Author Topic: Do Away with the Strats!!  (Read 761 times)

Offline JimmyD3

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2013, 12:20:11 AM »
Fester, everytime I see you MW now, that stupid avatar of yours pops in my head. :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Offline Rich46yo

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2013, 04:31:45 AM »
Old strat system, zones and zone bases was better  :old:

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Offline WWhiskey

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2013, 06:48:15 AM »
Fundamentally the Strat idea is fine, it just needs some fine tuning. As it is now its way to easy to take down, and too difficult to defend. :devil
it looks pretty well defended from the air,,a round trip takes three hours to get B-29s up to alt and then over target,,then a carpet of ack greets me,31000 feet of alt makes no difference,, it is laid out so that it can't be taken out in one or two passes ,,instead your flying around for pass after pass, in the ack, recalibrateing every time you change directions,, fighters and rocket planes buzz around like pesky Mosquitos trying to take a bite out of your backside at every turn,,,, then ,,if your still alive comes the long trip home, engines smoking or shut down completely ,flaps and rudders shot off, if your lucky you might still have one working aileron  and you think it's to easy?
Then there's the NOE fighters chasing you back to base to kill you rather than fight you in the air,, yes that is why we fly with a full load of fuel thank you!
It's not to easy, it takes a lot of devotion to set in for one flight that lasts three hours and in reality,,, it's a blast,, when you are done your tired, if you had lots of contact, your palms are sweaty and your nerves are shot,, ths Oclub ( patio for a smoke) is the answer!!
Now if you want to add more stuff to blow up,,, I'm all for it!!! :cheers:
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Offline mthrockmor

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2013, 07:30:10 AM »
I like some version of this. It adds another element of CAS (Close Air Support) to the game.

Maybe we bring back the old regional strats, which I liked, though they could be gamed abit. In addition to the old regional strat I suggest we add a small task force of cargo ships that resupply forward fields, bases and ports. A cargo fleet could have say 10 Liberty ships with 4 to 6 destroyers and maybe a couple of Atlanta Class AAA light cruisers. Maybe even a small Escort CV that could only launch F4Fs and Hurricanes, which I believe are the only two fighters deployed on escort carriers during the war.

Add skipping bombs with time delayed fuses (another thread I started) and you have a whole new element of this game to attack and defend.

+ 1 to the original post.

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2013, 08:36:48 AM »
Now if you want to add more stuff to blow up,,, I'm all for it!!! :cheers:

Well, someone was complaining that the bridges in the MA don't blow
(though I suspect that's an arena setting issue). Hmmmm ....

Arlo's short list of pyrotechnic targets that could be added to Aces High:

Billboards. This further offers AH to receive revenue from ads.

Water towers. Unlike targets for the enemy, this could be a 'friendly
target' that puts out fires and speeds up repair.

Tax office. Again, you have to be careful when attacking. Hit this
building and morale actually increases, making it that much harder
to white flag a town.

(To be continued?)

Offline LCADolby

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2013, 10:29:46 AM »
I like some version of this. It adds another element of CAS (Close Air Support) to the game.

Maybe we bring back the old regional strats, which I liked, though they could be gamed abit. In addition to the old regional strat I suggest we add a small task force of cargo ships that resupply forward fields, bases and ports. A cargo fleet could have say 10 Liberty ships with 4 to 6 destroyers and maybe a couple of Atlanta Class AAA light cruisers. Maybe even a small Escort CV that could only launch F4Fs and Hurricanes, which I believe are the only two fighters deployed on escort carriers during the war.

Add skipping bombs with time delayed fuses (another thread I started) and you have a whole new element of this game to attack and defend.

+ 1 to the original post.

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Offline WWhiskey

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2013, 10:36:45 AM »

Billboards. This further offers AH to receive revenue from ads.

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Offline Myg

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2013, 12:30:58 PM »
The current system provides the most cohesive experience.

Bombers do *not* last long without being far from enemy strongholds.

What needs a fix, is to remove all the damned jets and rocket planes, so we can get back to ww2 and not pre-Vietnam action.

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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2013, 04:23:31 AM »
The current system provides the most cohesive experience.

Bombers do *not* last long without being far from enemy strongholds.

What needs a fix, is to remove all the damned jets and rocket planes, so we can get back to ww2 and not pre-Vietnam action.
Last I checked all planes in this game besides the RV-8 where in WW2
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Re: Do Away with the Strats!!
« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2013, 05:22:36 AM »
The quintessential ww2 experience is without jets/rockets.

That is end of era tech, that while technically valid; represents a leap beyond the experience expected.

It totally ruins the comfort zone you get from flying a prop plane, whatever the performance level.

Basically, its just too OP, as it was historically; as it is now in its virtual representation.