I'd say the most frustrating thing for us beginners is to see you pros maneuver so easily and quickly. At least for me, it feels like I'm flying a huge tank that just won't turn or anything quick enough. It all seems very bulky and slow, whereas like the flying in this video is so... elegant and rapid Edit; Forgot to mention, liked + subscribed, great video!
MattiAceGaming matti im looking forward to the other parts. hope the second comes out soon. the video pushed me over the edge to learn to fly an ESF. great job.(cause I feel kinda ashamed when I have to say friends that are about to spawn an esf that I can fly everything at least decently (still strugeling a bit with rumble seat angles on valk)except esf's)
Ty dude, i have like 30-40 hours of flight and i still suck HARD! So to answer your question. 1. more exercises, more maneuvers. Easy ones and hard ones. Maybe you'll invent some new stuff. 2. how to position yourself and how to "force" the opponent to take lesser positions. 3. (very hard for me) how to keep track of the enemy, sometimes i end up spinning around just to try and find them. Radar is an alternative but most good pilots take fire supp. witch basically gives them 25% more health... (as it is maxed for them) 4. what fights to pick. where, when, altitude, ambush or go head on etc. 5. what are the differences between esfs, what can you exploit or use to your advantage depending on faction. if i get more ideas i'll come back. TY and please continue this series. You are right, flight in PS2 is really frustrating and also challenging for us the ants.
Legendary League Show I do answer some of that in my earlier videos, you will find them in the playlist in the description, but I will try to make a few more videos to cover more of what you asked about. Thanks for feedback!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you. Sharing this with the pilots in my outfit. I've been playing since alpha but only recently jumped back into ESFs. Your VR tips as well as your key mapping was very helpful. Analog throttle just changed my life.
Not a new player anymore but deffinetly a new pilot, NO one else on youtube gives example exercises in VR, or such detailed explinations of controls, thanks Mattie, this is why i subscribed. Really good guide, glad wrel is pushing it.
Matti you forgot to mention that once you get to dogfights, do not run. just fight and learn. running away is nearly impossible for newbies and they dont benefit anything from it. Great guide all together, waiting for part 3 ^^
Wish I could agree but it seemed like I've gained more feeling for a mosquito when taking my chances to escape. Maybe it's because I see nothing but scythes, wtf is the counter maneuver
Yaaay! This is awesome to see! This will help make new players all warm and fuzzy when after then smash into trees their first time flying. As a player who is past that stage but still learning, I know this will be of use to me as well. But for more ideas... Maybe some other things to consider... What ways can a pilot be of use to others? How do you size up a situation and decide what to do? A breakdown of your decision making and thought process in different scenarios: why you engage this target, why you attack from this angle, why and when do you retreat? Good upgrades for beginners? What is important to know for pilots that isn't strictly flying? A beginner wouldn't know the sound of flak, of a walker, what a burster MAX is, where to go to resupply, what a Dalton is, where to land safely for repairs? I know very little of the air game but maybe these would be of use to cover!
THIS is the kind of info i was looking for!! i already figured VR training is the way to go, but i couldn't think of things to do that would improve my skills. thank you! subscribed, and looking forward for more!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I had no idea what buttons to press or even what anything did. Instead of just telling to strategies you told me what buttons to actually press and what they do.
Recently started to (try) flying and it's hard. watching and listening to tips of other people combined with hours practice, will hopefully improve my flying in future. So just a word of thanks for your effort. I so enjoy en appriciate you helping out (new) players. As for Wrel, same for you (already a sub to your channel. TY guys!
Nice VR exercises. I learned how to fly in VR long, long ago by flying through the trees and trying not to crash. It got me good at maneuvering but it didn't really teach me how to aim though. That I just learned the hard way.
Thanks mate, I have a lot of videos for flying ESF but most of them are far more advanced. I hope they will help as well if not now then maybe in the future. Good luck
Thanks for the video, honestly I think getting the right mouse sensitivity is the 1st trial new players have; cause you are used to whipping the camera all over the place but that will get you killed when you are flying. Slow then fast is the right approach to everything. Example learning to land slow, and then speeding that up just gives you a much better control of your craft in general. I particularly appreciate the explanation about the air brake, cause the game just named that unmapped function throttle (analog) which can't be more vague.
Helpful video man, the VR exercises seemed to improve my flying abilities im still outplayed on most duels, but that's what practice is for. Keep up the cool videos!
thanks for this I spent a few hours yesterday in VR learning to fly all aircrafts but it didnt help much when dogfighting because I had trouble killing enemies.. gonna try out some of these exercizes
Nice freaking video. I've been flying for a long time and even this beginner's guide gave me a few ideas. I agree with all of the shout-outs at the end. People should check them all out. You should make a video on how to "Goomba-Stomp" in an ESF. I have been doing such a maneuver since I started flying around 6 months into launch. I did it on accident and I have been doing it ever since. It is where you intentionally "Bounce" the bottom of your ESF against another ESF to DETONATE them. It's pretty funny to do to players who don't use reverse maneuvers. Basically any really good pilot, it's tough to do this against since as you say, they are always moving.
