Aces High Plane Preview: Mosquito B.XVI

[IrishOne]

It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses... HIT IT.

[Karnak]

If it has a similar maneuverability like our current Mossie MK6 has (sans bombs of course), it will either fly circles around any plane that can catch it at that altitude, or at least will be able to put up a tough fight. Yes, your bomb run will be spoiled, but chances of survival are still good, as long as you have formations disabled.

Mosquito PR.Mk XVI that dodged an Me262's attacks for ~30 minutes after the initial attack did the damage shown to it.

[321BAR]

 

[Boozeman]

I think i'll just fly the XVI without bombs at 30K just for fun and to annoy any fighters up there waiting. 

[Scherf]

lol

[Plazus]

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Mosquito PR.Mk XVI that dodged an Me262's attacks for ~30 minutes after the initial attack did the damage shown to it.

From what I have heard, didn't the Germans despise the Mossie as it could seemingly "shrug" off 30mm cannon rounds like the one shown in the picture?

[Krusty]

IMO it shouldn't have formations. It wasn't a 1000-plane-mission type of bird. It was small missions, pinpoint precision. None of this carpet bombing stuff. And it never flew in box formations to cover other bombers with its guns (because... hah! It has none...)


Overall I'd like to see it like the B5N or TBM or B-25H: No drones.

[Karnak]

IMO it shouldn't have formations. It wasn't a 1000-plane-mission type of bird. It was small missions, pinpoint precision. None of this carpet bombing stuff. And it never flew in box formations to cover other bombers with its guns (because... hah! It has none...)


Overall I'd like to see it like the B5N or TBM or B-25H: No drones.

Neither was the Ar234 and yet it has formations.

[Krusty]

I think the Ar234, like the Me262 bomber, wasn't really thought through all that well.

The Mossie was given serious thought and consideration as to its role and intentions. Those didn't include Mass carpet bombing daylight missions with stacked box formations, like the heavy bombers.



Whether you want to petition to remove drones from the Ar234, I won't stop you. I'm putting forth the thought that we ought not make the mistake with the Mossie, though. It's a different issue, IMO.

[Karnak]

I have never heard of a single formation based raid of Ar234s.

You are correct that Mossies didn't really do that either.  In AH it seems a problem though as it is hard to justify the perk price of one of these without the formation as they simply don't do enough damage, but left unperked they would be monsters.

I really think formations for the Ar234 and Mosquito XVI need to be there as a concession to game play.

[Krusty]

Bomber gameplay is already full of too many concessions.

[Pigslilspaz]

4k bomb=not a hanger queen

When was the last time you flew the Stuka?

[Karnak]

When was the last time you flew the Stuka?

If you think the Mosquito Mk XVI is anything like as vulnerable or poor performing as the Ju87D you're in for a surprise.

[cooldued]

hole (word i shouldn't say)>****! is that a 4000 bomb!?...*faint*hay is that a bomb sight id hate to PO the knight with this plane.(no offence to the knights)

[Chalenge]

In AH it seems a problem though as it is hard to justify the perk price of one of these without the formation as they simply don't do enough damage, but left unperked they would be monsters.

And yet I believe the highest scoring single sortie record is owned by the Arado. I wonder how that happened?