What is the criteria for a plane to be perked?

[Randall172]

Why are some planes perked and others aren't?

What are the requirements for a plane to be perked/the amount said plane is perked?

[Squire]

If your are looking for a specific set-in-stone criteria there isn't one.

[Randall172]

thats good to know.

[Ack-Ack]

Why are some planes perked and others aren't?

What are the requirements for a plane to be perked/the amount said plane is perked?

Usually if the plane or vehicle will have a negative effect on game play if unperked.

[DmonSlyr]

Normally the fastest planes, the planes made toward the end of the war with the best engines and guns available. The Chog isn't the fastest, but it's guns, dive, versatility, and Ord are stellar. It's affect on attacking bases off the CV is better than any other. Those cannons go a long way.

Speed was the most important advantage in the war. It's not any different in AH. Being able to escape from the fight is a huge advantage. Planes that can do this while having great guns to get quick kills, make them the ultimate deadly plane. The Temp, 262, and F4u4 are planes that should be untouchable when you fly them. That's why they are perked. If a everyone including great players flies them all the time, like AKAK said, it wouldn't be very fun or challenging in the MA.

[The Fugitive]

Why are some planes perked and others aren't?

What are the requirements for a plane to be perked/the amount said plane is perked?

Perked planes and vehicles are perked because if they were not they would be the only planes and vehicles used. How much they are perked is mostly again set by "play". A 262 is very fast with a big gun. The combination of speed and firepower makes it very lethal and hard to kill. The C-hog has a smaller perk because it isn't as fast even tho it still has great guns. While it is almost as lethal as the 262 it can be caught and killed much easier.

Nobody but HTC knows the exact reason each plane/vehicle is perk as it is. The rest of us speculate.

[Kazaa]

It O.P.

[Randy1]

I would bet each one of us would have arguments on the value used on perked planes.

In the land of tanks, the perk system is a bit more confusing.   The big perk tanks are inline but the small perk value tanks is a bit overkill with each small perk value tank having benefits but they also flaws.  The Firefly as an example has a good canon but the lack of traveling speed gives it such a negative image it is rarely seen.  If the perks were removed i don't see it having any negative impact on the game. 

[Chalenge]

Randy1, I think the smaller perk values are to encourage you to use them. Think of it as a training system.

[hgtonyvi]

Yak3 should not be 18 ENY, I would suggest it at 12.

[Scca]

I would bet each one of us would have arguments on the value used on perked planes.

In the land of tanks, the perk system is a bit more confusing.   The big perk tanks are inline but the small perk value tanks is a bit overkill with each small perk value tank having benefits but they also flaws.  The Firefly as an example has a good canon but the lack of traveling speed gives it such a negative image it is rarely seen.  If the perks were removed i don't see it having any negative impact on the game.

When the firefly came out, it was about the only tank you saw, it was magical.  I think there was a bug as it couldn't be killed, but could kill from WAY far away.  People who would normally up a tiger would up firefly's with equal success.  It was perked as a result, it caused an imbalance in game play.  From my recollection, once the GV system was redone, and zoom was made more realistic to the actual model, the firefly became less of a force, and the perk price went down a touch. 

Disclaimer, this is from my  memory, I could be wrong YMMV

[waystin2]

it caused an imbalance in game play.

Your memory is not that bad Meat (yet  ).  I think this is the single biggest factor to adjusting ENY and perk values.  Of course only HTC knows for sure.   I do suspect we will see some ENY adjustments on some planes and vehicles eventually.

[Pongo]

will the game be better balanced both between players and between nations with that aircraft made less(or more)available due to the perk system.

[Scca]

Yak3 should not be 18 ENY, I would suggest it at 12.

Why?

[Randy1]

Why?

When you think of a yak, you think of a plane that is hard kill.  The yak3 is a harder plane to beat than a P-51 in AH.  Sometimes we think of ENY as a measure of difficulty in the kill.  That misdirects a lot of ENY arguments.  As an example, a 262 is easy to kill if you can get your guns on it, and is easier to kill than a yak.