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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2001, 02:50:00 PM »
 
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Rebuild time 30 minutes.. same as fuel dumps right?  Hangars.. 15 minutes.  What happens if one of those pop up?  Either you have aircraft there to handle it, or you risk it.  It is the exact same with the ammo dumps.

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My scenario is one of "you never know how long its been down"..now, VH pops up, kills M3, valid WW2 tactic (ie. Tank killing troopers about to capture something)....I highly doubt you had B26's standing by rolling out on a runway or field with their intent to dump live ordnance, blowing themselves and their aircraft up..(Rolls eyes at Deja)  


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« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2001, 02:53:00 PM »
 
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I highly doubt you had B26's standing by rolling out on a runway or field with their intent to dump live ordnance, blowing themselves and their aircraft up..(Rolls eyes at Deja)

And I highly doubt anyone in WWII knew exactly how long something would be down Rip <Rolls eyes in return>.  And I do know that if someone attacking a base in WW2 knew that hitting specific targets would make that easier... they damn sure would have hit them.  This isn't about ammo bunkers respawning... its about them not being taken out in the first place.

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« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2001, 02:59:00 PM »
For once I'm in total agreement with Deja.

On quite a few occasions I've hit ancillary targets such as ammo, troops, fuel etc, primarily because the "big stuff" was already down, to be met with howls of outrage from my own side! "Don't blow up the ammo", they whimper, "we'll need it". (thus attempting to deprive me of my nightly perk point).

Usually half an hour later they're still being car bombed; the saps. I mean, some whiners may have a teensy weensy point when they say a B-17 is hard to kill at 35,000ft in their Macchi's, but I'd imagine even a TBM shouldn't have too much trouble out flying a laden buff sat on the tarmac...

If the hangers' are down, they can't roll. If the ammo's down they can't do any harm.

You need pictures or something?

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« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2001, 03:01:00 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2001, 03:14:00 PM »
 
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And I highly doubt anyone in WWII knew exactly how long something would be down Rip <Rolls eyes in return>.  And I do know that if someone attacking a base in WW2 knew that hitting specific targets would make that easier... they damn sure would have hit them.  This isn't about ammo bunkers respawning... its about them not being taken out in the first place.

AKDejaVu

I guess my point is this:
The field capture, and destruction of, simulates , I said SIMULATES WW2 "Capture the flag" tactics.  What does driving a B26 loaded out of a hangar with bombs simulate?

Like I said, if one is meeting tough resistence, and that ammo bunker comes back up, suicide bombing seems preferable to actually sending aircraft to cap ones field...path of least resistence is inherent in todays world.


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« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2001, 03:49:00 PM »
I believe bombs in AH should have a fusing mechanism such as was standard in iron bombs of the day.  All bombs in WWII had fuses that would not allow them to go off (normally) if dropped from a parked A/C.  The bomb had to freefall a certain distance before it would arm itself.  This was a safety precaution followed by all nations.

If you don't like the realism argument (yes, I know...the AH MA is not realistic in many respects), then how about this point.  We disabled buff guns while the A/C is on the ground to prevent what a majority of the community felt was a gameplay-unbalancing issue, i.e. gunning troops and spawning A/C while parked or taxiing.  Note: I said a majority of the community (and HTC, of course  ).  I see this issue as no different; rather, it is an extension of the buff-gun-disable we already have and accept.  Remember, this is a game, and all features should support gameplay.  Base capture is a gameplay artifact, and bears little resemblance to real-life war (at least in the way it's implemented in AH).

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« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2001, 03:59:00 PM »
If this were actually a WWII combat simulation it might just matter.



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« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2001, 04:10:00 PM »
Sabre, at the time buff guns were disabled, there was no way to disable buffs from spawning.  And you do know that this conflicts with any "realism" argument that would be floating around in regards to things... since these guns can fire on the ground.

In some situations, gameplay takes presidence over realism.  I believe this is one of them.  There has to be risk associated with each target at the field.  The risk is well known beforehand and needs to be taken into consideration when playing the game that is field capture.  Absolutely nothing about this aspect of AH represents reality in any way.... except when it comes to car-bombing?

The truth is, people are always for what makes it easier for them to capture a base if they are the base-capture types.  They'll bring up reality when it suits them and gameplay when reality is against them.  They'll get the "I want realism" support when they push reality.. and gamer support when they push gameplay.

I believe that the disabling of buff guns was a good idea because there are people that would rather sit on the runway all day, firing away and simply exiting if hings get hairy than fly a plane.  The car-bomber does not sit anywhere for very long and doesn't get any kills without returning to the hangar.  He also has to be allowed time to start his engines and roll the 100 yards to the map room.

Its still a very simple aspect of the game.  If you want to disable bombs from a field, kill the ammo bunkers.  The means to stop it from happening in the first place are readily available.

