Author Topic: More Ack At Fields (Read 792 times)

Kweassa · « **Reply #15 on:** August 04, 2005, 12:21:46 AM »

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How about a shimmering curtain of electrical energy that exists in a cylinder with a 5 mile diameter and 5000 feet of height? If an plane from a country other than the one holding the base touches the shimmering cylinder, it gets zapped like a moth in a bugwhacker.

How about going away if you got nothing constructive to add?

Kev367th · « **Reply #16 on:** August 04, 2005, 01:44:46 AM »

Increase the ack, hold on will make my porking harder, mmmm.
What the hell I'm always up for a challenge, do it.

Seriously, yup good idea, I have actually came close to deacking a large field all on my own with a Tiff a few times.
Should be harder.

Waffle · « **Reply #17 on:** August 04, 2005, 06:39:06 AM »

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Originally posted by Zazen13
There's a simple solution....Give me a Whirlwind. I'll fix the problem real quick.

Zazen

Lol - give me a deer whistle on my plane - first sign of what you think is a bomb falling you're in the tower.......

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 04, 2005, 09:31:18 AM »

Well, I see it like this.

Leave 1 37 ack. Keep this as AI controlled if no one is in it.

Put in 1 dual 20mm.

Put in 2 dual .50's (or quad, I don't know what was used more).

That's for the tiny airfield.

For the medium add 1 20 and 2 .50's. For the large add on another 20 and 2 more .50's. But then give it a single 5" gun in the middle.

Btw, if you make it so ACK can kill friendly, it's going to get abused and Shane will never be able to up again.

Toad · « **Reply #19 on:** August 04, 2005, 09:43:08 AM »

Just trying to help. After all the sooner we get ALL the air combat out of Aces High the better. After all this is really supposed to be WW2OL.

Think how effective the bugwhacker will be when a friendly runs to the friendly electrical bugwhacker. Can't follow him there, for sure!

So instead of 4,231 new ack guns at a field to protect ack runners, just a simple bugwhacker. I considered massive flocks of crows with frickin' laser beams on their heads but I think there'd be a frame rate hit.

Zazen13 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 04, 2005, 10:46:23 AM »

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Originally posted by Waffle BAS
Lol - give me a deer whistle on my plane - first sign of what you think is a bomb falling you're in the tower.......

Nah, I haveta be convinced that the egg is going to actually hit me before I'll exit, and even then I only bother if I have a bunch of kills in my pelt pouch.

Zazen

Lye-El · « **Reply #21 on:** August 04, 2005, 04:13:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Zazen13
There's a simple solution....Give me a Whirlwind. I'll fix the problem real quick.

Zazen

Yeah, but what about the guys from the other countrys?

You are the only person I have seen on the board that has stated something to the effect "I have an innate ability to hit aircraft with the Osti."

Most of the comments I hear are "How do you hit anything with this?"

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 04, 2005, 06:53:04 PM »

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Originally posted by Toad
Just trying to help. After all the sooner we get ALL the air combat out of Aces High the better. After all this is really supposed to be WW2OL.

Think how effective the bugwhacker will be when a friendly runs to the friendly electrical bugwhacker. Can't follow him there, for sure!

So instead of 4,231 new ack guns at a field to protect ack runners, just a simple bugwhacker. I considered massive flocks of crows with frickin' laser beams on their heads but I think there'd be a frame rate hit.

Shame on you. How dare you say things like that!

I mean comeon, I thought we had already established YOU CANT SAY FRICKEN! *****

Zazen13 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 04, 2005, 07:27:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Lye-El
Yeah, but what about the guys from the other countrys?

You are the only person I have seen on the board that has stated something to the effect "I have an innate ability to hit aircraft with the Osti."

Most of the comments I hear are "How do you hit anything with this?"

I posted a big, "How to..In Ostwind" post. It has helped alot who have read it. I did this because I hate vulching...all vulching...not just that perpetrated agaisnt Rooks. Do a topic search.

Zazen

Flayed1 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 05, 2005, 12:03:04 AM »

I wouldn't mind seeing some tweeking done to the ack. I have deacked a large field with a P51D by myself and I with 1 other squadmate went on a deacking spree with 2 Hurry MK1's. That was fun It wasnt all that hard and we deacked at least 2 bases untill one ack got my oil.

P.S. the gun that got my oil died.

Zwerg · « **Reply #25 on:** August 05, 2005, 03:15:50 AM »

Ack and manned ack deadly only for enemies is in the same catergory as kill shooter. It's not correct in a historical way but it's the only solution in a game environment like the MA. Concerning the 5ers on the fleets. I think the current solution is good. The proximity shells explode near friendlies too, saving the enemy plane without hurting the friendly one.

Field ack: Let's think about it in terms of ressources. Allocate ack dynamically, depending on numbers. Every country in a game has the same ressources. Less players online means, this country made more efforts in producing cannons and has better stationary defense capacities in a wider perimeter around a field. This could even reduce the necessity of eny restriction. This is not a short time solution for sure and would cause some coding.

SlapShot · « **Reply #26 on:** August 05, 2005, 08:37:51 AM »

I considered massive flocks of crows with frickin' laser beams on their heads but I think there'd be a frame rate hit.

... frickin' brilliant !!!

Lye-El · « **Reply #27 on:** August 05, 2005, 04:12:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Zazen13
I posted a big, "How to..In Ostwind" post. It has helped alot who have read it. I did this because I hate vulching...all vulching...not just that perpetrated agaisnt Rooks. Do a topic search.

Zazen

Read it when you posted it. I have also directed others to it. Good post.

DipStick · « **Reply #28 on:** August 07, 2005, 10:40:02 AM »

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Originally posted by Lye-El
If we got decent ack we could take the airplanes out ourselves. And the vulchfests and on the deck bombing would be much more problematical. Of course the vulchballers score would probably degrade due to friendly aircraft getting wheels up and some speed and the bomber box pilots would probably move above 3K..Ohhh, The Horror!

Please refrain from lumping vulchers and furballers in the same group. Two different things.

DipStick · « **Reply #29 on:** August 07, 2005, 10:41:27 AM »

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Originally posted by Waffle BAS
Lol - give me a deer whistle on my plane - first sign of what you think is a bomb falling you're in the tower.......

Zazen PWNED!

PS... I wouldn't have a problem with increased AI ack at a field, as long as it's not the 'puffy' variety.