Good stuff! Tapping the analog throttle is something I dont excercise, but will probably start doing. I usualy just tap it whenever I wanna get into hover and then maybe if I feel I'm losing it. And I have about 400h into ESFs ^^
Like it, I will certainly give the VR a try. :) You might want to include the distinct differences in a separate video between the airframes in a side-by side example. I never really noticed any difference, while trying them out in VR.
MattiAceGaming As a beginner pilot the most difficult part about flying for me is keeping track of my targets. When I end up in a dogfight against an experienced player I usually lose track of them once they are out of my field of view. The minimap is helpful but it doesn't tell me their altitude and so I depended on my engagement radar while flying and lose fire suppression. What do you think will be good way to practice?
Very clear and simple, thx. My problem is that ps2 is my first FPS, and I have little time to play: I still a mediocre infantry player and flight requires lot of training. In any case I will try a little, starting from this tutorial. Thx
I have difficulties doing the right maneuvers when i switch to first person. When it comes to fight in general. Also awareness, when it`s better to retreat and go to antoher place. I started flying recently and i´m often a bit confused which target to choose and which not. And when it comes to a dogfight wheter i should be attacking or flying to a better position.
You can do the reverse maneuver in BF 3 and 4 with scout helicopters too :) altho it is not as slick as in PS2, it is still flying backwards and it can win you a heli vs heli duel :) I tend to use it when I get surprised by cheeky enemy heli and find myself below my oponent (which is bad btw). Most ppl cannot maintain stable altitude or controled descend while flying backwards and most heli pilots count on that and they often get too confident and sloppy which is baaaad because they usually die :)
nice vid, just a thing you may add is an overlay who show what key you hit when you do your maneuvers of fly to show the rythm or timing of the maneuvers ans how you manage them.
Cover the the problem that beginners often use Tomcats as primary...3 (or 4) hits and you are dead, and with their unexpectable manouvers where they even dont know theirselfs what they are doing its a hard thing winning,especially when there are 2 or more tomcat-esfs...
at least more than newbie ones, newbies fly straight towards you,wich often ends in a crash,even if you try to avoid it, gg to clientside at this point....
DeineDummheit aka.HouseMusic Hm manouvers of really expierienced pilots may be a bit more predictable but they are still harder to hit because they follow wach other so rapidly. And getting hit by 4 tomcats (one does about 35% so with fire sup 4 to kill) you must be kinda stupid when there are 2 Its a different Story.
Are all those scythes actually attacking Iggy!? Did he break your curse? :) In all seriousnes, love that you are doing this. We need more new guys in PS2, and more people in the sky is always a good thing.
matti great video, perhaps next video you could show new pilots good tips for the live server such as flying above the lock on range, flight cap, and the importance of target selection. Please explain to new pilots that they should learn to use the nosegun before moving on to lock ons as the use of lock ons really hinders the progress of becoming a better pilots
one last thing, a new pilot should understand that during a dogfight they should stay in the hover position as often as they possibly can. I see way too many new pilots shooting at me and making a huge turn that lets me one clip them easily.
as very experienced pilot^^ i am BR 100 but play mainly ifil or engineer, i last in my aircraft for 20 seconds if noone is around, and maybe 1 sec. if there is any polygon in the area, like trees, friendlies, or even falling leafes on amerish, i would apreciate if you can make a video where i can see or hear which button you hit when, when doing a reversemove.... so if you tab throttle.. or afterburner.. or elevate your ESF... its sounds like a dry theory video.. but i would like to get a step by step education, even if there are 1000000000 stoppings inside the video for explaning things.
I like the break down you showed. The throttle analog will help me I bet, but still not showing how to reverse maneuver. I can't EVER reverse in the game. I am subscriber to all the ones you showed.
If it can help: the first time I played with an ESF I didn't knew what kind of frame I should choose for flying. So I tried them all in the VR, and I didn't noticed any difference between them (probably because, as a beginner, I didn't have the same sensibilty about flying as now) , like, I knew there was a difference but it wasn't that obvious that I could notice what changed between them. So I started with the dogfight one which I think, wasn't a good choice for a beginner. Maybe a quick subject about it would be nice ! An other problem for me, which is more actual: sometimes I don't understand how I should aim, even on a 1v1 fight, against an ennemy standing still, I feel like my bullets aren't going on where I'm aiming at all. It's hard to explain, I should try to make a video about this probem haha
Before I tried first person view when flying, I could barely fly straight. If you want to move in anything but a straight line, first person view is the best.
My pleasure Matt. and i must say, you are a darn good pilot. I'm new to the game but i have never seen someone like you in the field. you were right. i have about 15 years of gaming experience and a very good pilot in most of fight games. but i have no where near being good in Planetside 2.
