Unperk the F4U-1C

[LCADolby]

Unperk the CHog...    Don't be daft.

[waystin2]

[Slade]

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[dirtdart]

Wiley, I had a ton of perkies until my son decided it was 262 night when I let him play. Sure son, tear it up I said.... where the heck did all of my perks go? Dad, what are perks? FACEPALM.

[MK-84]

With all of the cannon armed aircraft flying around in the MA, and the recent unperking of the Spit14, I am confused to the reason the F4U-1C is still a perked aircraft.

It turns at low speed well
It handles at high speed fantastic
It has a stupid high amount of ammunition
It can be flown from a carrier
It can carry two 1000lb bombs and rockets
It has 4X 20mm hispanos which are arguably the best weapon in the game.
It is a bullet sponge

There is not anything out there unperked that can deliver as much firepower and ordinance in an airframe that is competitive for air to air, and be able to launch from a CV.

[gyrene81]

It turns at low speed well
It handles at high speed fantastic
It has a stupid high amount of ammunition
It can be flown from a carrier
It can carry two 1000lb bombs and rockets
It has 4X 20mm hispanos which are arguably the best weapon in the game.
It is a bullet sponge

There is not anything out there unperked that can deliver as much firepower and ordinance in an airframe that is competitive for air to air, and be able to launch from a CV.

+1 i can't shoot for poop but the 1c and those 20mms make shooting things down easy, not to mention it's nearly as easy to fly as a spit.

[Ruah]

hahaha

I knew this would come (but my money was on the 'unperk the tempest').

Do not confuse the spit 14 with the f4u-1c.  It is not even close.  As some vets have already said - 'been there done that, and it was not fun'.

4 Hispanos on an F4U?. . .wait, that is a super floppy, speed/turn magical f4u with 4 cannons? 

sorry, I am speechless still. . .

[Vinkman]

I like that the perk system keeps things in some kind of balance. Remember it doesn't say you can't have it, just that you have to land a few kills first to earn one. It's kind of trivial to earn perk points, so I'm often confused about the emotion it seems to generate from some. I have 8200 fighter perk points. I never think twice about what a perk plane costs. I killed a Ki-84 and a P-51 in a P-39 the other day and landed ~11 perks. two sorties and you have your C-hog (17-ish perks). 

Leave the perk system the way it is. 

And Add Perk points per tour to the Fighter rank.    (after some adjustment to current ENY as discussed in a recent thread) 

[jeffdn]

It's kind of trivial to earn perk points, so I'm often confused about the emotion it seems to generate from some. I have 8200 fighter perk points. I never think twice about what a perk plane costs. I killed a Ki-84 and a P-51 in a P-39 the other day and landed ~11 perks. two sorties and you have your C-hog (17-ish perks). 

Just for some perspective, when I started playing eight months ago, I could barely stay alive in a Spit XVI. In one's first few months here, each kill is a cause for great celebration, and you only get one once every few sorties. It used to take me about a month to earn enough perks for a 262, and although I now can get them in a day or two, I can still empathize with those to whom perks are a huge, hard-earned deal.

[bozon]

Just for some perspective, when I started playing eight months ago, I could barely stay alive in a Spit XVI. In one's first few months here, each kill is a cause for great celebration, and you only get one once every few sorties. It used to take me about a month to earn enough perks for a 262, and although I now can get them in a day or two, I can still empathize with those to whom perks are a huge, hard-earned deal.

and do these guys want to fly F4U-C that much? I mean, I bet not a single one of them knew this sub variant ever existed before he saw it in the game. It is historically entirely insignificant. The "love" of some players to this plane has nothing to do with history and is based entirely on the cheesiness factor of it.

[Rich46yo]

No way unperk the C-hog. They are the ultimate vulchers air plane with all that zoom and fire power.

[jeffdn]

and do these guys want to fly F4U-C that much? I mean, I bet not a single one of them knew this sub variant ever existed before he saw it in the game. It is historically entirely insignificant. The "love" of some players to this plane has nothing to do with history and is based entirely on the cheesiness factor of it.

Agreed, and I was really just responding to Vinkman regarding the perks in general, not so much the C-Hog. I'd certainly never heard of it before I started playing this game, and I'm an avid WWII history buff.

[Vinkman]

Just for some perspective, when I started playing eight months ago, I could barely stay alive in a Spit XVI. In one's first few months here, each kill is a cause for great celebration, and you only get one once every few sorties. It used to take me about a month to earn enough perks for a 262, and although I now can get them in a day or two, I can still empathize with those to whom perks are a huge, hard-earned deal.

I agree, but I think the wait to earn Perks is much les of an impact on those players, than free C-Hogs would be on the game as a whole. 

[Tank-Ace]

I've always had trouble surviving to land. If I had to guess, I probably push bad situations...

[gyrene81]

I've always had trouble surviving to land. If I had to guess, I probably push bad situations...

for me it's not a problem, if i land successfully, i didn't get into a fight...