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Offline BBGunn

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« on: May 21, 2001, 02:10:00 PM »
Just seems like if the C-hog is perked the La-7 should also be perked.  It has a significant advantage over many of the other AC.  
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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2001, 02:33:00 PM »
Yep, all the 1944-45 stuff should be perked.  Rolling Perk Set baby!
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2001, 02:57:00 PM »
Does the La-7 have 20% of the kills in the MA?

No?

Then don't perk it.

Funked, perking the A6M5b would just seem wrong.

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Offline SFRT - Frenchy

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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2001, 03:54:00 PM »
Perk anything faster than a P47 on the deck.

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Offline Naudet

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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2001, 05:01:00 PM »
Perking the LA7, a good joke.
I actually have never seen one LA7 jockey to rely on the misticaly 1-hit-kill-HOs like most of those Chogs do.

The very simply reason why they perked th CHog is cause of its laser like cannons. U can pretty often get away after a semi-succesful attack of most plane except for those CHogs, little Heat-seeking bullets with the hiting power of a 88mm flak shell are comin for u once ur a within 1k distance of em.

And the LA7 maybe a great bird in the fights down low, but @15K+ a P51/P47 is much more dangerous than the russian bird.

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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2001, 05:43:00 PM »
Naudet,

The cannons on the F4U-1C are only indirectly responsible for it being perked.

The direct reason it was perked is because it had a hair under 20% of the total kills in the MA.

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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2001, 06:58:00 PM »
And why did it have all those kills Karnak?
Please check stats for F4U1D vs F4U1C before the Chog was perked. Basically people in AH pretty much wanna blow stuff up as easily as possible and Chog did this nicely at up to 1k disctances.
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« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2001, 10:00:00 PM »
I think the MA has improved with the reduction in f4c's.....anyone else agree?

i see more nikis maybe but they sure as hell dont survive the HO's like the f4cs used to.
I think ive seen more yaks,la7s,p47s,190s  etc this tour and i really like it.

Im so glad it was perked and if ANY aircraft takes 20% of the MA kills(or its obviously a superior model [eg tempest]) it MUST be perked regardless of its performance.obviously when we get a new aircraft the numbers will be a bit unbalanced but if say the il2 or new jap plane starts to be all we see everywhere for tour after tour they should be perked so we dont get sick of fighting the same type of fights.
and NO i dont want em perked ,just an example  


As it is now it may even be possible to reduce the perk cost until the f4c is about as common as some others but i would really ask that it is done carefully  
dont want to see it take over again thats for sure but i can appreciate some really want it and maybe struggle to pay for it in perks.

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Offline Dmitry

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« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2001, 01:25:00 AM »
Take it to 20 K and have a co-E fight in LA-7 vs. XXX (almost anything).... Then come back and say you want it perk  

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Offline Jigster

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« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2001, 01:38:00 AM »
Where do fights at 20k or any alt for that matter usually end up?

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« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2001, 05:51:00 AM »
Perk em all...God will know his own...

 

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Offline Bodhi

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« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2001, 08:22:00 AM »
The LA-7 is good, but perk it?  
Hell, instead of just the LA-7, let's perk everything except the 205.  Now thats an idea!
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Offline AcId

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« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2001, 08:37:00 AM »
To really do well in the la-7 you have to know it and your foe. I don't mean this in the most common sense either, I mean really know. Any newbie pilot in an la-7 wont last very long before he's out of ammo. I'm not saying he would do better in an chog (never could get the hang of that plane myself) but in the la-7 you need to use ACM to the fullest to get a quality shot within d400, 'spray and pray' will run you outta ammo faster than a baby on exlax.

Truth be told, I am an LA-7 jockey, and by no means did I do instantly better when it came along but it does have some very huge advantages over every aircraft under 15k. When I learned to fly it I thought to myself "Well, here's the next perk 'x' thread." and low and behold. It honestly wouldnt bother me if it were perked, I'd still fly it every chance I had. Taking into consideration the loadout and restrictive FM over 15k I can't see justification for perkage. In the right hands however, it's a serious threat.

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Offline Dowding

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« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2001, 08:47:00 AM »
I've flown the La-5 for a2a exclusively since about October, and then used the La-7 when it was released.

The only difference I really noticed was the increased speed - you still have to get very, very close to make a kill. Anything over d300 is a waste of ammo - I find it's best to wait until I'm d200 or less away before opening up. That way if I hit, there isn't anything left of the target afterwar.  

Also, I fly with tracers off - it actually helped my gunnery.  

I'll post some stats comparing the La-7 to the La-5FN from 'La-5/7 in Action', when I get home.
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Offline DamnedATC

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« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2001, 12:46:00 PM »
I suggest no more perks. period  

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