Question for HTC: New Fighter Poll

[Guppy35]

That hurt a little to say, didn't it? 

Not even a little.  It makes far more sense to me then adding another jet.  If jets is going to be the game, then lets do Korea and get the Sabres, Migs, Thunderjets, Panthers etc going.  Meteors and F-80s work better in Korea for me.

[Krusty]

That part I get, yes, but 'twas a joke. Never mind 

[Brooke]

I think we should get the F14 Tomcat in AH.
According to the Historical Records, Final Countdown, 2 F14s went back in time
and shot down 2 Japanese zeros therefor they must be included.

 

[Krusty]

We need a TARDIS. It flew alongside Spitfires in the Battle of Britain. Just make the pilot head look like David Tennant.

[Brooke]

We need a TARDIS. It flew alongside Spitfires in the Battle of Britain. Just make the pilot head look like David Tennant.

Heh!  My wife saw the other day a Toyota Sienna van, painted blue, with a TARDIS painted on the side of it, and license plate that said "TARDIS".  She was excited to tell me about it.

We also need the space Spitfires.  And we need Captain Jack as well.

[Krusty]

No no, that's the early war model. Nobody flies EWA. To get the LWA crowd in we need the uber model. Give us the Face of Bo.

[Bruv119]

We need a TARDIS. It flew alongside Spitfires in the Battle of Britain. Just make the pilot head look like David Tennant.

hey there were spitfires in space with lazer beams, be careful what you wish for!!    

and they did see action in squadron strength versus the baddies spaceship.

[oboe]

Not even a little.  It makes far more sense to me then adding another jet.  If jets is going to be the game, then lets do Korea and get the Sabres, Migs, Thunderjets, Panthers etc going.  Meteors and F-80s work better in Korea for me.

If having the Meteor helps HTC along to a real Korean War arena I'd definitely consider voting for it.     Definitely some interesting planes to fly there on the Allied side!

[Kazaa]

I have a question: How many planes do we currently have which saw significant action in WW2?

[Karnak]

I have a question: How many planes do we have which saw significant action in WW2?

By my measure, I'd say the only ones we have that did not see significant combat would be the Ar234, three gun La-7, Me163 and Ta152.  Close to the edge might be the P-47M (P47N too?), F4U-1C, N1K2-J and C.205.

[Kazaa]

By my measure, I'd say the only ones we have that did not see significant combat would be the Ar234, three gun La-7, Me163 and Ta152.  Close to the edge might be the P-47M (P47N too?), F4U-1C, N1K2-J and C.205.

Cheers Karnak.

Seems to me like every country has a rare ride in game other than the Brits. Obvious gap must be filled. /trollface.

[Ardy123]

I very rarely get killed by 262s, I just don't like the effect they have on a fight or the timid way most people tend to fight in them due to the perk cost being an order of magnitude higher than any other fighter (not counting the 163 with its severe base restrictions). I don't like the fact that, while it takes skill to land kills in one, it takes almost no skill to dominate any fight you bring one to. I generally don't like the inclusion of uber late-war Axis planes and tanks without modeling the disadvantages that made them much less effective IRL than they are in the game (the Tiger II is particularly galling in this respect: to be even halfway realistic it ought to break or bog down more often than it actually makes it to the battlefield). But mostly I just don't think jets have any place in a game that is primarily about prop planes.

Translated...

I hate the me 262, a well flown 262 is capable of singlehandedly busting up my 30+ man horde when I want to attack undefended bases or gang the 5h1t out of one plane with 30 other friendlies who happens to have enough balls to up and take on my horde.

[Bruv119]

I just read wikipedia and am now a self proclaimed expert with the meteor.

It destroyed 46 German aircraft in a ground attack role!  

[Krusty]

Over a thousand (if I recall) P-47Ns were serving in the PTO at the end of the war, moving tons of mud. Escorting bombers. Long-range fighter sweeps. Definitely a late player, but a player nonetheless.

While the C205 may be low in numbers compared to the industrial juggernaughts, for Italy's consideration it was a big enough player. It saw plenty of action, being on a losing defense front, and was also used by the other side after the surrender.

Just food for thought.

[Karnak]

Over a thousand (if I recall) P-47Ns were serving in the PTO at the end of the war, moving tons of mud. Escorting bombers. Long-range fighter sweeps. Definitely a late player, but a player nonetheless.

While the C205 may be low in numbers compared to the industrial juggernaughts, for Italy's consideration it was a big enough player. It saw plenty of action, being on a losing defense front, and was also used by the other side after the surrender.

Just food for thought.

As I said, I don't consider any of those to be truly in the category that saw insignificant combat.  Over 400 N1K2-Js were built and used for eight months.  The P-47M and F4U-1C were only produced low numbers, but they got used (I was not familiar with the P-47N's actual usage once in theater) and, as you said, the C.205 saw significant combat as well despite its low production.