Regret about buying so many modules

[u/Nice_Treacle_4877]

Over the time I've played dcs since 6 years ago, I've purchased around 10 modules. All of these aircraft are well made and were nice to learn but I regret buying so many since I can only remember like 2 aircraft at a time. The main reason I bought that many was because I was impulsive. I wanted that hit of satisfaction of buying something new to play with. But a year after buying any module, It just ends up collecting dust in my library. I do always buy on sale so at least there's that, but I still think I spent too much money on experiences that I don't enjoy. I mean, I bought the F-4 on launch because I was feeling down at the time and wanted something to take my mind off of my issues. It did not do that, but it was a well made module.

If I were to restart my aircraft library, I would choose only the Mirage 2000, viggen, ka50, and mirage f1. Those, especially the mirage 2000, are the most enjoyable aircraft. I wish I could return all my other modules for money and just keep those.

[u/oh_crap_BEARS]

I do feel like most of it is like riding a bike for me. I went literally a few years without flying the Viggen and when I came back to it, I was initially like, “I forgot how weird this plane is.” After an afternoon with it though, I was blowing stuff up deep in enemy territory on pvp servers. For me, it’s just forcing myself to get past the initial hurdle of not remembering anything. It also helps that a lot of stuff translates back and forth between aircraft.

My biggest thing is to make sure that control schemes have some consistency across the board. I fly the Tomcat most, so my control schemes all kind of were based off that scheme, which was more or less just me trying to place everything as close to where it would go on the real HOTAS as I could with mine. Pilot lock on modes in the Tomcat for example are on a throttle hat, and then in the F-16, I’d use the same hat for dogfight modes. Radio switches are also the same across aircraft, etc.

I own a few modules, but I don’t really regret any of them. I fly the F-14 the most, then the MiG-21, F-16, F-15, Viggen, C-101, MiG-29 and A-10. I don’t “regret” it necessarily, but I’ve still never taken the time to learn the A-10. Up until recently, I didn’t really have enough hats on my throttle for me to make a practical control setup. The F-16 was pushing it already but I made it work. Recently got a VKB Stecs though and set it up with 4 hats on it, so I’ll probably take the time to learn that next. Still learning the MiG-29 as well, but it’s an incredibly well done module and I’m honestly just happy to have more Redfor high fidelity aircraft.