As a new player I'm currently trying to work out what's the best faction that would work for me. I chose blue because when it comes to red vs blue. Blue seems to have a psychological advantage. And people playing blue seem to over perform whilst people in red under perform when it comes to each persons natural ability. I've seen this true in myself and players I've worked with. However as a flyer. I'm looking for a faction with air superiority. Both in air combat and ground to air missiles. I've just broke level 15 with my blue NC character where. I've purchased the swarm launcher and spitfire auto turret. But thinking of re rolling for the purple. Because I've been told they have the best aircraft. Also they look freeking cool and have lasers.
+maxious22 Personally, I use the Vanu Sovereignty (Purple) as their normal fighter has much more maneuverability and speed than most other aircraft as well as more air to air weapons but aren't as god as pure bombing runs. But the NC (blue) have more missiles and air to ground weaponry. The Terran Republic is just garbage in the air, except the mosquito, but that's 'bout it. Then again this is just my opinion.
+Ethan Wilkening I kinda agree with you there. Been playing around a bit and ended up on VS side. Trying to go for air superiority. The AA intercept missiles are tricky to lock on but they are a godsend sometimes. I seem to be holding my own in the standard fighter. But I'm not to sure if I put that down to unskilled opponents or the superiority of VS craft over other factions.
+maxious22 Im good in tanks but find it hard to come up against higher leveled tanks like the NC MBT with the L100 AT gum, just rips the mag to shredds but usually I run with no back up gunner as it is hard to get players to join in. I just broke rank 30 with my VS using youtube videos to help with it. I can't fly the scythe and am now using guides to help in that level because I see a lot of air power flying around and with not lock on rockets I'm practically bait out there.
Heya MattiAce thx for the video i'm still quite the noob when it comes to flying i keep crashing into terrain or whatever else. Can you go over your settings once again specifically sensitivity and graphics settings or any modifications (legal that won't get me banned) you've made to the ini file. I don't really need to be a super ace just to be effective and helpful when squad leads ask for air support. Also a guide to the Liberator would be nice as well thats the air support craft I'd really like to fly. Once again thx for the beginner guide and hope to see more.
So you tell us how to do these things, but a big thing you missed, is the sensitivity/dpi settings, as those are pretty important to flying. What dpi and or sensitivity do you suggest?
+HALOFREAK9715 No, I did not miss it. Your sensitivity is your own preferal and you should not just blindly copy someone else. I have played with an talked to all the best pilots and we have different sensitivity suiting our own mouse movement. It's the same with infantry and other vehicles. I think you should watch my first "Aim and skill" tutorial
Ah, I just thought that there was since kind of middle ground, too high and it jumps around, too low and it's unresponsive. I've always heard people going on about the "best sensitivity to use for flying", just thought that there was some widely accepted number. I'll give that video a watch
During 1on1 fights like in 1:30, i always find myself slowing down to a hover in my esf and becoming a sitting duck for the enemy to shoot at :\ Especially after completing a reverse maneuver, i can't seem to pickup speed fast.
Rolling sideways or upside down will fix that. Gives you tons of lateral speed so you can keep flying sideways/backwards in hover mode pretty fast without getting stuck in that awkward state
I always fly inverted in games because its usually the default setting and I've gotten used to it. Also if I am not wrong, I believe in real life when you push up on the analog stick (or flight stick or whatever its called IRL), you pitch a plane's nose down. It just seems natural now that i am used to it.
Same, I use inverted, it feels natural to me, mind you, I only use ESFs for transport reasons. I used to be an ESL BF2 pilot, but as Matti said, it does in no way translate into PS2.
HELP! I play Planetside 2 on the PS4. The default joystick control in counter intuitive: When you tilt the joystick backward, you actually go down... It should be when you joystick back, the nose of the airship tilts back, forcing the airship to go up. How do I invert my joysticks?
I think how good u can perform in an esf depends also on the server, i mean i am br 60 (playing since almost launch) and i never had a fair dogfight in my scythe. Either my enemy was br 37383920173 or there was to much AA (cobalt what should i say:/) Another part is that i dont see when my scythe is in hovermode. Sometimes it feels like i am in hovermode but the moment i start the afterburners and pitch down i fly nromaly forward and not in this backwards circle:/
And no it does not really depend On server i played On miller cobalt emerald and connery and the noobs are the Same On Amy server and there are also these like Top 20 pilots On any server. Little tip there are white linkes next to the "wings" of the scythe they disappear when in hover.
ok^^ I´m br88 nc on miller and br58 vs and honestly ists rather up to the fight you have to learn how to look for the right foghts you generally want to avoid 96+ zergclashes for flying you gonna get instagibbed.
any tips on how to keep aim when hovering + dodgeing? I got the flying back thingy at the tower but man holding my aim while dodegin left and right in hover is brutal for me... i always end up on the ground or inside the rock
You didn't show the reverse manouver. I remember when I didn't know what reverse manouver was and I accidently made one without knowing... So, I suppose you should detail that manouver really good.
