Hello All!

I made this page for everyone to post ANY Tips & Tricks you may use in game!
You dont have to "tell all your secrets",we understand,but give some advice for the other or newer Dogfight players!
This page is also for ANYTHING you guys want to talk about,from Football to Light Bulbs.
Please,keep it clean!

Thanks Yall,
Ace


P.S. Let me get the topic started.

Whats your favorite plane to use in-game?

Keep moving!

Turn, loop, corkscrew,spin!

Be careful about following someone in a crowd. You're easier to predict when you are fixated on a target.

I'm still pretty new to the DF community but methinks this motto of real life fighter pilots will serve all of us a good deal as a reminder:

"Lose sight, lose the fight."

Cheers and see you guys up in the skies.

Lo pondré en español mueve siempre tu colita porque siempre te la van a querer oler. La defensa es primordial, no busques derribar aviones, busca sobrevivir para tener oportunidad de derribar, y si tienes a alguien a tus 12 y sabes que te están disparando, deja pasar tu presa y ponte a la defensiva.

Point and shoot......alot lol

There should be a translate button on here rather than copying it into google translate

I'm still fairly new at this game but what I would say is it depends on what console you are using to play it on. I prefer and quite often go for head on shooting but I use a computer and arrow keys isn't the best for that!! I'd like to get better at ducking 'n' weaving and I'm sure that over time I will as that seems to be a better tactic that more advanced players use.

Like other before me have said,, Just keep moving and changing direction, try and get on their 6 or at the side because then they can't shoot back! Also don't forget to compensate for billets dropping as planes moving when aiming as shooting!

If you don't need it for the mission then drop the bomb as you'll be able to move MUCH faster without it and will probably make the difference between living or getting shot down.

See you in the Skies!

I LOVE my Spad!

Here's something that a lot of newer players don't know.. (I didn't until an experienced player told me!)
When you are sitting on the deck of a carrier that you already captured LOCK YOUR BRAKES! It makes you immune to bullets.

Wow thats awesome! I was wondering why I keep getting shot inside the carrier...I'll lockem'up! thanks Zebra!

Templar wrote: Wow thats awesome! I was wondering why I keep getting shot inside the carrier...I'll lockem'up! thanks Zebra!

Well Templar being INSIDE the carrier's hold is another story entirely.. it used to be that the carrier structure itself protected you.. (except for being shot at thru the 2 doors) but now due to a game glitch sometimes when you are in there you appear to other players to be outside the carrier hovering over water while jumping about in place like a lagger.. so sometimes even when brakes are locked you can still be shot down! So if you already 'own' that carrier your best bet is to be on the flight deck!

Ohhh okay...deck bound then with brakes...10-4

I must admit I never knew you could go inside the carriers!! But from what I've recently heard about getting shot down easily I think I'll give it a miss.

Thanks Zebra, didn't know that about locking brakes either! It also helps to not roll of the carrier

Another thing I didn't find out straight away was when in a tank or parachute, press C or whatever you need to press to change the camera view and you can adjust your aim. Makes it much easier and now I love being in a parachute

When they are inside of the ship, i get in and i crash in to the enemy plane, lol

How do I aim a tank?

I'm playing on a Windows 8.1 laptop. I use the keyboard for the various controls. When I am in a tank how to I raise and lower the turret?

Hi, I'd just like to share a little something that I've learned the hard way... In no way am I professing to be an expert... again, I'm just sharing something that I learned the hard way...

I've noticed that when aircraft engage in a game of scissors (flat, rolling or vertical) the slower aircraft tends to come out more victorious due to the overshoot-enticing nature of the tactic...

As per wikipedia, (not the best source but good enough a starting source as any), here is the definition of a scissors: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scissors

"The Scissors is an aerial dog fighting maneuver, commonly used by military fighter pilots before the advent of high thrust-to-weight fighters (which allow for extended maneuvering in the vertical plane) in the late 1950s to mid-1960s and later, and before the perfection of the all-aspect air-to-air missile, and reliable BVR (beyond-visual-range) weapons. Thus, although still taught as a basic fighter maneuver useful in a guns-only or short-range missile encounter, the scissors were most commonly encountered by pilots in aerial combat during World War II and the Korean War, and much less frequently since. In fact, for many years now fighter pilots flying aircraft with even a reasonable thrust-to-weight ratio and average wing loading are well advised to avoid engaging in a scissors maneuver, since any turning, rolling or slow-speed disadvantage the pilot's aircraft might have with respect to his opponent (or pilot skill in energy assessment and management techniques) will quickly become evident in the scissors, and lead to his defeat in short order.

Basic Fighter Maneuvering theory recognizes two different types of scissors maneuvers; the flat scissors and the rolling scissors."

Using a Fokker E.III (monoplane), Spad XIII or the Red Baron Triplane, I was able to bring down a number of players who were using Level5 aircraft using this tactic. Of course, I still get my tailplane handed to me on a silver platter mostly on part of the more experienced pilots who I fly against in these top-tier aircraft. Of the ones I was able to shoot down? I gather they are mostly pilots who bought their Lvl5 planes (nothing wrong with that) and has roughly the same level of experience as I do.

What's my point here? It means that newcomers in their Lvl 1-2 planes have a chance to win in a maneuvering fight with the top-tiers. Of course, the odds will be more or less on the side of the more experienced player with a top-tier plane but at the very least, they have a fighting chance. And Dogfight is one of those "light combat simulators" that allows the player to at least engage in a form of scissors.

Yes, I'm putting my KDR on the line here by sharing a tactic that has helped me become successful to a degree, but who knows? I might be able to help an aspirant or two.

If you use the search, you'll find a very good thread already posted on this--with a great list.