Bozon,
That is not accurate, if the 51 ups with 75% fuel and climbs to alt and flies to a base he has burnt fuel, if he feels he is too heavy he can take less fuel or take off further back or climb higher or stick to bore and zzzzz until he burns fuel weight. The impact of a lowered fuel mod isn’t that it will force planes like the 51 to fly and fight heavier, those choices remain with the player.
We also need to consider that the 51 can run at any moment not only is he fast enough to get away he's has enough fuel to continue running until his pursuer is out of gas. Also, he is never forced to fly at a lower power setting. As erg accuses me of wanting to fly “all day and all night at mil power”, however it’s the p51 that you will see doing this.
I read above where you claim certain planes are over used, (la7s for instance) well look how many deaths the 51 has every tour and compare that to how many were produced and then do the same for the yaks and 109s...
There were far more planes like the yaks and 109s in ww2 then 51s, they had more kills and were used in as many roles as the 51.
I don’t subscribe to the term "over used". Fly what you want but if we use your terms we can apply that same standard to many other planes.
Most people in this game have no clue about the eastern front. Those battles in the east were epic both in the air and on the ground.
When folks refer to 109s or yaks as simply interceptors or point defense fighters it just goes to show how very little they know. 109s flew everything from escort to jabo to sweeps to defense. The LW didn't need planes with 6 hours of fuel, the US did.
The whole idea that if yaks or la7s or spits or the typhie or whatever plane has more the 30 min of fuel at mil power is unrealistic is just pure non-sense and completely irrational considering other game play decisions made to in regards to the main.
How many fluffers do you see dive-bombing fleets in formation? Or doing 3k suicide runs across a field?
When folks then say well the la7 is over used so it should be limited to 21 minutes of fuel it is just asinine. Not only does it diminish diversity but alienates a whole section of players that don’t play the late war run and die game.
It’s those planes, the spits the yaks and the la7s that make the fight fun. With few exceptions the f4us, p51s, jugs etc are just suicide jabos or timid runners.
Heading into a furbal of 20 spits, la7s and yaks is down right fun. Suffering through a 15 min half arsed p51 bore 'n' zzzz "attack" is utterly boring...
The thought of main full of these types of planes hardly makes it attractive....
The main ought to be a sandbox where all gather and have a good time.
Karnak at mil power and 25% fuel the p51 has 13 min of fuel with the FBM at 2.