Look up 'Davelantor' on youtube, has an old vid that details the reverse maneuver in full detail - Matti didn't list this one, probably because he quit playing, thus not actively making vids for PS2 anymore
You are a awesome pilot on Cobalt and rek loads od ESFs. So, what can you do on the US Servers then? I mean on Cobalt are very good pilots and on the US servers , e.g. like Emerald, pilots are more or less average pilots.
My only question is how to use the afterburner and remain in hover mode. I tried this yesturday and today and although I could kind of go backwards I didn’t have the momentum needed to remain going backwards and would just flip and start going the other way. But when I tried to use the afterburners to move I started moving forwards again.
Hey man i know this video is already very very old but stil.. is all that stuff still actual and good to learn flying? :) Im tired of getting fucked by air units as inf and i cant do anything about it so i wanted to start flying with another character.. A few questions, should i do the steps just when i feel like i mastered one and then go for the next or is it more like, try to practice all at one "training session" ?^^ Is there a better fraction to learn the flying? if i feel like i get better in flying or at least good enough (i dont think that day will come xD) to go in real battles, how can i find a group that flys with me so i dont get perma killed by the real good pilots ? What is the best setup/upgrades and all that for the online battles ? To be honest i never rly went into flying because it fellt so wrong, the air unit didnt seem to do what i wanted to do.. (i used alot of air units in battlefield (little bird,chopper,jet) i hope i get used to it somewhen.. even if i dont believe so xD
+cssordod To be a good pilot you need to fly and practice a lot, also check out some of my other tutorials for more info. Some mechanics was changed after these videos was made but the info is still good and you just have to keep doing it. Finding people to fly with shoud be easy if you just check reddit or the public forum and would probably help.
Here is part 2 - ua-cam.com/video/nYd56Ri2NHc/v-deo.html
I'd say the most frustrating thing for us beginners is to see you pros maneuver so easily and quickly. At least for me, it feels like I'm flying a huge tank that just won't turn or anything quick enough. It all seems very bulky and slow, whereas like the flying in this video is so... elegant and rapid Edit; Forgot to mention, liked + subscribed, great video!
ohhh boi u dont know console
Well done! Breaking down complex high skill manoeuvres into useful exercises that people can practice in their own time is definitely the way to go.
Lol this comment is 4 years old
Good stuff, Mattiace! Definitely will push people toward this guide when folks ask how to fly.
Wrel Thanks, I'll try to make a few more
MattiAceGaming matti im looking forward to the other parts. hope the second comes out soon. the video pushed me over the edge to learn to fly an ESF. great job.(cause I feel kinda ashamed when I have to say friends that are about to spawn an esf that I can fly everything at least decently (still strugeling a bit with rumble seat angles on valk)except esf's)
jagovalkparkietje Thanks, part 2 is out
Let me tell you how new players feel...
Getting melted by 20 locks, 5 ace pilots and 3 burster maxes.
Ty dude, i have like 30-40 hours of flight and i still suck HARD!
So to answer your question.
1. more exercises, more maneuvers. Easy ones and hard ones. Maybe you'll invent some new stuff.
2. how to position yourself and how to "force" the opponent to take lesser positions.
3. (very hard for me) how to keep track of the enemy, sometimes i end up spinning around just to try and find them. Radar is an alternative but most good pilots take fire supp. witch basically gives them 25% more health... (as it is maxed for them)
4. what fights to pick. where, when, altitude, ambush or go head on etc.
5. what are the differences between esfs, what can you exploit or use to your advantage depending on faction.
if i get more ideas i'll come back.
TY and please continue this series. You are right, flight in PS2 is really frustrating and also challenging for us the ants.
Legendary League Show I do answer some of that in my earlier videos, you will find them in the playlist in the description, but I will try to
make a few more videos to cover more of what you asked about.
Thanks for feedback!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you. Sharing this with the pilots in my outfit. I've been playing since alpha but only recently jumped back into ESFs. Your VR tips as well as your key mapping was very helpful. Analog throttle just changed my life.
Not a new player anymore but deffinetly a new pilot, NO one else on youtube gives example exercises in VR, or such detailed explinations of controls, thanks Mattie, this is why i subscribed. Really good guide, glad wrel is pushing it.
Matti you forgot to mention that once you get to dogfights, do not run. just fight and learn. running away is nearly impossible for newbies and they dont benefit anything from it. Great guide all together, waiting for part 3 ^^
Wish I could agree but it seemed like I've gained more feeling for a mosquito when taking my chances to escape.
Maybe it's because I see nothing but scythes, wtf is the counter maneuver
High quality tutorial! The VR part was very helpful!!
Good job
This is super helpful. I think you take on the perspective of a new pilot very well
Yaaay! This is awesome to see!
This will help make new players all warm and fuzzy when after then smash into trees their first time flying.
As a player who is past that stage but still learning, I know this will be of use to me as well. But for more ideas...
Maybe some other things to consider...
