Lots of late war planes?

[pipz]

The new Ki-61 is equipped with a much more restricted rear view unfortunately.   

Theres a spot that you can peek through if ya move your views round a bit. Its still not as good as it use to be your rite. They did a good job on it. Looks very nice. The only thing that kept me from flying it more was how dated it looked. I'll prolly give it a good thrashing when AH 3 replaces 2.

[RufusLeaking]

Getting back into AH has been fun - like riding a bike I guess. I have a question - where did all of the early and mid war planes go? It seems that most of the planes in the MA are late war monsters. I can adapt, just miss seeing the wide assortment of different kinds of aircraft.

Lusche/Snailman's chart shows only a slight reduction.

There may be just less planes per sector than before.

My personal opinion is that people fly the uber rides to be able to get to a kill first. It is more about beating the green guy than killing the red guy.

I got turned on to the full hangar lists after having a great time in FSO with C.202s versus P-40Es.

I still try to up EW birds when I can. After a few times dying, it's back to the Yak-9 o' death. 

[puller]

Make the game free for those who would use rolling plane sets, and paid for those who would want to fly any plane at any time!

bam more players + no loss of income

    


No...

[bozon]

The post above is incorrect.


Don't know what went wrong with the 2016 numbers, but I probably should not compile stuff like this in the middle of the night. 
I went through the numbers again and came up with this:

(Image removed from quote.)

Hope I didn't mess up again 

lusche,
can you check MW rides share of kills. I suspect they took a bigger hit - EW planes were always rare.

I try to keep the MW roster in the picture with Mossie VI, F6F, and P47D11/2 5.
Life is not easy with the abundance of La7S, Yak3s and that every plane you meet is the lattest model: 109k4, 190D, p47m. We are lucky that spit 14 is so difficult to fly.

[guncrasher]

Remember that when I jam six fifties up your six again.   

SMH

remember when I jammed six rockets in your face? 


semp

[Vraciu]

The rolling plane set was the beginning of the end at War Birds. And Hitech would know as it was his game as well.

Hitech has the right to believe that.  I disagree. 

The RPS was great.   What killed WBs was the ego of Wild Bill.   He fired all the talent, banned players for silly affronts, and lost a TON or market share to a game people considered more dynamic: Aces High.

We are seeing numbers drop here as well.  WBs had an RPS and lost players.  AH has no RPS and is losing players.   Why?   The economy?  Demographics?   In any case it isn't the fault of  a Rolling Plane Set.

[Vraciu]

remember when I jammed six rockets in your face? 


semp

And blew yourself up!    

 

[guncrasher]

And blew yourself up!    

 

actually i just injured myself.  i landed 3 kills.  was hoping you were the 4th.


semp

[Vraciu]

actually i just injured myself.  i landed 3 kills.  was hoping you were the 4th.


semp

That must have been the second time as I got a kill on you on one encounter.  I was laughing my rear off because I had every possible part damaged except maybe one elevator and stab.

[DmonSlyr]

Hitech has the right to believe that.  I disagree. 

The RPS was great.   What killed WBs was the ego of Wild Bill.   He fired all the talent, banned players for silly affronts, and lost a TON or market share to a game people considered more dynamic: Aces High.

We are seeing numbers drop here as well.  WBs had an RPS and lost players.  AH has no RPS and is losing players.   Why?   The economy?  Demographics?   In any case it isn't the fault of  a Rolling Plane Set.

That still doesn't make it a good idea. The rolling plane set would cause hoards like you wouldn't believe. Plus there only 3 teams, so that limits a lot of planes. The majoirty of players would play on the allies, thus causing huge side discrepancies. It's just not feasible.

[Vraciu]

That still doesn't make it a good idea. The rolling plane set would cause hoards like you wouldn't believe. Plus there only 3 teams, so that limits a lot of planes. The majoirty of players would play on the allies, thus causing huge side discrepancies. It's just not feasible.

Well, in any case, I loved it.  I thought it was fantastic.  YMMV.

[DmonSlyr]

Well, in any case, I loved it.  I thought it was fantastic.  YMMV.

That's what's FSO, AVA, and scenarios are for. They are a lot of fun and bring the most realistic approach.

[Vraciu]

That's what's FSO, AVA, and scenarios are for. They are a lot of fun and bring the most realistic approach.

Not available often enough for my taste. 

Oh well. 

[caldera]

There is really no incentive to fly anything other than Late War monsters.   If HTC revamped the ENY scale to 100, the large perk point bonuses might help to encourage players to get out of their comfort zone for a few minutes.   

[hgtonyvi]

Hey you can find me in the F4U-1 most times.