BEGINNERS GUIDE TO: Jets
Hessuniemii edition
*tl;dr: Press space 24/7 in dogfights, shoot everything that moves and has a name on it, use the correct speed, press buttons in the right order, use countermeasures when locked on, land when you’re disabled, dodge heatseekers with fancy moves and lastly earn service stars.
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But lets get to it, shall we.
I remember myself when I was firstly introduced with jets of battlefield 3 I was absolutely trash at them, crashing to everything and everyone; “Goddamn lightpoles”. So I made a decision to do this Guide thread which is directed to the people who want and have time to practice flying.
Some of my saved games to prove that I somewhat know what I’m speaking of
100 Jet stars :D<3 Screenshot by Lightshot [prntscr.com] (Thanks lolo2986)
Best Jet Game so far: → Screenshot by Lightshot [prntscr.com] 123-0
2nd Best Jet Game so far: → Screenshot by Lightshot [prntscr.com] 97-0
Most Jet Kills/XP Earned in one game: → Screenshot by Lightshot [prntscr.com] 208-16 (206-16 only jet kills counting)
Some random game: ->. Screenshot by Lightshot [prntscr.com] 83-1
Video
[youtu.be] of me playing.
Before we start i would like to remind that: “practice is a key to success, no one is a professional at the beginning.”
So let’s begin, shall we!
To make this simple and easy to everyone lets start from the basics.
Speed Management:
Best speed to achieve high G-Forces (Bottom left G: in jet cockpit) try to achieve and maintain a speed between 300-320 to be more advanced try keeping it 307-320 the exact sweet spot for speed is 313
Your Speed-O-Meter can be seen Top Left corner of the cockpit.
Also using rudders A & D keys will make you turn sharper and quicker which allows you to catch up most of the players who don’t use the rudders.
Counter measures:
As you know there’s 2 kinds of counter measures for jets Flares and ECM Jammer and then there’s Fire Extinguisher i would advice not to use Extinguisher because Flares and ECM are better in almost every aspect (except the healing bonus from the extinguisher).
Most of the times your strafes go in this order of “happenings” (Infantry/Helicopters/Ground vehicles)
1. choose a target. (Spam the spot key (Q))
2. Strafe directly at it while braking with (S) Key.
3. Use Countermeasures at this point if getting locked on.
4. Possible Kill/Disable of the target.
5. Afterburner full speed out of the situation before getting locked on again.
6. If someone locks you at this point it is possible to dodge a heatseeking missiles without counter measures but I’ll get back to that later on.
7. Repeat the step * 1. *
Loadout:
The loadout I use and will keep using is
Upgrade: Air Radar, this is a must have attachment to acknowledge what is happening around you do not fly without it.
Gadget: Flares/ECM-Jammer This is a preference question, I like to use Flares over ECM but honestly, it’s up to you.
Weapon: Rocket Pods Rockets pods are the best option out of the other weapons simply because it’s unguided so it’s not effect by IR Smoke use the moving needle on the cockpit to aim with Rockets pods, combined with jet’s machine gun you’re almost quaranteed to get a tank destroyed with 1-2 strafes
Loadout video Guide
Dog Fighting:
If you get see that an enemy jet is trying to engage at you start doing loops to avoid getting hit at while trying to maintain the speed of 313 simply by tapping boost while going up (to counter gravity) and braking when going down (to counter gravity again)
If you’re unable to maintain the speed while looping horizontally (up&down) try starting with vertical loops (Left&Right). The speed in vertical loops are easier to maintain because you only need to brake (s) Key because jets normal speed is > than 313 but usually advanced jet pilot can catch you in vertical looping and cause a death for you.
Dog Fighting Video Guide
Switching: you can perform a switch when the enemy jet passes you (loses a vision to you) to know if he passed you you’ll hear a sound Whooooooosh.
Switch is a move where you switch the direction of the current loop you’re doing by 30°-180° this will cause enemy jet to lose behind remember that the enemy needs to be unable to see you so listen carefully the sound of the passing jet.
How to switch
Scissoring: You Dirty Minded Person Not like That! Scissoring is corkscrew like loop where you loop while going forward you probably want to watch a Youtube video of it since it’s kinda hard to explain.
How to scissor
Key Bindings:
I’m just going to list my key binds for jet here feel free to edit them to your preference.
Pitch up: Space Bar and Mouse
Pitch down: Only on mouse
Pitch Left/Right: Only on mouse
Counter measures: Right Mouse Bumber
3rd person camera: Mouse Button 4
Free look: LALT (left ALT)
Strafe Right: D
Strafe Left: A
Brake: S
Forward: W
Boost: Shift
Switch Weapon: F
Key Binds not mentioned here are left to be on default.
How to kill a helicopter?:
Taking out advanced helicopter pilots can be hard.
But I would advice to approach the chopper from above or below.
“why is that?” - you may ask.
Because when choppers try to pitch up/down to look at you they’ll start losing altitude cause that’s how gravity works
This event leaves 2 options for the enemy pilot to disengage the attack or to crash to the ground.
If the helicopter disengages as 90% of them do you should be right above it by this time.
Your next job is to start strafing towards the chopper, while braking. (remember the brake to buy more time to aim)
Also disengage yourself early enough to avoid “ramming” the enemy.
Dodging Heatseekers Without Countermeasures:
This can be done with a tiny trick I call Curve Diving basically, fly towards the out of bounds of the map while getting locked on, after you heard the intense beeping that missile has been launched make a 180° turn and start the curve while pitching up and strafe right at the same time with the speed of 313 after you have done 90° of the turn start accelerating to full speed and fly towards the incoming missile at this point the missile should pass you from above and after that it’ll usually destroy itself. If you get the angle too sharp or too wide the missile will hit you.
How to dodge heatseekers
Landing the Jet:
If everything fails and you get disabled by something, only right thing to do is to land as soon as possible.
Landing can be quite hard in the beginning specially if you’re just trying to learn how to fly.
When disabled the jet starts to drag right and slightly pitch up at the same time. Counter this by pitching down and turning left or if you have plenty of time just let the jet do couple loops while finding a safe spot to land (out of map area is the best area for this).
Best speed for exiting is a speed below 100km/h
Just a reminder Hornet will drag up more when landing than flanker so hornet is harder to land compared to the flanker
Your job when landing
1. Slowing down (S Key).
2.a Countering disabled drag.
2.b Keeping the jet straight.
3. Exit the jet when speed is under 100km/h and repair.
4. Take off and keep dominating.
Disclaimer:*
Remember that I don’t keep myself as a pro pilot and this tiplist is made out of tiny tips what can help the performance of beginner pilot. I also won’t be responsible of that the tips will work for you.
Some of the youtube videos belong to hylianchris. I do not own or have anything to do with them.*
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i run out to the direction of the closest out of border so the missile has only one direction it can come from,