Author Topic: Italy - the red-headed step-child of Aces High  (Read 2367 times)

Offline Butcher

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Re: Italy - the red-headed step-child of Aces High
« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2013, 09:49:18 AM »
How does that bear on anything?  I posted my opinion, not a hard fact.  The Ta152 reused much of the graphic model of the Fw190D-9 whereas the Re.2005 would require its own 3D model.  I am not going to throw a tantrum if HTC decides to add the Re.2005 like some do every time they add an Allied aircraft, but that doesn't mean I have to endorse it.

Re.2005 would help finish out the late war era planes, when you think about it - 99% fly late war arena - also it flew in the italian theater. Much as I lean more towards early and midwar fighters, honestly they dont compete in LWA and only FSO/scenarios.
Re.2005 and G.55 would not be perk planes, but lower eny ones, while they won't beat most of the planes in the LWA, they do give a nice boost for anti bombers.

Now with your list of Japanese aircraft, a handful of them will never be flown outside FSO or Scenarios - Ki48? G3m? Ki21? Ki27? a5m? I can see the B7a d4y H8k J2M Ki-45 Ki-61 (series) and Ki-100 being aded, the rest would just fill a gap nobody would use.


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Re: Italy - the red-headed step-child of Aces High
« Reply #31 on: June 02, 2013, 10:10:38 AM »
Now with your list of Japanese aircraft, a handful of them will never be flown outside FSO or Scenarios - Ki48? G3m? Ki21? Ki27? a5m? I can see the B7a d4y H8k J2M Ki-45 Ki-61 (series) and Ki-100 being aded, the rest would just fill a gap nobody would use.
Agreed.  As I said, large swathes of both lists do not need to be added.

Ki-44, Ki-102, N1K1, N1K1-J and P1Y1 would also see MA use.  I would certainly use the P1Y1 given it would have the unique for a Japanese bomber ability for a formation to destroy two hangars as one of its loadouts was two 500kg bombs.  Just over 1000 P1Y1s were built.
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Re: Italy - the red-headed step-child of Aces High
« Reply #32 on: June 02, 2013, 05:46:43 PM »
Yup, but that hits both.  We obviously don't need all of either and many wouldn't be used for fun.  I can hack whole swaths of aircraft from both.

This would be, for me, a satisfactorily complete Italian planeset:

C.200
C.202
C.205
CR.42
G.55
Re.2002
SM.79-II

That is a nice list.   :aok
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Re: Italy - the red-headed step-child of Aces High
« Reply #33 on: June 02, 2013, 06:06:11 PM »
That G55 is beautiful, contrary to mo on other Fiat products.

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oh, +1

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Re: Italy - the red-headed step-child of Aces High
« Reply #34 on: June 03, 2013, 08:47:20 PM »
+1 for: 
G.55
CR.42
SM.79

That rounds out the Italian Planeset nicely.

I'd fly the RE.2005 if it showed up, but IMHO it showed up too late to deserve inclusion.  The rest of the list I can live without.