Author Topic: Fighter Arena? (Read 6175 times)

DipStick · « **Reply #30 on:** May 07, 2005, 10:25:09 PM »

Eagler this is so far from CT it's not even funny.

Yes Jackal a new arena, just another "choice".

Waiting on Widewing or somebody to help divide the planes by Early | Mid | Late.

Kwan · « **Reply #31 on:** May 07, 2005, 10:43:14 PM »

Yes ..... I LIKE it ......... as a new arena.

FBRaptor · « **Reply #32 on:** May 07, 2005, 10:44:03 PM »

I would think a complete new arena would not be as good as adding it to the cormers of main arena. A new aren you would have to log out and in to get back and forth. Sometimes u may just want to jump to fighter town for a few quickies and then right back to the land grab

eskimo2 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 07, 2005, 10:50:16 PM »

One of the things that I like best about this idea is that it promotes furballing; a high ceiling promotes cherry-picking. We already have a good cherry-picking environment - the MA (and often the CT). Ideally players should enter the furball without an advantage or disadvantage to those already involved.

Personally, it is rare I hit 10K in the MA or CT; when I do it’s only because ALL of the visible enemy are higher. When I hit 10K, I’m usually getting bored and thinking of logging off. A high ceiling results in a boring climbing contest. A low ceiling will promote more intense compact fights. A low ceiling will help the fight more than it will hurt it.

eskimo

Eagler · « **Reply #34 on:** May 08, 2005, 12:45:54 AM »

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Originally posted by DipStick
Eagler this is so far from CT it's not even funny.

the CT is closer to it than the MA is ... at least there is some type of planeset management there now

great idea - just saying it be easier to set something like that up in CT for a week or two, to test the waters, than to get HT to setup another server

... and use the shorter icon setting as CT now does

Howitzer · « **Reply #35 on:** May 08, 2005, 03:01:44 AM »

YUP, I love it!

This is NOT DA or CT either. You can vulch in those two, which the ack takes care of. You can pork there which the hardness takes care of. You can fly at 20k and pick people like a little **** all day which the wind will fix. Sounds great to me Dipstick!

Schaden · « **Reply #36 on:** May 08, 2005, 06:56:35 AM »

Why have bases at all, why not just add air starts and unlimited ammo?

Jackal1 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 08, 2005, 08:37:55 AM »

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Originally posted by DipStick

Yes Jackal a new arena, just another "choice".

Good luck with the Coad man.

Edbert1 · « **Reply #38 on:** May 08, 2005, 09:58:56 AM »

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Originally posted by Schaden
Why have bases at all, why not just add air starts and unlimited ammo?

By that comment I assume you are equating the desire to have a place where dogfighting can take place without interference from toolshedders to an aerial game of quake. I'm going to also assume you are being purely sarcastic and will only answer "no" to your question.

GooseAW · « **Reply #39 on:** May 08, 2005, 10:52:19 AM »

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Originally posted by Toad
Do what Eskimo says.

I think that's what he did/said....?

eskimo2 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 08, 2005, 01:48:02 PM »

Eskimo’s suggestion for plane categorization; based on:
MA K/D, Top deck speed & climb rate, Turn rate, Armament, & Year of deployment.
Emphasis placed on overall performance and MA K/D.
Note that dive bombers with minimal stinger guns are included (Why not?).

Discuss:

Early War Planes
A6M2
Bf 109E-4
C.202
D3A1
Hurricane IID
Hurricane Mk I
Ju 87D-3
P-40B
SBD-5
Spitfire Mk IA

Mid War Planes
A6M5b
Bf 109F-4
Bf 109G-2
Bf 109G-6
Bf 110C-4b
Bf 110G-2
C.205
F4F-4
F4U-1
F4U-1D
F6F-5
FM2
Fw 190A-8
Fw 190A-5
Fw 190F-8
Hurricane IIC
Il-2 Type 3
Ki-61-I-KAIc
Ki-84-Ia
La-5FN
Mosquito Mk VI
N1K2-J
P-38J
P-38L
P-40E
P-47D-11
P-47D-25
P-51B
Seafire IIC
Spitfire Mk IX
Spitfire V
Yak-9T

Late War Planes
Bf 109G-10
F4U-1C
F4U-4
Fw 190D-9
La-7
P-47D-30
P-51D Mustang
Spitfire Mk XIV
Ta 152H
Tempest V
Typhoon
Yak-9U

Uber Late War Excluded Planes
Me 163
Me 262

Krusty · « **Reply #41 on:** May 08, 2005, 02:21:05 PM »

The following need to be taken from the category they are in and shifted to the next category down.

C.202
C.205
LA5

Trust me. In 1941 setup the 202 dominates. It's more of a mid war plane. The 205 is not as uber as some, but has better power and weapons and is more like a low-end late-war performer.

La5 is just a no-brainer. It's a half step behind the LA7

Also, why can't you duplicate planes? All of early are in mid. All of early and mid are in late. So that late has them all (for those that want to fly the a6m2 vs the chog, for example)

MOSQ · « **Reply #42 on:** May 08, 2005, 02:59:58 PM »

Eskimo, the Typhoon first flew operational combat missions in 1941.
Nos. 56 and 609 Squadrons based at Duxford began to receive their Typhoons in September 1941.

They were not a late war development machine. That was the Tempest.

ghi · « **Reply #43 on:** May 08, 2005, 03:25:39 PM »

Yes,
cool, but more than half of the players care about bases, war destiny, for me i like both furballs and bases capture/defence, Furballs are fun but can't just dogfight untill puke.This furball bases, and some GVs bases TT,sould be out of #s of bases need for reset ,

DipStick · « **Reply #44 on:** May 08, 2005, 03:33:43 PM »

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Originally posted by ghi
Yes,
cool, but more than half of the players care about bases, war destiny, for me i like both furballs and bases capture/defence, Furballs are fun but can't just dogfight untill puke.This furball bases, and some GVs bases TT,sould be out of #s of bases need for reset ,

I can understand your point ghi. If you feel like capturing a base, porking, GVing or whatever you could log in the MA.

For those of us who login for a good fight and only have an hour or so, this would be a great option. Don't you think?