#4493866 - 10/21/19 09:36 AM
Re: Two-Seater defense tactics?
[Re: DukeIronHand]
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As far as which two seater you choose to fly, that depends on whether you want a bomber or an aircraft which can carry bombs but also fight (occasionally). This would also then determine your tactics
So for instance I enjoy flying the Roland CII. It's not overly manoeuvrable but is relatively quick by 1916 standards. So you can catch a DH2 up if you want, but that's flying a two seater 'aggressively'. The same goes for the Sopwith Strutter.
But your question was about defensive tactics. Most ( if not all) two seaters don't climb as well as single seaters, so my tactic of choice if I'm in trouble is to get down towards the ground as quickly as possible and 'tree hop'. This takes climbing ability out of the equation, if the enemy fighter wants to carry on attacking you, he'll have to do it from behind and can't get beneath you. Giving your gunner the opportunity to hit him. It makes the fight two dimensional, rather than three.
Naturally you have to be wary of where you are when you are flying low, avoiding enemy airfields and camps etc, but generally I've found this tactic works well.
Edit - I should point out this works with rear facing gunners best (although I've done it in Aviatiks, Caudrons and FE2b's too).
Last edited by Simes; 10/21/19 09:50 AM.
So, we take off in ten minutes, we're in the air for twenty minutes, which means we should be dead by twenty five to ten.
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#4493871 - 10/21/19 10:11 AM
Re: Two-Seater defense tactics?
[Re: DukeIronHand]
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My tip is that the best defense is a good offense, aggressively maneuver your gunner into position for a kill if you can. If you can't, go home.
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#4493874 - 10/21/19 10:40 AM
Re: Two-Seater defense tactics?
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I agree with you A_P, fly your two-seater aggressively. Over the years I have tried every tactic in OFF/WOFF and I've had the worse luck, and shortest two-seater careers, when I fly sedately in order to give my gunner firing opportunities. If you are keeping things tame enough to allow him to get a bead on your attacker it is almost certain that your attacker is also getting a good bead on you. Too often you will have a gunner who seems to be drunk or sleeping and he does not take the firing opportunities you provide him anyway. While it may not be fully realistic in terms of how they did it back in the day, I fly every plane as if it had a forward-facing gun. In the current DiD campaign I survived for several months flying the Morane before being transferred to a unit with Strutters, and in that time I survived many go-rounds in it. If your flights would hang together better when they are attacked and offer more group coverage I would give you different advice, but that does not tend to happen very often in this sim. Also, when all else fails, diving down and flying NOE as Simes recommends works well too.
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