Feeling stupidly worried about playing online

[ATAG_Ribbs]

Your ground crew Herr Thelema

I love flying! The blonde on the end is the one that pulls my chocks.

Cheers
Ribbs

[nulli54]

Noob feeling same as OP but much less so after reading these posts. Hilarious.
All I have to do now is to be able to join the ATAG server but that's for another thread.
Was able to join initially then not, then after about three days of nothing I get on once more then nothing since. Frustrating, but I look forward to joining you guys in the 109 when I can.

[screwdriver]

Noob feeling same as OP but much less so after reading these posts. Hilarious.
All I have to do now is to be able to join the ATAG server but that's for another thread.
Was able to join initially then not, then after about three days of nothing I get on once more then nothing since. Frustrating, but I look forward to joining you guys in the 109 when I can.

I felt exactly the same way before I went online. I jumped in and found it to be brutal, unforgiving.... and utterly enthralling. Offline now feels so...empty. Now I just need to get a bit more confidence in using TeamSpeak cos I think that's going to make a huge difference.

The community is great, I'm sure someone will be able to advise you how to get around the technical problems you're encountering.

[TWC_Ragoo]

Because staring at three jugs is weird...?

I guess the teacher was correct in telling me I can't count....oh well.

[IIJG27Rich]

I would like to play on the servers in multiplayer but for some reason I'm unnecessarily anxious - stupid for someone who's almost 50 years of age, but there you go.

Never used Teamspeak or anything like that before - I did play a lot of MMO's before but I never went on audio chat...

Is there anything I should do before giving it a go in terms of general setup / etiquette / things to know? Any mods or addons I 'should' have installed?

Or is it a case of just diving in with both feet?

Thanks again

I can relate Thelma...20 years and it's still like pulling teeth for me to be on coms...unless it's a friend

[JimmyBlonde]

I would like to play on the servers in multiplayer but for some reason I'm unnecessarily anxious - stupid for someone who's almost 50 years of age, but there you go.

Never used Teamspeak or anything like that before - I did play a lot of MMO's before but I never went on audio chat...

Is there anything I should do before giving it a go in terms of general setup / etiquette / things to know? Any mods or addons I 'should' have installed?

Or is it a case of just diving in with both feet?

Thanks again

You should be worried, you're going to get destroyed for quite a while at first. We all go through it, don't let it stop you.

Just jump in and go for it, the sim police won't disappear you if you mess up.

[♣_Spiritus_♣]

You don't have to talk if you are on comms, just listening will give you a ton of information and liven things up.

Locations of the fight, where people are taking off and landing, when Lucky is going for a smoke, when people are getting another drink, kids in the background yelling that it is their computer time, wives complaining about the trash not being taken out, when people are getting another drink, when somebody should check their six, when people are getting another drink, wives complaining in general, and when people are getting another drink.

[ATAG_Highseas]

You don't have to talk if you are on comms, just listening will give you a ton of information and liven things up.

Locations of the fight, where people are taking off and landing, when Lucky is going for a smoke, when people are getting another drink, kids in the background yelling that it is their computer time, wives complaining about the trash not being taken out, when people are getting another drink, when somebody should check their six, when people are getting another drink, wives complaining in general, and when people are getting another drink.

Hahaha.... not to forget when someone in the background dropped all the washing up.

fond memories....

.

[ATAG_Pattle]

Sorry Spiritus, I must have left me Mic on a trip some point when you were listening... l

[♣_Spiritus_♣]

Lol, I'm pretty quiet on TS but listening is always entertaining and informative.

[ATAG_Laser]

Noob feeling same as OP but much less so after reading these posts. Hilarious.
All I have to do now is to be able to join the ATAG server but that's for another thread.
Was able to join initially then not, then after about three days of nothing I get on once more then nothing since. Frustrating, but I look forward to joining you guys in the 109 when I can.

Hey Nulli54, I am just along the coast from you in Great Yarmouth, and I fly a spit usually, so if you are in a 109 we may meet in the skies to rekindle that old Norfolk / Suffolk rivalry. Nice to know that some new players fly 109's, all the ones I have encountered are flaming experts that shoot me down with ease

Hope to see you in the virtual skies soon

[ATAG_Laser]

I would like to play on the servers in multiplayer but for some reason I'm unnecessarily anxious - stupid for someone who's almost 50 years of age, but there you go.

Never used Teamspeak or anything like that before - I did play a lot of MMO's before but I never went on audio chat...

Is there anything I should do before giving it a go in terms of general setup / etiquette / things to know? Any mods or addons I 'should' have installed?

Or is it a case of just diving in with both feet?

Thanks again

I am hardly a confident kind of guy and was nervous as hell about getting on comms when I started to play this about a year ago, but when I did I soon found that I had nothing at all to worry about, and soon I started to fly regularly with a fellow group of newer players that I still fly with now. We have a lot of fun and help each other in what is, let's face it , a difficult game to master. We often have experienced vets drop into our TS channel to help us out and if you haven't done so already I strongly recomend that you get on TS and introduce yourself. You won't regret it

Have fun, laser

[BOO]

laser's/Highsea's/Vamp's/Marlow/Lewis compact is kinda the whole ethos of ATAG is a neat little bundle. Power to you Sirs!

[ATAG_Highseas]

laser's/Highsea's/Vamp's/Marlow/Lewis compact is kinda the whole ethos of ATAG is a neat little bundle. Power to you Sirs!

Aww shucks!

It's a damn fine community. No doubt.

Cheers chaps!