What ways can a pilot be of use to others?
How do you size up a situation and decide what to do?
A breakdown of your decision making and thought process in different scenarios: why you engage this target, why you attack from this angle, why and when do you retreat?
Good upgrades for beginners?
What is important to know for pilots that isn't strictly flying? A beginner wouldn't know the sound of flak, of a walker, what a burster MAX is, where to go to resupply, what a Dalton is, where to land safely for repairs?
I know very little of the air game but maybe these would be of use to cover!
THIS is the kind of info i was looking for!! i already figured VR training is the way to go, but i couldn't think of things to do that would improve my skills. thank you! subscribed, and looking forward for more!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I had no idea what buttons to press or even what anything did. Instead of just telling to strategies you told me what buttons to actually press and what they do.
Recently started to (try) flying and it's hard. watching and listening to tips of other people combined with hours practice, will hopefully improve my flying in future. So just a word of thanks for your effort. I so enjoy en appriciate you helping out (new) players. As for Wrel, same for you (already a sub to your channel. TY guys!
Nice VR exercises. I learned how to fly in VR long, long ago by flying through the trees and trying not to crash. It got me good at maneuvering but it didn't really teach me how to aim though. That I just learned the hard way.
This is awesome guide! Probably the best planetside 2 beginners guide for flying in youtube!
Thanks mate, I have a lot of videos for flying ESF but most of them are far more advanced.
I hope they will help as well if not now then maybe in the future. Good luck
Thanks for the video, honestly I think getting the right mouse sensitivity is the 1st trial new players have; cause you are used to whipping the camera all over the place but that will get you killed when you are flying. Slow then fast is the right approach to everything. Example learning to land slow, and then speeding that up just gives you a much better control of your craft in general. I particularly appreciate the explanation about the air brake, cause the game just named that unmapped function throttle (analog) which can't be more vague.
Helpful video man, the VR exercises seemed to improve my flying abilities im still outplayed on most duels, but that's what practice is for. Keep up the cool videos!
Having a hard time but im slowly getting the hang of it. I can move sideways while (kinda) keeping my crosshairs on a target
It would be nice if I could configure the controls to be like GTAV's flight controls.
thanks for this I spent a few hours yesterday in VR learning to fly all aircrafts but it didnt help much when dogfighting because I had trouble killing enemies.. gonna try out some of these exercizes
Thank you Matti!BR 71 and still havent touched an ESF after some embarassing attempts.. :P This video might change that a bit.
Nice freaking video. I've been flying for a long time and even this beginner's guide gave me a few ideas. I agree with all of the shout-outs at the end. People should check them all out.
You should make a video on how to "Goomba-Stomp" in an ESF. I have been doing such a maneuver since I started flying around 6 months into launch. I did it on accident and I have been doing it ever since. It is where you intentionally "Bounce" the bottom of your ESF against another ESF to DETONATE them. It's pretty funny to do to players who don't use reverse maneuvers. Basically any really good pilot, it's tough to do this against since as you say, they are always moving.
Hello MattiAce, very good and informative video, well explained and broken down into useful bits, please do more such videos for beginner pilots!!
The start got cut off XD
"oeuace. And this..."
I think he's just saying, "I AM ILLUMINATE YOU HAVE BEEN FOOLED."
Good stuff! Tapping the analog throttle is something I dont excercise, but will probably start doing. I usualy just tap it whenever I wanna get into hover and then maybe if I feel I'm losing it. And I have about 400h into ESFs ^^
Like it, I will certainly give the VR a try. :)
You might want to include the distinct differences in a separate video between the airframes in a side-by side example. I never really noticed any difference, while trying them out in VR.
MattiAceGaming As a beginner pilot the most difficult part about flying for me is keeping track of my targets. When I end up in a dogfight against an experienced player I usually lose track of them once they are out of my field of view. The minimap is helpful but it doesn't tell me their altitude and so I depended on my engagement radar while flying and lose fire suppression. What do you think will be good way to practice?
Very clear and simple, thx.
My problem is that ps2 is my first FPS, and I have little time to play: I still a mediocre infantry player and flight requires lot of training.
In any case I will try a little, starting from this tutorial. Thx
Thanks for this. I'm so bad with ESF's, ended up just not bothering. Maybe I'll give it another go. Subbed.
Super helpful for a 3 year old video. Thank you so much
4yo video but very in-depths explanation how to fly, very recommended for everyone. If you can update it to current update is much nicer.
THanks but I stopped playing Planetside 2 in 2014 or so
@@MattiAceGaming any chance going to Planetside Arena?
I have difficulties doing the right maneuvers when i switch to first person. When it comes to fight in general. Also awareness, when it`s better to retreat and go to antoher place. I started flying recently and i´m often a bit confused which target to choose and which not. And when it comes to a dogfight wheter i should be attacking or flying to a better position.
