Allied vs Allied vs Allied...... Axis who?

[yanksfan]

Originally posted by BlauK
Just FYI:

Surely Finland is usually counted as an Axis country, but there is still a clear difference from how e.g. Italy, Hungary or Bulgaria belonged to the Axis

Finland fought ONLY against the Russians, not just "primarily". Finland also never signed any treaty to join Axis, but remained a "brother in arms" in a joined fight against a common enemy.

This difference also made it more difficult for the Finns to buy weapons from Germany. Naturally Germans were more generous to their signed allies that to ones trying to stay outside.

I only said primarily as i was not sure, no offence, I appoligize and stand corrected. "S"

[Zanth]

This is a lot of work you are talking about.  It takes about as long to design and build a virtual plane as a real one (P51 took 6 months +/-  IRL), so don't hold your breath!

[lyric1]

Originally posted by PanzerIV
Axis needs some heavy bombers, ki67, Ju88, Ar 234 cant cause the destruction the massive Allied bombers reap.

http://members.tripod.com/darthvader_2/blohm_und_voss_bv141.htm Lets add this lethal killer then to the line up? I am kidding of course it is just such a strange looking plane just wanted to share the pics.

[Helm]

Early arena...mid war arena... and AvA would all see an increase in population if the plane sets were fleshed out more.  Compared to MA's there is not much to do in either.  It's boring only having a few planes to choose from.

[MORAY37]

Originally posted by BennyBeaver
axis had no cv planes  they had no cv's

Axis had no CV's?  hmmmm...pretty long flight to Hawaii from Japan.  You perhaps meant GERMANY had no CV's... althought they did build one that never left port and navalized both the 109 and the 190.

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by Helm
Early arena...mid war arena... and AvA would all see an increase in population if the plane sets were fleshed out more.  Compared to MA's there is not much to do in either.  It's boring only having a few planes to choose from.

I can't agree.  1 in four planes flown each Tour consist of the Spit-16, Niki, Pony-D, and the La-7.  The C-Hog usually comes in a close 5th place.  Then usually the B-24 and Lanc in among the top 10.  Considering the skew on the numbers the EW and MW arenas put on the overall tour numbers, that percentage probably goes up even more than 1/4.

A sizable majority of players are going with the so-called "uber-planes"  most of the time.   Those can only be found in the two LW arenas.  The rest follow the crowd, as LW is where the numbers are and the fights.

A increase of EW planes may have a small tick in EW and MW usage go up, but even those flying EW planes will probably spend time pitting themselves and their skills in the challenge against the LW "dweebs" for bragging rights.  Taking out a P-51D with an I-16 would certainly qualify.  

An EW "plane pack" release.... say four EW fighters for use in war arenas, SEA, KoTH, and DA would be nice, but would the expenditure of those development resources (time, money, work, testing) actually benefit the business model for HTC?  Only they have access to the numbers to make such a decision.  

But, I don't believe in the "Build It and They Will Come" argument for EW additions for EW or MW arena benefit based on the plane use numbers found in scores.

[MORAY37]

As far as what we would like to see in the game, as far as planeset, the problem is the general ignorance by many people on what was flying and what was good in WW2.  Most, especially our younger american population, will vote simply for every american choice of plane that comes up.  Foreign planes, especially axis, will never get the votes or support required for HTC to bother anymore.  Far too many paying customers are "american only", even though those that know know the american philosophy was overpowering with quantity, not quality of arms.  Most axis front line stuff was at least 2-3 years ahead of allied designs.