refresh my memory why aircraft can see gv icons?

[Citabria]

i forget. there was a reason for this making it easier to land 1k bombs on tanks that are fighting other tanks?

[MachFly]

For the same reason why aircraft can see icons for other aircraft. In reality objects are a lot easier to spot than on a computer screen, so HTC added icons so it would not be harder than in real life.

[Jayhawk]

Think it about this way, last time you were on a commercial jet at 20,000 ft and you looked down at a highway and saw tiny little cars on it.  Now climb to 20,000 ft in game and look for them, you'll notice a big difference.

[oakranger]

i forget. there was a reason for this making it easier to land 1k bombs on tanks that are fighting other tanks?

I do not care what GV is below me, i just dive in and drop my bomb on it. 

[mechanic]

 because it is called Aces High!!

[EskimoJoe]

Hitech did it just to make you mad.

[BillyD]

could be worse?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_0oxQEoRi0


 

[MachFly]

could be worse?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_0oxQEoRi0


 

Our technology is not that advanced...

But your right, it could be worse....



















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[BillyD]

Our technology is not that advanced...

WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY

[mechanic]

beefcake is one of my heroes

[SmokinLoon]

I think most will agree that icon of some sort on gv's are needed (as seen from the air).  The debate is more of just how close aircraft should be before those icons light up.

Currently, I think it is too easy for aircraft to find gv's.  I think the distance should be shorter as in less than 1000 yards.  Force the aircraft to actually scout and hunt, and then set up for a dive bomb.  Also, by shortening the icon range the chance of the epitome of "bomb****ness", the pinnacle of travesties in AH, and the worst abuses of arcade game style play are minimized (see pic of B29 above).     

[Greebo]

In real life GVs were very hard to spot from the air unless they were moving or firing. So how about making GVs' icon visibility range vary in a similar fashion. At rest the icon range would be less than it is now, but after every shot your icon range would jump briefly out a lot further. The icon range would also increase the faster you are moving.

[MachFly]

In real life GVs were very hard to spot from the air unless they were moving or firing. So how about making GVs' icon visibility range vary in a similar fashion. At rest the icon range would be less than it is now, but after every shot your icon range would jump briefly out a lot further. The icon range would also increase the faster you are moving.

That depends on how well they are camouflaged. For example this would be very easy to spot:

[EskimoJoe]

That depends on how well they are camouflaged. For example this would be very easy to spot:
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Unless of course you were in the middle of a orange-sand desert during a
big- orange sunset 

[edge12674]

IMHO the gv icons are just fine for playability.  IF there were to be a change I would suggest it be based on aircraft speed.  The slower the aircraft is flying the farther away the icon appears.  Go zooming by at 300kts and you might not even get an icon.  There is much that could be done, but this is still primarily an air combat game and HiTech resources could be better spent on other aspects.