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Offline Brooke

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Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« on: January 24, 2009, 04:36:37 AM »
Hello, folks.

I'd be interested in knowing how people rate the scenarios they've played in, from -5 (absolutely hated it) to +5 (absolutely loved it), with zero meaning mediocre, neutral -- that you neither liked it nor disliked it.

For example:

Battle of Britain 2008:  +4
Rangoon 2008: +3
Der Grosse Schlag:  +5
etc.

(or however you would rate them, of course)

The list of past scenarios (and when they ran) is:

Battle of Britain 2008 (November, 2008)
Rangoon, '42 (2008) (August, 2008)
Der Grosse Schlag (October, 2007)
Operation Husky (June, 2007)
Battle of Britain 2006 (September, 2006)
Operation Downfall (July, 2006)
Stalin's Fourth (April, 2006)
Fire Over Malta (November, 2005)
Coral Sea (April, 2005)
Rangoon, '42 (October, 2004)
Battle of Britain 2004 (August, 2004)

If you want info on any of them to refresh your memory, past rules writeups, AAR's, and pictorials are here:

http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/scenarios.html

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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2009, 06:24:01 AM »
Battle of Britain 2008: 0
Der Grosse Schlag: +4
Operation Husky: +4
Battle of Britain 2006: +3
Stalin's Fourth: +5 :)
Fire Over Malta: +3
Battle of Britain 2004: +3
Kurland (April-May 2004?): +4
Ruhr (October 2003?): +5 (I might have too good memories of that one because it was the first one I participated in..)
« Last Edit: January 24, 2009, 06:28:09 AM by Panzzer »
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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2009, 08:05:40 AM »
I've only flown in 2 so far, but here is what I thought about them.

Battle of Britain 2008 (November, 2008) +1 (Flew RAF, bombers where too fast and next to impossible to take down )
Rangoon, '42 (2008) (August, 2008)+3 (Flew Allied, was fun, but there was no major action for the main group till the about last 30 min)
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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2009, 12:28:20 PM »
I only flew two so take it for what it is worth.
BOB '08 +4
Rangoon '08 -5
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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2009, 12:43:16 PM »
Only flown in one:
Der Grosse Schlag : +5

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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2009, 01:12:45 PM »
Battle of Britain 2008: -2 (too unorganized and confusing, first time as Allied)
Der Grosse Schlag: +4
Operation Husky: +4
Battle of Britain 2006: +4
Stalin's Fourth: +5
Fire Over Malta: +2
Battle of Britain 2004: +5  (my first FL post ;))
Kurland (2004): +4
Ruhr (2003): +5

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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2009, 02:38:24 PM »
Battle of Britain 2008 (November, 2008) -1.5
Rangoon, '42 (2008) (August, 2008) +3.825
Der Grosse Schlag (October, 2007)+4.75
Operation Husky (June, 2007)+4.25 (First time COing)
Battle of Britain 2006 (September, 2006) -0.05
Operation Downfall (July, 2006) +1.333
« Last Edit: January 24, 2009, 02:42:15 PM by Husky01 »
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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2009, 03:00:38 PM »
I even rated the one's I've CMed as per what i saw from gameplay in godmode.

Battle of Britain 2008 (November, 2008) +1 FL of scouts ,terrain is played out.
Rangoon, '42 (2008) (August, 2008) +1 CM duty /problems with 32 player pile up at times.
Der Grosse Schlag (October, 2007) +4 FL of 357th
Operation Husky (June, 2007) +4 CM duty this was fun to watch playout
Battle of Britain 2006 (September, 2006) +2 CM duty flew ju88's in last frame
Operation Downfall (July, 2006)  +0 CM duty
Stalin's Fourth (April, 2006)  +4  CM duty but it was a blast to watch 
Fire Over Malta (November, 2005)  +4 1/2    FL ,this was a blast to play
Coral Sea (April, 2005)    +0  only flew 1 frame
Rangoon, '42 (October, 2004)  +3
Battle of Britain 2004 (August, 2004)  +3 FL of scouts
Kurland (2004)  +3
Ruhr (2003) +3
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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2009, 03:09:38 PM »

Battle of Britain 2008 (November, 2008) +5 (mostly due to Kermit)

Rangoon, '42 (2008) (August, 2008) (didn't fly it)

