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Offline Yarbles

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Re: "World at war" coming soon
« Reply #45 on: May 23, 2025, 06:38:06 PM »

MA is the gamey side of the product.
Historical suggested events are the simulator part of the product.

Don’t worry so much about match up that skews what was actually there, basically turning it into the MA based event.

There were advantages and disadvantages in RL.

For simmers, accuracy matters.

Accurate events could be more likely to sell the sim over the Melee. Many only play during scenarios.

Just a thought

They don’t have any rockets or bombs, they are already on crutches.
If they could be separated,I’d like the planes to be able to kill tanks, just not in one pass.

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Re: "World at war" coming soon
« Reply #46 on: May 23, 2025, 08:38:54 PM »
Same chap but this plane set

how many people should i expect. my estimation is 16 tops? i cant have all those planes and no players. so its limited

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Re: "World at war" coming soon
« Reply #47 on: May 24, 2025, 09:08:30 AM »
I suggest just run your test and event.

A lot didn’t like BoB spit1 vs 109e, some said taking down a 111h with a spit1 is going to be rough, it was a blast. I took out like 6+, sawing wings off. Ya have to get creative.

A slightly unbalanced and realistic plane set test your true skills. Challenge = adrenaline.

You catch a 51 slow and a A8 will shred them with a burst. We have a guy who flies a Brewster in the MA, he has no problem dispatching uber planes.

Scenarios and events should contain struggles they had in RL. No Germans on D-day? I wonder what killed those bodies laying on the beach. :)

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Re: "World at war" coming soon
« Reply #48 on: May 24, 2025, 09:30:22 AM »
I suggest just run your test and event.

A slightly unbalanced and realistic plane set test your true skills. Challenge = adrenaline.

Scenarios and events should contain struggles they had in RL.

Gotta disagree here - we already have structured scenarios and FSO for the "realism" side...  MTN, TNT and now this WAW are more just an hour or so if fun with minimal structure and unlimited respawns, etc.  There's also unlimited side switching if you wanted to play both sides; also for #s balancing.

The smaller expected numbers dictate having this looser structure. I'm on the fence about the inclusion of planes expecting to strafe GVs and somehow dogfight other planes below 4k, especially with adjusted icon settings and plane performance disparities in this initial set up. But we'll find out.

MNM does the under 4k, but the SEA arena keeps the action very confined and fast paced.  When MNM uses the BoB setup and channel map, it's a slightly different vibe as the action is more spread out.

Who knows, maybe the WAW will be proof of concept that smaller areas of action, or more specifically, directed action, might be what's needed in the MA at this point.  And you really should attend a few MNM and TNT to get a better sense of the direction this WAW is trying to head.



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Re: "World at war" coming soon
« Reply #49 on: May 24, 2025, 11:05:20 AM »
Plus common comms on 223 adds to the fun..the back and forth adds to the uniqueness of the arena imo

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