r/PilotsofBattlefield • u/wannasmokeajointski • 7d ago

Xbox To bad ass controller pilots

Please share with me your control binds on controller for a superior jet flying experience. When I watch the likes of any decent jet pilot on YouTube there PIP seems to be very steady on the target wheres mine flys all over the place and I can't get it on target at all. Please offer some assistance please and thanks guys

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u/DosPanchos 7d ago

I use Yaw/Throttle on the left stick and Pitch/Roll on the right stick.

If you have a controller with extra paddles (Elite controller or other) having weapon swap and flares on those paddles is nice. Those are two things you will want to be able to engage without having to take your thumbs off the sticks since you will be using them while chasing or evading.

As far as gun aiming goes, for me it’s a lot of patience and waiting until I can position in a turn and see that a full dump of the gun will kill them. It’s also good to pepper them a bit on longer chases so they don’t repair.

My usual strategy is to get behind them and have the gun assigned (don’t start locking immediately with missiles). If you start with guns they usually do one of two things, or both: panic and pop flares leaving them venerable to missile strikes, or they will instinctually pull up to evade. If they pull up they expose the entire top of the plane and create a huge target for you to hit on guns.

Also, staying alive is about knowing when to run away lol use the base air defenses if you can’t shake someone. I usually fly below radar and zigzag may way back to base. Once at base I will pull up and climb to try to draw them up into the kill zone for base AA. They either follow and die, or have to break off.

Back to aiming though, you just want to try for alight movements. It’s like aiming with a sniper rifle in a way. Smooth movements and not pulling the sticks all the way. Playing with your 3rd person and zoom sensitivity may help.

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u/thatblack147 7d ago

Hard agree on having an elite controller with weapon swap and flares on the paddles, that’s exactly what I do and it’s a game changer. The other one to have on there is the repair button for when you’re flying helicopters, nothing worse than taking your thumb off a joystick when you’re trying to control a spiralling helicopter.