ZZ3 – sorry, didn’t want to sound patronising, but I genuinely feel that if you dislike WW2 realism, a WW2 combat sim is an unusual choice of game out of the ones available. That’s all.
My biggest disappointment with AH2 is that Steve has bagged it. Up until now, I had been speaking about AH2 based on time in the various beta versions. Last night was the first time I played the 2.0 production version. I flew off the CV all the time in Hogs – both C and D. I want to practise the gunnery in those first, and will then try out the more difficult cannon armed planes like 109. As expected, I died quite a lot, but got lots of kills too. I was trying out different moves against adversaries to see what I could and couldn’t get away with.
There’s nothing wrong with the gunnery! The only slight difficulty I have is judging the distance with the new ranging system, because 400 yards is too far, and 200 is starting to get too close! I tried some S&P shots at 400/600yds. Got occasional hits as expected, but no blasting wings off at that range, which is as it should be. Some of the old gamey tactics are gone, like the N1K helicopter 800yd vertical spray shots, and that is a good thing. The buff gunners’ 1400yd laser beams seem to have been toned down.
I had two thoroughly enjoyable sessions yesterday, and will definitely be coming back for more. Originally, I had been disappointed about TOD not being part of AH2, but the revisions that set AH2 apart from AH1 have put paid to much of the old gamey crap we used to see in AH1, so my disappointment has been allayed considerably.
Now come on, Steve. Stop being a TBCW poofta. I know that there are difficulties for some with the required hardware upgrade(s) but I don’t think you’re affected by those difficulties. Go offline and practise shooting at 300yds or less. Get into the MA and show a little humility. You might have to die to dweebs like me. Swallow your pride. I realise that in your case that’s a meal that may require several sittings.
;) If you can’t do that, then just start up a 2-week account so you can die anonymously. Admittedly, cherry picking could well be a lot harder. Deal with it. But don’t bag it, else I’ll have to come over there to wring your neck! I'm even going to make it easier for you by changing the colour of that quote you don't like. When you get back, I'll delete it altogether.
