Originally posted by Squirrel
BTW Jester I think this is a fun matchup overall!
Sqrl
Agreed. I was skeptical when I saw how far apart the bases were, but figured I'd give it the old college try. To my surprise, the distance factor encouraged real-life behavior: High altitude approach to the continent, low level return, close attention to fuel consumption.
The plane set, so far as I'm concerned, is one of the better ones we've had. From the Axis side I expected to see a lot of 51Bs, but I guess the weak guns encouraged people to fly the 47 - again, duplicating real life. Air-to-air, the 47 is clearly a match for the 109Gs and the FWs, but a close match.
The big flaw, as I see it, is that base capture is enabled. There just aren't enough bases on this map to permit that, in my very humble opinion. The problem is made worse by spill-over MA types, who I observed traveling far afield, porking fighter hangers so that the allies could Win the War. Result was Axis having to fly multiple sectors to get to the fight. Figure out some other objective that might attract bomber pilots (IS THERE any such alternate? What would you fluffers like to bomb instead of bases?)
On balance, I like this setup very much, and commend Jester for a clever approach.
- oldman