Thank you for this video, very helpful in developing my practice exercises in VR!
very good guide and very usefull by side
You can do the reverse maneuver in BF 3 and 4 with scout helicopters too :) altho it is not as slick as in PS2, it is still flying backwards and it can win you a heli vs heli duel :) I tend to use it when I get surprised by cheeky enemy heli and find myself below my oponent (which is bad btw). Most ppl cannot maintain stable altitude or controled descend while flying backwards and most heli pilots count on that and they often get too confident and sloppy which is baaaad because they usually die :)
nice vid, just a thing you may add is an overlay who show what key you hit when you do your maneuvers of fly to show the rythm or timing of the maneuvers ans how you manage them.
Cover the the problem that beginners often use Tomcats as primary...3 (or 4) hits and you are dead, and with their unexpectable manouvers where they even dont know theirselfs what they are doing its a hard thing winning,especially when there are 2 or more tomcat-esfs...
Do you think manouvers from experienced pilots are more predictable?
at least more than newbie ones, newbies fly straight towards you,wich often ends in a crash,even if you try to avoid it, gg to clientside at this point....
DeineDummheit aka.HouseMusic Hm manouvers of really expierienced pilots may be a bit more predictable but they are still harder to hit because they follow wach other so rapidly.
And getting hit by 4 tomcats (one does about 35% so with fire sup 4 to kill) you must be kinda stupid when there are 2 Its a different Story.
Thx helps me some very difficult to fly in this game...
It is, hope you'll get the hang of it
Great job. Is it possible to show your hand moving your mouse while flying?
Are all those scythes actually attacking Iggy!? Did he break your curse? :)
In all seriousnes, love that you are doing this. We need more new guys in PS2, and more people in the sky is always a good thing.
really nice footage. Motivates me to spend 24/7 in ps2 no joke :D
Great video!
Do you have any tips for certs in anti-air combat?
matti great video, perhaps next video you could show new pilots good tips for the live server such as flying above the lock on range, flight cap, and the importance of target selection. Please explain to new pilots that they should learn to use the nosegun before moving on to lock ons as the use of lock ons really hinders the progress of becoming a better pilots
also learning the distinct sound the other esfs make really helps in dogfighting, 90% i hear a esf coming before he can start to unload.
one last thing, a new pilot should understand that during a dogfight they should stay in the hover position as often as they possibly can. I see way too many new pilots shooting at me and making a huge turn that lets me one clip them easily.
there's also Igorawr, that dude is hillarious, but also provides good info.
as very experienced pilot^^ i am BR 100 but play mainly ifil or engineer, i last in my aircraft for 20 seconds if noone is around, and maybe 1 sec. if there is any polygon in the area, like trees, friendlies, or even falling leafes on amerish, i would apreciate if you can make a video where i can see or hear which button you hit when, when doing a reversemove.... so if you tab throttle.. or afterburner.. or elevate your ESF...
its sounds like a dry theory video.. but i would like to get a step by step education, even if there are 1000000000 stoppings inside the video for explaning things.
Planetside 2 is still in beta
I like the break down you showed. The throttle analog will help me I bet, but still not showing how to reverse maneuver. I can't EVER reverse in the game. I am subscriber to all the ones you showed.
If it can help: the first time I played with an ESF I didn't knew what kind of frame I should choose for flying. So I tried them all in the VR, and I didn't noticed any difference between them (probably because, as a beginner, I didn't have the same sensibilty about flying as now) , like, I knew there was a difference but it wasn't that obvious that I could notice what changed between them. So I started with the dogfight one which I think, wasn't a good choice for a beginner.
Maybe a quick subject about it would be nice !
An other problem for me, which is more actual: sometimes I don't understand how I should aim, even on a 1v1 fight, against an ennemy standing still, I feel like my bullets aren't going on where I'm aiming at all. It's hard to explain, I should try to make a video about this probem haha
its an old game but i just started playing it i think this will help cause i suck at flying so far war thunder didn't help :)
I have a lot of flying videos that might help, good luck mate =)
MattiAceGaming thx
Good video
Before I tried first person view when flying, I could barely fly straight. If you want to move in anything but a straight line, first person view is the best.
This was needed! thank you
nice video my friend. very helpful
Manesh Sandeepa Thanks for feeback =)
My pleasure Matt. and i must say, you are a darn good pilot. I'm new to the game but i have never seen someone like you in the field. you were right. i have about 15 years of gaming experience and a very good pilot in most of fight games. but i have no where near being good in Planetside 2.
As a new player I'm currently trying to work out what's the best faction that would work for me. I chose blue because when it comes to red vs blue. Blue seems to have a psychological advantage. And people playing blue seem to over perform whilst people in red under perform when it comes to each persons natural ability. I've seen this true in myself and players I've worked with. However as a flyer. I'm looking for a faction with air superiority. Both in air combat and ground to air missiles. I've just broke level 15 with my blue NC character where. I've purchased the swarm launcher and spitfire auto turret. But thinking of re rolling for the purple. Because I've been told they have the best aircraft. Also they look freeking cool and have lasers.
