" AI pilots should now shoot more often for more exciting dogfights. "

I would like the option to disable this 'feature', is that possible, thanks?

(I go for realism and that sometimes is the opposite of excitement).

I think you have misunderstood this feature. They are not shooting wildly just for fun and excitement or Hollywood etc. They still are only shooting when you are in their sights. But the cone radius when to shoot if an enemy is in his sights depends on the quality of AI. Top ones will aim better while e.G. novices might miss more because their radius when to shoot is bigger. Very human and realistic, especially with evasive manoeuvres. If you are flying straight everyone is going to kill you, they are not missing on purpose or something like that.
Like good pitchers, aiming for corners of the plate, while there are lesser pitchers who are trying to hit the strike zone in the first place.

I have found it to be more realistic the way they are shooting now in WOFF 3. There are more "near miss" shots fired at me than before where I could see an enemy pilot thought he had a reasonably good bead on me and took the shot. It is more exciting because you are more scared than ever before if this set of shots is going to hit or not. They don't miss by miles because - as Creaghorn says - they are firing wildly. They miss by inches or feet because they are that close to a good shot. Something real pilots in the heat of battle must have done quite often.

Crow, the new settings are more realistic, more human like.

Hi Crow,

MvR once said he averaged 800 rounds per kill. Sometimes more, sometimes less, sometimes much less, but on the all and all, 800 rounds.

That's a whole lot of shooting and missing and from what little I've seen so far WOFF 3 feels much more realistic in this regard.

That's what I am looking for. I will turn it back on upon reinstall.
Thanks for the clarification.

Thank you all for your opinion on the AI pilots now shooting more often than in version 2.

May I ask can this feature be turned on and off (so that the AI does or does not fire more often than they used to)?

Thanks again.

Crow, you cannot turn off often the AI shoots...however before you worry that it's now turned into some kind of "Call of Duty of the WWI Skies" (which I would have hated), you might want to check out this clip of my AI rear gunner defending me against enemy aircraft. He fires appropriately when he has a reasonable chance of hitting something and he does so in controlled bursts. No spray and pray. Watch it and ask yourself if its more realistic or not.