Bomber pilots in this sim tend to have short but storied careers--it is just a fact of the situation and theater. For that reason, bomber pilot can rise through the ranks very quickly, and with relatively few air-hours and sorties, in comparison with fighter pilots. Bomber pilots will want to concentrate on destroying as many ground, naval, and AA targets as possible, while also extending their career through as many sorties as possible, to reach the highest possible rank before their inevitable-but-heroic demise.

Sturmovik pilots are somewhat similar to bomber pilots. This is a very, very dangerous but important career. Sturmovik aircraft--also known as attack aircraft, ground-attack aircraft, attack bomber, strike aircraft (later usage), Schlachtflugzeug ("battle aircraft", German), and sturmovik ("storm-trooper", Russian)--can do it all--whether its taking on enemy bombers, night fighter duty with their on-board radar, taking on enemy fighters (usually with assistance of fighters, when possible), and perhaps most important, taking on the ground attack and close air support duties. Strike pilots are not as concerned with racking up air-to-air victories--though they can do that and do it well. But they concentrate just as much on low-level ground support missions, taking out AA and flak with strafing runs or low-level bomb drops, taking out convoys and other important individual ground targets, and other similar missions. For that reason, your strike pilot career is separate from both your bomber pilot career and your fighter pilot career. Strike pilots can rise through the ranks more quickly than fighter pilots but not as quickly as bomber pilots, and with relatively few air-hours and sorties in comparison with fighter pilots (but more than bomber pilots). Sturmovik pilots will want to concentrate on destroying as many ground, AA, naval, and enemy bomber targets as possible, while also extending their career through as many sorties as possible, to reach the highest possible rank before their own inevitable-but heroic--demise. Sturmovik aircraft include the Bf-110, Beaufighter, Blenheim fighter models, Ju-88C models, and Stuka (Ju-87).

Because the career arc of Bomber Pilots vs. Sturmovik Pilots vs. Fighter Pilots is so different, you have a separate career as each type of pilot. Look for--and search for--(bomber) and (sturmovik) in the stats listings above to see various types of pilot careers. No suffix at the end of your name indicates your fighter pilot career.

When You Die

When you die, your career, rank, and aircraft access is reset. In addition, there is a short timeout before you can fly from forward bases. So you want to work HARD to stay alive! Disengage early, while your aircraft is still flyable. Use your parachute. Try to parachute or crash land on land--not on water--if at all possible. Try to crash land or parachute onto friendly territory rather than enemy territory--if you are captured, your career ends. If on water, aim for landing in friendly territory, where your chance of survival is much higher.

After you die, you are restricted from flying for a period, OR restricted from spawning in to forward bases for a period, depending on server settings. If you are restricted from spawning in to forward bases, just choose a base well back from your front line (as shown on the Flag Screen map). Usually you will need to be at least 60 km (37 miles) back from the front line.

Some traces of past lives are recorded as part of your stats, and those who have previously reached high ranks may find that it is just a bit easier to reach that rank the second time around . . .

We'll be looking for our first 20 - 50 - 100 - 150 flight (and even higher!) careers. Additional ranks and aircraft unlock all the way up!

Ground Deaths

TWC Genghis Khan Campaign Server (TEST SERVER) Stats are more lenient than Cliffs of Dover Stats in one specific area: Deaths while you are on the ground.

Many times if you hit a hangar or other ground object at low speed, after your aircraft explodes in CloD, you will see a message, 'You were injured in that incredible fiery explosion, but somehow survived. Your career will continue.'

This happens when you are on the ground and the collision speed is relatively low.

To maximize your chances of survival, make sure you are on the ground and going as slowly as possible prior to any impact or collision. For example, if you slide along the ground and crash into a hangar or house at 10-20MPH, you will very likely survive. If you crash into the building 20 feet up at 90MPH, you will almost certainly die.

Notes and Details about Rank & Ace Levels

Ace Level

Your Ace Level is based purely on the number of kills you have participated in. Full Victory counts 1, Shared Victory counts 0.5, and Assist counts 0.25. 5 kills=Ace, 10 kills=Double Ace, etc. When you die, your Ace Level--and the privileges that go with it--are reset.

