Originally posted by Kermit de frog
I don't believe Krusty when he says the bombers were going 350 at 15k. Not even at 25k can the b24 go that fast. Unless it's in a dive then I guess it can sustain a speed of 350, but not for long.
I like the idea of having to have a reduce throttle setting if you choose to up in a formation and want to keep it tight.
Heck, I set my throttle and man at reduced settings so I can hit strats from 25K to 30K with one or two salvos.... increases my accuracy when my buff is dead level and on course well in advance. Full throttle in most heavy buffs induces a steady climb. (Love watching LaLas and Spits claw their way to altitude to try and take me on as well).
Never got any of my prop buffs THAT fast though. Ta152 isn't really great around 15K anyways.... and last few I took up show signs of a very weak radiator from when I first flew them. Cannons less effective now (ballistics). Seems to be nerfed to me. I never take them up any more. He still should have had 100mph advantage on them without WEP. Could it have happened? Sure, see bugs below. Would it happen all the time? Not unless the game has been seriously hacked by many people, in which case the same could be done to fighters as well.
Without a film, hard to say what really was wrong. I've been hunted by patient fighters riding stick on capable buff killers for long distances that have chewed me up over time. I've seen countless pilots try (usually unsuccessfully) to take me from a dead six or low six position, or come at me with planes unsuited to killing buffs. Impatient pilots usually fail, although some do get lucky when they come in fast and hard.
I *have* noticed in large formation flights of buffs there will sometimes be one or two flights that are reportedly loaded like the rest, or even upped from a mission, that simply "walk-away" from the rest of the group, whereas other stuggles and never manage to keep up with the rest. Has to be something wrong there, lag issue, throughput on PC side with some players, bug in the code, something, but it is VERY intermittent among different buff formations.
Get rid of the drones? Heck most buffs fly without escorts. We often don't run in large boxes. What if we ran the ratio of 1 fighter for every two bombers like later in WWII Europe? Fighter pilots got it pretty easy already.
As to ground hugging and diving heavy bombers...... I don't really believe in that sort of flying. Suicidal flying. Like defending flyers doing HO collisions cause they know they can reup right away, or fiddle with the connection to come out on top. Weak.
I'll run a B-26 or A-20 on the deck. And I keep begging for a perked Intruder. But those are low level rides, and intend on getting the plane home again.
