Please add this if you care for bombers

[Belial]

Exactly it would be like hmm....being in real bombers with your squadron shooting with you...sounds like a good to me, everyone working together to accomplish a bombing run.

[EskimoJoe]

I heard somewhere that they haven't done it because of lag issues. I could also be going crazy, so...

[frank3]

Instead of having individual gunners for all positions, how about just assigning a single gunner to each drone?
That way you could have 2 gunners (with you gunning your own lead-plane) each with their 'own' aircraft.

I guess that should work?

[FYB]

I heard somewhere that they haven't done it because of lag issues. I could also be going crazy, so...

True, its been said and proven, 6 guys so close together can create lag.
I'd like this idea. it be funny watching 6 newbs trying to communicate saying check 6, no 12, no check 3, and then shooting at me, and missing 90% of the time.

-FYB

[Belial]

True, its been said and proven, 6 guys so close together can create lag.
I'd like this idea. it be funny watching 6 newbs trying to communicate saying check 6, no 12, no check 3, and then shooting at me, and missing 90% of the time.

-FYB

What happens if the bombers get shot down and those "noobs" laugh and say lets do it again, and become good gunners who had fun?

[frank3]

What happens if the bombers get shot down and those "noobs" laugh and say lets do it again, and become good gunners who had fun?

Then they've passed the age of 18 

[Ack-Ack]

What happens if the bombers get shot down and those "noobs" laugh and say lets do it again, and become good gunners who had fun?

It's rather a moot point considering this is a feature we'll never have in AH for the reason NB pointed out and for the lag/warp issues that would result.


ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

I think they used to have this, it was removed because people would up a buff and get 11 gunners and go deathstar an airfield.

AW had the Deathstars and they were never removed from the game. 


ack-ack

[LLogann]

Great for the bomber pilots who can't hit the "4" key. 

I need more gunners like I need more bad manners. 

[thndregg]

I gun for myself just fine. Just ask some that go after my Ki67's and meet the 20mm.

[AWwrgwy]

AW had the Deathstars and they were never removed from the game. 


ack-ack

Also, in AW, without a gunner or gunners, you had no gunner.  It's easier to just gun for yourself than to find a gunner every time you want one.


wrongway

[RMrider]

I would love for this to happen, better this than 20 (or so) lazer guided .50s from 3 B17s all converging right on me.     

[Belial]

i think you guys are missing the point, it isnt to make the bomber "deadlier" it is to encourage teamwork and a sense of realism of a bomber crew

[Karnak]

I would love for this to happen, better this than 20 (or so) lazer guided .50s from 3 B17s all converging right on me.     

They don't converge on you.  The guns from a single bomber fire in parallel to each other.  Each bomber's parallel streams of fire converge with the other two bombers parallel streams of fire at 500 yards or so.

[NoBaddy]

i think you guys are missing the point, it isnt to make the bomber "deadlier" it is to encourage teamwork and a sense of realism of a bomber crew

Actually, you are missing the point. HT has said that the choices are gun yourself with 1 possible gunner added or you can't gun yourself and can have a full load of gunners.