+maxious22 Personally, I use the Vanu Sovereignty (Purple) as their normal fighter has much more maneuverability and speed than most other aircraft as well as more air to air weapons but aren't as god as pure bombing runs. But the NC (blue) have more missiles and air to ground weaponry. The Terran Republic is just garbage in the air, except the mosquito, but that's 'bout it. Then again this is just my opinion.
+Ethan Wilkening I kinda agree with you there. Been playing around a bit and ended up on VS side. Trying to go for air superiority. The AA intercept missiles are tricky to lock on but they are a godsend sometimes. I seem to be holding my own in the standard fighter. But I'm not to sure if I put that down to unskilled opponents or the superiority of VS craft over other factions.
+maxious22 Probably both XD
+maxious22 Im good in tanks but find it hard to come up against higher leveled tanks like the NC MBT with the L100 AT gum, just rips the mag to shredds but usually I run with no back up gunner as it is hard to get players to join in. I just broke rank 30 with my VS using youtube videos to help with it. I can't fly the scythe and am now using guides to help in that level because I see a lot of air power flying around and with not lock on rockets I'm practically bait out there.
Heya MattiAce thx for the video i'm still quite the noob when it comes to flying i keep crashing into terrain or whatever else. Can you go over your settings once again specifically sensitivity and graphics settings or any modifications (legal that won't get me banned) you've made to the ini file. I don't really need to be a super ace just to be effective and helpful when squad leads ask for air support. Also a guide to the Liberator would be nice as well thats the air support craft I'd really like to fly. Once again thx for the beginner guide and hope to see more.
Hay Matti, isntw that like your 10th attempt to make up such a series? :D
u could help teac hthem on what to actually get as in describing the a2a pods, coyotes the ground pods, all that fun stuff :D
I would also like to ask, what is a preferred keybinding setup for air vehicles?
I wish I'd had this video when I was learning to fly.
So you tell us how to do these things, but a big thing you missed, is the sensitivity/dpi settings, as those are pretty important to flying. What dpi and or sensitivity do you suggest?
+HALOFREAK9715 No, I did not miss it. Your sensitivity is your own preferal and you should not just blindly copy someone else.
I have played with an talked to all the best pilots and we have different sensitivity suiting our own mouse movement. It's the
same with infantry and other vehicles. I think you should watch my first "Aim and skill" tutorial
Ah, I just thought that there was since kind of middle ground, too high and it jumps around, too low and it's unresponsive. I've always heard people going on about the "best sensitivity to use for flying", just thought that there was some widely accepted number. I'll give that video a watch
[If this is possible] i want to set my roll keys to A and D and strafe right and left via mouse. If it possible to bind my mouse to this, how?
During 1on1 fights like in 1:30, i always find myself slowing down to a hover in my esf and becoming a sitting duck for the enemy to shoot at :\ Especially after completing a reverse maneuver, i can't seem to pickup speed fast.
Rolling sideways or upside down will fix that. Gives you tons of lateral speed so you can keep flying sideways/backwards in hover mode pretty fast without getting stuck in that awkward state
Am I the only pilot who uses inverted mouse pitch for aircraft? It feels much more natural to me, perhaps because I used to play a lot of Ace Combat.
I always fly inverted in games because its usually the default setting and I've gotten used to it. Also if I am not wrong, I believe in real life when you push up on the analog stick (or flight stick or whatever its called IRL), you pitch a plane's nose down. It just seems natural now that i am used to it.
Same, I use inverted, it feels natural to me, mind you, I only use ESFs for transport reasons.
I used to be an ESL BF2 pilot, but as Matti said, it does in no way translate into PS2.
I didn't know how to hover
THX i have to practice
very nice video Matti. you gave them all the best points for starting out... just know starting out you are going to die A LOT!!!!! LOL
Matti do you plan to play Elite Dangerous?
HELP! I play Planetside 2 on the PS4. The default joystick control in counter intuitive: When you tilt the joystick backward, you actually go down... It should be when you joystick back, the nose of the airship tilts back, forcing the airship to go up.
How do I invert my joysticks?
This may be help improve my flying skills!
nice matti
Nice video, but WTF is your cert count? O_O
I think how good u can perform in an esf depends also on the server, i mean i am br 60 (playing since almost launch) and i never had a fair dogfight in my scythe. Either my enemy was br 37383920173 or there was to much AA (cobalt what should i say:/)
Another part is that i dont see when my scythe is in hovermode. Sometimes it feels like i am in hovermode but the moment i start the afterburners and pitch down i fly nromaly forward and not in this backwards circle:/
Br60 since launch? Thats 2 years ago I guess you Do Not play All that much:D
And no it does not really depend On server i played On miller cobalt emerald and connery and the noobs are the Same On Amy server and there are also these like Top 20 pilots On any server.
