G.55 goes down In the 1st round

[Husky01]

Man I thought it would at least go to round number 2. O well, looks like a American plane will win due to popularity.

sigh

 

[Nshizawa]

Was there any doubt  an American plane will win.

[tedrbr]

Well, who wants a mid-war plane with 3 X 20mm X 200-250rpg, 2 X 12.7mm X 300 rpg, a speed of 385 mph at 22,965.88 feet, a 41,666 ft service ceiling, that could out fly most 109's and 190's anyways.

No one knew what it was.

[Husky01]

True

[Gianlupo]

Originally posted by Nshizawa
Was there any doubt  an American plane will win.

Any.

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by Nshizawa
Was there any doubt  an American plane will win.

Unfortunately, I'm thinking that American plane will be the B-25.

Don't know if enough players in the game know the P-39 or A-26.  

P-39 at least can be argued to be placed in Russian plane-set, with Russian skin, as it was more important a plane for them than U.S.  Lend Lease.  2nd highest allied scoring ace was a Russian in a P-39.  I could accept that.

A-26 at least gives the buff drivers another perk plane other than the Arado.

But the B-25?  Midway between the B-26 and B-24 in capabilities.  Widespread use during WWII and EW plane, sure, but......Yawn.  Doolittle Raid?  Don't see CV-launch as an option or even a decent SEA senerio (you B-25's will fly in low on the deck, Japanese players will pretend they don't know you are coming.....yeah...).  Doesn't really bring anything new to the game in a big way.

[Simaril]

Originally posted by Husky01
O well, looks like a American plane will win due to popularity.

sigh

 

Ummm.....

Isnt it supposed to work that way in an election? You know, "popular vote"?


I'm sure that at some point, HT will give us some planes "for our own good", regardless what the majority would have voted for. I wonder if the "vote" is a way to give the majority a "thank you" for hanging in during the long drought of new airframes.

[Ball]

I would say that there were a few other issues which went against it getting voted in.

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by Simaril
Ummm.....

Isnt it supposed to work that way in an election? You know, "popular vote"?

I'm sure that at some point, HT will give us some planes "for our own good", regardless what the majority would have voted for. I wonder if the "vote" is a way to give the majority a "thank you" for hanging in during the long drought of new airframes.

The problem with popular votes is often the majority of the voters don't know anything about their options.  Seeing the G.55 cut in the first round has me starting to believe this to be the case this time.

I didn't expect G.55 to beat out P-39 in the long run, but I'm starting to think P-39 won't make cut either.  I think it will come down to He-111 and B-25, based on name recognition.   I further think both would be LW hangar queens.

[Husky01]

yep gonna come down to how  many guys on aces high no nothing about the planes but know the B-25 from the movies.

[MotorOil1]

With all the "Vote G55" avatar's made I thought it would be a sure fire win.

[Warchief]

Well I guess the forums dont represent the majority. Like alot of peopl thought the Gr would go further without the avators and noise made about it. But guess majority of people esp. in squads check those forums before this one or the suqads voted as a whole for an aircraft.

[humble]

whats I find funny is how useless some of the birds are going to be. The b-25 fills no real role other then scenario's. The 111 is a flying drone and the 410 will have some appeal for about a week before everyone goes back to the 110G2 or Mosquito. The Yak-3 will have about a 2 week shelf life, after that everyone but the current yak drivers will go back to their old rides.

I'm suprised a bit the G.55 went so soon but thats the reality you face. It's not an "american ride" thing as much as simple ignorance regarding other options. What I found suprising is that we lost alot of the fighters. I think that reflects the overall deterioration of skill levels and increasing popularity of toolshedding.

I'm not a big brewster fan (only since the EWA/MWA is so dead) but to see the japanese fighter option go is sad....3-4 real good possibilies there as well. So you really have 3 "targets" (410/111/B-25) A wannabe furball ride (Yak-3){good plane however} mixed in with a wolf in sheeps clothing (A-26) and the iron dog (which I bet has a better k/d ratio then the yak 3 when both get in the game){not one VVS guards unit flew the yak-3 that I know of}.

Hopefully we'll get the A-26 or P-39.........

[jaxxo]

hmm american game..huge american fan base...hmmmmm....was there any doubt? for good or bad its democracy at work

[Hoarach]

Im surprised G.55 only went this far as well to that fact of its speed and guns.  Italian iron need more birds not saying I would fly it as there is nothing that beats the trusty ol' 38 but the Italian planeset needs more of a selection.

Guess need to vote for the A-26 since the B-25 has the B for bomber in its model id unless its the B25 with all the 50s in the nose.