Originally posted by Albacore
I heard a lot of talk about possibly implementing an atomic bomb in AH II(by talk I just mean BS about how cool it would be and how it could be perked). My thinking is for the problem of blast radius and the inevitable killshooting, simply disable killshooting just for the effects of the bomb. Blast kills all enemies and all friendlies without the penalty for the offending b29. The logic being that killing your own will earn you enough scorn among your team to discourage irresponsible use of the tool. Otherwise, perked correctly, it could be a very interesting device indeed to use in missions.
Albacore:
I politely disagree. We had a thread, I started it, called:
Stupidity of Having an A-Bomb
and I think I make the points well enough there. Basically, the A-bomb represented the end of the romance of air warfare. The idea of dogfighting, while still germane to pilots, really only exists in the days prior to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki incidents. Given also that the arenas are too small for the use of such, you're basically talking about altering the world of AH for 2 seconds of pre-pubescent ridiculousness that has nothing in common in any real way with aerial combat. The impact of one man in a 29 outstrips anything that we all profess to love when we get excited about a P-40, 190, Spitfire, etc. It is therefore not relevant to this game.
If we had a B-29/A-bomb equipped arena, I'd like these to be the last two additions to the game, after the Gloster gladiator, Cr32, CR42, Fiat Br20, Mig-3, Ju-52, Me-410, Henschel 123, LaGG-3, P-39/P-400, I-16, Ki-84, Do-17, Wellington, PBY, B-25, Cant Herone, Sunderland, Heinkell 115, He-111, P108, SM 79, Z1007, Brewster, Finnish Myrsky, Dewoitine, Petoz, Fiesler Storch, Taylor L-5, Dutch Fokkers, Helldiver, Baltimore, Grace, Betty, Nell, Lilly, Sally, Ann, Manchester, Kingfisher, Hudson, Blenheim, Stirling, Saetta, etc., etc., after every other plane, fine.
Make the B-29 and A bomb well after all relevant ground vehicles and some just for fun have been introduced, make it after artillery and infantry, Japanese Destroyers, German VIICs (U-Boootwaffen), Italian transport planes, English armor, merchant ships for supply operations, Russian rocket launchers, and assorted coastal patrol craft of all nationalities mounting open 3"-5" guns and various caliber MG.
Model after love is gone, romance is dead, Chivalry slain, comaraderie forsaken, and all hope is lost, for that is what the A-bomb stands for.
In fact, only model it to have a perpetual A-Bob Arena with sides having a bunch of extremely large cities defended by 163s, Salamanders, F8s, F7s, and 262s and B-29s and A-bombs. Play to your hearts' content, but not until the CR42 and Brewster Buffalo have had their say, and one man versus one man in honorable combat has been played to its death knell. Something which obviates the A-bomb entirely, since that knell has not tolled, as we still pine for it as evidenced by our participation here.
Thanks for the thread,
Yours,
Sakai
