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Post by felix on Sept 15, 2016 16:32:12 GMT 10
Had a look at the Tactical Air War site. This server is mentioned on the il2 forum. Joined as a Ruskie Fighter/Bomber. Sounds interesting - will have a fly there and let you know. Anyone else a member? Could be an interesting change from WOL. Tactical Air War
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Post by felix on Oct 6, 2016 13:20:01 GMT 10
Recently the Tactical Air War server has been doing better business than WOL.
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Post by apoll on Oct 6, 2016 20:16:54 GMT 10
Yes Felix. I'm playing on TAW. I find it even better than the wings server. Joined as a Luftwaffe pilot flying mainly Ju88 and 109. The limiting of planes really has you husbanding your attacks and thinking carefully about engaging. Ie, seems much more realistic than the devil may care attitude frequently encountered on other servers. Saw you on it this afternoon as a Ruskie. But if course, Wings is still good for tactics and general practise.
Apoll
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Post by felix on Oct 6, 2016 21:17:52 GMT 10
Hi Apoll,
Nice to catch up with you today on TAW. Shuto and myself flew one mission on WOL then one on TAW this evening. Navigation is bit more of an issue on TAW, but it does add to the fun. We fly red primarily, although I do like the German aircraft. Generally the Reds are under-represented on servers so we figure someone has to fly Red!
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Post by apoll on Oct 7, 2016 8:49:35 GMT 10
Yes, no icons on the TAW server...but as you say, adds to the realism and ultimately, fun. Tried to get on last night to the Wings server at about 9.15...but could not start the program for some inexplicable reason. Tnhen suddenly started working again at about 10.15; asked on the Wings server if any APG pilots about, but too late I guess.
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Post by felix on Nov 4, 2016 13:28:38 GMT 10
TAW is no ordinary dogfight server! Plenty going on behind the scenes! The top panel displays the Soviet player's inventory at the start of the campaign. This inventory will vary according to the success or failure of your missions. Notes:Basic+N means N planes will be replenished after each map reload. CM means plane will be replenish after 3 combat missions.
Summary: One airplane is resupplied after 3 combat missions.
- One Combat Mission is a "LANDED"/"IN FLIGHT" sortie 5 minutes long with AK/GK or 15 minutes plus without a AK/GK.
Selecting an aircraft that is not in the current inventory will result in a forced exit from the server. Selecting an aircraft that you have zero supply of in your inventory will result in your mission being given the NOT VALID AIRCRAFT rating, which I presume means you will not be given experience points etc. For example, the Pe2 Series 87 is not in the inventory for the Moscow #1 map.
Transport MissionsCapturing enemy airfields is achieved by landing a transport plane on it. A pe-2 is considered a transport plane when it's load-out is 100% fuel and no bombs. You can perform supply missions to your airfields by transport planes. To fly a supply mission takeoff from an airfield with less then 40% damage and land on an airfield with damage greater than 0%. On successful landing the transport plane supplies the airfield with 4% and pilot gains a “combat mission”. Supply missions to airfields will be void if: - airfield damage 85% or greater, or
airfield was captured by enemy transport plane in that map cycle.
Capture airfield sortie by transport plane counts as a “combat mission”. Defense position (anti-tank artillery) cannot be supplied by transport planes (only by supply convoys).
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Post by felix on Nov 4, 2016 13:50:34 GMT 10
Your statistics are displayed when logging into TAW or via the Statistics tab, then searching for your player name. Note DITCHED is discussed in the image Your most recent mission is at the top of the list. In the 19min 23s mission I was killed flying a P40E. Note the P40 allocation is 1/2 - start with one P40, maximum two in inventory. I flew two more P40 missions that night. The log details these as: NOT VALID PLANE. The P40 can only be replaced by successfully completing three missions, note CM in the replacement column. Air Kills and Ground Kills are only counted if you finish the mission alive and not captured.
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Post by Smouch on Nov 4, 2016 18:39:50 GMT 10
I've registered and might try to have a fly soon.
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Post by felix on Nov 4, 2016 19:55:04 GMT 10
Good idea Smouch. Most of the guys signed up on Thursday. Had some connection and ts issues, but hopefully this was a blip.
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Post by Smouch on Nov 5, 2016 8:03:54 GMT 10
flew a couple of sorties last night.
Firstly I noticed that you need reasonable navigation skills. Looking at the base your taking off from and a basic direct heading to target.
If anyone can be online tonight our time I might be able to jump in.
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Post by goggo on Nov 5, 2016 10:58:10 GMT 10
No Navigation Icons: I remember doing navigation skill training back in the old IL-2. We loaded up the big Lvov map and randomly placed aircraft on it and then we had our other squad members pick an aircraft. They weren't allowed to look at the map, just pick the aircraft and click start. Once in the air their task was to get back to Lvov, they had 1 hour to complete the task. We mixed it up sometimes by doing early morning starts with a lot of ground fog.
But the real challenge were the Pacific maps. I admit I almost got lost one time (felt like those poor chaps in their P40s near the Bermuda Triangle), we practiced dead reckoning but I did not stick to it during that mission. It was pure luck I managed to find the rest of my squad mates but for 40 minutes I was getting very anxious and failed to tell any of my squad mates that "I was lost".
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Post by shuto on Nov 6, 2016 12:33:46 GMT 10
Its a fun server - I'm flying on it exclusively now - Thursday night was fun with our formation of Pe-2's - almost got us lost when I read my protractor wrong and called the wrong heading however ! AAA is nasty on this server, which I like because you really have to have a plan to deal with it or use dive/level bombing
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Post by WhiteYeti on Nov 6, 2016 14:29:24 GMT 10
What is the Ruskie plane for tonight ? I would like to get my head around one them this arvo at some stage.
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Post by Smouch on Nov 6, 2016 16:27:44 GMT 10
Here's where I'm at for the time being...
The last "Ditched" mission came about because I wasn't quick enough to clear the runway and Felix ran into me.
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Post by WhiteYeti on Nov 6, 2016 17:11:52 GMT 10
Which TS3 TAW or BoS ?
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