Thoughts on perking ord etc...
I don't like the direction it's taking. Phasing out all ord in the arena? A separate arena just for bombing? Putting 10 barracks at a large field, doubling the number of ack guns per field? The only thing that's going on is the total elimination of base capture. This is confirmed with the fact that the war is no longer won by reset, but reset at regular intervals (on a timer, if you will).
Why have a map with 100+ fields, if NONE of them will ever change hands?
I don't like the way this is going. It didn't work for Microsoft's Fighter Ace and it won't work here.
As for general perking of armament options, that has some interesting potential. I don't think we'll see 4x20mm spitfires (those were never really used with 4 guns) but we might see things like c-hog guns on the D-hog, or maybe Schrage Muzik guns for the 110G, or quad-303-gun on the lancaster tail. Some interesting options open up. The much-lamented LA7 3-gun package could be suppressed by a large margin, and perhaps the 30mm can be re-added to the 109G-6 but perked (same for gondolas on the 109F-4?).
What I'd like/LOVE to see, possibly perked:
-12x .303 cal guns on the Hurr2C, making a Hurr2B
-2 pods of 2x MG151/20 each for the 190A-5 and A-8 (heavy drag as well)
-extra bomb racks on the later P38s (carrying 4 bombs, sometimes 6)
-if we ever get an Alison P51A, heavily perked 4x20mm option
-50cal option on later spits that still have 4x.303s (9? Nah, 8?)
I'd like to see the malcolm hood on the P51B perked! I'm not kidding, it gives it a huge advantage. If you don't perk it, you get the old greenhouse canopy.
