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MarkShot's STK/EAW Guide
By Mark "MarkShot" Kratzer

Table Of Contents

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• Preface
  
  
  
  • Dedication
    
  • Purpose
    
  • History
    
  • Note
    
  
  
• Introduction
  
  
  
  • General Applicability
    
  • Assumptions
    
  
  
• EAW Basics for Online Play
  
  
  
  • Controls Needed
    
  • Calibration (sensitivity)
    
  • Essential Views to Use (programmed on your controls)
    
  • Essential Functions to Use (programmed on your controls)
    
  • Spins
    
    
    
    • The Onset of Spins and Stalls
      
    • Avoiding Spins
      
    • Recovering from Spins
      
    
    
  • Turning Well
    
  • Nose-to-nose Guns
    
  • Gunnery (Taking the Shot)
    
    
    
    • Range
      
    • Profile
      
    • Shooting Views
      
    • Lead
      
    • Anticipate Motion
      
    • Short Bursts
      
    • Pull Lead
      
    • Use the Rudder
      
    
    
  
  
• EAW Intermediate Skills for Online Play
  
  
  
  • Fights in Progress
    
    
    
    • Evaluating the Situation
      
      
      
      • Relative Energy State
        
      • Relative Angle State
        
      • Some Energy/Angle Observations
        
      • My Plan
        
      
      
    • Applying Energy State
      
      
      
      • You are Energy High and Angle Poor
        
      • You are Energy Low and Angle Poor
        
      
      
    
    
  • Opening a Fight
    
    
    
    • Coaltitude Merge
      
      
      
      • Straight in with blazing guns
        
      • Seize angles advantage
        
      • A barrel roll
        
      • Nose under and shoot
        
      • Blow Through and Climb
        
      
      
    • You Start High
      
      
      
      • Straight Down Braked Descent
        
      • Boom and Zoom
        
      
      
    • You Start Low
      
      
      
      • Gain Altitude
        
      • Your Opponent Applies Straight Down Braked Descent
        
      • Your Opponent Applies Boom and Zoom with a Big Energy Advantage
        
      • Your Opponent Applies Boom and Zoom with a Small Energy Advantage
        
      
      
    
    
  • Miscellaneous Air Combat Maneuvering Topics
    
    
    
    • Managing Overshoots
      
      
      
      • Horizontal Scissors
        
      • Sustained Turn
        
      • Straight In and Diving Overshoots
        
      
      
    • Handling Extensions
      
      
      
      • Horizontal Extensions
        
      • Vertical Extensions
        
      
      
    
    
  • Some Moves to Watch For
    
    
    
    • Fake Spins
      
    • Hammerhead Reversals
      
    • Black Outs
      
    • Looping Fights
      
    • Burning Planes
      
    
    
  • Psychology Notes
    
  • Styles of Play
    
    
    
    • Angles and Spiraling Down
      
    • Energy and Stalls/Spins
      
    • Evasive Airshows
      
    
    
  • Conclusion
    
  
  
• Special Topics
  
  
  
  • Topic: Domains (high/low fights) on 05/31/00
    
    
    
    • The Domain Concept
      
    • Visualization Exercise
      
      
      
      • The Setup
        
      • The Horizontal Plane
        
      • Seeing the Spaces as Domains
        
      
      
    • Some Basic Rules
      
      
      
      • For the low altitude player:
        
      • For the high altitude player:
        
      
      
    • The Essence of the High/Low Game
      
    
    
  • Topic: Engagement Psychology (suckering) on 05/31/00
    
    
    
    • Psychological Offense/Defense
      
    • Psychology of Manipulation
      
      
      
      • The Bait
        
      • The Trap
        
      
      Some Examples
      
      
      
      • Pulling the Sucker Up
        
      • Pulling the Sucker Down
        
      
      
    
    
  • Topic: The Fallacy of the Evasive Style on 08/16/00
  
  
  
  
  • Introduction
    
  • Common Community Styles
    
  • The Evasive Style
    
    
    
    • Definition
      
    • The Evasive Style versus Normal Evasion
      
    • The Evasive Fight Pattern
      
    • Is the Evasive Style Being an Angle Fighter?
      
    • External Views
      
    
    
  • The Failings of the Evasive Style
    
    
    
    • Exposure
      
    • The Wrong Focus
      
    • Negative Closure Solution
      
    • Favoring Energy Dumping as the Answer to any Tangle
      
    • Arrival at Sea Level
      
    
    
  • The Community Evasive Style Phenomena
    
  • Closing Thoughts
    
  
  
  • Topic: The Basics of Energy Fighting on 08/29/00
  
  
  
  
  • Introduction
    
  • A Valuable Commodity
    
  • The Energy Fighter's Philosophy
    
  • How is Energy Lost?
    
    
    
    • Starting the Fight at a Lower Altitude
      
    • Usage of Flaps
      
    • Chopping the Throttle
      
    • Performing High-G Maneuvers
      
    • Diving down and not fighting in the vertical
      
    
    
  • How is Energy Managed?
    
  • Cashing in
    
  • A Practical Observation: Energy Fighting in Action
    
  • An Energy Fighting Illustration
    
  • Making the Best Merge
    
  • Conclusion
    
  
  
  • Topic: Mounting a High Altitude Attack on 08/30/00
  
  
  
  
  • Introduction
    
  • High Altitude Attacks
    
  • The Turning Circle Concept
    
  • What Low Altitude Defenders Do
    
  • The Settling Attack
    
  • The Attacker's Goals
    
  • Phases of the Attack
    
    
    
    • Phase I - Fake B&Z
      
    • Phase II - High yo-yo sucker plays and domain sucker plays
      
    • Phase III - Chewing up his turning circle
      
    
    
  • Common Mistakes by the Attacker
    
  • Some Variations
    
  
  
  • Attacker - Rapid Angles Conversion
    
  • Defender - Hug the Ocean
    
  
  
• Conclusion
  

Topic: Why I Extend Away on Low Altitude Defense on 08/31/00

Topic: Winning the Slow and Low Turning Fight on 08/31/00

Topic: The Sinking Merge on 08/31/00

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