Although "founder" I have not played much BoS, partly because I dislike his
"Hollywood" visual DM.
I set a QM:
4 x He 111 ACE
4 x Fw 190 ACE
2 LaGG-3 ACE (fly in one)
On the merge the He 111 broken formation and start fly like a "flock of seagull" - a really horrible sight...
Latter they resume his target direction, but not a concise formation, and don't try more avoid me attacks, I "flame" one and "smoke" another - after release their bombs the survivors start fly in circles over target area until have fuel... *
The Fw 190 merge with the other LaGG that shoot down one and then disengage to go after the He 111 - direct at his 6' o'clock and are nailed by gunners - they are dangerous only circa ~300 meters if one approach be dead 6 in level flight.
I engage the other three Fw 190. They only offer danger in head-ons - have "kamikase" tendency - but this is easy avoidable.
And if you get on his 6, they fly "flapping" wings (people say they use the same FM of player - despite my crap stick I don't fly in this way
)and time from time they perform a kind of fun
"Candelaria's Snap-Roll" - but don't shoot.
In resume - like the guy say in Russian forum - AI in QM (maybe AI are better in Campaign mode - that I don't have will to play the "unlock fest" before the release...) is a little more than aerial targets.
I suppose that due this "easiness" this AI is considered, be the "OMG, wonderful wing"
, the "best AI" see on CFS.
I see BoS more like a new and improved version of il-2 - Wings of the Pray - that is (IMO) fun game in SP (replace the "shoot down 6 bombers in 10 minutes" by "shoot down 2 planes to get 250 XP points to unlock a fancy skin"...) but until now don't surpass this fun with this "passive" AI...
A shame, because the "sim" part of the game is really well done (FM, good cockpits, etc.).
*By curiosity I download the ("crappy") il-2 (2001) demo (uninstalled 1946 after a unsuccessful HSFX "flavor" installation attempt...), and play, in il-2, the know Smolensk ground attack (convoy, tanks, train) QM, and set some Bf 110 to cover the area (1).
Give me AI order to attack ground, what he did promptly... with the convoy little guys scattering at his approach... Ah, the
"good old days".
I go after the train...then the Bf 110's arrive... I managed to damage one until ran out of ammo, this one disengaged
and flew toward his base...
In some ways things have not improved much since 2001...
or I became more
"Sofa Virpilot"...
(1) On similar attempt on BoS the
AI Bf 109 managed to stall and spin to ground...