Would like your vote Re: Bomb Calibration

[popeye]

Pre 1.10 bombing was ridiculously easy.  Keep it as it is.

[Wlfgng]

No, no and no

leave it as is.
We don't want WB here thankyouverymuch!

[Turbot]

I feel it discourages the new people and in the one thing they once could be proud of until the learned how to fly better.  Regardless of the bomb site, bombers die very easy now - likely before they even get to try the bomb site.

But, but back to the bomb site - if it were a selectable option, we would hear nothing but more whines filling the radio buffer.

[Nifty]

Nay.  Hell Nay in fact.

Hell nay to the RR arena too.

Hell nay to reduced range on icons (but no icons within 1000 yards is ok, the monitor does a good enough job for giving our eyes/brains the visual info they need then.)

Hell nay to removing CT options.  refer to skurj or Toad.

[hahahahahaha]

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[Revvin]

Forget the compromise of no salvo without calibration just learn to calibrate! it takes a little practice to yield very good result's...too many lazy people in AH.

BTW out of curiosity Whels what controls do you currently use?

[Sarge1]

. the icon thing is tough one, l fly the same planes, with the same markings, and no way to tell who is who, would leave me lost at who to shoot at. , was in MA with Icons off went to a fur ball and was killed . kill shooter go me also. I have good monitor and it is clear . just to hard to figure out who is who i am shooting.. if we all had our own set of planes K-US planes B-Brit palnes R- axis palnes it could work with pratice. if it is not a friendly marking kill it..lol . but still have a lot to figure out in game now. Bombimg took a day or two in TA to get the concept. the first thing i found out i did wrong was. I did not hold cross hairs on target with josystick once i could keep x on target   i was doing great. took a few minutes to pratice keeping it still enough for speed cal.

[Gwjr2]

Keep it as is....But add airspeed to data window and maybe add a level speed autopilot so you can set speed. I find thats the main reason I miss my targets,when i have speed stable Im Teets on:D

GW

[muckmaw]

If you have level airspeed autpilot, you are compromising the essence of the bomb sight.

The whole point of the bombsight calibration is to start a bomb run, and manually maintain alt. and airspeed from your calibration.

I picked up a little trick on the BBS when the new calibration came out that makes pinpoint bombing possible, if you are patient, and calculating.

As for the overall vote:

Nope. Negative, No way!
Real bomber pilots love the challenge of the new system. Who wants occasional bomber being able to do what a dedicated bomber pilot does? Not me. I love a challenge, and I don't need the score pages all filled up with the point and click laser guided monkeys.

Now, give me a real strategic target to hit, and I'm a really happy camper!

[robsan]

nay

[whels]

Originally posted by Revvin
Forget the compromise of no salvo without calibration just learn to calibrate! it takes a little practice to yield very good result's...too many lazy people in AH.

BTW out of curiosity Whels what controls do you currently use?

my turning/shooting  part is a Ch products mach 1 joystick. if u remember atari 2600 sticks, it looks simular to it, but 2 buttons.
for all else views/throttle/rudder(if i use it)/gear/ ect....... i use the keyboard.


btw revvin, i rarely buff but when i do i can hit what i aim at with
the calib. i dont have a prob with it. but some do.

whels

[Ferris]

I say we keep the cal. it is more realistic...but tweek a little (a little) so that you can be a LITTLE more accurate. The bombing of strat targets is broken but I don't want to see it go back to the no skill easy run that it used to be. The current is better than the former!

[sbmcdl]

I agree that the calibration mode for buffs now is great.  A buff driver should have to do more than just push a button for drop.

But realistic?, far from it.... realistically, the reason to enter all the calibration requirements was for the machine to do the guess work for you. Unless I am missing something when I fly, it is still basically dead reckoning on when to drop your load.  Like I said, if what i see through my sight is either my not seeing it or missing input information... than my apologies and this point is mute.

But, the whole idea behind calibration is to input all data required into the sight in order for it to adjust crosshairs properly for target.  Right now you even after input, you still have to gauge on when to drop for bombs on target.  If situation over target changes after calibration is set (wind direction, airspeed, alt) then naturally the it will be off.  I agree that calibration method should stay, but other problem discussed should be looked at.

Realistic???, as an arguement for keeping it, not even close... even the norden bombsight, while not pinpoint accurate, would even after proper calibration would drop the bombs automatically.

Carpet bombing purpose was to dissimate an entire complex (factories, fuel refineries and storage, rail yards) not to have boms drop to make sure you covered an area to take out one hanger.

Just my opinion, I know, I know...... everyone has one

Cheers
MwKAZ

[sutpid]

calibrations should stay  if u dont liek calibration then so what. if the sight goes back to the auto calibration then we should have laser guided rockets  and torps that follow the ship and hits it when it turns.

[dasko]

-NAY-    for easy bomb calibration system