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[Pongo]

 

Originally posted by Karnak:

If it entered active service in the years 1939 to 1944, let it in as a standard, fly it anytime you like aircraft.  This is supposed to be a sim, so let people have the equipment and then figure out what to do with it (it doesn't matter to me that the Fw190D-9 will outrun my Spitfire MkXIV at 2,000 feet).
If it entered active service in 1945 or was in proto-type when the war ended, make it a perk plane.

-Karnak

[This message has been edited by Karnak (edited 07-11-2000).]

If it was so good it would unballance the arena, its a perk plane. Who cares about the dates?

[Pongo]

 

Originally posted by SnakeEyes:
No Jig... what we're saying is that there's no use in inserting an aircraft which, as we all know, outclasses its opponents in an revolutionary sense, rather than an evolutionary sense.

Putting in aircraft like the Me262, P-47M, Ta-152H, P-51H, Tempest V, and so forth, without any perk or check/balance system, is silly and should be patently obvious to anyone.

And if the Spit XIV is such a plane. Putting it in is silly too. That is ALL I have ever said.

[RAM]

 

Originally posted by Pongo:
If it was so good it would unballance the arena, its a perk plane. Who cares about the dates?

That is just the idea, pongo...if it will unbalance the MA, perk it. So SpitXIV falls in the Perk planeset from my point of view, while planes as TempestV, D9, La7 and so on doenst.They all have serious drawbacks.
SpitXIV has NO drawbacks apart from its fuel endurance (bigger than 109G10's, so still that isnt so serious problem).

SpitXIV is a MONSTER.

[SnakeEyes]

You guys seem like a broken record... how about starting another Spit XIV thread so we can see another 100 "Is so!"  "Is not!" responses.

For what it is worth, most of the other Perk planes mentioned here (P-47M, Ta152, P-51H, Me-262, etc) are 40-50 IAS faster than the XIV at altitude and can handily outdive the XIV at any alt.

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SnakeEyes
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[Hristo]

Spit XIV and Dora, no perking pls  

[Nashwan]

SnakeEyes is right, the Spit XIV might be too good as a normal plane, but it isn't good enough to fit in with the other aircraft that are being touted as perk planes.

[JimBear]

::snugs Dunce hat firmly in place::

Not coming from the WB or AW community I have no first hand knowledge of "Perk" planes. These are A/C supposedly
so good that all else falls before it except another perky? And total disruptors of game balance in the Main Arena and are so trotted out only on given days or handed out to certain pilots for deeds far and above average play (as decided by the scoring system)?   As it is now anyone can be tooling along and run into a another aircraft from the virtual future and have to duke it out..outcome uncertain but more than likely in favour of the better stick. How does this work any differently than the advent of the planes being discussed here? Do you guys have experience with this type of thing that you can share, i mean have you seen skys full of 190D-12s chasing some poor guys in C-202 (or equivalent)? Lotsa questions, just seems for a topic that engenders so much discussion here that it must be more than a I want my favourite hot rod  

JimBear