answer is YES, very much so. The manuals and TEs and campaigns are all there for you.
However, in your post, you are talking about flying as part of a package. That is still possible to a limited degree, but you’ll be having to fly LEAD for most of it. I think the AI will just follow the route and not much after that, so you can’t really pick up “tips” from the AI. Flying in MP as part of a virtual wing will greatly accelerate your learning plus flying with human wingman, no matter the skill level, is going to be much, much better than flying with an AI. Even a failed mission with human wingmen means you’ll learn a lot during the debrief. Can’t do that with AI.
I was mainly wondering how much of the “genuine MP experience” can be had through AI only. Apparently not much. I guess learning basic flight (already got a handle on that) and basic system functionality is where solo flying can still be useful.
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Viability of learning Falcon solo
Hey all,
I’m constantly in awe of seeing videos of the multiplayer missions people fly in Falcon, particularly the interaction and coordination between the flight lead and wingmen in reacting to threats. As a player with some basic flight sim experience, I’m looking to “up my game” in the realm of mission flying as part of a package. Problem is, that my schedule won’t allow for regular online training with real players.
While I understand that AI will never be as dynamic and realisitic as flying with a live group, I was wondering what the viability of flying with the AI as a learning tool would be. Any tips? Ideally I’d like to start off flying wingman for an AI lead, but what are the limitations of doing that in BMS? What kind of experience could I expect from that? Will an AI lead assign tasks to me in anything resembling a realistic way?