0 [USN50] Red_Dawn_42 Members 3 posts 3,202 battles Report post #1 Posted January 28, 2018 When I go against other Independence fighters, mine always lose, so what am I doing wrong? I have Air Groups Mod 1 & 2 and Dog Fighting Expert, Air Supremacy. I have the Grumman F6F-3. I'm not losing to strafing runs, its mostly one-on-one dog fighting. Most of the time it is over open water / no enemy ships around. My planes have full ammo and full squadron... Is there another Mod/ Add-on I am not aware of? Is there a technique I am not aware of (ALT + Kill)?? (Cont + Destroy all Planes)?? (Shift + Lock Missiles)??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
191 [-KIA-] Ayanami_Kai Members 823 posts 12,506 battles Report post #2 Posted January 28, 2018 Hmm, plane getting shot down with no one enemy is around? strange... and you said you're not losing from strafe runs... really strange, or even never heard of this... do you have a replay file so that I/we can see what had happened, I never had an encounter of this since I play CV as well... The only possibility is that you ended up in a tier 8 match from ships that have been in AA spec that can shoot planes from afar... just my guess... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
17,552 [WOLF5] HazeGrayUnderway Members 38,582 posts 31,232 battles Report post #3 Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) If you're consistently losing and you have your best fighters, DFE, AS traits and proper upgrades, it's enemy AA. Keep in mind some of the AA that you start seeing with Tier VI CVs can be surprising in their range. 7.2km is what an AA spec Cleveland, Atlanta, North Carolina, Alabama can reach. There's also AA threats that you may not be used to seeing. Tier VIII Kii is an IJN BB and has FANTASTIC AA that is actually better than the Tier VIII USN BBs, and has great range also. She is unlike all other IJN BBs in the game as she is the only one with good AA, the other have garbage to woefully inadequate AA. Also, keep in mind where your planes have been flying around. Your fighters may have passed through an area where they were in range of someone's AA before reaching that open spot to get into a dogfight with enemy fighters. Half the game with air-to-air is finding any little way that the enemy CV aircraft take damage even before you have gotten into direct fighting with them. Edited January 28, 2018 by HazeGrayUnderway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
130 Trollphoon Members 104 posts 435 battles Report post #4 Posted January 29, 2018 Bad RNG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,367 Palladia Members 2,688 posts 4,560 battles Report post #5 Posted January 30, 2018 How bad are you losing the matchup? We talking he has one or two fighters left or four or five? If its one or two, its just RNG at its worst. Is your captain fully trained for the Indy or did you just hop into it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
251 WolfofWarship -Members- 1,542 posts 26 battles Report post #6 Posted January 30, 2018 If there's an area I want to improve, I always look to Youtube videos. There are some great CV users on the site that give great advice for how to not only improve your game play, but other functions and tricks you might not have known existed before Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
