After a frantic furball that ended with each of us scoring one kill apiece, and the bots cleaning up all of the damaged enemies, we headed out of the engagement area. I had forgotten to change the settings to take off from airfield and head to objective, so we started in the air, and were immediately engaged by the enemy. Our first mission was a 'Head to Head Combat', with our I-15's and I-153's squaring off against a horde of He 112's. This would work out perfect, because one of my friends was only Rank 1 in Soviet, and a low and slow biplane would give him a good chance to get used to the difficulty settings. Once we got in, I decided we would play the Soviet side of the Kuban mission.
It took us a good 10 minutes to get together in the mission room, because they had a hard time finding me. They agreed to it, and I made a room for us to play in. I talked them into flying on Historic difficulty, explaining that the damage model was better, and that they'd get kills faster with the proper aiming. Both of them are low level players, with barely any experience outside of Arcade Battles.
I suggested flying a Dynamic Campaign to end the gaming session tonight, and two of my friends were up for it. Here's a little AAR from when I first started DC.
Hey all you new players coming from Steam, welcome to War Thunder! If you haven't yet, you should take the time to check out Dynamic Campaign, under the 'Missions' on the 'Game Mode' tab.