I Predict the Next Plane HTC Brings Forth Will Be...

[bustr]

There are very few monsters left to add while many of you appear to be bored with the existing toys already. All of you are within reason locked into your skill levels with the existing monsters. The Meteor and A26 would introduce a slight new monster dynamic in the speed and fire power relms they would slot into. The A26 would be abused and become the base takers easy mode perked ride dejour. The Meteor would be one more jet powered greif machine with a big target on it's pilot's perk bank. The usual group of 262 suspects would add it to their greifer forays.

No matter what HTC updates or adds to the arena, all of you enjoy those first few uses of it for the novelty before your short attention spans kick into BORING Mode and your tollerance for your arse being kicked or the effort to kill anything is reached. Most of the aircraft that remain to be added which can be considered reasonably viable for this game will not make anyone an overnight uber stick. The weaknesses will be rapidly discovered and exploited. And a small following will become loyal while the rest of you saddel up in your late war monsters to take advantage of their charity to your greed.

[jeep00]

If the Yak-3 makes it in (which is my prediction of the next plane being added), I will do exactly this: Amputate my arms so I have nothing but a head and torso, grow thick, brown-spotted skin, call myself a potato and then roll off happily into the sunset being a happy potato whom has gotten a Yak-3.

You will have legs too. Also, should this come to pass, methinks you will not be so happy a potato without the arms to manage the hands which will be required to operate the joystick. ANY joystick. Not a real well thought out plan, you gonna be bummin' this plane comes out next.

Bob

[MrKrabs]

  I WANTZ THE C.200 Saetta

[skorpx1]

You will have legs too. Also, should this come to pass, methinks you will not be so happy a potato without the arms to manage the hands which will be required to operate the joystick. ANY joystick. Not a real well thought out plan, you gonna be bummin' this plane comes out next.

Bob

Sorry, in my excitement I had forgotten to amputate my legs. When I come across a few band-saws i'll go up and cut 'em off.

[SmokinLoon]

It's quite far out of the line compared to the most commonly used bombers in AH.

You're tying to argue that it wont be used in the MA because it lags behind far enough in performance that it will be a hanger queen more so than the other medium bombers it is going to compete with?  Vs B26? B25? G4M? Boston? Light weight Ju88's (w/o 50kg bombs), Ki67's, etc?  The He111 will have its own niche, just like everything else.

I feel not having the He 111 in the bomber set is like leaving the Ford Mustang or Chevy Corvette out of a show about classic American sports cars.

The Tu-2 and Wellington would be good to add as well, but the He 111 will be first.             

[Butcher]

I have to many things to list....

I would love to have C.202/C.205 upgraded, drop tanks added, maybe a G.55 in addition..
Yak-3 added if not LaGG-3
Ju-88 upgrade would be a plus!
Ki-43 series would be nice..

I haven't seen a fighter/bomber combo added in Aces high that I can remember off hand, would give plenty of toys to play with =)

[Lusche]

You're tying to argue that it wont be used in the MA because it lags behind far enough in performance that it will be a hanger queen more so than the other medium bombers it is going to compete with?  Vs B26? B25? G4M? Boston? Light weight Ju88's (w/o 50kg bombs), Ki67's, etc?  The He111 will have its own niche, just like everything else.

Niche is the correct word, he low performance means it won't be getting great usage in the place where more than 90% of the activity takes place. We already have one German early war bomber. There is a big gap between the Ju-88 and the Arado 234, the He 11 won't fill that. Not to speak of other, even bigger gaps in other nation's plane sets.

[coombz]

You're tying to argue that it wont be used in the MA because it lags behind far enough in performance that it will be a hanger queen

Lusche didn't mention the MA

But MA usage is a good point - I would much prefer for planes to be added that will actually get significant amounts of use by players

[Plawranc]

I'd say the HE-111 or the Beaufighter

Purely because they are consistently the most wished for, the most iconic and indeed the sexiest.

The AH2 community has been crying out for the HE-111 for years, I want them to release an EW and MW HE-111, the one with torpedos, extra horsepower, and 20mms. And the Classic BoB model.

I would fly HE-111's in Preference to JU-88's any day.

[Butcher]

did anyone do a comparison of the Beaufighter and Me410? hate to see another drag get added

[Karnak]

Usage suggests a redone Lancaster would be a good bet.

[Lusche]

By looking at the new trains & trucks, and HT's recent comments on further work on the strat system, the next update could possibly be one without a new plane/GV... 

[Reaper90]

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[skorpx1]

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NO. NO. NO. ALL OF MY NO.


Instead, how about this sexy beast?


Why? Because its just better. That's why.

[zack1234]

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