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Offline Frodo

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Re: Remind me how much fun it is...
« Reply #30 on: October 10, 2016, 05:35:00 PM »
We had very, very little defense of A6. Not sure what happened but we saw 2 Spits and maybe 4 or 5 P40s. That was from my perspective but I don't think there were any more than that?  :headscratch:


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Offline Squire

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Re: Remind me how much fun it is...
« Reply #31 on: October 10, 2016, 07:44:35 PM »
I dunno Kingpin I think you are overstating the difference its going to make. The Hurricane IIC was present in the battle and it was in the original FSO design we ran. It's not like I said "Ok I am going to have the Royal Navy fly F4U-1Cs off of CVs to balance things out".  ;)

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Offline Kingpin

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Re: Remind me how much fun it is...
« Reply #32 on: October 10, 2016, 10:25:40 PM »
I dunno Kingpin I think you are overstating the difference its going to make. The Hurricane IIC was present in the battle and it was in the original FSO design we ran. It's not like I said "Ok I am going to have the Royal Navy fly F4U-1Cs off of CVs to balance things out".  ;)

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OK.  Perhaps I am overstating it, but in my opinion, adding the cannon armed Hurri makes it the premium intercept aircraft in the scenario.  The Hurri 2 has a mininum 24 number and no maximum.  In comparison, the "minimum 24" aircraft for the Axis is the C202.  Maybe switching the minimum number to one of the P40 models might balance this move?

I'm normally not one to debate matchups because "perfectly fair" in historical battles is nearly impossible to achieve and I think the CM's do a great job balancing fun, fair and historical.  I fly what I am given and do my best.  However, in this case I feel a bit like the Axis side is being punished for our having a successful first frame, which from all accounts had more to do with tactics, timing and some luck, rather than the plane matchups.

That said, if the cannon-armed Hurri's were intended to be part of the setup and that is deemed to be a historical and fair matchup, I defer to your judgement.

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Re: Remind me how much fun it is...
« Reply #33 on: October 11, 2016, 01:12:00 PM »
A big  :salute to Vudu15 for coming back to "save" his escort.  I was trying to get him home in his Boston when I got in real trouble (couldn't keep up with him).  I was amazed and thrilled to see him loop over and dive into the fight about the time I lost half a wing.  It gave me time to limp away, and land.  Not many buff drivers will do that especially if it's not a squaddie.  That why I love FSO...The best groups are always flying. :cheers:
As far as the hurricanes with cannons it may be over the top, but the P-40's are really nothing more than a distraction for 109's or C202's.  We couldn't catch or turn with the sheep let alone those birds :joystick:.  It seems pretty lopsided at the moment.
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