From the revision notes:
Revised the 3D shapes of the F4U's. The F4U-1C was excluded from the revision as it will eventually be dropped as a separate plane when a perk ordnance system is developed.
Okay....some of us will panic, other will cheer, but really there is little to no info to go on for this.
Speculation part. Assuming you will spend perks on an F4U-1A or F4F-4 to outfit it as a C-Hog with cannons, what other rides have varients that could come under this kind of system?
Fighter-side I can think of a couple planes, mostly German and Japanese side (Americans planes have pretty good lead now, so I'd put effort into other nation planes first, then move to U.S. stables). I can't find any varients of the existing British, Russian, or Italian fighter or attack planes that would be an ordanance issue only.
The Ki-84 la had several varients such as:
* Ki-84 Ib (Mark Ib) -four cannons Ho-5 of 20 mm
* Ki-84 Ic (Mark Ic) -Version against Bombers, with two cannons Ho-5 of 20 mm and Ho-105 of 30 mm in wings
The Ta-152 C varient:
from Wiki."C-model was designed to operate at lower altitudes than the H-model, and had an even heavier armament consisting of one MK 108 30 mm cannon firing through the propeller hub, and four MG 151/20 20 mm cannons. Two of the 20 mm cannons were mounted above the engine (in the engine cowling), and the other two in the wing roots. The Ta 152 C could destroy even the heaviest enemy bombers with a short burst, but the added weight of the armament affected speed and turn rates negatively"
* Ki-61-II-KAIb with 4x 20 mm cannon, although I don't know if this varient had the reinforced wing to carry the bomb load that the Ki-61-I-KAIc could.
* A A6M5b upgrade to: "A6M5c Model 52c «Hei»" with more armor plate on the cabin's windshield (5.5 cm) and in the pilot's seat. This version also possessed armament of three 13.2 millimeter guns (one in the cowling, and one in each wing with a rate of fire at 800 rpm), twin 20 millimeter Type 99-II guns and an additional fuel tank with a capacity of 367 liters, often replaced by a 250 kg bomb.
* Guessing gondola pods on german fighters become a perk cost.
* Would heavy ammo loads in Jugs and P38's and such become a perk cost?
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Bomber sideSince buffs may be considered more important in the taking of bases and towns now with newest revisions, I'm not sure how you can put a ord perk into effect with bombers. I certainly can't see nerfing the existing bombers and buff drivers from the current situation, despite what some rabid make-everything-fightertown furballer may want to see.
Buff driving now takes time, and low alt attacks are almost certain suicide against new flack positons, so even more time is needed for buff drivers to get to at least 10K AGL over targets. Nerf the buffs, you'll see even fewer of them, and static WWI trench-line warfare in the arenas with little movement (which some tactically-only minded folks would like to see of course....they would not have to consider strategic parts of the game any more at all... and avoid their heads hurting....ouchie ouchie ouchie).
Do you bring out the huge mother Tallboy and Grand Slam Bombs?
Noted, bomb bay doors needed to be refitted, and these were carried by B1 Specials, but the differences between the BI and BIII were very slight, mostly engine installation proceedures at assembly.
21 foot (6.4 m) long 12,000 lb (5,448 kg) 'Tallboy' or 25.5 foot (7.77 m) long 22,000 lb (9,979 kg) "Grand Slam" "earthquake" bombs.

Could these even be modeled to produce the right effect in the arena, or would code limitations mean these would not be as effective as they were in real life?
Do you allow perk points spent on loading a bomber to it's maximum bomb load?
* Lancs in game carry Typical Load of 14,000 lb (6,400 kg) but had a Maximum Load of 22,000 lb (10,000 kg).... the Grand Slam. Here, bomb bay space limitations would be the biggest factor in loadout.
* B17's in the game carry a medium (for B17's) bomb load of up to 6K pounds. B17's could install aux fuel tanks which took up space in the bomb bay. The most a B17 could carry was 8K pounds for an 800 miles round trip to 4,500 lbs on a 1,600 miles round trip. Historical average was 4,000 to 5,000 pounds ord per planes, but the bomb bay space limitations often came to bear on this, especially with inboard aux tanks.
* B24's in game carry the typical maximum of 8,000 pounds, although B-24's have been know to carry up to 12,000 pounds at times, even over great distances when stripped of extra weight:
From Wiki:
In the China Burma India (CBI) theater, one RAF commander stripped his B-24’s of what he considered excess weight (including all centerline guns) and carried 8,000 lb bomb loads at night to Bangkok, a roundtrip of over 2,100 miles, and 12,000 lb to Rangoon, a roundtrip of over 1,400 miles.
Can bombers buy additional drones with perks as was once considered in the Wish List Forums? Say, purchase up to 3 more drones flying behind the first formation? Might be more difficult than it's worth, and drone gunnery would be pretty poor with 800 intersection point for whole flight, but might be worth spending perks on.
Buff drivers probably would like the ability to spend perks on maximum load outs at times, or tall-boy and grand slam bombs. Although, another perk-worthy plane would be nice as well.
A-26 Invader would be my choice.
Or maybe an He-177?
What other thoughts to the "perk ordnance system is developed" do people here have?
