Ok this ack is bs

[LTARsqrl]

Yeah, but your not taking into account the fact that in a REAL WWII base, there were a heck of a lot more AA than in an AH field.  Think about all the MG pits.  Let alone the 20mm, 40mm 88mm etc.  And they all were not pointed in one direction.  You might get past the one you fly over, but the one just past it is pointing at your 6 all ready.

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[hubsonfire]

It's going to be such a long summer, and none of these kids are going to pick up a book during that time.

[LTARsqrl]

Hubsonfire.  You know what a book is?   WOW ! ! !  

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[MORAY37]

LOL whaaaaa ack too bad..(translate... I don't have the skills to fly low enough or fast enough, and I don't want to jink..cuz i dove and compressed my LA7 from 35K)

I will add only one crank about ack..which i think is perfect now.  A strike should lose planes to ack on an attack... it's a combat sim, for cryin out loud.

IF I cannot see the sea at 1K due to fog..
HTF can the cv's guns see me...and hit me.
I know it's cuz the code doesn't recognize that a cloud is there.. blah blah blah..but i kinda think it should....makes a cv kinda invincible under fog... not like any country as figured that out.. cough cough.

now that is frustration.

[hubsonfire]

Originally posted by LTARsqrl
Hubsonfire.  You know what a book is?   WOW ! ! !  

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wel duh skwirul, i saw a porgram on teevee abowt themz.

[Guppy35]

Check this picture out.

Of the Spitfire pilots in this picture, 12 of them ended up shot down during the course of the war.  11 by flak (1 of them twice) and 1 by a 190.  The flak was a far bigger threat.

The Flak in AH is fine

[Trikky]

Now thats perspective.

[LTARsqrl]

to the men who fought and died hating what we now call a game.


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[wetrat]

Originally posted by redman555
I know what u are all going 2 say " the acks fine how it is" "its not to accurate, thats how accurate it was in WWII."


well, the ack in WWII was hand cranked and could not keep up will a plane flying at 400 mph through it, it was physically imposable for a hand cranked ack to turn at 400 mph, ack was only good at high alt and head on attacks.

This isn't WW2. Don't like the ack? Don't fly in it. Works pretty well for me.

[soda72]

Originally posted by hubsonfire
It's going to be such a long summer, and none of these kids are going to pick up a book during that time.

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by redman555
I know what u are all going 2 say " the acks fine how it is" "its not to accurate, thats how accurate it was in WWII."


well, the ack in WWII was hand cranked and could not keep up will a plane flying at 400 mph through it, it was physically imposable for a hand cranked ack to turn at 400 mph, ack was only good at high alt and head on attacks.

Funny thing is, I'm dead on accurate in a Field Gun out to about 2.5k.    I enjoy hearing the whines, and "other folks" get all of the press.

[The Fugitive]

could ya teach me that Karaya? Last night I was firring on a 190 de-acking a base, and he made like 5 passes before I got him on the 6th! And I only got him on the 6th because he was foolish enough to go after a vulch instead of the ack so he got a bit too close.

Good thing the ack is so nasty or he might have been at it all day !  LOL!!

[Zazen13]

The simple fact is...The fights have been more frequent and last longer since they added more ack and manned ack. A vulchfest is basically the death throws of a good fight. The longer you can delay the onset of the vulchfest, the better.. IMHO

In summary, ack is great..even more ack would be even better...It allows otherwise overwhelmed defenders subject to the horde-bang at least some chance of equalizing numbers to a point where mounting a meaningfull defense in the face of superior #'s w/ superior E becomes at least plausible

As we all know groundfire accounted for 80% of all aircraft lost. It's debateable whether real WWII Anti-Aircraft artillery was more ore less accurate. What is certain is there was certainly more of it. Furthermore, unlike in real life, a large AA artillery piece was not detroyed by machine gun fire like it is in AH. The crew may have been disabled , but it could be re-manned...

Zazen

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
Funny thing is, I'm dead on accurate in a Field Gun out to about 2.5k.    I enjoy hearing the whines, and "other folks" get all of the press.

LOL I cant hit watermelon with feild ack.
When I get a kill in feild ack it is due mostly to blind luck then skill

BUT I am far better at shooting down planes with the main gun of a tank.
Which I find more fun anyway

[storch]

if anything the ack should be hardened so players can only kill it with multiple direct 20mm hits, make it impervious to .50 fire.  the ack is what has generally improved the fighting.  the timid players like the BoPs now up to defend because they can hang out in safe running distance to the ack and still have numbers to boot.  the more ack the longer and deadlier it is to deack a borg targeted field preventing timid players like the BoPs from easily steam rolling bases even when they are in full lemming mode.  a few willing defenders can effectively hold back three squads worth of BoPs timidity in their mad dash to conquer cartoonland.

now if only HTC would see it's way clear to harden the FHs and add manned 5" to the bases.........