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Offline xBarrelx

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If AH was set in a different era to WW2?
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2004, 02:19:42 PM »
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Another old topic brought up for no reason. Who cares? How about that?
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lmao!

Well so we know how you feel.....


But anyway, the reason the game is how it is is because WWII marked an end to an era of skies that were filled with planes for miles. Pilots still had to rely on guns and guns alone. They couldn't launch a missle that was targeted at the opponent. Sure it's more involved than that but not nearly as much as guns alone. SAM's would be a pain in the bellybutton too. Besides, WWII is cooler :cool:
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Re: If AH was set in a different era to WW2?
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2004, 07:27:36 PM »
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So if there was a second AH made in a different era to WW2 what do you reckon would be the best?

E.G. I would love to play in a mid cold war era with F104s, B-52s, Vulcans, Victors, EE Lightnings, F4s, MiG 21s etc...


Not only would a new era broaden the fun factor, it would also be reaching out to the jet propelled crowd, and it could be very lucrative combined with AH 2.

I think the true jet era was Korea and Vietnam, with MiGs and F-86s etc...

The only problem here is that other jet sims are very advanced to compete with. However, this is where a living breathing community would be the part that would win many over.

I think AH is the best WWII sim. I also think that most true simmers go for the prop planes.
In AW for all the 7-8 years I played it, the Korea arena never really fully took off, from my point of view. I never understood this because it was truely great fun, high adrynalin, fast thinking.

*IF* it's easy to convert most of AH2 into a jet sim branch I would think it would be a smart thing to consider.

I'm a firm beleiver of never keeping all my eggs in one basket. ;-)
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« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2004, 07:40:45 PM »
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First World War.... i want a 56 Squadron SE5a :D


World War I! and I want a Sopwith Camel, with Biggles, Algy and Ginger as my wingmen.  :D

If your in 56 squadron flying an SE5a, then you might be winging with old Wilks! lol


Although if some of these wern't german planes, i would have a tough choice between the camel, the SE5, the Albatros, and of course, the daddy of WW1, the fokker Dr7 (the Red barron tri-plane)
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« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2004, 07:47:40 PM »
mmmm se5....





Fokker Dr.1 just a cheaparse imitation of this:-


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« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2004, 09:07:13 PM »
was there ever a Fokker DR.7, or am i getting confused with the DR.1?

and yes, that sopwith triplane is so pretty, but its not a camel :)
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« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2004, 09:08:04 PM »
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Another old topic brought up for no reason. Who cares? How about that? AH2 in it's current form would suck as any other era war, espeically jets.
Sure the 412th could fly high and run in jets just as well as they do now in Pee51s... ;)
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« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2004, 09:57:18 PM »
Korea just guns, guts, and air brakes
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« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2004, 10:17:37 PM »
Do Korea and of course perk the F-86 and MiG-15 so everyone will fly P-51s and Yak-9s.  

Actually, since Korea was the last of the pure gun vs. gun fights, that could be a nice arena for Aces High III.
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« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2004, 11:13:51 PM »


A war that never happened.  1930 - 1935  Last of the biplanes and fixed gear monoplanes battling it out..

Where the.. get this ..

Brewster Buffalo is a perk plane!!:rofl
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« Reply #24 on: July 22, 2004, 01:29:43 AM »
WW1.

.and I'm starting a Timothy Leary squad....


...The "25th Tuned Outs"

We only fly planes with really far out paint schemes man.






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« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2004, 03:24:45 AM »
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WW1.

.and I'm starting a Timothy Leary squad....


...The "25th Tuned Outs"

We only fly planes with really far out paint schemes man.








LMAO

i only just realised that your avatar is you (or someone) standing in the biggest freakin' dumper truck in the world!

Airbumba for president of the world!

nice one!  

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« Reply #26 on: July 22, 2004, 03:50:37 AM »
SPAD SPAD SPAD !

With the 37mm big f*ing gun !
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« Reply #27 on: July 22, 2004, 05:07:45 AM »
There was a butterer D.VII mechanic. was a very good late war fighter.



there was a fight in October 1918 in which William Barker fought 60 single handedly in a Sopwith Snipe.

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On October 27, 1918, while flying alone, he encountered sixty Fokker D.VIIs flying in stepped formation. In this hreoic battle with Jagdgeschwader 3, Barker shot down four enemy aircraft despite serious wounds to both legs and his elbow. Fainting from pain and loss of blood, he managed to crash land his Snipe safely behind British lines. Barker received the Victoria Cross (VC) for this action.

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"On the morning of the October 27, 1918, this officer observed an enemy two-seater over the Foret de Mormal. He attacked this machine and after a short burst it broke up in the air. At the same time a Fokker biplane attacked him, and he was wounded in the right thigh, but managed, despite this, to shoot down the enemy aeroplane in flames. He then found himself in the middle of a large formation of Fokkers who attacked him from all directions, and was again severely wounded in the left thigh, but succeeded in driving down two of the enemy in a spin. He lost consciousness after that, and his machine fell out of control. On recovery, he found himself being again attacked heavily by a large formation, and singling out one machine he deliberately charged and drove it down in flames. During this fight his left elbow was shattered and he again fainted, and on regaining consciousness he found himself still being attacked, but notwithstanding that he was now severely wounded in both legs and his left arm shattered, he dived on the nearest machine and shot it down in flames. Being greatly exhausted, he dived out of the fight to regain our lines, but was met by another formation, which attacked and endeavored to cut him off, but after a hard fight he succeeded in breaking up this formation and reached our lines, where he crashed on landing. This combat, in which Major Barker destroyed four enemy machines (three of them in flames), brought his total successes to fifty enemy machines destroyed, and is a notable example of the exceptional bravery and disregard of danger which this very gallant officer has always displayed throughout his distinguished career." VC citation, London Gazette, November 30, 1918

 
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« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2004, 05:56:29 AM »
Ernest udet wasnt to bad either
had about 60 kills by the end of ww1
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« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2004, 07:26:21 AM »
Blast ya, now I'm really missing AW.  WW1 Fokker DR1 what a ride :D  remb the fun in TA , flying fokker Dr1 vs the WW2 rides, hehehe.

hmmmm  AH2 engine codes etc , DR1 just might own any WW2 ride. of course the DR1 pilot would be hollering "runstuka, can't handle this slow wannabe plane?"

hmmm me thinks AH2 needs the P-26 PeaShooter. hey, it did get some kills, in the pacific during WW2.   :D
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