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From: PYC118@uriacc.uri.edu (Rasiel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: WINGS advice sought
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Date: 8 Feb 91 02:45:22 GMT
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I don't why you all have so much trouble shooting down planes in Wings. It
really is easy, asopposed to Their Finest Hour in which you spend forever
trying to shoot down planes, all you really have to do is get on the suckers
and keep shooting at them for all your worth. You'll see a little flash
when you score a hit and it'll take about 5 flashes per plane. The Huns
don't really get better (although you certainly do) they just come in greater
numbers. In one mission I was fortunate enough to shoot down nine planes
and still return to base. There are a couple of other hints which might be
useful; first don't chase the guys who are far off in the distance if there
are other planes around (they'll probably pick on you); second don't worry
about the balloons until all the planes have been shot down; 3 don't fly low
when there's balloons or you will get hit by AA no matter what; 4 if a hun's
on your 6 it's difficult to get away without a hit but it's best to make
a hard turn to either side and up or down (either way's equally effective);
in strafing mission walk your plane around the howitzer or blow it up cuz
you take one hit from that sucker and you're out of business; 6 don't sweat it
in strafing missions if you get shot down because some of those missions
require you kill 100 or more troops for a success, which is plain impossible;
7 in bombing missions where planes fly out at you don't worry about the planes
and just go up to the upper left corner until they're gone; 8 if you're hit
while flying and you're going down (that smoke comes out the side) you'll
be able to still shoot and fly but you still go down anyway so it's best to
just let go and make a smooth landing because you're very likely not going
to hit anything and could crash if banking; 9 never shoot at the red cross
vehicles (have you no conscience :)); 10, don't attempt to fly after a hun
if he's going up, you're likely to stall. instead slowly gain altitude while
turning from side to side and you'll catch up soon enough; 11, when starting a
new character use all the extra abilities points towards shooting ability
because it's the worthiest attribute; 12 one of the most hated things that can
happen is to have your guns jam just as you were homing in on a bad guy, keep
your finger on the button permanently and at least you'll know when they're
ready again as soon as possible; 13, if you're not good at making kills or
there's just too many planes for you to handle just fly up high above the
rest and hope your wingmen take out as many huns as they can: also do if you
are in bad shape; 14, don't rely too much on your crosshairs, shoot a little
ahead of where the plane is going unless he's very close or coming straight at
you, and never let up on the trigger and 15, if you're hot on his tail but he's
just closing in and turning on a dime so that he's getting away at the side
just immediately make a hard turn (till the horizon's vertical) to the
opposite side and you'll get him real good.
Well, I hope these few tips help, any more I'd be glad to give, I just
finished WINGS a couple of nights ago and I shot down a total 283 planes out
of 240 missions. Of course I saved after every two missions or so if success-
ful but otherwise I didn't strive to outdo it and make every possible kill
the game offers.
Just wish there was an in-game save feature....

Rasiel