Rank

The number given after each rank is the approximate number of sorties you will need to complete to reach that rank. This is, however, only an approximation, as your promotions do depend in a very dynamic way on your productivity as a pilot, your kills and damage done, your skill in linking several sorties together into one Continuous Mission, and hours spent in the air. You can approximately double the speed at which you attain a certain rank by consistently good flying.

Note that the listed ranks are just the beginning--there are a number of secret, special higher ranks you can reach if you achieve even more flights than those listed!

Rank, Ace Level, and Access to Aircraft

Again, this is just the beginning--if you are able to fly even more missions and achieve more victories, you will find even more special ranks and more special/secret aircraft unlocked above those levels.

Aircraft Available By Ace Level

Certain key aircraft are available as soon as you achieve a few kills - that is, a certain Ace Level. This means that, when you start a new career as Tyro/Neuling, you can quickly move up to some of the more advanced and desirable aircraft simply by getting a few kills under your belt.

In game, check your currently available aircraft using Chat Command <ac. Check the list of aircraft that will be available with your next promotion and Ace Level using Chat Command <nextac.

Notes and Details about Statistics

Stats Reflect One Career

Sortie vs Continuous Mission; How to Link Several Sorties to Create a Continuous Mission; Self Damage

Note that sorties aborted due to self-damage (ie, blown rads or botched landing for no reason) make that "Continous Mission" end upon landing, with no possibility of continuation. If you land away from an airport, are forced to exit your aircraft via parachute, or take off from a different airport than the one you just landed at, your Continuous Mission will end and a new Continuous Mission start.

Tracking Kills

Kills and damage are tracked several different ways:

• Total Kills (any participation): Tracks every kill you had any part of--even 1% involvement counts. All four types of victories are counted: Aerial, AA, Naval, and Other Ground.
• Full/Shared/Assist Victories: A system similar to that used on Storm of War, where contributing 75% or more to a victory is "Full"; 40%-75% is "Shared" and 0-40% is an "Assist". Again, all four types of victories are counted.
• TWC Kill Points Total: TWC Kill Points are similar to the NetStats Kill Points system in CloD, where 75% participation in a kill awards 0.75 Kill Points, 20% awards 0.2 points, and so on. Different from NetStats is that this tracks all four types of victories--Air, AA, Naval, and Ground. One column shows Kill Points for each of these four types broken out separately, another column gives the overall Kill Points Total for all types combined, and a third column gives NetStats Kill Points for comparison.

Both NetStats and TWC Kill Points weight the lethality of your damage in assessing points. A small hole in the end of the wing carries a very low weight. Hits that damage the engine or cooling system count for more. Cutting off a wing or tail part counts even more. All damage to an object before it is killed, weighted by these factors, is tallied up and Kill Points awarded in proportion to the damage done that contributed to that kill. This is in contrast to the damage reports (see below) which--for the most part--simply report the number of hits in various locations without making a determination of their lethality.

Four Type of Victories

We track statistics in four areas, depending on the target. 1) Air kills are other aircraft. 2) AA kills are antiaircraft, artillery, and tanks. 3) Naval kills are ships (not counting amphibious). 4) Ground kills are any other type of ground or naval object.

CloD NetStats vs TWC Stats

TWC Kill Points uses the same damage weighting system that CloD NetStats uses--using the history of damage to an object the CloD provides along with the weights for different types of damage to the object over time--all tracked and provided by CloD. In general, TWC Kill Points and NetStat points awarded for a particular engagement will be the same or very similar--with differences occuring in edge cases, as outlined above.

However, many times after a mission you might compare the two stats and notice that the CloD NetStats credits you with Kill Points that are not reflected in on the TWC stats page--or the other way around. This is because in-game NetStats credit damage when the opposing aircraft's flight ends, whether by crashing or simply flying home and landing. TWC Kill Stats (all four types listed above) count only those objects that were actually killed or crash landed, and not those that returned safely to base. However, the various damage counts on the stats page DO total all damage done by you, whether that ended in the ultimate destruction of the aircraft or not.

And on the flip side, you will receive TWC stats points for many things that are not captured in online NetStats--such as bombing a ship or killing a ground target. This is the same system that NetStats carries out for Aerial Victories, but we also include AA, Naval, and Ground Victories in our totals.

