New Patch!

[AKFokerFoder+]

If the enemy can now tell that I am in a 190A8 rather than an uber D9, they certainly will know they can run me down quickly.

This means I will either have to modify my tactics, or change planes.

I kind of liked the 190A8.  But now that you can no longer disguise yourself, I am sure that many will now change to the more uber rides.

For me that will probably be a Dora, or a LA7 or maybe go back to the Pony D. I like the Pony, but the guns package is way to light for bombers.

I really think that this will have some major impact on game play.

I will adapt, improvise and overcome.

[Furball]

Originally posted by AKFokerFoder+

I will adapt, improvise and overcome.

screw that.. Whine for victory!

[Pyro]

The max velocity was increased by increasing the rocket's thrust.  This required the detonation time to be reduced as well.  It's now very close to the specs that Mando posted.

[JB73]

ahh thank you sir! great to hear.

[vorticon]

Originally posted by Furball
yay!

PILOT CAN SHOOT!! W00T!

yes, but can he hold the gun gangsta style?

[Wotan]

I disagree with this and wish it would not have been added. Gives the other guy too much information, which RL combat pilots did/do not have.

Bazi

Folks see will see 'G-6' and know it's not a G-10 or an F-4 and know its not a G-2.

Folks will go after the lesser planes avoid the tougher ones. It will continue to push folks into late war aircraft.

All the element of the 'hunt' and the unknown is slowly disappearing from AH, not that there was much there to begin with.

AH2 icons at the beginning were great then they added the +/- and allowed them to be huge by allow a larger increase in size. Now you know the exact plane type.

Who's going to fly a Hurri 1 or Spit 1 or Emil, F4F, P-40B etc...

With the fuel mod and now with exact plane type AH2 is truly the Allies High just as many folks around the the flight game circles claim it is.

If that's how AH will continue to make money more power to them but it doesn't bode well for the future of ToD, at least imo.

[BigGun]

not many folks..small handful from what i have read.

[Cooley]

agreed, I like not knowing at first and having to try to identify type of a/c, weather a franz or G10 etc.

[moose]

for once i kinda agree with the naysayers.. i enjoyed outfitting my F4 with skins that looked closer to G10 and vice versa, hoping to catch spit pilots off guard...

kinda curious as to the reasoning behind changing what i thought was a decent system to begin with? i didnt see many people calling for that feature?

[Octavius]

After seeing it in action only for a few moments online, my opinion has changed.  With moose now :/

[JB73]

how far out does the change take place?

[Octavius]

I think the aim may have been just the opposite actually.  Perhaps it is meant to add a little ambiguity at far ranges.  I saw the effect on friendlies take place under a thousand yards.  If this distance is changeable, my personal preference would be under 200yds or even closer for a true ID.

[Pongo]

LAGG---la5, la7
Machi--- mc202, mc205
Typhoon-----typhoon, tempest


The system cannot penalize some planes becuase the designers didnt follow the Spit and 109 lead of keeping the same name for very very different aircraft.

Will the pilot be able to have a perk side arm?

[Fariz]

I think ranged icons is a nice addition to the game. Think of it, before we could destinguish planes at close range due to their camo. Now if you have textures switched on, you can't say what is what because of too many different camos available (some camos of diff. models are very close to each other, and they are too many to easily remember). So it is only bringing situation back to AH1 standards.

It also solve some strange things, like all planes were Spits, but la5 and la7 had different tags. HogC which were almost totally identical to HogD had a separate tag. Do you really believe pilots could destinguish cannon bird from mg at 6k? New feature makes it all less confusion and more logical.

[moose]

i just can't warm up to the idea.. as much as i try to hash it different ways

with such a broad planeset with different versions of planes there are so many different strategies that go into a typical dogfight. (1v1 for instance)

if that plane knows im an f4, then they'll extend wherever possible... if they know im a g10, then they might try and tnb me.. and vice versa

it reduces the element of surprise to zero in my mind

who knows, maybe enough people will not like it to change it back. im sure htc will listen if people are mature about being critical