So I have seen many pilots with more kills than deaths (i.e. ZebraUp, BStrachan, Blue Max Stock, and many others) and I was curious. Is there like a strategy for dodging bullets, and staying alive longer, or is it mostly just what plane you have and how good a shot you are? I have wanted to get my KDR looking positive for a while and I just can't get it up there. Any helpful thoughts?

Shoot them first, it takes a steady hand, and a keen eye. Prioritize your targets. Take out the best shooter first. It took me till level 25 to get my KDR even, now I'm pulling away from my deaths every day.

*[M]VonHulk wrote: Shoot them first, it takes a steady hand, and a keen eye. Prioritize your targets. Take out the best shooter first. It took me till level 25 to get my KDR even, now I'm pulling away from my deaths every day.

Same, except it took me until level 19 (things were harder back in Hulky's day). Turnfighters will typically be better with kdr's and wins, due to their game-type prefernces (dogfight, zeppelin, ctc.) Whereas head-on bomber style players go for mainly hangars and kill numbers over ratio.

I'm level 17 right now, and I have roughly 100 more deaths than kills. I'm getting better at "sniping" people though. But usually I try to get close without getting shot, then unload on their windshield. Is that a good or bad strategy? I can't tell. Sometimes it works sometime it doesn't.

And by the way, thankyou guys for your tips.

I just can't shoot head to head nor accurately for beans.. so I just dodge & weave & do whatever until I get close enough to start shooting at them with a chance of actually hitting them. (preferably on their 6 lol!)

Ya that's kinda what I try to do Zebra, unfortunately most people r better at that than I am. Lol

I'm similar to hulk...took me until level 26 or so to start using positive games.

When i'm in head-to-head combat i try to lower my throttle a bit (when i have no bomb)to have a more steady aim i then try to dodge the attack when he/she gets close enough i start firing but in a turning battle it gets hard I usually go up spin around and then go back down i check my six to see if somebody is their for me im good with tier 1-4 except for fully upgraded spads and albatross d3s. Im a level 17 and i have over 300 more deaths and kills im working on my aim and what planes suit me the most.

Head to head it's easy enough to rack up kills (that's how I get a good portion of mine).

There are 2 things that you need to do if you want to really start racking up kills.

1. always jump when you get the chance, and shoot other players from your chute. I can get 3 or 4 kills in one decent. it takes practice, but it's a great way to turn being shot down into a bunch of kills.

2. Play the Dogfight games. I used to avoid them because I wasn't so good at godfighting. Once I started staying in those games my dogfighting skills got much better, I can now get into a turing battle with 1-2 opponents and hold my own.

It's all practice in the end. Don't shy away from fighting good players, learn from what they do and try to emulate.

£eonida$ BB4th wrote: I'm level 17 right now, and I have roughly 100 more deaths than kills. I'm getting better at "sniping" people though. But usually I try to get close without getting shot, then unload on their windshield. Is that a good or bad strategy? I can't tell. Sometimes it works sometime it doesn't.

I am a level 26 head to head merchant so if a turner gets past me I have little chance. I thought it might be useful to hear from the other side as it were. I'm no expert but I can hold my own now. I find that the success rate of tactics you describe here depends on the opponent to some extent. I am getting better at catching your type on the turn so I might not be the easiest person to take on like this. If people are turning at me they are not firing at me much so if I can anticipate moves I have a chance, especially at that sweet moment as they are passing me exposing their undercarriage . Turners are still harder to hit than most head to head folks though. Only as a last resort will I turn (slightly surprised I am still alive ) and take them on because it is like a turkey shoot for the dogfighters, especially when I am in my Spad!! If I have blues behind me I prefer to evade off the line than take the red on so a friendly has a shot at them while they are focusing on my waggling tail.

I think the fully rounded pilot can do turning or straight methods well and apply them to the weaknesses of the opponent, their position on the field and to the mission.

I agree with [e]Hammer_tool about taking these situations on, observation and practice. I never leave a game just because it is not a bombing mission.

Of course a good staying alive strategy is sneaking but it is in conflict with keeping friends strategies

In head to head shooting, I always try to aim enemy planes in the middle of the target scope for better accuracy and get easy kills (Inspired by Call of Duty). When i'm facing multiple planes, I usually shoot the closer one to me first since he can shoot me down easily when I'm closer to him. Then I do it to the rest of the incoming planes. I recommend using the Spad when in the allied side since this plane gives me more kills than the other beginner planes thanks for its balanced 3-star stats. I always able to shake off any enemy chasing me and shooting him back with this plane. I'm at level 20 and I have 1000+ more kills than deaths.

