July FSO, Der Zeite Blitz: 1945

[33Vortex]

Ok moot I understand what you mean.


I think it would be fair that squads that always fly axis should have a guaranteed place, as axis. Just because the allied squads are afraid of jets, doesn't make it fair for them to switch side as they please. That's about as much turncoat politics as it gets.

[Stoney]

I think it would be fair that squads that always fly axis should have a guaranteed place, as axis.

From another thread:

That being said, for next month's FSO, for you squads that maintain an Axis focus, especially those squads that favor Germans rides, you'll have your shot at flying German, regardless of your past few FSO's.  I won't penalize you for consistently volunteering to fly Axis just because we will, presumably, have a lot of squads requesting Axis.

[Saxman]

Right, but reason *I* ask is this:

Squad requested and flew Allies last frame. Squad requests Axis this time, but because of the overwhelming number of squads wanting Axis so they don't have to fight against the jets they are instead placed on Allies. Next tour, the squad likes the Allied plane set and requests Allies. HOWEVER, they've already flown Allied the last two tours, and per the general rules on side assignments, it's unlikely (though not impossible) they'll get a third tour in a row as Allied.

[33Vortex]

I thought you picked side for the duration of a whole FSO, not just per frame. 

[Saxman]

Fixed. 

[Captfish]

what if nobody gets to request a side and it is picked at random   innie...meanie... miney... moe...

better yet lets get HT alittle extra cash for development, we can all bid your the side you want!! axis postion for $20 going once.....

[33Vortex]

I'd pitch in a few dollars if they put the Ta183 in game. 

[trax1]

I think the rides on the Allied side look like alot more fun then the Axis, dog fighting in a 262 just isn't that fun, they are fun for hunting Buffs, but the Allies have none in this setup, and 234 are hard to bomb in, especially with manual calibration, another thing with the 234 is your not really gonna see much action, the Allies really can't get more then 1 pass on them before they go out of range, so to me Allies are the side to be on this setup.

[spit16nooby]

The solution to the jet problem.  DON"T LET EM LAND.  Historically the fighters would hang around the fields that german jets took off from and covered those fields with fighters to get the jets while they were low and slow.

[Sled]

The solution to the jet problem.  DON"T LET EM LAND.  Historically the fighters would hang around the fields that german jets took off from and covered those fields with fighters to get the jets while they were low and slow.

It will be quite easy for the jets to avoid this, and it might be very dangerous for the allied fighters. The LW will know what fields the allied planes are covering (base flash) so they can just divert to another base. Plus the Allied fighters will need to be at a lower ALT (< 15K) to be in a good position to pick off any landing jets, what happens to those allied fighters if the jets arrive at the base at 20K? Or if they have 10-20 109's and 190's go to the base first at 20+K?

That could get very ugly for the Allied fighters

[Sled]

Wow, 8 pages.

I wonder if there is any interest in this event? 

[trax1]

Wow, 8 pages.

I wonder if there is any interest in this event? 

Yeah I think this is gonna be a very interesting event, the plane setup for this FSO is one of the most interesting I've seen in a long time.

[haasehole]

  looks like a great 1 looking forward to it

[ELD66]

 This is gonna be one heck of an event. Having battles at 30k+ due to the performance of most of the birds. 

[VonMessa]

The solution to the jet problem.  DON"T LET EM LAND.  Historically the fighters would hang around the fields that german jets took off from and covered those fields with fighters to get the jets while they were low and slow.

Hence the Platzschutzstaffel, or Papagei Staffel (if you prefer) of Jagdverband 44.