Author Topic: Planes that Aces High forgot (Read 2289 times)

Puertorican · « **on:** January 07, 2007, 04:19:27 PM »

Can anyone do a small favor for me? Yes please tell me why they forgot about the Mig1, Mig3, I-16, and the Gloster Meteor?

I e-mai;ed them and they never answered me back. I just want to know if anyone would like to fly them that way i can mail them again telling them how many people want these planes to be made.

Planes:

Mig1
Mig3
I-16
Gloster Meteor

nirvana · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2007, 04:47:59 PM »

Search MiG1 or MiG3 and Meteor, there are plenty of threads on them. In fact we recently discussed the Meteor, apparently it only saw ground attack and V1 interception, no actual A2A.

The other planes have also been discussed before, I'd venture a guess that HTC saw other planes more important.

Noir · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2007, 04:52:44 PM »

as nirvana said )

Mako15 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2007, 04:43:36 PM »

This has been hashed over so many times there's no real point in it...hehe I've even posted a complete list of all the planes that saw the same amount of action that the plane ingame with the least amount (Me-163) has...no response, and lots of folks talking about how those planes weren't important in the war...(uh huh B-25 was the first plane to raid Tokyo, not important!) and so on...

with respect,
Mako

nirvana · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2007, 07:32:55 PM »

Bombers take a long time to do, if I recall correctly a response from HTC. The other planes. as I previously said, were probably thought more important by HTC. For example, the B17 is more well known in my opinion because it was the primary American bomber in the ETO and MTO.

Serenity · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2007, 07:53:17 PM »

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Originally posted by nirvana
Bombers take a long time to do, if I recall correctly a response from HTC. The other planes. as I previously said, were probably thought more important by HTC. For example, the B17 is more well known in my opinion because it was the primary American bomber in the ETO and MTO.

As was the Heinkel He-111. And the M4 Sherman. And, a Ju-87 that had a dive-siren. And, the B-29. AND the B-25 was famous.

Planes I have heard of infrequently, or not at all before AH:

Arado Ar-234 (Heard of but not much)
Messerschmitt Me-163 (Heard of but not much)
Junkers Ju-88 (Heard of but not much)
Lavochkin La-7
Lavochkin La-5
Yakolev 9U
Yakolev 9T
FM2
N1K2
Boston III
A-20G
B-26 (Grandpa flew one a few times. Thats the only place I had heard of it)
A6M5
Typhoon (I honestly thought that was fake when I saw it here)
Tempest (Same as above)
Spitfire XVI (Thos clipped wings were new to me)
M-8
M-16MGMC
Ostwind (I knew of a 'FlakPanzer' more alike the Wirbelwind)
Seafire IIC (Heard of but not much)
LVTA-2
LVTA-4
B-24J (I heard of that a decent deal, its just not very well known IMHO)

And yet all of the above are in the game. While there is something to be said for having things no one else does, perhaps it would be to a game designers best interests to not only have planes no one else does, but to also have the planes people EXPECT from them. Just my 2 cents.

nirvana · « **Reply #6 on:** January 13, 2007, 03:37:27 AM »

Ju-87 with a dive siren was an early war plane, and the only thing people would fly it for would be the dive siren, as it is the Stuka barely gets any play in the LW arenas. The Sherman, as I understand, would be ripped apart like an M8.

In the same thread which HTC (I believe it was Pyro) said bombers took a long time, which is why the B29 isn't in game already. The B25 gets a lot of notoriety from the Doolittle Raid whereas, in my opinion, the B17 and P51 are THE American symbols of WWII.

Once again, it's about what the company saw as important. My apologies for playing devil's advocate.

Benny Moore · « **Reply #7 on:** January 13, 2007, 05:54:47 AM »

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Originally posted by Serenity
Planes I have heard of infrequently, or not at all before AH:

A6M5

Come on. You're right about the rest of your list not being famous, but everyone knows about the Zeke (Zero). It's the single most well-known airplane of the war, due to the world's disturbing obsession over Japanese culture.

Widewing · « **Reply #8 on:** January 13, 2007, 10:16:00 AM »

Aircraft like the MiG-1 and MiG-3 were minor players compared to the Yaks and Lavochkins.

How many people know that Stalin ordered an end to their production?

Stalin sent a telegram to the factory managers building the MiG-3 and its AM-35 engines and stated: "We need IL-2s, not MiGs! Let this be the final warning to both of you. -No. P533 Stalin" The MiGs were largely ineffective and poor handling handling aircraft. MiG-3 production halted immediately.

My regards,

Widewing

Kweassa · « **Reply #9 on:** January 13, 2007, 11:32:47 AM »

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due to the world's disturbing obsession over Japanese culture.

Obviously not as disturbing as your xenophobic stance.

1K3 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2007, 01:28:06 PM »

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Originally posted by someone who's downright ignorant
due to the world's disturbing obsession over Japanese culture.

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Originally posted by Kweassa
Obviously not as disturbing as your xenophobic stance.

BURN!!!:aok

Serenity · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2007, 10:34:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Benny Moore
Come on. You're right about the rest of your list not being famous, but everyone knows about the Zeke (Zero). It's the single most well-known airplane of the war, due to the world's disturbing obsession over Japanese culture.

<---- lives in hawaii

I know of zeros. The 5 model is new to me. Ive only heard of the A6M2.

Serenity · « **Reply #12 on:** January 13, 2007, 10:39:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
Obviously not as disturbing as your xenophobic stance.

Google is your friend. Search the words "World War Two" and "Japan" under video. There is some truely disturbing stuff... Granted the japanese soldiers (or the higher ranks at least) were probably the most disturbing people I have ever heard of to the point where I refuse to even fly Japanese planes because, well, call me a racist, but I refuse to contribute to fame of ANYTHING used by the Japanese people. The citizens dont bother me, my best friend is Japanese, as is the girl I love, its just their military that REALLY bothers me. Look at my scores, not a single Japanese plane EVER (except when I was ordered to during that scenario). Call me a racist if you will. Or Xenophobic. But the Japanese military was SCREWED UP!!!

Lusche · « **Reply #13 on:** January 13, 2007, 11:09:13 PM »

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Originally posted by Serenity
but I refuse to contribute to fame of ANYTHING used by the Japanese people. The citizens dont bother me, my best friend is Japanese, as is the girl I love, its just their military that REALLY bothers me. Look at my scores, not a single Japanese plane EVER (except when I was ordered to during that scenario). Call me a racist if you will. Or Xenophobic. But the Japanese military was SCREWED UP!!!

And why do you still use german planes? You seem to measure with different scales...

1K3 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 13, 2007, 11:10:17 PM »

Do you fly German planes too? If yes I smell double-standards...