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Offline Ruler2

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Uber Auto Puffy Ack
« on: March 14, 2010, 01:26:44 PM »
After WWI was introduced with the puffy ack to prevent vulching, puffy ack in the MAs has been WAY overpowered. You can't fly over 3K or you will be condemned to death. CVs don't even need a manned 5 incher anymore!

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Re: Uber Auto Puffy Ack
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2010, 01:44:25 PM »
After zooming at six hundred miles per hour at twelve thousand feet somewhere near a CV and taking a pilot wound or getting a flamed plane after ONE sudden puffy hit without warning, I feel it's taken a lot away from the game.

There must not be a travel time for the puffy, because that sort of shot would require some sort of precognition, as a slight adjustment in my course would throw off the shot by several hundred yards at least, considering my speed, altitude and raw distance between the gun and myself.

Completely agree.
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Re: Uber Auto Puffy Ack
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2010, 05:34:19 PM »
After WWI was introduced with the puffy ack to prevent vulching, puffy ack in the MAs has been WAY overpowered. You can't fly over 3K or you will be condemned to death. CVs don't even need a manned 5 incher anymore!
Were you in a fighter?
This really supports that puffy vs bombers need to be beefed up, because 3 times I flew over a CV in 3 different sets of bombers (Ju88s, A20s, then lancs) above 3K (about 5-6K) and didn't lose a plane until shot by manual 5".
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Re: Uber Auto Puffy Ack
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2010, 05:40:35 PM »
I was in a B24 and got my wingtip blown off and ignited one time...