Yep. This wish is bogus unless we're flying in a scenario or something, and even there, there's no reason why the pilot can't do what he damn pleases to ensure mission success.
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You are thinking too far outside the box. The goal here is make things a bit more "realisitic" when flying the aircraft. A couple of things that need to be brought up after reading your previous responses:
1> The burn multiplier is X2, which means our aircraft burn fuel TWICE as fast. If it were to be lowered, we'd never see any aircraft with more than %50 fuel. Period. Even the short ranged Spitfires would be able to go almost all the way across the map.
2> Remember that in these maps that we are playing on the bases are far closer to each other than they were in WWII (there were a few specific exceptions during an advance/retreat). In no way shape or form would the US/UK would have put their precious heavy bombers within a stones throw from established enemy bases. So your arguement for "tactical" purposes to the job done however the pilot damned well pleases is bogus in its own right. Simply put, the aircraft in WWII didnt go up with %25 fuel and %100 DT to jaunt on over 10 miles and dog-fight or level bomb a city. There were far to many other factors to worry about.
With this idea of having a fuel minimum prior to being able to take DT, I think also the idea of not allowing hvy bombers take off from small airfields needs to be explored. If not having a minimum of fuel load of X is required, than make it so the hvy bombers MUST take some extra fuel in order to get to the target and back.
Or..... just up the burn multiplier to 2.5 or even 3 and that will change a LOT of things. Say good-bye to %25 fueled bombers and
%50 fueled fighters. That may be the easiest for the AH2 coders to work with. **listens to the whining** What? You mean one cant take their beloeved Spit16 or Lala clear over yonder and dogfight due to the range? Aww. Guess that means you'll have to up a P38, P47, Bf109, Fw190, or a Zeke w/ DT (but dont worry, you "l337" pilots that MUST take a "l337" planes will still be alright, the Nik2 and Pny have decent DT to get you there and back). Oh the horror. The more I think of this idea the more I like it.
Just up the burn multiplier to 2.5 for a tour and see how that changes things. If we're still seeing massive amounts of %25 fueled hvy bombers and %25 w/ DT fighters... then up the burn multiplier to 3.0 and problem solved.