Little tip there are white linkes next to the "wings" of the scythe they disappear when in hover.
xflamousz Man I hate the pilots on Miller and Briggs, nothing but lock-ons and ganks ;n;
It depends on the server in regard of the amount of AA
No i am not br 60 since launch i have multiple chars and deleted some:/
ok^^ I´m br88 nc on miller and br58 vs and honestly ists rather up to the fight you have to learn how to look for the right foghts you generally want to avoid 96+ zergclashes for flying you gonna get instagibbed.
Do more current planet side videos with the esf.
for 2 owers i just practiced the aim as you told me
my head is going to explode
and i feel dizy
How do you hover fight scythes with the mosquito? It is really difficult with their profile..
any tips on how to keep aim when hovering + dodgeing? I got the flying back thingy at the tower but man holding my aim while dodegin left and right in hover is brutal for me... i always end up on the ground or inside the rock
I know I brought that up is a number of videos but I can't remember which one anymore, too long ago. Good luck
@@MattiAceGaming I'm kind of late to learn flying i know :x saw most of them and all i catched was train it in VR guess i missed it
@@boerny6757 Wow you watched all my ESF videos? That's a lot =). have some aim exercises and tips in many of them
nice fps what rig are you playing on im playing on a laptop
You didn't show the reverse manouver. I remember when I didn't know what reverse manouver was and I accidently made one without knowing... So, I suppose you should detail that manouver really good.
There are enough videos showing how to do it:)
Look up 'Davelantor' on youtube, has an old vid that details the reverse maneuver in full detail - Matti didn't list this one, probably because he quit playing, thus not actively making vids for PS2 anymore
He is only flying gal anymore because thats still how it used to be in the beginning.
You are a awesome pilot on Cobalt and rek loads od ESFs. So, what can you do on the US Servers then? I mean on Cobalt are very good pilots and on the US servers , e.g. like Emerald, pilots are more or less average pilots.
There are good pilots on Emerald but just not as many as on Cobalt.
They have PREY which would be a BLING like Outfit
On my mosquito, what should i get? I now have: Needler + firesupression + stealth + hover, any of you have a better loadout?
OMG 3:11 HOW DO U HAVE THAT MANY CERTS LOL
on a test Server you've got from the beginning 100.000 certs...
+TheTrippple H what does that mean
+TheTrippple H what does that mean
Love you !!
What is you mouse DPI and sensetivity in game for ESF? Thanks
Freeman Rebirth 800Dpi 0.5 flight sense
Show us ur settings PLZ! as mouse sens and others plz plz plz
Георгий Каравайский 800Dpi 0.5 flight sense
I wish ESFs would not be able to hover so air to air fights would be more depended on flying skills rather than who can aim better while hovering.
only thing i dislike about planet side 2 is its client side hit detection
I may as well just use a keyboard for all my flying needs, trying to do it on a ps4 controller just doesn't work...
It does, controllers are AFAIK similar to joysticks, right? Most experienced pilots
used joysticks in the previous BF games.
Mattiace any chance you're going to revisit the game?
The fuck do you mean?
I had no idea about the Z key!
Thanks : )
How are you using the afterburners to move sideways?
Question: do you change your setting every time you change factions? because the enemies are always red and allies blue.
what class should I invest in?
My only question is how to use the afterburner and remain in hover mode. I tried this yesturday and today and although I could kind of go backwards I didn’t have the momentum needed to remain going backwards and would just flip and start going the other way. But when I tried to use the afterburners to move I started moving forwards again.
Its how you angle the ESF, tru pulling nose down at the same time and it's easier
MattiAceGaming I’ll see how it works, thanks!
That's right, now go rekk some players =)
It's actually a bit easier to fly on ps4 rather than computer. (Personal preference)
Matti the resolution you play on isnt 1080p is it?
***** No, I have a 16:10 monitor
i have no mouse pad and a shitty old mouse and wont ever be changing since its not my pc its my dads will this still work
Hey man i know this video is already very very old but stil.. is all that stuff still actual and good to learn flying? :)
Im tired of getting fucked by air units as inf and i cant do anything about it so i wanted to start flying with another character..
A few questions,
should i do the steps just when i feel like i mastered one and then go for the next or is it more like, try to practice all at one "training session" ?^^
Is there a better fraction to learn the flying?
if i feel like i get better in flying or at least good enough (i dont think that day will come xD) to go in real battles, how can i find a group that flys with me so i dont get perma killed by the real good pilots ?
What is the best setup/upgrades and all that for the online battles ?
To be honest i never rly went into flying because it fellt so wrong, the air unit didnt seem to do what i wanted to do.. (i used alot of air units in battlefield (little bird,chopper,jet) i hope i get used to it somewhen.. even if i dont believe so xD
+cssordod
To be a good pilot you need to fly and practice a lot, also check out some of my other tutorials for more info. Some mechanics was changed after these videos was made but the info is still good and you just have to keep doing it.
Finding people to fly with shoud be easy if you just check reddit or the public forum and would probably help.
Is there a way to DISABLE mouse roll?