Der Grosse Schlag (October, 2007) +5 (hands down the best scenario thus far)

Operation Husky (June, 2007) +1

Battle of Britain 2006 (September, 2006) +3

Operation Downfall (July, 2006) +4

Stalin's Fourth (April, 2006) -4

Fire Over Malta (November, 2005) (didn't fly it)

Coral Sea (April, 2005) (didn't fly it)

Rangoon, '42 (October, 2004) (didn't fly it)

Battle of Britain 2004 (August, 2004) +2
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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2009, 03:28:36 PM »
Those I've flown and remember enough to comment on:
Battle of Britain 2008 (November, 2008) -3
Der Grosse Schlag (October, 2007)  +5
Battle of Britain 2006 (September, 2006) -5
Coral Sea (April, 2005) +3
Rangoon, '42 (October, 2004) +4
Battle of Britain 2004 (August, 2004) +2


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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2009, 04:54:09 PM »
Only been to two of them.

Rangoon 2008:  +3  -  The plans were good, and Leads were very good at keeping order, however it seemed that we were a little too spread out heading to Rangoon.

Battle of Britain 2008:  +3  -  The Leads and communication was rather messy a lot.  We got things done in the end, but not as neatly as could be.

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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2009, 05:47:01 PM »
Malta '05: +1 (there were playability issues and too many spit5s and hurr2cs against almost entirely 109E axis forces)

Stalin's 4th '06: +4 (I'm not big on GVs, or IL2s, but I did well in both throughout, so still high marks)

Op Downfall '06: +3 (low marks because I missed some of it, came back in town to find it was canceled after frame 3!!)

BOB'06: no rank (I didn't get to fly much, but I was CO, so I probably shouldn't rank it -- wouldn't be the same experience others had)

Op Husky '07: +5 (Loved the planes, the general scenario. Had some issues with some of the rules, results, and gameplay, but overall it was a blast to fly in!)

DGS '07: I shouldn't comment, I'm still sorry I let folks down on that one.

Rangoon '08: +3 (MAJOR issues with 250+ planes inside 5 square miles, not seeing bombers, not catching bombers, etc, other than that, I like the idea/setup)

BOB'08: +3 (just... can't... catch... those... bombers  :furious I don't like the way the rules are right now, so lower ranking)
« Last Edit: January 24, 2009, 05:48:47 PM by Krusty »

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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2009, 06:05:46 PM »
BoB 08 was my first AH scenario, but comparing it to scenarios I flew in WB I'd give it a +3.  I would give it a 5 if we had the He 111, if there had been a one-rescue limit, and if the Luftwaffe had been announced the victors instead of the premise of the frame four.
« Last Edit: January 24, 2009, 06:48:38 PM by Anaxogoras »
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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2009, 07:08:12 PM »
DGS (Allied): +4, first scenario, good, solid fun, Fencer did a great job as the CO.

Rangoon '08 (Allied): +4, first time as a group leader, very enjoyable experience. Bearkats, Dantoo, and the rest of the command team made it a  fun time.

BoB 08 (Axis): +5, also as a FL and a bomber group leader, would have been a +4 but Kermit made it extremely enjoyable.
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Re: Survey -- your favorite and least favorite scenarios
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2009, 08:08:55 PM »
Battle of Britain 2008 (November, 2008)+5(Axis CO)
Rangoon, '42 (2008) (August, 2008)+4(Ju88 GL)
Der Grosse Schlag (October, 2007)+5(B17 GL)
Operation Husky (June, 2007)0(Boston III pilot)
Battle of Britain 2006 (September, 2006)+2(Ju88 pilot)
Operation Downfall (July, 2006)-5(Ki67 pilot)
Stalin's Fourth (April, 2006)0(M3 driver)


I'd say my ratings are based on a bomber's perspective.
Rangoon lost a point only because of the ICON issue with too many in one spot, but not sure exactly how to fix it for both sides.
DGS also had ICON issues, but the lovely terrain made up for that.  :)

Edit: Oh and BK, you couldn't use whole numbers?   :P
In Rangoon, DGS and Bob'08, all bombers flew 20-50mph slower than their top speed based on loadout and altitude in level flight.
« Last Edit: January 24, 2009, 08:15:27 PM by Kermit de frog »
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