Originally posted by DREDIOCK
P61 was an extreamly manuverable plane
and while its primary use was a night fighter itwasnt limited to night fling only. It was also used in Air to ground operations.
Daytime, Night time., Dar. Doesnt matter as all planes have these in flight anyway. so whats to keep a plane that traditionally had it from being made available when we have planes that didnt traditionally have it having dar?
But wait. Now that I think about it There very well could be a use for a dar equipped fighter. There certainly is a need.Like when your countries dar is out. Have dar still available on the P61. Say maybe for a 1 sector radious
I dont think anyone who was a Knight last night could not have wanted a dar equipped aircraft.
I also think the P61 would also be used alot in attacking GVs. Much in the same way the 25 is used now
I see your point, but I guess my point was more towards the relative value of adding the aircraft. In other words, if we only get one fighter, lets make it one with the greatest contribution towards enhancing the AH environment.
The P-61 was a great plane, and i did say I'd love to have it. But, I would argue that other planes could make greater, or broader contributions to the MA/CT/Special Event environments.
While the P-61 was maneuverable, it was maneuverable
for a multiple engine, multiply crewed aricraft. Against a true fighter it would have the same problems the 110 has in fighter roles. With only 1 fighter available, I'd prefer one that had more anti-dayfighter capability.
However, VERY interesting idea about having 1 sector DAR available for nightfighters. Would that throw the game balance against HQ runs, essentially removing the value of those high risk operations? Or, would the performance limitations of the nightfighters balance that out. If implemented, should a LESS capable nightfighter be chosen, so as to balance gameplay? In other words, should we have a highly vulnerable, almost AWACS level local radar platform that enemies hunt and friendlies need to protect, as they now (theoretically) protect goons? This has some very interesting implications.....