For the German side, the Fokker Eindecker (mono-wing) is a good choice. It can handily outmaneuver an Albatross DIII (German Tier-II) due to its better maneuverability (albeit slower) and it has practically the same stats as a Pfalz DIII (German Tier-III). Sure it has less ammo than the Pfalz but the trade-off here is that you have a starting level plane that is VERY hard to hit. Due to its hard to hit nature and good agility, the Eindecker is suitable for most missions except probably for Dogfight matches.

It would be wise to use this darty little plane until you can save up for either an Albatross DV (German Tier IV) or better yet, a Fokker DrI (German Tier V).

Not bad for a free Tier-I plane IMO.

Thank you everyone for your replies and helpful tips!! With luck I will soon be a much better pilot:)

My strategies are basic and simple. KEEP BLUE MAX, VON HULK AND CANNON as blue. Just to name a few.

Haha ya Mr Crocket, I have found that to be a good strategy. I found out the hard way.

Find a speed where the aircraft flown will allow the target sight to drift nicely up, down, left, and right without jerky motions. There will be one speed with bomb and one without, different for every aircraft. If you are firing streams to no effect and they are a couple degrees off target, tilt the sight back and forth to fire a cone spray. If the other guys tracers are homing in before the cone hits him, juke and recover to fire again and start over. Never let two good opponents fire on you flying straight, the cross fire will get you every time.

Start with the best shooter if all opponents are at equal range. Shoot where they will be if they are travelling other than dead at you. You will get the leads over time, but start behind them and fire along their tracer stream advancing the gunsight along the enemy tracers until you are well past the target. Small angle of difference is a small lead, perpendicular is a large lead. Unlike real bullets, the plane bullets don't drop, so dead aim is required. The chute rifle drops, so compensate.

Practice the immelman and split S, and flying upside down. Always make your first move in passing an opponent down to gain speed rather than up to bleed speed off. if you have equal aircraft you can follow each other in endless circles by chasing the pipper; try and shake up speed and direction. If you are the slower aircraft never try and out turn your opponent, it won't work, ever. Guys here make a living swirling by and out turning slower or less maneuverable aircraft. If a better plane get past you and on your six, you must outmaneuver him, and force him to fly past with his better speed.

I even no make face to face. Im totally air superiority fighter, I don't play bombing missions You must make you choice for what style of pilot you want to be. Many pilots are shooters, others are multiroll and others ( only a few ) are fighters ( or turning fighters ) . Be a shooter it's a big deal, but be a multiroll it's better! Be a fighter it's a big problem lol

Wow Mr Longrifle!!! Judging by what u said I hope I never see u as a red!!! Haha Thanx for the info!!

Russian roulette is my strategy.
Line up on a target (look at the plane not your sights)(will make u good at snap shooting) then fire. When the other guy's bullets get steady and close ,tip a wing and dive 45° to the side and down. Get your shot lined up, fire. Same thing till you get em . Very nice when you get close. Pull up BAMMM!
Also tag behind and a bit above a blue. Will make it harder for the reds to find your plane in all the letters.
And above all.....
Practice leed. Aka shooting in front of a moving target to make your bullets hit instead of go behind.

And now that you are totally confused with all this differing advice from everyone......

Go play a game, and get yourself killed!

One thing I noticed if in a laggy game and the bullets stop for a sec duck down slightly as there is a built up stream of bullets comin ur way! Also I like to weave a little and roll ur shots across the enemy u get one hit then another..u will get to know how some pilots fly and guesstimate their moves..great game..

Heres one strategy that i use when approaching an enemy base and having to dodge incoming players ...works most of the time lol i do fly on a windows laptop so idk how this would work for phones and stuff lol but i click my screen so it shows the outside view of my plane an line up the camera directly behind my plane and just slishtly above and u can then see the enemy plane staring to shoot at u dodge the ull see where he just fired head to that portion of the screen and so on.....Note: why this works cause the other player is constantly trying to follow you in thier sights and they wont shoot at the same place once they just shot there lol Hope this helps lol #thatsaparagraph

i just fly AROUND AND SHOOT FOR LUCK

Lol gonner! I like it soldier!

Number 1.... don't get shot....

I'm starting to take your advice and it actually does help, im alot better at head to head combat the only problem i have is head to head combat with a higher tier plane.

I am level 13 and I have 400 more kills the deaths is that good?

HECK YEAH!!!! Congrats man ur a great player!!!!

Leonidas BB4th wrote: So I have seen many pilots with more kills than deaths (i.e. ZebraUp, BStrachan, Blue Max Stock, and many others) and I was curious. Is there like a strategy for dodging bullets, and staying alive longer, or is it mostly just what plane you have and how good a shot you are? I have wanted to get my KDR looking positive for a while and I just can't get it up there. Any helpful thoughts?

Just don't fight any pilots better than you are. The best ones in the game will squash you like a bug over and over again, and you will dig yourself into a bad KDR that you will never get out of.