Originally posted by Rafe35
I agree and I disagree with Wotan...
Be nice to have P-47C instead P-47N (It could wait little longer), but again i think it perfect for "What If" for Combat Theater or other special event.
The 'what if's' ain't gonna cut it in ToD.
One reason the CT and some of the events don't draw a lot of folks is because its always the same handful of planes but on different map (sometimes same planes, same map just called something different). The 'what ifs' are subjective and vary with the bias of the CM.
I designed, CO'd and participated in many events in AH, I was a CT CM for a time. Most of the 'what ifs' aren't put together because they 'may be interesting'. They are put together because you either go with 'what if' or you do nothing.
OK, all you fellows complaining about "why did HTC add a P47N!"
It will be good for the MA - where most players are and more importantly it was an easy add. I mean jeez...they were already re-doing the the damn jug line (and 51, so we might still get an A36 or sumpthin') and you just tweak the art and flight model and badda-bing!
First who is complaining?
I could careless what plane HT adds or doesn't add to the game. From a practical stand point the P-47N will be as insignificant in the main as any of the other P-47s.
They 'could have just tweaked the art and FM' and come up with a C or earlier D which is needed.
They likely will add new variants with every model makeover from here on out. thats what the new version of AH does for them, it makes that easy. Holy schnitt they already workin on TOD and people *****in about the amazing fact that they add anything (good grief)
It's taken 4+ years to get the planes you have now in AH. The 'they will just add another variant later' isn't how it has worked yet. Given the amount of wholes in the plane set and the amount of work left to get the rest of the aircraft up to AH2 standards it will be a while before the Jugs are revisited.
ToD has been talked about for 2+ years. The plane set and the wholes in it will go a long way in determining how successful it will be.
The P-47N is just another late war US plane. Even in a PAC setup for ToD it isn't needed. All late US planes are already faster then any Japanese plane. Even its extended range isn't even that important because I doubt the missions in ToD will require a full fuel load. Folks in this thread are already talking 25% fuel and a dt etc...
The main in AH is already as good as it will ever get. Another late war US plane hardly adds much to the game.
It maybe a plane you like but be honest, beyond that it doesn't add much to the game, main/ToD/CT/events or otherwise.
As I said ToD is either further away then we think or there's no real plan outside some code tinkering to bring it off.
If ToD is expected to compete for players then substitution roulette won't cut it...
As I said:
Anyway enjoy your new plane when you get it. Any 'new plane' is better then nothing...
If the P-47N is the plane you like then have fun with it. Lets not pretend there is much more to it then that.
tell me truthfully, have you ever taken a 47 into a dogfight and won?????
There were at one time a lot of P-47 guys in AH who would / could mix it up and win. Some of the most fun I have had in AH was against well flown jugs. It had little to do with the plane itself. Frenchy and Nomde ect... kicked serious arse.
I am sure they will do it even better in the N.
