Could AH handle realistic bomber guns?

[Kweassa]

Entire player-controlled ack-batteries?

Then all the lala-flying field porkers would get their panties in a knot... LETS DO IT!

 Well.. semi auto I guess. They will act like normal, auto-firing ack when nobody is at the manned ack.

 Ofcourse, HT has commented that the buff guns do not truly converge at one point... but at least loosely, all the defensive guns that has the right angle WILL fire towards the point you are aiming at.. and just look how devastating it is. If a skilled buff gunner is at the guns, even half a second of stationary aiming/firing upon the buff can get you killed.

 I remember a really famous test, I think it was Urchin inside a buff, and some other guy flying a fighter. That guy claimed buffs aren't hard to kill. Urchin challenged the claims.. and the end result is, the guy did survive the buff attack, but failed to shoot down any of Urchin's three buffs.

 So, considering the lethality of the buff guns, if the field acks are slaved to fire towards where the manned ack gunner is aiming at... *shudders*.. now THAT's what you would call integrated AA defense! If a sucky gunner is at the manned ack, the entire field acks would be dinky.. if a skilled gunner is at the manned ack.. it's gonna be murder!

[Lye-El]

Originally posted by Kweassa
Now that is an interesting thought.

 
 Instead of slow-poke autofire guns, how about all base acks are double .50 or 20mm, and they auto fire when nobody is manning the manned acks, but when somebody is in the manned acks they are slaved under the control of that guy?

 Should be interesting.

I LOVE  that idea! I think we would still need the 37mm as they do come in handy during a GV attack where the .50's and 20mm's wouldn't fair so good.  Unless we could get some quad 40 mounts.

[Ecliptik]

That's actually not bad, since .50 cal and 20mm AA batteries are only good for close range point defense.  It would mean that it would be easier to keep vulchers at bay, but you couldn't blow people out of a furball from 1.5k like you can with the 37 mm.