Petition for Night, weather, wind

[hubsonfire]

There have been a few good points made regarding night, primarily the specialized aircraft and tactics, that I simply hadn't thought much of in the past. Having considered those, and the difficulty/ensuing whines involved in a severely limited planeset/shift in tactics for a short period of time, I'm going to hop over the fence and withdraw my support of night. I remain, however, adamant about realism-as-I-see-it, and demand something that suits my tastes, if not the reality.  

Seriously, I would like some variety in weather, sporadic intense fog, overcast fronts, and some big puffy clouds, or something along those lines. Flying into the sun most of the time does wear thin.

[DaddyAck]

Please fellow pilots do not take me as an overzelous newb, I love the main and combat arenas the way they are, I just do not see the harm in having even a small portion of hight time and some weather patterns.  Perhaps Tour of Duty will incorporate these things?  Oh well.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[stantond]

I personally hate night.

When the day comes that I cannot take off due to fog, that will be the last day I fly AH.  I don't think I am alone either.  A similar statement goes for rain, hurricanes, blizzards, electrical storms and yes, night.  In the past, night has never stopped anyone from taking off though.

I hate night.  

Just so that is clear.  Also, I think the clouds added are very cool!


Regards,

Malta

[AmRaaM]

forget the night...more clouds at varying alts

[mussie]

Night ---> Spotlights ---> Landing Lights ---> Runway Lights
COOL

Weather ---> Reduced Visability ---> Wind ---> More Thought Put Into Flights
COOL

Thick Clouds ---> Bombers Hiding In Them Appearing From No Where
COOL

Come on HT Aces High is a sim not death match

Make Two Arenas one for Sim and One For Blasting Each other

I Bet there would be more paying players in the Sim Arena

[DaddyAck]

I like the idea of search lights, and cloud cover at night.  That would add tactical value only if at night the plane icon range was a. decreased (needing to get closer to see them) or b. made smaller or c. both. Because as of now you still get that nice loud red lettering above the enemy.

I do like also the Weather, and I do not think that horendous storms would actually ground any one nor would extensive fog because that would probablt lose money, I think the weather would be more of a scattered showers or behaps snow showers, ans as far as fog goes.  I think that fog would be used only in early morning after a rain, and even then it would not be thin and would burn off quickly in the hot AH2 sun

[mars01]

I just do not see the harm in having even a small portion of hight time and some weather patterns.

There already is a small portion of night time and it sux for guys like myself that just want to fight.

[DaddyAck]

Unless they put it back in the MA there in no night, It goes from sunset then imediately sunrise.

[mars01]

So its not dark enough for you to hide

[SPQR]

How long has it been since night has been implemented? If it's been awhile then why not play test it again and see where people stand. As flyers come and go maybe there's a new attitude about it. Let's say 30 min. of night. That's long enough for Lanc's to do their night bombing runs. hehehe. Also if night interceptors were incorporated, I'd be interested in how they did their job with their varying armament.

[DaddyAck]

Yes the whole night interceptor (110 with the new black skin) versus RAF night bombing missions would be cerry cool.

[mars01]

Yes the whole night interceptor (110 with the new black skin) versus RAF night bombing missions would be cerry cool.

So the whole community has to suffer so that you can fly 110s against Lancs in the dark lol.  

What if I have no interest in flying either of those, should I just log off till the sun comes back up.  At least during day time you could still fly your 110 and Lanc.

Like I said, Night is great for CT and/or TOD but negatively impact too many for the MA.

[maxxius]

Originally posted by mussie
Night ---> Spotlights ---> Landing Lights ---> Runway Lights
COOL

Weather ---> Reduced Visability ---> Wind ---> More Thought Put Into Flights
COOL

Thick Clouds ---> Bombers Hiding In Them Appearing From No Where
COOL


Make Two Arenas one for Sim and One For Blasting Each other

 

I LIKE THIS IDEA OF 2 MAIN ARENAS

i like the idea of runway and landing lights even more......

[Howitzer]

Originally posted by mars01
So the whole community has to suffer so that you can fly 110s against Lancs in the dark lol.  

What if I have no interest in flying either of those, should I just log off till the sun comes back up.  At least during day time you could still fly your 110 and Lanc.

Like I said, Night is great for CT and/or TOD but negatively impact too many for the MA.

Nah, just skin a p38 all black, and call it a "night fighter".  That will be really fun.  Or better yet I could up a GV in the dark and see how many trees I run into that I can't see, then post on the BBS about what BS that is.  Or, just log off for the hour of night and play "try to kick myself in the prettythang" waiting for the sun to come up.    


Hard enough to see things at dusk, forget about nighttime.  As for realism, how many WWII fighter pilots just begged to fly nighttime missions?  I bet not many  =)


I'm with Mars and the other guys... keep air quake alive!!!  BTW, I have a request for "quad damage"  =)

[mussie]

Put head lights on the GV and that way you could see.

Again if you hear an plane cut your lights.

If your a good fighter pilot then why not take up the challenge of dropping a buff at night, Imagine the tracer fire from bombers and fighters again very cool