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Offline hblair

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« on: December 18, 2001, 02:38:00 PM »
This Saturday is a big day for the Aces High Combat Theater. Saturday marks the beginning of a new series of historical and quazi-historical setups that the CT staff will be running in that arena over two week periods. These setups were (and will be) put together by your CT Staff taking many factors into consideration. Having said that, we are not perfect and don't claim to be, so, if you have a problem with a side balance issue or anything else, please post your concern in a polite informative way and we'll weigh it against what we see in the arena.

Our first run will begin this Saturday, December 22nd and run til Friday, January 4th. At that time another yet to be announced setup will be introduced. Here are some of the more important details on what you will see in the Combat Theater this Saturday:

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ARENA SETTINGS:

Baltic Terrain / 2 countries
Radar: Sector Counters only, disabled below 500ft. (in-tower and in-plane)
Icons: Scenario style (short)
Field Capture enabled
Killshooter: on

FIELD SETTINGS:

AXIS

Fighters/Jabo: (all fields)
109F4
109G2
109G6
FW190a5
FW190F8 -Substitute for Fw 190F-3
FW190a8 -Substitute for Fw 190A-7

Medium Bomber: (all fields)
JU88

Troop/Cargo Delivery: (all fields)
C-47 -Substitute for JU52
M-3 -Substitute for German Halftrack

Ground Vehicles (all fields)
Panzer IV
Ostwind


ALLIES

Fighters/Jabo: (all fields)
Spit5
Spit9
Typhoon IB
Mosquito
Hurricane IIc
P47d11
P51b

Carrier Based: (carriers only)
Seafire
F4U-1
TBM

Medium Bomber: (all fields)
B26

Troop/Cargo Delivery: (all fields)
C-47
M-3

Ground Vehicles (all fields)
Panzer IV -Substitute for Sherman
M-8
M-16

Ground Vehicles (fleets only)
LVT(A)2
LVT(A)4
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Our goal is to see the Combat Theater remain populated around the clock from this Saturday on. I know there are several of you who have posted your desires for a reduced icon/radar 2-sided historical type arena. Well, here it is. I strongly encourage you to relay this post to your friends who may have interest in this arena. Tell everyone  who you think would enjoy this. Help us make this arena a full time alternative to the Aces High main arena. We're trying to do our part by building a fun setup, that's all we can do. It's up to you to click on "Combat Theater" when you log on.

I look forward to seeing you in the air.

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Regards,
hblair
Combat Theater Staff

 

[ 12-20-2001: Message edited by: hblair ]
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Offline Vector

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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2001, 02:47:00 PM »
S!

WooHoo! I'll be there with my rusty jug!
WTG, good job!
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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2001, 02:55:00 PM »
WTG CT team!
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Offline K West

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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2001, 03:21:00 PM »
Where do I enlist? ! ? !  :)

 Hopefully I'll wring more 'flight' time at home and if so when I am online I pledge to fly CT only in order to help keep the "counter" live at the arena login screen.

 Westy
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« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2001, 03:27:00 PM »
Looks like it will be fun hblair.
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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2001, 04:07:00 PM »
Plane sets look like a very good matchup.  Too bad there isn't a more realistic way to do radar.  I'll definitely give it a try.

Thanks for the effort CT Team!
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« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2001, 04:35:00 PM »
S!

By the way for you History buffs out there...

This is not a historical setup, in that such a campaign didn't happen in WWII.   However...

Winston Churchill was always against a direct invasion of France. He had to be dragged kicking and screaming to agree to Operation Overlord. His preferences was to nibble at the German periphery, with invasions in Greece, Norway, Italy etc. After the disastrous raid at Dieppe, and the thrashing the British got in France, he didn't like the idea of facing the full German army in France.

So if his ideas had been accepted, (he convinced the Americans to invade Italy in summer '43 instead of France) then history would have seen an invasion of Norway, likely in Autumn '43.

So this is what we are simulating to a certain extent here.   :D
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« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2001, 04:52:00 PM »
I'll be there.

May I ask how field capture is being handled?  I see that it is on.

What will keep fields captured by the Allies from launching Luftwaffe aircraft instead of USAAF or RAF aircraft?
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« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2001, 04:57:00 PM »
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I'll be there.

May I ask how field capture is being handled?  I see that it is on.

What will keep fields captured by the Allies from launching Luftwaffe aircraft instead of USAAF or RAF aircraft?

This is already an in-game feature. All fields captured by a country will have that country's specific planes automatically enabled when the field is captured.
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« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2001, 05:44:00 PM »
I will be there.  :)
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2001, 05:46:00 PM »
Airfileds are not deserted until attacked!

With a large map, low numbers of praticipants, and the above radar settings, airfields can and will be taken by two guys milk running below the dar and the opposition will never know until the declartaion of field capture on channel 6.  That is not historic.

 
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I know there are several of you who have posted your desires for a reduced icon/radar 2-sided historical type arena.

It seems that the greatest proponents for these radar settings are on the CT staff.  Is this really what the majority of possible CT users want?

 
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so, if you have a problem with a side balance issue or anything else, please post your concern in a polite informative way and we'll weigh it against what we see in the arena.

Hmmmmn.   This quote really bugs me.  I am not going to plead with fellow players for changes to an arena.  I will do it with Pyro or HT because it is their gig, but not players.


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(actually and unexplicably incensed)
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« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2001, 06:15:00 PM »
Wow furious, that's kinda extreme isn't it?

You forgot this part of my post:

 
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we are not perfect and don't claim to be

I reread my post and don't see how I came over as trying to be pompous. That really wasn't my intention. The settings above are not chiseled in stone, but we wouldn't just change settings on a whim either.
Patience man, Patience.

I hope you will support this effort. I look forward to seeing your 190 taking down some allied aluminum.
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« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2001, 06:22:00 PM »
I knew I was more bothered by it than I should have been.  I'm over it now.  

It musta been the rash; I hate breakin in new thongs.  :D

One thing to add:
Can you guys give mission type ideas/orders in the welcome screen?  Something that could be updated and give general direction to each sides efforts.


F.

(I still hope that we can get some maps scaled to the lower number of users)
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« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2001, 06:35:00 PM »
Just wondering will axis HAve CV groups?. If not mabye just a cruiser or 2 spawning from ports would be nice. And If not that I dont mind JU-88's can handle CV's nicely  :) .

Furzy
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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2001, 07:18:00 PM »
No p38??... hmm =(.. Count me out. hehe
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