Additionally, NetStats misses awarding many points for enemy planes you force down because CloD does not detect that these planes have 'crash landed'. If you completely destroy the aircraft, CloD rarely misses it. But you wound it severely so that it is forced to ditch nearby, CloD will often miss the victory. By contrast, TWC Stats always detects your damage and victories over these planes--after a few minutes of aircraft inactivity on the ground or, if all else fails, at the end of the mission. TWC Stats will award the Kill Points properly for any enemy aircraft you have destroyed or forced down, whether on friendly or enemy territory. Only planes that return to base (or reach the edge of the map, where they are de-spawned) escape from your Kill Point totals. So in this area, TWC Stats is more complete and more accurate than NetStats, and you may find that your Kill Points are significantly higher than NetStats for many or most missions.

Damage Reports and Types

Most types of damage recorded on the stats page are simple counts of how many times damage was done without necessarily factoring in the amount or severity of damage. For example, if you hit an enemy on the right wing, the tail, and fuselage, that will register as doing damage '3 times'. If you hit them pretty hard, you may register damage 6 or 8 times hitting those three parts. But in general, the damage totals simply count up how many times you have damaged the various parts and systems of the enemy aircraft. It has little relation to how much damage your hit has done. For example, a bomb destroying a factory is one hit; so is a machine gun bullet passing through the fabric of a wing and leaving a small hole. Think of the damage counts as indicating how many times you have hit enemy aircraft or vehicles in the locations indicated without trying to give any indication about how significant that damage is.

So why report this type of damage count at all? #1. This information is tallied internally by the server and easily available for us to report to you. #2. It provides one useful type of information about your performance. It doesn't tell you everything important but it does tell you something important.

This is in contrast to the "Kill Point" system mentioned above, which does weight various types of damage according to their lethality.

Total Damage Hits

'Total Damage Hits (adj.)' is literally a count of each and every time you have damaged an enemy. Each hit counts as 1, regardless of how hard or how soft a hit it was. It includes an adjustment/bonus for AA, Naval, & Ground kills because those are otherwise undercounted in our damage totals. The adjustment helps to bring bomber pilots to parity with fighter pilots in accumulating points and rank.

Parts Cut Off

'Parts Cut Off' are when aircraft wings, tails, nose, etc are cut, smashed, broken, or shot off. This could be, for example, just the wing tip, half the wing, or a whole wing, whole tail, whole nose, etc. Generally speaking, these are very major hits--just one of them can down an aircraft.

Raw Damage Points

'Raw Damage Points' (RDPs) are the one exception to the general rule that damage counts don't factor in damage severity. Raw Damage Points are scaled according to an assessment of the damage each hit caused. For that reason, RDPs are a very good assessment of how hard you are hitting the enemy. RDPs work this way: For every hit you make on an enemy object, which eventually leads to a kill, CloD assesses a damage value which is larger or smaller depending in the strength or potential damage of the hit. The Kill Point system works by adding up all of these individual RDP values for one particular kill and then setting that Kill Total to 1. So if it took 50,000 RDPs to down an enemy and you contributed 25,000 of them, you are award 0.5 Kill Points.

Raw Damage Points simply total all of these Raw Damage Points without further refining or proportioning them. Raw Damage Points for a single damage hit might range from 1 to several thousand. Total Raw Damage Points are given and in addition, to help bomber pilots track their progress, Raw Damage Points from bombing missions are broken out separately.

Landings, Parachute

Landings at Airport

'Landings at Airport' are registered when you see a message from the server 'XX has returned to base', 'XX has landed safely', 'XX is safe on the ground', or similar. Generally to receive this message & register your landing, you must be on the ground at an airport with your aircraft stopped. Note that you receive this message whether it was a great landing or you aircraft disintegrated. As long as you are alive, on the ground, and stopped at an airport, the landing will register. Note, however, that landings involving self-damage will register in the 'self-damage' stats and will also prevent you from continuing your continuous Flight (for stats purposes).