And I don't believe this tactic to be any more dweeby than having a panzer parked at the vh in case it comes up... or 20 fighters circling overhead to pounce on any fighter that spawns.  Its simply a part of the game that people game... as is vulching and spawn point camping.

Its just that the victims of these things get so pissed off when it happens, that they instantly come here to complain... unless they are cit... then they endlessly come here to complain until it is changed .

Whenever car-bombing happens... just think of all they gamey aspects that occured prior to that before getting so accusatory.  Something I said 8 months ago in regards to the usual scenario where this complaint pops up:

 
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Check Roster - only x knits on-line
Check Radar - Knits all defending A2
Spawn deisel tank that sneaks to base undected
<Attack base facilities with surface to air weapon>
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Ditch vehicle in enemy territory
Respawn with troop vehicle after being captured
Complain about how low other team sinks.

How many unrealistic totally gamey things happened prior to the bombs being dropped?  Make things realistic in regards to capturing a base and I'll accept any argument in regards to realistic defense.

As it sits right now, the whole base capture scenario is gamey.  Either play it or don't... just quit squeaking that your version of how the game aspect should be played is different than someone else's.

Sheesh.. if that doesn't work.. straff an ammo bunker and see just how difficult it is to destroy.  See for yourself just how easy the last bullet of that scenario is to avoid... while the defenders have a tough time vs most of the previous aspects.

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« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2001, 04:28:00 PM »
 
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I highly doubt you had B26's standing by rolling out on a runway or field with their intent to dump live ordnance, blowing themselves and their aircraft up..(Rolls eyes at Deja)  


Facts are, they just couldn't do it.



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« Reply #24 on: May 29, 2001, 04:33:00 PM »
I've car-bombed, but it really shouldn't be in the game. And it's not even possible in real life.
Why in the world would you wanna defend an impossible tactic deja? (well, I mean other than having to disagree with everybody all the time)

Please make bombing only possible with gear up.

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« Reply #25 on: May 29, 2001, 04:36:00 PM »
I totally agree. This one of the most annoying things in the game (apart from getting shot down all the time  ).

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« Reply #26 on: May 29, 2001, 04:45:00 PM »
I second the motion.

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« Reply #27 on: May 29, 2001, 04:51:00 PM »
 
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I've car-bombed, but it really shouldn't be in the game. And it's not even possible in real life.
Why in the world would you wanna defend an impossible tactic deja? (well, I mean other than having to disagree with everybody all the time)  

Please make bombing only possible with gear up.


To back up Deja's point...  ok, it's not realistic to runway bomb.  Give the bomber gunner positions back the ability to fire on the ground, that IS realistic.  Or, give the player the opportunity to run out of the hangar with a rifle and shoot it out with the paratroopers.  

Seriously, how realistic is 10 troopers going into a map room as a base takeover?  It's not, so why claim that the last ditch defense against it is unrealistic and should be removed?

Deja is right...  All players have to do is take out the Ammo bunker OR the bomber hangars and you've removed the runway bomber threat.  They take out the VH so panzers and osties won't spawn, why not take out the ammo and BH too?  They vulch fighters that try to spawn, how much harder is it to vulch that ammo bunker???

Anyways, it IS gaming the game.  It IS rather dweeby.  However, it's something that you can prevent 99.9% of the time, so remove it from the game yourself!    (the collective you, not just hblair!)
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« Reply #28 on: May 29, 2001, 09:08:00 PM »
Hmm? Ok Let them drop bombs on the ground HT after all it happened in real life! Of course they didn't go off because the safety pins weren't removed until close to the target.

 So HT all You have to do is figure out is
 
1)How long dose it take for the pilot to get out of his seat fight or shoot the other at the least 5 crew members who's day it wasn't to die!

2) The odds that the others don't over power or shoot Him first,

3) Provided he made it this far, Climb down in the rack and arm X amount of bombs

4) Run back to the cockpit start a engine and turn on the hyd. pump, Run back open the doors

5) Forget about step 4) and crank the bay doors open by hand "I'm betting starting the eng. is faster?"

6) Run up to the nose charge the panel

7) Figure out how many people were or were not religious in WWII, How long it would take the average of that to say there last preyer?

8)(PUSH) the Button!

9)Clink clang bang thud thump "Damn!" > 10)

10) Oh yea! decide the odds that the bombs dropped 5' to 10' on there side instead of there nose would even go off!

Seems simple to Me  

 

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« Reply #29 on: May 30, 2001, 05:28:00 AM »
 I went on this tirade much earlier..They dont seem to be listening.
 From a Gameplay perspective it sucks. My guess is that they wont change bomb drops because they have modeled the ammo bunker into their strat modeling.
 Little things like what Ripsnort described ruins the immersion factor, and is quite possibly contributing with player burnout and retirement(IMO).

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