Leaving

[Tac]

Lol funked! Short and sweet.. I like that  

The only reason I said the alt thing is because the great majority of those airplanes were used at their best alts..  a P-38 would never go below 10k, it was near suicide to do so unless you were on a ground attack mission. It was one of the golden rules of all P-38 aces and something that was hammered into the new Lightning pilots.

The Typhoon im sure never saw a dogfight at 28k, and im sure that other planes in the saw action at the alts at which they behaved best. So nearly all literature we get from such planes/pilots all praise THOSE characteristics. Yet in AH, there are no massive bomber formations to escort (unless the rare mission comes up), no arranged flights or any of that sort. You basically take off in a plane, head to your destination and grab alt in the way. Why dont all pilots just climb to their best alt and fight there? Because its boring, time consuming, you are likely to not find the fight up there but down on the deck or at 12k and those pilots fighting down there are gorged in a slug fest that no real pilot in his sane mind wouldve engaged in during the war. That makes the qualities that made those planes BE on AH in the first place go completely to waste, as they do not perform in COMBAT in the same way as they did in real life..because in real life a P38 would not dive from 28k to 5k just to wipe out a zeke or two, nor did a P-47 or 109 do it... its just dumb to do that.

Am I making any sense here?

I'm always for practical demonstrations, not just talk and speculation. Try the "best performance at any alt" for a week, there is nothing to lose from trying it and certainly LOTS to gain...like, knowing if it is or is not better for gameplay and the mere fact that it was TRIED, not talked and flamed to death like most discussions here do. I have no idea if this would be hard/strenous for Pyro & Crew to try in the code or if the community is open/close minded to try it or not try it. I merely give an idea freely, its up to you if you want to use it or not.

[This message has been edited by Tac (edited 08-22-2000).]

[Kieren]

In a word, "no".

I must play a different game than you (when indeed I can play nowadays- work!). I can always find fights at any alt. Go figure.

I can remember some epic fights that started high and spun low. I can also remember some that were on the deck and lasted forever.

Typhoons at 28K in AH? Where?!

The "best performance at any alt" suggestion is the very antithesis of what I would want to see in the development direction. Sorry Pyro, no "free lunch" here.   I can wholeheartedly say, Tac, if this is what you want, you have pretty much summed up Fighter Ace. It's cheaper, the action occurs quicker, and you don't have to mess with anything like flight data to get in the way of your fun.  

[funked]

"a P-38 would never go below 10k"

Pure baloney.  

[Westy]

"The "best performance at any alt" suggestion is the very antithesis of what I would want to see in the development direction. Sorry Pyro, no "free lunch" here.  I can wholeheartedly say, Tac, if this is what you want, you have pretty much summed up Fighter Ace. It's cheaper, the action occurs quicker, and you don't have to mess with anything like flight data to get in the way of your fun.""

Amen. I secodn that word for word.

 On the flip side, things will look up for TAC as next year I hear that the first MMP "Star Wars" world will come on line.


 -Westy

[Jigster]

 

Originally posted by Pyro:
Man if you guys would go for that, I'd love it from a work standpoint.  Top speed in CYAC wasn't affected by alt, but I enjoyed it just the same.  Sure would make my job easier if I could do that.  

So...what are the chances of getting Chuckie to do the voice commentary for AH training missions?  

I STILL have that game and it STILL takes me forever to get past the password screen  

Best stand alone flight sim ever made  

- Jig

[DrSoya]

 

Originally posted by Kieren:
The only difference between AH and WB communities is we pay $30 and they pay $2 per hour. Other than that you have equivalent personalities in both places.

Maybe "spoiled" doesn't convey what I meant. I was talking of the difference in the companies, not the communities. The difference with AH, is that I feel that HTC cares about my satisfaction. I haven't got that feeling from iEN since the move to NC (I'm not necessarily talking about individuals working at iEN: I've had good contacts with them).

That's why I said we're spoiled. We're treated like kings, yet we still complain.  


------------------
DrSoya
308 (Polish) Squadron "City of Cracow" RAF [AH]
303 (Polish) Squadron "Kosciuszko" RAF [WB]
Part of the Northolt Wing (First Polish Fighter Wing)

[StSanta]

Yeh must say HTC takes really good care of its customer base.

How many other places do you have a lead programmer log in just to answer questions, or just to check if everything is ok?

They're *part* of the community - hell, they fly with us, die with us, and kill with us.

From what I've heard about Warbirds, the people there were less responsive to say the least.


------------------
StSanta
JG54 "Grünherz"
"If you died a stones throw from your wingie; you did no wrong". - Hangtime

[Swager]

Bye!  Hope you have fun elsewhere!

We'll call ya when all of the problems are fixed!!

[Tailslide]

 I was able to get my spit in AH from 400mph to 120mph and stall in a sharp level half turn.  This may be realistic for all I know but I wouldn't say it has amazing E retention.

   TS