[surfimp]

I've been flying online MP flight sims for nearly six years now, off and on. Spent most of that time in Rise of Flight, where I finally 'took the leap' with Teamspeak after having the same trepidation that almost everyone does at first.

Years later... still enjoying the company of the squad of guys I started flying with in ROF, we have great fun, lots of laughs and help each other get the most out of the game.

Have just come over to CloD now that it's running so nice on 4.32 (thanks to the Team Fusion folks). Just tonight spent a couple hours on the Axis & Allies server flying with Team Red. I jumped on Teamspeak and just listened to the chatter for a bit, there was a good crew on from Australia who were well coordinated and giving the Blue team hell. Was helpful to hear the way people were liking to communicate, felt very immersive and almost like actually "being there."

Not long after that (and after a server map change), I got my Spitfire up in the air and started participating myself, mimicking the type of direct and to-the-point chatter I'd been hearing. I felt quite in the swim of things right away and was immediately able to help with spotting aircraft and vectoring my comrades (and being vectored myself) to the fight. It was good fun! Really liked it. Great people.

So, anyways... there's another newbie's contemporaneous perspective for you. See you online, I hope!

[ATAG_Pattle]

Welcome Surfimp.

Great first post mate.

As one of the Aussie contingent (though don't think I was on when you describe), it's great to hear your thoughts on how the brethren go 'in battle'.

Like all Aussies, we take pride in having a red hot go, a important cultural thing for us, and if that, in some way mimics those that did this for real, than that's good enough for us.

Hope you enjoy our community as much as we do. Will keep a look out for ya.

Pattle

[nulli54]

Yes Laserlight there is some 109 cannon fodder around. I won't be flying straight and level though, I haven't mastered that yet.
Popped my teamspeak cherry last week, a whole bunch of guys flying around me talking me in to my first staying on the wheels with a straight prop landing. It was great fun,extremely tricky and a bit stressful,but in a good way like a first driving lesson. Since then I've flown around a bit and practiced my gunnery skills on stationary targets like houses, they can be so difficult to hit too...
Talking online holds no further horrors, well apart from some dodgy accents.

[ATAG_Highseas]

Haha!

Welcome aboard!

[ATAG_Laser]

Yes Laserlight there is some 109 cannon fodder around. I won't be flying straight and level though, I haven't mastered that yet.
Popped my teamspeak cherry last week, a whole bunch of guys flying around me talking me in to my first staying on the wheels with a straight prop landing. It was great fun,extremely tricky and a bit stressful,but in a good way like a first driving lesson. Since then I've flown around a bit and practiced my gunnery skills on stationary targets like houses, they can be so difficult to hit too...
Talking online holds no further horrors, well apart from some dodgy accents.

A good way to practice gunnery skills and test loadouts / convergence settings is to fly on the Lead Farm server. It is a target rich environment and the AI fighters are not aggressive, which means that fighting them will not prepare you for fighting manned fighters on the ATAG servers, but it's great for getting your eye in

[JG51Ogg]

Wait a minute now....Feeling stupidly worried about playing online??......Have you seen my gunnery skills? You have a better chance of getting hit by an albatross than you do being hit hard from a shot from me. I'm the guy that sneaks up puts out 200 rounds hits you with one but scares you so bad you jink around stall your plane and crash so I get the kill.

I think I tried for an entire day flying playing in the server before I got farther than 10 Km from an Air Field. Blown coolant radiator, Blown engine, broken governor, bent landing gear.

Then finally I saw my first Spitfire and flopped. Then as I spawned in and....... he strafed me.

The key is take your time and don't take yourself very seriously here and you'll be fine.

[ATAG_Highseas]

The key is take your time and don't take yourself very seriously here and you'll be fine.

Absolutely !!!

So easy to let this get the better of you... it's realistic enough !!

Calm is absolutely key ! and arsing about from time to time.

(ok ok... minute to minute)

[ATAG_Marlow]

laser's/Highsea's/Vamp's/Marlow/Lewis compact is kinda the whole ethos of ATAG is a neat little bundle. Power to you Sirs!

Hey Guys...I've never thought of us as 'a neat little bundle'..........but I think we should take that as a mega compliment! Cheers Boo!

[ATAG_Laser]

Hey Guys...I've never thought of us as 'a neat little bundle'..........but I think we should take that as a mega compliment! Cheers Boo!

Yes, thanks Bo. It's great to know that we are making such a positive contribution to the community

[ATAG_Laser]

Absolutely !!!

So easy to let this get the better of you... it's realistic enough !!

Calm is absolutely key ! and arsing about from time to time.

(ok ok... minute to minute)

Take it from me, whenever you are in a dark place with this sim, when those yellow noses have been shooting you down time and time again, just get yourself over to the bomber server for a good arseing about session. Try a bit of air racing for example, take a trip up the Thames and fly under Tower bridge, or try Highsea's latest idea that we done a week or so ago, someone flies a Sukoi and everyone else flies fighters and try and shoot him down, not as easy as it sounds I can assure you, but brilliant fun

[ATAG_Vampire]

You have got it dead right there laser.

CloD is a Combat Flight Sim but it is more than that.

I always return to what is on this forums home page.........."FUN AND COMRADERY"........and " A company of friends having a blast flying Cliffs of Dover".

This for me says it all and long may it continue.

~S~

[Erpr.Gr.210_Mölders]

Another trick to become instantly famous on Teamspeak...join a channel and present yourself as a woman playing Cliffs of Dover...but be very careful then about the various " Rodolfo Valentino's bees " that most probably will immediately show up attracted by the honey!