A use for seaplanes, particularly fighter variants

[BnZs]

Make them spawnable from CV groups even after the CV is gone, like PT Boats. CVs seem to get deep-sixed so quickly these days, and these planes will keep the furball going a bit longer. Albeit they will be at a disadvantage versus the full hangar of planes available from a base, so sinking the CV will still make a major difference.

[BnZs]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A6M2-N

[Greebo]

Making float planes spawnable from PT spawns would be interesting. A few MA maps (IIRC Mindanao, Baltic and Ozkanzas) have PT spawns going to adjacent fields along the coast. The ability to insta-spawn near an enemy base might encourage someone to up an A6M2-N for a laugh. It is not as though a float plane Zero would be anything more than a nuisance from an arena war POV.

Also if a coastal field's runways were capped by the enemy it might be possible to up a float plane from one of that field's PT spawns and use it to kill an inbound goon or M3. Port defence or even coastal V base defence is another scenario where it might see some use.

[Devil 505]

Make them spawnable from CV groups even after the CV is gone, like PT Boats. CVs seem to get deep-sixed so quickly these days, and these planes will keep the furball going a bit longer. Albeit they will be at a disadvantage versus the full hangar of planes available from a base, so sinking the CV will still make a major difference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A6M2-N

Yes! Let's raise the Rufe up in here!

[BnZs]

Clever!

The Curtiss Seahawk barely made it into the war, but I expect it might also see some use in the MA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_SC_Seahawk

[HornetUK]

anything that brings diversification to the game I am for +1

[BaldEagl]

Making float planes spawnable from PT spawns would be interesting. A few MA maps (IIRC Mindanao, Baltic and Ozkanzas) have PT spawns going to adjacent fields along the coast. The ability to insta-spawn near an enemy base might encourage someone to up an A6M2-N for a laugh. It is not as though a float plane Zero would be anything more than a nuisance from an arena war POV.

Oh great.  NOE float plane missions to capture undefended bases.   

[guncrasher]

Making float planes spawnable from PT spawns would be interesting. A few MA maps (IIRC Mindanao, Baltic and Ozkanzas) have PT spawns going to adjacent fields along the coast. The ability to insta-spawn near an enemy base might encourage someone to up an A6M2-N for a laugh. It is not as though a float plane Zero would be anything more than a nuisance from an arena war POV.

Also if a coastal field's runways were capped by the enemy it might be possible to up a float plane from one of that field's PT spawns and use it to kill an inbound goon or M3. Port defence or even coastal V base defence is another scenario where it might see some use.

why would they up a zero.  they most likely would up an la7 and ho everything in sight.



semp

[Tank-Ace]

Oh great.  NOE float plane missions to capture undefended bases.   

This.

[Greebo]

If a mission consisting of A6M2-Ns each with two 132 lb bombs and a short clip of low-MV 20mm can take a base good luck to them. Any base can be defended from this by a few GVs or ack gunners. A defending flakpanzer or a fast fighter would probably make short work of the lot of them.

If the runways are covered at a base then upping an La-7 there or from a nearby field may well be a better strategy but so what? This just gives an alternative strategy, variety is the spice of life.

[kvuo75]

Oh great.  NOE float plane missions to capture undefended bases.   

they could just taxi on the water all the way there.. 

[BaldEagl]

If a mission consisting of A6M2-Ns each with two 132 lb bombs and a short clip of low-MV 20mm can take a base good luck to them. Any base can be defended from this by a few GVs or ack gunners. A defending flakpanzer or a fast fighter would probably make short work of the lot of them.

If the runways are covered at a base then upping an La-7 there or from a nearby field may well be a better strategy but so what? This just gives an alternative strategy, variety is the spice of life.

Presumably if we got one seaplane eventally we'd get others.

[SysError]

I've just been reading about float planes.  It would be an interesting addition to the game if they came with a good mix of ords (and possibly sups/troops) AND if you could use the PT spawns.  On some maps it would really mix things up.

[matt]

+1

[Karnak]

Presumably if we got one seaplane eventally we'd get others.

The most effective seaplane fighter we could get would be the N1K1 Kyufu "Rex", and it is a pale shadow of its latter development that we already have, the N1K2-J.

Flying boat bombers could be modestly effective as all three of the most commonly request flying boat bombers, the PBY-5A, H8K2 and Sunderland, have useable bomb loads.  In an attack mission of nothing but sea planes and flying boats the N1K1s escorting H8K2s would likely be the most potent it could be and that is much less potent than a land or CV based attack.