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Dogfight

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Dogfight learning path

The learning path is built from the guides themselves: each guide states where it belongs. Planned topics have no guide yet.

BEGINNER

LEVEL 1 FLIGHT CONTROL

  1. ControlsSourced
  2. Decoupled modeSourced
  3. Speed limiterSourced
  4. ESPSourced

LEVEL 2 COMBAT BASICS

  1. TargetingSourced
  2. Weapon controlsSourced
  3. Ship weapons explainedSourced
  4. CountermeasuresSourced

ADVANCED

LEVEL 3 MOVEMENT

  1. MergeSourced
  2. OrbitSourced
  3. CorkscrewSourced
  4. J-hookSourced
  5. Lead turnSourced
  6. Pursuit curvesSourced
  7. Strafing in a fightSourced
  8. Decoupled fightingSourced

LEVEL 4 DUEL

  1. Rate fightSourced
  2. Radius fightSourced
  3. Tight turnSourced
  4. ReversalSourced
  5. OvershootSourced
  6. Pip manipulationSourced
  7. Defensive spiralSourced
  8. Missile evasionSourced

EXPERT

LEVEL 5 ADVANCED

  1. CombinationsSourced
  2. Energy and power managementSourced
  3. Situational awarenessSourced
  4. Multi-target combatSourced
  5. WingmanSourced
  6. Group exercisesSourced

Guides in this area

DogfightBeginner

Dogfight – Controls and flight modes

Flight modes, speed limiter, ESP, targeting, weapons, missiles and countermeasures: which functions the controls offer for ship combat – with the names from the game data, without keys.

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DogfightAdvanced

Corkscrew

A corkscrew around your own flight line: you still go where you want to go, but you are no longer a straight target.

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DogfightAdvanced

Strafing in a fight

Lateral thrust separates where you fly from where you aim. That is the biggest difference between flying in atmosphere and fighting in space.

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DogfightAdvanced

J-hook

First straight away, then back in a tight hook: the classic way from defence back into attack.

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DogfightAdvanced

Lead turn

Do not wait for the pass – turn before it: the cheapest angle you can gain in the whole turning fight.

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DogfightAdvanced

Merge

The head-on pass: the approach turns into a turning fight. What you do in the two seconds before it decides who gets the first position after it.

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DogfightAdvanced

Missile evasion

An incoming missile is a problem with a time window: get across its approach line, release countermeasures, keep flying.

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DogfightAdvanced

Orbit

Fly a circle around the opponent and keep your nose on him – the basic pattern of every turning fight.

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DogfightAdvanced

Radius fight

Who turns tighter? Instead of coming around faster you make your circle smaller – and meet him on the other side.

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DogfightAdvanced

Rate fight

Who turns faster? Two ships circle against each other, and only one thing counts: who gets the nose back on the other first.

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DogfightAdvanced

Ship weapons explained

Class, damage per shot, fire rate, projectile speed, range and DPS: what the values of ship weapons mean, where they come from and what they do not say. No ranking.

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DogfightAdvanced

Pursuit curves

Lead, pure, lag: three ways to fly behind an opponent. Your choice decides whether you shoot, close in or overshoot.

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DogfightExpert

Decoupled fighting

In decoupled mode your course stays where it is and the nose rotates freely. The most powerful and the most dangerous tool in a turning fight.

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DogfightExpert

Defensive spiral

If you cannot win, at least do not get hit: a path nobody can lead cleanly.

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DogfightExpert

Energy and power management

Two things are called energy in a fight: the speed you fly and the power you distribute between thrusters, shields and weapons.

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DogfightExpert

Tight turn: high-G and boost

Every ship has one turn that is tightest and one that is fastest. They are not the same – and boost shifts both.

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DogfightExpert

Group exercises

A training plan for the org: six exercises, a fixed order, each with a result you can write down.

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DogfightExpert

Combinations

Single manoeuvres rarely win. Chains win: read the situation, pick the manoeuvre, know the follow-up already.

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DogfightExpert

Multi-target combat

Against two or more you do not win by flying better but by fighting them one after another instead of all at once.

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DogfightExpert

Forcing and avoiding an overshoot

Whoever sits behind someone too fast shoots past him and is suddenly in front. Both sides of this mistake can be learned.

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Pip manipulation

The aiming point your opponent shoots at is computed from your movement. Change the movement and you change the aiming point.

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Reversal

Reverse direction without flying away: pull up, roll, come out on a reciprocal course – and your pursuer is suddenly in front of you.

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Situational awareness

Most kills do not come from the better pilot but from the one you did not see.

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Wingman

Two pilots are more than twice as strong as one – but only if they fly two roles instead of the same one.

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