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« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2003, 06:02:32 PM »
bring the Helldiver!

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« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2003, 01:21:22 PM »
why bring in more early war junk planes when we could have nice shiney new late warbirds...:D

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« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2003, 02:17:54 PM »
Because of their excessive weight, LW fighters are limited to b n z type tactics against the early war fighters.  A Spit XIV weighs nearly five TONS, compared to a Spit II, which weighed a little better than three tons, loaded.

Which do you think would be the most fun to fly and the easiest to handle?

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« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2003, 01:03:35 PM »
If you're refering to the Main Arena, early war planes are all outclassed in that arena by the introduction of so many late war planes.

The main arena in AH is pretty much of a late war era with late war planes dominating. This doesn't mean that some pilots won't use and excel at early war planes, but for the most part late war planes will dominate.

One of the ongoing arguments for the main arena has always been the unrealistic meeting of both early and late war planes, and the meeting of similar planes in combat (example- Spit verus Spit)

For this reason spending time to introduce another early war plane often results in its general lack of use.

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« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2003, 01:28:09 PM »
More MA-survivable planes please: Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Mongolian who cares but I'd personally like something new to toy with that you wont just take up once on the first day of release.

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« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2003, 03:15:59 PM »
How about a separate arena for early war planes?

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« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2003, 02:12:59 PM »
How about a rolling plane set, changing each week, beginning again on the first of the month?

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« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2003, 04:59:31 PM »
"How about a rolling plane set, changing each week, beginning again on the first of the month?"

No.  Good way to kill AH.

There's a REASON why you have to force the majority of players into the early rides.  There is a REASON why early-war arenas cannot attract players when a late-war setup is available.  There is a REASON why WB's lacks players compared to AH.

The early planes just aren't as popular.  They're harder to fly, harder to fight in, and less rewarding.  They have their place, but shouldn't be forced upon the majority of players to suit the minority.  The CT in AH generally has early to mid-war setups available so check it out if that's the sort of gameplay you seek.

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« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2003, 05:02:15 PM »
190A-1 or 190A-3.

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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2003, 12:43:45 PM »
Fokker D-XXI, or the Douglas D-8A-3, or the T-V bomber

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« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2003, 05:04:47 PM »
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Fokker D-XXI, or the Douglas D-8A-3, or the T-V bomber


How about this fokker.

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« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2003, 05:06:28 PM »
But the other is cool to.

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« Reply #27 on: January 25, 2003, 07:32:59 PM »
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...Still, the later Ki-84 is a vastly more important addition than any of those  :)

J_A_B


Amen, add either the Ki-84 or the Dewoitine D.520 (Great Frech fighter in early war)

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« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2003, 12:44:01 PM »
There are many gaps to fill, and the most effective solution for HTC is to start with main arena survivable planes. This will change with AH II entering.
There are not many early war planes left that would survive well in the MA. Hmm. Beaufighter, D520, P36, Oscar, Rata, P39 and that's about what I can remember.
There are a couple of late war monsters left....Notably Frank, then P63, A26, P61, etc...
Eventually, HTC will run out of planes...;)
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2003, 10:29:04 PM »
Beaufighter Mk21

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