Welcome to This Day in WWII: the Siege of Malta!
All are welcome to play.
Runs on March 7th, in Special Events II arena at:
-- 8 pm Eastern Time
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Objective: Kill enemies, sink enemy ships, and destroy enemy ground objects.
Event duration: 2 hours, but play as much or as little as you want of that.
Unlimited lives, but arena enforces at most 2 deaths in any 7-minute span. It says "Your max deaths have been exceeded" until you can fly again.
Allies (Bishops):
-- Hurricane IIC, Spitfire V, Boston III (for balance), Wirblewind (for field defense).
-- Planes enabled at Malta fields (a47, a118, a119), and Spit V at c110.
-- Wirblewind enabled everywhere on land.
Axis (Knights):
-- Bf 109F-4, C.202, Ju 88A-4, Ju 87D-3, Wirblewind (for field defense).
-- Planes enabled at a4, a11, and a22 (south coast of Sicily).
-- Wirblewind enabled everywhere on land.
All ships require 20,000 lbs of damage each to sink.
Ships stay down once sunk.
No dot radar is available -- only sector counters.
Ammo Bunkers stay down 10 minutes after destruction.
Points:
-- 1 point per kill of an enemy.
-- 0.1 point per ground object destroyed.
-- 25 points per enemy ship sunk.
Side split 50/50.
Arena Settings:
Terrain = italy_1
ArenaFlags = 5166
CountryChangeTime = 0
DeathMaxCount = 2
DeathTimeMin = 7
ExitWhileMoving = 508
FlightModeFlags = 5248
FuelBurnRateMult = 1.0
ObjectHardnessMults[SHP] = 2.96
RadarMode = 0
StratFlags = 1
Object Settings:
Bunk Ammo, Down Time = 10
Ship, Down Time = 360; Hardness = 6.76
Map of the battle area: