I hear you Gunloon, after a few weeks away from ROF due to real life issues im a fish in a barrel.
I dont know if i have gotten worse or everyone else better. Probably both. That said the online experiance seems much more social than ever before.
So despite the lack of kills im having as more fun than ever.
I'm enjoying the flying for sure!
I just need to practice about a zillion hours to get the required moves down. With my affliction, it's analogous to having the RAM in my brain degraded, so I bog down with new information, just like a PC with too little RAM when it's asked to multitask. I may have loads of hours in RL flying but it was all straight and level, smooth stuff. Actually
doing aerial combat is new information for me, so I shouldn't be surprised that I'm freezing up under pressure.
Once I've practiced enough so that dogfighting basics become 'old information,' I expect I'll do better. Just in the last day or so, I'm finding myself much more comfortable flying the Camel and Dr.I in RR...seems like the needed responses are getting 'cached' in my brain...lol! That's good to see though, I can process new learning, just very slowly...but it is taking, so I'm encouraged.
EDIT- just read through your guide .pdf, Squid, some good info there. Nice work!
[MF] Gunloon