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Offline Tank-Ace

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Re: A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants
« Reply #30 on: February 12, 2014, 11:55:17 PM »
I kinda like the looks of the He 115. Would be nice to see along side of an H8K, and an A6M2-N.
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Re: A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants
« Reply #31 on: February 12, 2014, 11:59:58 PM »
It doesn't matter how potent a seaplane attack is if they only have to fly 5 miles NOE from a nearby PT boat spawn against an undefended base.  Surprise alone can be very potent.  Add proximity and this type of attack could be unstoppable.

I'm not against seaplanes but I don't like the idea of using PT spawns.

Eh, I've always thought we oughtta make the DAR go all the way to the ground to end this NOE silly-nannery anyway. 200 feet AGL? In reality that may put 'em below radar, but every damn private in the enemy army and every damn farmer in enemy territory would have been reporting the unmistakable sight of your dozen fat attack airplanes skimming the tree tops.
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Re: A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants
« Reply #32 on: February 13, 2014, 12:04:33 AM »
I'd rather not see NOE disappear completely. I really like the immersion of flying at tree-top height in a 190F to avoid radar.
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Re: A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants
« Reply #33 on: February 13, 2014, 12:06:51 AM »
I'd rather not see NOE disappear completely. I really like the immersion of flying at tree-top height in a 190F to avoid radar.

Fly in a 190F at treetop level to maximize the speed of the assault instead.
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Re: A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants
« Reply #34 on: February 13, 2014, 12:31:01 AM »
Eh, I've always thought we oughtta make the DAR go all the way to the ground to end this NOE silly-nannery anyway. 200 feet AGL? In reality that may put 'em below radar, but every damn private in the enemy army and every damn farmer in enemy territory would have been reporting the unmistakable sight of your dozen fat attack airplanes skimming the tree tops.

First of all the current dar bar alt in game is 65 feet.  

Second, I'm in a one man squad, don't join missions, don't join hordes, have only two or three times flown an NOE mission in 18 years and only a handful of times have been with a dozen "fat" attack airplanes.

Before you open your fat trap and denigrate someone it would be to your advantage to know even the slightest little bit about how they play.
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Re: A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants
« Reply #35 on: February 13, 2014, 12:37:28 AM »
Fly in a 190F at treetop level to maximize the speed of the assault instead.

But it doesn't.

Besides, the most likely result of no NOE is an increase of  bish-style hanger dropping, which is inherently a bad thing.
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Re: A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants
« Reply #36 on: February 13, 2014, 10:25:00 AM »
I'm not against seaplanes but I don't like the idea of using PT spawns.
I agree that float planes and flying boats should not be able to use PT Boat spawn points.
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Re: A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants
« Reply #37 on: February 13, 2014, 10:31:00 AM »
First of all the current dar bar alt in game is 65 feet.  

Second, I'm in a one man squad, don't join missions, don't join hordes, have only two or three times flown an NOE mission in 18 years and only a handful of times have been with a dozen "fat" attack airplanes.

Before you open your fat trap and denigrate someone it would be to your advantage to know even the slightest little bit about how they play.

It was an impersonal "you" Bald. You were concerned about NOE missions, I basically agree with you.
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