Do - 335

[Seanaldinho]

Maybe its just me but does EVZ just dodging the point that the Do-335 does not make the criteria?   No matter what other planes are in the line-up it DOES NOT meet the requirements.

I agree it would be a fun plane to fly but it doesnt meet the requirements.

[MK-84]

does anyone have a link to this criteria that I keep seeing mentioned?

[MAINER]

The only thing I'm fighting for is to keep this thread ON TOPIC. Sure seems to bother you and a couple of other put down artists ... don't it ???

I think the number of positive responses is noted ... AND notable ... AH NEEDS some planes that are interesting and different enough to catch the imagination. MORE model variations that provide essentially the same preformace as existing AH aircraft aren't going to cut it. The ME-410 is such a plane, especially if it gets the big gun. The Catalina PBY may be slow and lightly armed, but it catches the imagination. The DO 335 does too ... Just what the Dr. Ordered and no amount of groaning and whining is going to change that.

Well said 

[Butcher]

does anyone have a link to this criteria that I keep seeing mentioned?

There isn't a direct link, but over the years it's been assumed HTC's criteria has been "Seen Combat, and in Squadron Strength".

There are some debatable planes like the F4u-1C, Me-163 or Ta-152, however these were added and the mindset hasn't changed for a good many years now.

It simply been argued over the years, however it always follows the same guidelines, frankly if HTC is going to add it they will.

[EVZ]

EVZ, you're just not getting the point here.
1) didn't see combat. It was shot at, yes, but the two aren't the same thing.

??? DUH ??? What meds do they have you on?

Petition Hitech, he might make an exception to his own rules,

Rules??? He don't NEED no stinkin RULES .... Last I knew, posting in the wish list -IS- how you petition HT? Pray tell, where exactly are these RULES to be found? Kind of fun making them up for him is it? There is a RULE about staying on topic, ever tried it?

but for now pretty much everyone agrees that it doesn't meet requirments.

Pretty much all the disruptive idiots agree, I guess ... any of them missing? You guys got a club? Must have, seems like somebodys been hitting you all in the head with it !

[Butcher]

??? DUH ??? What meds do they have you on?

Eve you seem to routinely miss the point here - Do-335 won't be added in game - no matter how much you wish.

[Seanaldinho]

Pretty much all the disruptive idiots agree, I guess ... any of them missing? You guys got a club? Must have, seems like somebodys been hitting you all in the head with it !

Why is arguing their.point of view that the plane is not eligible disruptive. By making this thread you allowed them the oppurtunity to voice their opinion. Both negative and positive responses should be expected and welcomed.

[Tank-Ace]

Again, if you blunder into a combat zone because you're to stupid to pay attention to the rattle of gunfire up ahead, and end up getting shot at, you weren't in combat. You were in close proximity to it, you were in a combat zone, but you yourself didn't take part in the combat.

Saying the Do 335 saw combat is like going to Iraq as a tourist, seeing a few US soldiers there with guns, and then coming back and telling everyone that you've seen some action.



No officially posted rules from HTC, but we've identified some minimums that they have ALWAYS followed. Not one single plane, tank, halftrack, or boat breaks the rules. Since they've followed those guidelines for 10 years, its safe to say they won't break them now.

Just like gravity. You can't see it, but you know its there by observing it's effects and how it interacts with objects. Black holes too, come to that.

And the Wishlist is just where we suggest things that HTC might do in the future. Very few things get added anytime within 3 years of being requested. Only one I can think of off hand that DID get added very soon after it was requested is the armor penetration and armor layout charts. Try sending Hitech a PM, he might listen to you, though with your attitude I'm inclined to doubt it.



So your definition of a disruptive idiot is "anyone that tells me I can't have what I want, even if theres very good, logical, and sound reasons why I can't"?

Sounds a lot like the conclusion a petulant 5 year old would arrive at.

[EagleDNY]

OK folks - lets remember a couple of things.
1.  For us - this is a game.
2.  For HTC - this is business, and businesses thrive and survive by being responsive to their customers.

We could argue back and forth endlessly about what criteria should be accepted for the inclusion of aircraft into the game - to my mind there is enough actual flight data on the Do-335 and it is an interesting enough aircraft to warrant consideration.  Lets face it - we are all a bunch of WW2 aircraft geeks - if the Do-335 was in the hanger, I am pretty sure most people would give it a try and I am willing to bet it would get a lot more flight time in the MA than many other rides I see being asked for in the wishlist.  

IMHO HTC would not do badly changing things up a bit given that this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZUirJmLC8  is coming.

[Tank-Ace]

Lol, I'm an alpha tester for that, and while I can't give you details, i CAN tell you its not all that great. at least not yet.

[AirLynx]

No officially posted rules from HTC, but we've identified some minimums that they have ALWAYS followed. Not one single plane, tank, halftrack, or boat breaks the rules. Since they've followed those guidelines for 10 years, its safe to say they won't break them now.

Was the Spitfire 1 in squadron service and see combat at the end of the war?
What about the 109E?

If not, then why are they enabled in the LWMA?

[Butcher]

OK folks - lets remember a couple of things.
1.  For us - this is a game.
2.  For HTC - this is business, and businesses thrive and survive by being responsive to their customers.

We could argue back and forth endlessly about what criteria should be accepted for the inclusion of aircraft into the game - to my mind there is enough actual flight data on the Do-335 and it is an interesting enough aircraft to warrant consideration.  Lets face it - we are all a bunch of WW2 aircraft geeks - if the Do-335 was in the hanger, I am pretty sure most people would give it a try and I am willing to bet it would get a lot more flight time in the MA than many other rides I see being asked for in the wishlist.  

IMHO HTC would not do badly changing things up a bit given that this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZUirJmLC8  is coming.

If you watch the video, its got eye candy, however I can tell you the gameplay will be nothing more then World of warcraft flown by a bunch of newbies.

[FTJR]

Was the Spitfire 1 in squadron service and see combat at the end of the war?
What about the 109E?

If not, then why are they enabled in the LWMA?

Because its an enabling criteria, it doesn't follow that if a type is withdrawn from service, that it should not be available in LWMA, why should it? I doubt a Spit 1 is really going to be a threat to anyone but the pilot.

[MK-84]

Because its an enabling criteria, it doesn't follow that if a type is withdrawn from service, that it should not be available in LWMA, why should it? I doubt a Spit 1 is really going to be a threat to anyone but the pilot.

If the Critera is anecdotial, (which is I believe, fielded to some degree operationaly, saw combat, shot at something or got shot at) but assumed accurate...

Why was the P51H part of a vote?

What I mean is that the anecdotal  does not really mean anything.  I understand the P51H poll is VERY old, but if there is no actual proof then almost anything is up for game isn't it? 

P51H
Meteor
P47M
Ta152
ME163
Do335<--does not seem unrealistic to me

I'm biased though:  (I totally want to fly this, it's so completly unique to what we have )

[Karnak]

Was the Spitfire 1 in squadron service and see combat at the end of the war?
What about the 109E?

If not, then why are they enabled in the LWMA?

They were not originally when the EWA, MWA and LWA system was set up, but people who are fans of those aircraft asked for them to be enabled in the LWA so that they could fly the aircraft they liked where the crowds were.