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As one of the new CV players (Just recently hit YT), I find a couple things help.
Remembering what every individual plane looks like is definitely the most surefire way to
distinguish them. This, however, also takes more time and experience.
This is a grocery list of what helps me ID planes as a new player:
1) Fighters tend to be more sleek and smaller looking (Not always the case, especially for
USN)
2) Torpedo Bombers are, in my opinion, one of the easiest to distinguish. They look like
biplanes and seem quite big. DBs seem to come in both varieties however.
**3) Behavior. This, above all else, helps me distinguish the type of planes they are.
Generally, it seems to me that fighters tend to circle more often and lay themselves in
the open, creating a sort of screen to blockade air traffic. This is also very dependent
on the player but it seems many leave their fighters in wide open formation. Now on the
flip side, bombers wave will tend to be packed tight in their formations. Players often do
this by zigzagging them and in order to minimize their spread (For TBs) and sync their
dives (For DBs obviously). Bomber waves also tend to show 2 types flight pattern. One,
they beeline at their target through all the flak and AA; these are usually bomber wh**es
in the opening of a battle. Two, they resort to border humping (Though frowned upon and
simply illegal depending on what Mod sees you or who reports you), or use similar
maneuvers to skirt the map in an attempt to avoid fighters and the general AA.
This is by no means a definite measure to IDing planes or even a competent method as some
people might see it. It's simply one of the ways I've figured helps me play the game as a
new player. Hope this helps if you're still bouncing about this thread. I myself only
played a short while during the beta and have returned only recently. GL!
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