I don't agree with the new price , especially for new players; I know how to earn and I have plenty of perks, this won't affect my decision to fly it or not; The problem is the base where is available, only next to HQ; nobody bombs HQ this days, unfortunately is just a useless dot on the map, all the bombing raids I've seen are hitting starts; Comets should automatically be enable next to moving strats bases, or you wasted your time modeling it, better disable it totally.
The LW MA is dominated by boring large maps hard to rest ,stalled for weeks, and on this maps the strats are moving back and forward with zone bases captured and lost; this bases next to strats are never close enough to front line for Me163s range. Look at the map running in MA today.
These are pretty poor examples in my eyes since not one of these facts seems to hold true. First off, the only large map that seems to stay up for a week before it's auto rotated is that one with the 3 islands (don't know the actual name of it). Every other map is either small or captured by the bish horde inside of 2 days. If you are always seeing the same map then it must have been a server reset that HTC did. Making a 163 more expensive will not prevent it from being use for what it was designed for
defending the HQ. There are 2 reasons that people don't go on HQ raids anymore, 1 because of the fire sale on 163s that happen as soon as the bombers get close and 2 because everyone just resups the strats and has them back up in 10 mins.
Here's the thing about perk planes, if you don't want to lose the perks then don't take the plane... it's that simple.
Here is my take on the 163:
-It's a small target, the smallest WWII plane in the MA
-When flown at a proper attack angle (ie: not dead six on the bombers), it's a hell of a target to hit and rarely gets hit.
-It can out turn most of the planes that threaten it with speed
-It can accelerate faster and run away from the planes that it can't turn fight.
-It has a max alt of 60k... still trying to think of another WWII plane that can match this
-It has a massive advantage in terms of firepower.
In my mind, the cost is still too low, I think it should be 150 perks.
there's lot of players that are really good sticks and will waste every single perk as soon as they earn them. lowering the perks is not gonna help the new players. you want proof, just ask players around you that have been around for a while how many perks they have.
semp
Normally I would disagree with guncrasher, but I'm going to side with him on this one. If you are playing the game for the sole purpose of hording perks, then you are doing it wrong. I play the game because the guys in my squad make me laugh. I play because I have fun trying to out fly the other guy. I play because when I've had a bad day at work I can come in and shoot some tanks to blow off steam. When I up a perked plane here is what I do:
1-I record the sortie
2-I find the red planes
3-I shoot at the red planes
4-I get shot at by the red planes
5-I fly until said perk plane has been sprinkled all over the surrounding countryside
6-I have a laugh over the situation
7-I save the film for later
8-If step 5 has not occurred and you land the plane, then grab another and repeat until step 5 has occurred.
