Anybody ever imagine more strategical
choices for AH main arena? Ok, i know
since these online gameplay is based
on millions of different individuals
with different preferences, we can't
think of making strategic/tactical
games as colorful as we do in a real
war situation.
But still, we DO have some basic
strategical objectives amongst the
players:
1) Take a CV and pound a port
2) Take the port and get more CVs
3) Use CVs to take more airfields
based on small islands
4) get more island bases and close
in on the main island
5) repeat 1 through 4 'till we get
a reset
I know everybody denounces Fighter Ace
as a 'kiddie' game, and I agree, but
still it had some fun factors in the
territorial combat arena.
1) Many villages and different
strategical points to hold/take...
2) Railroads connected to factories
existing in certain areas of the
territory
3) Continuous supplying of goods and
materials needed to support bases
with ammo and fuel
It seems bombing the HQ or industrial
areas do not have much importance
in the main arena, at least much less
importance than taking field after
in brute force-gangbang-CV pounding-
airfield capturing contests.
Thus, bombing raids are limited to
small range airfield nuetralizing,and
so we don't see many bombers up in
the sky.
And since we don't need many bombers
, all our preferences are limited to
which aircraft is best at air-to-air
combat it seems. I think the high
numbers of F4U-1Cs and Niks also have
to do with these factors.
Multi-purpose non-perked planes with
good gang-up qualities in low-mid alt
fights..
So it usually goes like this..
Some mid-high alt planes take the air
advantage when a friendlt CVs inbound
on a field. After the advantage is
taken, Nearly all the population of
available pilots enlist themselves
to carrier based F4U-1Cs and come out
in brute force and gunpower, and Niks
from nearby fields hound after those
C-hog hunters at low-mid alts. Thus,
the furballs with so many spit/seafires,
Niks and Chogs..
I know Nik/Chog preferences were also
high in previous MA maps, but then
again, the previous maps also had
limited strategical factors too.
Maybe we can add some more strategical
and colorful factors to the main arena.
I don't know much about fighters
specifics as some near-historian
experts, but I do seem to recall each
of the aircrafts had specific purposes
and roles in diverse situations.
What I think is, since the situation
itself is limited, many aircraft not
falling under specifics required in
current strategical needs are naturally
going obsolete.
If there were more strategic targets
that would SERIOUSLY affect airfields
in certain areas of the map we might
be able to see a whole lot more of
organized bomber raids.
And if there are more bombers in the
air, there might be more need for long
range, hi-altitude escorter planes..
since there will be more hi-alt
interceptors looking for buff blood...
since losing certain strategic targets
will seriously deter their airpower in
certain areas. We may get to see a lot
more P-51s or 47s .. more FW-190 A8s
and maybe more 109Gs escorting these
interceptors(LW pilots would certainly
love to see that
)
If we can give the strategical need to
use a certain plane, then might we not
be able to achieve the long awaited
'plane diversity' ?? I mean,there will
still be Corsairs and Nikis, but at
least they won't be trying to follow
long range bombing missions with those
planes. IF equally many people were
trying to take out other targets just
than off-shore airfields and cvs.. I'd
like to see what happens to 'diversity'
if that comes to MA
Dunno, I'm probably dreaming to myself,
but if some changes do happen..
1) Scattered out industrial plants and
cities which supply specific areas..
(like maybe 9~16 square sectors?)
2) some roads and railways where trains
and truck convoys supply material
from those cities and airfields..
3) rivers and bridges?
4) maybe non-military ports where ships
sail off to support military ports
where CVs are spawn ..
5) AI controlled ground troops.. armed
with light AA guns and small tanks..
(which might need the help from some
heavy GVs like panzers and Ostwinds ..
)
6) More army bases and ammo dumps/depots
where these troops embark on the long~
march to capture cities, airfields or
other army forts/bases..
(Low alt ground support aircraft will
certainly be useful here.. Fw-190 F8s?)
Then we'd have a whole lot more than just
ports and airfields to strike ..
More need for organized(fun, too
)
missions, more need for diverse aircrafts..
We might have truck busting, railroad
killing.. merchant ship convoy blasting ..
Virtually many more things which the WW2
pilots really did than just .. you know..
what we do hour after hour after hour
after hour in furballs and field raids..
I know if HTC ever thinks of doing even
half of what I suggested there, it'd be
out like in Patch 2.05 or something, but
still, I don't think it's impossible with
current net settings.
We would need a new MA map, which has
more lands and rivers and etc, and STILL
has big water mass for CV deployment..
and this certainly would mean a BIGGER
MA map, but I really think that's possible.
..
What do you guys think about my dream ?
