Originally posted by twiligh81
Remember tho... in the "actual" WC universe, your wingmen would be pretty much as good as you... so the ENEMY pilots would be pretty much as good as you too (if also flying somewhat inferior ships), how would you like to fight yourself... usually at 4-6 to 1 odds against?
Actually, I think that'd be quite an interesting challenge. I'd
like to fly in the "actual" WC universe, is my point.
I normally play WCP on Rookie level because I just want to fly and blow stuff up, but Ace is about my level of flying skill. Maybe Expert (or whatever it is between Ace and Nightmare). I don't play WC3 any more because Prophecy has spoiled me; WC3 seems impossibly fast. Sigh.
When I play Prophecy on Rookie, the enemy pilots and my wingmen are about as skilled as each other--that is to say, they get the same number of kills--that is to say, none.
Technically, I
am playing in the "actual" WC universe because all the pilots on both sides have the same skill level--that is to say, they all suck.
When I play Prophecy on Ace, the enemy pilots get about twice as good as my wingmen. That's what I don't like. I wish there was some way to bump up wingman skill so that they reach at least a rough parity with the enemy. I think that'd be a lot of fun.
I'd like to see really well-programmed pilots. I'd like to see
flying styles, like Maniac doing insane things and Stiletto being a very good marksman. I'd like to see Bug or Cat pilots do something
besides going head-to-head and then rolling out for me to chase them and trying to shake me with some ineffective maneuvers. Every dogfight turns into a chase-down-and-burn exercise. It's boring. Maybe I should play on higher difficulty levels.
Oh, and does anyone else have the problem where Pinpoint (one of the stock pilots) always gets blown out of the sky when he flies with you? He's
supposed to be one of the best pilots on the
Midway, but BOOKWORM outlives him. Huh???