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Offline faminz

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« on: May 14, 2002, 07:31:40 PM »
I think Im right in saying that this is coming in 1.10?

If so no doubt most people thought "hmmmm, how do i control them all? can I jump between planes? can I have 3 gunners?" etc etc

I thought.... sheesh... imagine 10 guys in the squad turn up on squad night. 10 x 4 = 40 buffs!!!

The arena has to grow some.....

theres gonna be some serious hurt dished out very soon...

ps: now imagine yourself as a lone defender with 40 heavies on the horizon....
target rich environment or useless battle against overwhelming odds?

can we have radar guided field guns with 25k alt and delayed fuses or barrage balloons or komets or something!!!!
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2002, 07:48:45 PM »
Target rich environment, I personally like it.  Something will obviously need to be looked at as far field damage, so the effect of 4 bombers in formation can have effect, but not have lazer capabilities.

Im sure HTC is going to make this addition balanced.  Should be pretty cool to see 40 heavies comming over the pond :)
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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2002, 07:55:54 PM »
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Offline cajun

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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2002, 07:59:11 PM »
4 bomber formation is only for offline isnt it?
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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2002, 08:10:36 PM »
each aditional buff oughta cost x number of perks. large fluff formations are lag fests.

10 perks per buff sounds good. cheaper then an arado :)
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Offline FDutchmn

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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2002, 11:09:19 PM »
is the Goon considered a buff in this case?  Just a question that popped into my mind...
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« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2002, 11:52:57 PM »
Didn't HiTech mention bomb dispersion in that interview awhile back?  It'll take that many bombers to do the serious hurt mentioned above if dispersion is implemented.  Contrary to what people think (with the 4 x buff per) I think the days of a single pilot taking down a whole field (or elements thereof like FHs or BH's etc) are close to over, as it should be... err for the sake of realer realism.
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« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2002, 11:57:04 PM »
I'm sure it'll be a decent addition when it comes out, and if there's tweaking that needs to be done to it, I'm sure it'll be done in short time.  These things always seem to work out, no matter how much pre-worrying is done about them.


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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2002, 04:33:27 AM »
If the flight leader died, what will happen to the formation? :confused:
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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2002, 04:34:29 AM »
and also, will we have more nice strategic targets...?
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2002, 04:36:54 AM »
I am imagining that HTC is adding the feature like B-17 II to next version... :)
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2002, 06:40:05 AM »
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If the flight leader died, what will happen to the formation? :confused:


Nice question Mitsu. Who knows, maybe the leader will have to design a mission with waypoints and targets. This way drones will fly even if the leader is hanging on his chute.

Other questions: Will all the gunners fire togheter with the lead ship gunner? Will they fire through the formation or hold fire if you dive in between them? Anyway, I agree the 4-ship feature should cost some perks.

I cant wait to see a 24 ships formation! The frame rate will probably kill me way before gunners ;)
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2002, 06:59:40 AM »
more incentive for organised fighter plane flights.
Lead bomber being shot down promises either seeing death spins modeled instead of *poof* insta bomber formation disappear (would look even more odd than just one plane as it is now), or simply one of the slaved bombers turning control over to the player.
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« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2002, 07:22:57 AM »
I am pretty sure that HiTech mentioned that we would have many more Strategic Elements to take out with the multiple bombers...

Think how much fun it can be to organize a squadron of 109's or 190's even 262's to attach these bomber formations...

IMHO I believe the multiple bombers will add a great deal of realism to the game...  No more lone buff hunters at high alt, taking out lone buffs...   No more lone buffs taking out a small field...  The whole concept seems to make more sense than what we have had in the past...   ;)

I trust HiTech et al; to make any tweaks necessary to bring any over balance into check.  These guys are great about doing just that...

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« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2002, 07:44:59 AM »
With the 4 ship formation, will we be able to select wich formations the buffs are gonna fly in, or will there be a fixed formation ?

Anyhow, I really look forward to see all those buffs on a raid together :D


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