The state of EW

[Shuffler]

This is EW.  Not much a guy can do with this.
Yeah I could go MW or LW.  I like the planeset in EW and it used to be good.
I'm in London so I don't know if it's a time thing.  Or if it gets better later on.
Anyway, it's thier money.......

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Yup... it's a shame but some like the airport aspect of the game. MW can get like that at times.

At least sometimes they are good.

[LLogann]

You're complaining about a 5.0 perk bonus?   

[ImADot]

thanks to several members of Kommando Nowotny the P-40B suddenly became one of the top killers of the T-34... amazing thing for a plane that does not carry any bombs.  

It's a shame they don't make arena-specific perks.  Make people use them where they earn them; that would stop a lot of this BS.  Having a low-populated arena full of shade/squaddie killers just for farming perkies to use on jets in LW is absolutely no fun for the people who like playing in that arena, since those perk farmers will stop upping or just log out if you even get close to them.  Not to mention giving the arena the bad rep it has gotten.

not everyone who goes in EW are "score hoars"...

[Blooz]

It'd probably help to change it back to the original setup of early war planes being only available in the early war arena. Mid war planes only in the midwar arena and late war planes only in the late war arena. That way a person must choose the appropriate arena to fly a particular plane.

That way you wouldn't have people flying early war planes in other arenas. If they wanted their early war plane fix they'd have to go to the early war arena where they belong and that would pump up the numbers there. Same for mid war.

[5PointOh]

Why?  That would take away those who enjoy the challenge of the mid and early war planes in the MA.  I think at that point the MidWar would become the popular arena.

[Lusche]

It'd probably help to change it back to the original setup of early war planes being only available in the early war arena. Mid war planes only in the midwar arena and late war planes only in the late war arena. That way a person must choose the appropriate arena to fly a particular plane.

That way you wouldn't have people flying early war planes in other arenas. If they wanted their early war plane fix they'd have to go to the early war arena where they belong and that would pump up the numbers there. Same for mid war.

That would absolutely suck. One main reason to fly an early war plane in LW is not to get a fix on any specific plane, but the challenge to fly a Hurri I or A6M2 in a combat environment with much more capable planes. And it would hardly increase EW population at all, because there are more problems with that arena than just a redundant plane set.

[LLogann]

QFT..........  Except replace those crappy rides with the luster of a Mossie or E4 or P40!

That would absolutely suck. One main reason to fly an early war plane in LW is not to get a fix on any specific plane, but the challenge to fly a Hurri I or A6M2 in a combat environment with much more capable planes. And it would hardly increase EW population at all, because there are more problems with that arena than just a redundant plane set.

[ROX]

Score-potatoing!

^^^^ came for this

[Tyrannis]

curious question...does EW/MD/LW all have the same hardness settings/etc?

[LLogann]

As far as I know, the only difference is the plane set.  All objects carry the same hardness. 

curious question...does EW/MD/LW all have the same hardness settings/etc?

[Tyrannis]

As far as I know, the only difference is the plane set.  All objects carry the same hardness. 

maybe that could be the problem...some objects take more bombloads to down/etc. in EW the bombers are b25s/ju88s/etc(lanc with perkies). people are used to upping 24s-17s with there massive bombloads to take out things with just 1 sorite. but  in EW it'll take 1-2 or even 3 sorties to down something entirely just because you cant carry enough bombs for it due to the fact that its set to LW standards.

i think the settings should be based off what period of planes are in the room,instead of all 3 rooms having the same settings.

[LLogann]

And the perks for those Lancs are ridiculous........ 

You make an interesting point that might be worth discussing!!!   

+1 on Tyrannis!

[Lusche]

maybe that could be the problem...

Yes it is. The settings are tailored to the LW environment, with swarms of heavy 110G's and F4U-D's

[LLogann]

And the perks for those Lancs are ridiculous........ 

You make an interesting point that might be worth discussing!!!   

+1 on Tyrannis!

[dedalos]

maybe that could be the problem...some objects take more bombloads to down/etc. in EW the bombers are b25s/ju88s/etc(lanc with perkies). people are used to upping 24s-17s with there massive bombloads to take out things with just 1 sorite. but  in EW it'll take 1-2 or even 3 sorties to down something entirely just because you cant carry enough bombs for it due to the fact that its set to LW standards.

i think the settings should be based off what period of planes are in the room,instead of all 3 rooms having the same settings.

Could you please give me a reason to be in the EW if all you are looking for is to bomb buildings?  I can understand flying the planes but bombing the buildings?  Why even go in that arena for that?  Maybe HT should model EW buildings?