Landings Away From Airport

'Landings Away From Airport'--any landing or crash landing that is not at a friendly airport. Please note that CloD's tracking of landings away from airport is a bit flakey--it doesn't record all such landings. The landings you will see recorded here are the ones where CloD reports 'XX has crash landed'. What is the risk to my life/career? Landing in friendly territory is pretty safe, as long as you survive the landing. However, landing in enemy territory carries a risk of capture, which will end your career.

Landings in Water

'Landings in Water' carry more risk than if you are able to put down on dry land. Note that streams and lakes are equally dangerous as the ocean. Note that your chance of rescue is higher if you put down on friendly waters vs enemy waters.

Parachute Landings

We feel that CloD overmodels the danger of parachute failure. In this server, your main or reserve chute will open almost every time.

Note the Chat Messages that appear when you parachute. The messages you see immediately upon exiting your aircraft by parachute tell you what happened.

(Often you will see messages coming up later, around the time you actually hit the ground in your parachute, indicating that your parachute failed to open, but then that the reserve chute opened. You can just ignore these messages - the reserve chute opens every time the main fails. That's why we carry a reserve chute! The chat messages you saw immediately upon exiting the aircraft are the ones that tell you what happened with your life & career.)

What is the risk to my life/career? Odds of drowning or capture when your parachute are the same as if you 'Land Away From Airport' as outlined above. Parachuting onto friendly land is quite safe. If you parachute onto water you have a risk of drowning. Enemy territory carries a risk of capture. Try to parachute onto dry land if possible, and onto friendly territory. You'll note that you find out the result of your parachute jump immediately upon exiting the aircraft (check Chat Messages), so there is no advantage, but also no further negative consequence, if you exit the server or jump into a new plane before your parachute reaches the ground.

Capture

If you land or parachute, on land or water, in enemy territory, you stand a chance of 'capture'. Capture ends your career--the same consequence for your career and statistics as death.

Planes Written Off

Any time your plane is severely damaged or destroyed--or if you land in water or far from a friendly airport--your plane is considered destroyed and 'written off'. If you parachute (or exit the game mid-flight, which is the same as parachuting at that moment), of course your plane will crash and be written off.

Even good pilots will have to write off some planes--enemy action may damage your aircraft, and preserving your life and experience and training as a pilot is a far higher priority than saving and aircraft. Nevertheless, if you write off too high a proportion if your aircraft, and brass starts to look askance at you when the time gives to hand out promotions. Try to preserve your life most of all, but when you can, preserve your aircraft, too. Most of all, try to avoid write-offs that result only from self-damage. It is one thing if your aircraft is forced down by enemy action--quite another if you simply crash land due to carelessness. Careless self-damage and resulting write-offs count against you most of all when you are in line for a promotion.

Disconnects - Quitting the Server - Exiting Your Plane in the Air

In some servers you can avoid death or avoid giving credit to other players who have injured you, by simply exiting the server or jumping into another plane quickly. Not so on this server! Exiting the aircraft has exactly the same consequences as exiting your aircraft by parachute at the same moment--you will lose the plane, but probably/possibly save your life. If you exit over enemy territory or water, you stand a chance of drowning or capture. If you exit over friendly territory, you stand a very good chance of survival--exactly the same as if you parachuted. This means that you can exit the server quickly if need be (especially if over friendly territory) but you gain no particular advantage by doing so, because you could gain the same result by simply parachuting out.

Disconnects - Quitting the Server - Exiting Your Plane on the Ground

If you exit your aircraft while it is on the ground, the consequence is the same as if your aircraft collided with an object at its current speed. So if you exit at a low speed--stationary or under 5MPH--you should be fine. If you are going 30 MPH when you disconnect, you may see some consequences and if you are going 80 MPH you will likely die. Generally speaking, try to come to a stop before disconnecting or exiting the plane. But, for example, if your internet connection should die while you are taxiing, you'll most likely sustain some damage but survive.

Note that stats are for fun and for information only. These stats will differ from in-game Netstats for a variety of reasons. These statistics depend on the information passed by CLoD to the server, which is not always complete or reliable. In addition, the statistics code may have bugs or be incomplete. In short, take these statistics as some potentially fun and useful information about your flying, but not necessarily complete or completely accurate.

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