#what to do after climbing

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raven thorn
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i play the bf 109 e1 atm and i usually climb to around 4km to find no one at my altitude so i have to drop 2km of my altitude. i dont know if i am doing it right or not so can someone please explain it?

orchid cairn
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having the altitude advantage is usually a luxury, because you have enough energy to dictate whatever dogfight you engage in (or if you even want to engage in one)
at lower ranks people tend to climb less (also because the planes climb worse)
what youd usually want to do with an alt advantage is either boom and zoom, or bait people into pitching up for you so you can energy trap them

raven thorn
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i started to understand the energy trap but what happends with me is that my enemy always can take a shot on me

orchid cairn
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dont fly straight

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try to pull off to one side when extending vertically

raven thorn
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i also started boom and zooming

orchid cairn
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else youre just keeping it straight in their guns

raven thorn
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but i fail at the zoom part

orchid cairn
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the further away you are on a straight line, the less theyll have to pitch up for you

raven thorn
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i manage to kill 1 but when i try to zoom i have 2 people on my 6

orchid cairn
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making it easier for them to have enough energy to get a shot in

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thats up to spotting and target prioritization tho

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no real way around it but experience

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this might help tho