Well first when anyone takes it upon themselves to do something for his community he is to be commended! Fester. I will say up front that for me building a map is akin to watching grass grow:( That said, to each his own and thank God we have people that like it!
The 339th FG is a P-51 JABO squad. Strat guys if you will. We KILL bases. Lots of them and we are very very good at what we do.
To Fester:
Much of what I say may have already been mentioned but I am not about to pour through 100 posts in several threads to find out. I speak only for myself and from the perspective of the 339th Fighter Group. Not for all the "Start Cats" out there.
Problems:
1. The background is killing us visually.
2. A-138 - The north FH can not be brought down. It was hit directly with 4 1000lbers and 12 rockets and Machine/Cannon rounds. We suspect the Southern one may be the same but we were unable to put that much Ord on it.
3. The Ack/Flak - It is just way way too accurate and there is too much of it. The same for the CV's. As we attacked a CV last night it was interesting to watch our pursuers back off. They knew we were dead! Yup, we got a few hits but there were No survivors and only one target destroyed. A hapless pilot that chose the wrong time to spawn on the CV. Another mission upped in 47's. Same results.
4. This map is pretty much a Clone of Big Isles?? I think one of these per map rotation is plenty.
Pluses:
1. I think the FH, BH being silver and hiding the goofy white dots is Great and long needed. If you can't tell the difference...tough.
2. FPS and Lag seem to not be an issue. FPS was good throughout. They were good even when the 339th was engaged, after a JABO run, with many fighters over a field that also had the ferocious ACK pounding away.
3. The airfields are VERY cool! Nice to see dirt (More historical) runways.
4. Map detail is excellent.
In all Fester, Not too bad. I hope you'll continue to fix the errors/bugs and make some adjustments. I think the main thing here for Strat Cats is to correct the Ack settings. If kept as they are your map becomes a bit lame for us as it tends to favor FBers and GVers. There is certainly no reason we all can't have some fun with this map.
Well to the Community from the 339th FG. Thanks for reading. Fester thanks again and thanks for taking a look-see at the things I mentioned.
Regards,
