How I miss an early war plane set ...

[gatt]

Forgive me, every now and then I have to post about it  

We should have 109E, Hurricanes I and early II, Spitfire I and II, P40, F4F, a light RAF bomber, some early war torpedo bombers ... well, take a look at WB's 2.77 plane set and you'll understand what I mean. And not after years from now, but in some months.

Why? Becouse the most interesting, furious and *above all* balanced air battles happened in theatres like the Channel (1940-42), Malta, North Africa, Russia, Pacific (1941-43?)... before Axis air forces became (generally speaking) cannon fodder for USAF, RAF and Soviet AF.  

Cannot imagine a serious 2 yrs old online sims without such a plane set. I dont know clearly HTC plans for the planeset but with the actual pace we'll have a decent early-mid war plane set in ... maybe ... 2 years. Toooo much!    

P.S.: I remember 1940-42 Warbirds Lite Scenarios every Sunday at 3:00pm Eastern Time (GMT+5, if I'm not wrong). They were good for US and Euro guys and were the most balanced and exciting events I played online. Great for squads training.

[ 10-22-2001: Message edited by: gatt ]

[popeye]

I agree.  Would love to fly F4F and P-40s against their contemporary opponents.  The problem is, how to do it?  Perk system won't help, RPS is a dirty word to the One Trick Ponies, and separate arenas are hard to populate.

[Steven]

I totally agree.  However, I think the place to see this will be the Combat Theater.  Combat *THEATER*, where it recreates a particular time and place.  But we need to get a more in-depth plane set first and work on the strategic bit in AH too.

[Karnak]

At the Con HiTech said that they were going to give more attention to the early war in the next year.