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Offline Tank-Ace

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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #75 on: January 17, 2012, 05:02:33 PM »
3) depends on what you call a 'pass' there may be some luck and zig zagging involved, I've seen that it can WF a town without extending past the town and circling back.

4) Other bombers aren't a whole lot harder to shoot down, which is the point. YES its horribly vulnerable compared to a fighter, but its not horribly vulnerable compared to another bomber. With a lancaster you can pretty much just wade through the fire to kill it if your willing to take some damage in return. But if you want to kill one without taking damage to the point that you'll be shot down by the second or third set, you still have to be smart about attacking them.

Being smart with a lancaster isn't all that much harder than being smart with a B-24.
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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #76 on: January 17, 2012, 05:08:31 PM »
It can WF a town in one pass.
If you are basing this on what -I- said, there's a little misunderstanding ... 1 formation can white flag a town ... it takes 2 passes ... N-S & E-W. A good bomber pilot can get a white flag this way, even a NOOB can get the town so close that a fighter can gun a couple of buildings and get the white flag.

I'll admit that unbalancing might be a bit strong to describe it, but what would you call it
It's not equitable. It provides exclusive capability's and superior performance and it's perfectly reasonable to expect to PAY for these features.
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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #77 on: January 17, 2012, 05:12:07 PM »
3) depends on what you call a 'pass' there may be some luck and zig zagging involved, I've seen that it can WF a town without extending past the town and circling back.

4) Other bombers aren't a whole lot harder to shoot down, which is the point. YES its horribly vulnerable compared to a fighter, but its not horribly vulnerable compared to another bomber. With a lancaster you can pretty much just wade through the fire to kill it if your willing to take some damage in return. But if you want to kill one without taking damage to the point that you'll be shot down by the second or third set, you still have to be smart about attacking them.

Being smart with a lancaster isn't all that much harder than being smart with a B-24.

Hehe... well I must not be that lucky then.  I never thought of using the "spray and pray" approach to bombing... but hey... people do wacky stuff here.  :huh

And yes... if you fly right up the six on a lancaster formation, you may get one.  But if the gunner is any good, you probably wont get the second.  And that applies to any bomber.  I have ruined peoples day with a B-25C formation... and I do it all the time with the H.  

A lot of it has to do with skill.  There are pilots skilled in taking down buffs... any of them.  There are guys skilled in the tail guns who will lite you up with the first burst.  There are also a lot of folks who cant do either well.

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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #78 on: January 17, 2012, 05:13:05 PM »


PERK the bluebird in MW! Gamers are gaming the game with it! :rofl
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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #79 on: January 17, 2012, 05:18:18 PM »
PERK the bluebird in MW! Gamers are gaming the game with it! :rofl
Well .... Blubird COULD be a little perkier ... He's been kind of lazy lately ...
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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #80 on: January 17, 2012, 06:10:05 PM »
If Lancs are that common in the MWA, obviously I should spend time in there to collect my free Fighter perks.
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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #81 on: January 17, 2012, 06:11:20 PM »
ENY doesn't affect gameplay in MWA much. The problem is that the side that outnumbers the others will get a few people to log so that they can up planes with a lower ENY. Once they've upped, their buddies log back on.

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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #82 on: January 17, 2012, 06:45:47 PM »
Well .... Blubird COULD be a little perkier ... He's been kind of lazy lately ...
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Don't worry unperked, bluebirdie will be cheerfully dishing out some more pain tomorrow afternoon when he flies back in from his week at sea. Hopefully you will around  :angel:~and put your hardhat on or you will get severely injured again :cry

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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #83 on: January 18, 2012, 11:13:11 AM »
I look forward to shooting you down again and again and again and again puppydog............
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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #84 on: January 18, 2012, 04:20:29 PM »
I look forward to shooting you down again and again and again and again puppydog............

One day you may develop skill to match your incessant smack talk~ you certainly think you have it far out of proportion :rolleyes:.

Its always flattering when you pwn someone and they threaten to send in the film~ still waiting to be banned for life (for your poor aim) as you promised~

I hope you did send that in, everyone likes a good laugh, even HTC!

Ultimate compliment :neener: see you there sport~ you'll be squelched as always

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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #85 on: January 18, 2012, 08:56:18 PM »
One day you may develop skill to match your incessant smack talk~ you certainly think you have it far out of proportion :rolleyes:.

Its always flattering when you pwn someone and they threaten to send in the film~ still waiting to be banned for life (for your poor aim) as you promised~

I hope you did send that in, everyone likes a good laugh, even HTC!

Ultimate compliment :neener: see you there sport~ you'll be squelched as always


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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #86 on: January 18, 2012, 09:20:48 PM »
People are going to bomb and bail, its been around since Aces High started, perking it just means people will choose the next best option like the B-24 or B-17, so that doesn't help.

If its 2 on 30 bombers, then you should of brought more buddies, I was strictly talking a single set or two, which is more common then "30"
thats a big difference in payload wouldnt u say?
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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #87 on: January 18, 2012, 09:46:45 PM »
The problem is that the Lancaster is AH2 equivalent of a  Tomahawk Cruise Missle.  It comes in low and fast, and hits unsuspecting bases hard with overwhelming force.

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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #88 on: January 19, 2012, 06:08:05 AM »
The more I think about it, the more i realize its the game itself and the fact it is a game that gives the lanc such an advantage for attackers.  Yes hit has horrid defense compared to any other bomber, but who cares not like you actually die right?  And you get a free set of them for the next run if they all die during your low level bomb run on whatever it is you are bombing. Speaking from a MW only standpoint, since this is a MW wish, you hardly ever see someone deacking a town or field in a typh.  It usually costs a lot of perks and you have less control over your death then you do in a dog fight, i ping from ack in the radiator and your dead.  You can compare the outrageous bomb load the lanc has to the quad 20mm cannons the typh has.  Carrying twice the load of any other bomber in MW should at least earn it a very low ENY in MW only if not a lower perk cost as well.  No other bomber in MW can drop all hangers at a Vbase by itself and still have 6000lbs per bird left to take out gv's or deack or both!  If your good, you can have 10k bombs per bird after taking all the hangers down, thats more ord left over than any other allied bomber can carry in MW period.
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Re: PERK THE LANCASTERS (in MWA)
« Reply #89 on: January 19, 2012, 01:51:10 PM »
Sure, a low ENY would be fine.  OBJ should also be very low.

As to the Tiffie, well, the Mossie is almost as fast down low, tougher and has more ammo for its quad 20mm cannons, so I don't think it is the cannons that get the Tiffie perked in there.
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