Originally posted by Ghosth
# 3 also has been requested time after time after time. (try a search on this topic, 6 pages of material)
Quoting HT on the LAST big gunner thread.
The current implantation has nothing to do with not wanting death stars.
It has much more to do with usability and survivability.
HiTech
Currently if you man your guns you can fire ALL guns.
In WB or AW if you manned a bomber gun, you could only fire THAT gun.
That is the difference right there. AH has no "Otto" nor does it need it.
To go back to the old system would indeed be going Backward.
Since it would not be used often enough to make it practical, HT has declined to do so.
So manning guns yourself or with 1 gunner now is much more practical
and efficient at defending the bombers. Than loading a bunch of guys to go ack star.
This is one of those small issues that defines Aces High, it is what serperates us from everything else. I think that bomber guns as they are now are just fine. It ain't broke, don't fix it and quit asking for it please.
Friendly fire is ONLY a problem if your flying in a horde.
Killshooter keeps everything else very well in check. And if I have to die 3 - 4 times a year because someone flew threw me as I shot. So be it, small price to pay. If its happening more often than that, get out of the horde.
What is this search you speak of and how can I use it's magic?
Fair points but I think it might be fun to have the option to enable different gun positions depending on the number of guys you could get in your buff although I admit this has to be a very low priority on the coding list (although HiTech does have a 'for bribes' link in his signature and I'm not above robbing a liquor store).
Of course I also think a weekend on the beach with Rebecca Romijn would be fun as well.
Neither are going to happen but I can DREAM can't I?
