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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #360 on: March 12, 2008, 04:20:03 AM »
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #361 on: March 12, 2008, 04:22:41 AM »
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #362 on: March 12, 2008, 04:25:44 AM »
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #363 on: March 12, 2008, 04:45:18 AM »
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #364 on: March 12, 2008, 06:48:26 AM »
I don't understand your post, or your point yknurd.



I was pointing out that historically, as you were also using historical references to CVs dieing by bombs vs. torpedoes, there were people manning the guns on the CV as opposed to the CVs usually in the MA.

If you (indefinite article, not you in particular) are going to arguing historical context then you should be manning the guns instead of wanting Dale to take more time away from new planes and CT to write some coad that will "fix" something that only bothers a few people at only certain times.  How's that for historical.

My point, simplified:  Until people do everything that is ALREADY in the power and/or control to protect the CV, then I don't think HT needs to coad anything.
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #365 on: March 12, 2008, 07:26:45 AM »
Nothing ruins a good short hop furball better than a suicide tard.

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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #366 on: March 12, 2008, 07:28:05 AM »
One solution to dive bombing would be to have the bombbay doors automatically close when the heavy buff (17s,24s,25s,&26s), go into a dive.

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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #367 on: March 12, 2008, 07:33:49 AM »
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #368 on: March 12, 2008, 07:35:26 AM »
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #369 on: March 12, 2008, 07:35:52 AM »
The problem isn't "waaaaa he sunk my ship!', its a game and one of the features is to destroy and sink ships. No, the problem is HOW the ship was sunk. Yes it is the defending teams responsibility to defend the ship. There is not enough people around to gun....oh well !! I guess if the attacker is any good, the ships going down.

The problem is the dive bombing heavies! Its a gamey "short cut" for those who are to lazy to learn/practice to do it the conventional way (level and in the bomb site), or are caught up in the bomb/bail/repeat "gamey" mode. Divebombing is an easy sure way to take out the CV. There is no penalty for dieing, so it takes all chance away from the equation. If a heavy is forced, due to coding to come in level for his run there is a "possibility" he will miss. Figuring his angle of approach, the possible movement of the CVs evasive maneuvers, and such would even the playfield a bit. It would make up for the CV group not having a standard cap, or hundreds of guys standing by to man the guns.

Its just another easy gamey play, much like the "stick the gun of a GV through the fence" trick, or the "turning down the graphics" trick, or the "control the buff guns from F3 mode" trick, or the "go for the HO with your cannon ride because you don't know what a BFM is" trick.   

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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #370 on: March 12, 2008, 07:38:11 AM »
Ho hum, here we go again :rolleyes: :noid
I fly CAP on CV's fairly often, not that I'm very successful mind you :lol
I also have been known to make low level buff runs AND high dive bombing attacks (IN dive bombing planes :eek:) and rarely even pickled my bombs off let alone killed the stinkin' boat! Those 5" guns are murderous. IMO if you don't want to be sunk man the defences or fly some CAP for a while. If you'd rather continue with your furballing and ignore the danger your assets are in then don't whinge about it.
The other night I was trying to land my Lancasters on what I thought was our CV while being attacked by someone in a voracious F4U. All the time as I was on approach I thought the ack was firing at my attacker behind me it was actually firing at me :lol
Here I am low, slow and dirty and it wasn't until my wheels has almost kissed the deck I realise that this in fact WASN'T our CV at all :rofl Needless to say I was killed by the ack as soon as I hit the deck. :cry
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #371 on: March 12, 2008, 07:47:57 AM »
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #372 on: March 12, 2008, 07:51:05 AM »
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #373 on: March 12, 2008, 08:22:41 AM »

The problem is the dive bombing heavies!

And again, I say 'poop' to that.

It doesn't have to be dive bombing lancstukas or b-17s or anything.  Coad bomb bay doors to open only when level, make bombs not come out when at an angle, make the pilot die and the plane explode if the bombers sustains ANY angle greater than zero for more than 1.3937 seconds!

IT WON'T MATTER.

All your CVs are belong to me!  Even if I fly level at 500 feet and carpet bomb right as I reach the CV.  A CV can be killed by a level form of Lancasters, B-17s, B-24s, or even JU-88s.


How are you going to coad that?

Man your guns, fly your little cartoon airplanes AT the bombers and shoot them instead of the base, park the CV tactically far enough from the base to protect it, kill the ordnance at the field FIRST, run over to the suicide dweebs house and unplug his computer....but for the love of all that is divine and holy, stop asking Dale to coad anything extra but new planes and CT!
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Re: Suicide bombers and why
« Reply #374 on: March 12, 2008, 08:23:39 AM »
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