General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Brooke on May 26, 2022, 12:53:38 AM
Title: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Brooke on May 26, 2022, 12:53:38 AM
A "Battle of Britain" TFT runs on June 11.
This has been huge fun for bomber pilots in the past.
Come on in for the fun! :aok
Runs noon to 9 pm Eastern US time -- show up when you want, play when you want.
More details and registration is here: http://ahevents.net/index.php/events/target-for-today/current-or-next
Here's some past Battle of Britain bomber action:
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Brooke on May 26, 2022, 12:56:50 AM
The battle is in 3 phases.
Phase 1 (noon to 3 pm Eastern), we are in Ju-87's going after ships. Phase 2 (3 pm to 6 pm Eastern), we are in He 111's going after coastal airfields. Phase 3 (6 pm to 9 pm Eastern), we are in Ju 88's going after London.
All of it will be a blast.
We have Bf 109E's and Bf 110C's protecting us.
Spit I's and Hurri I's (with their .303 machine guns) are trying to get us. The 303's make it more fun for us bomber folks, as 303's aren't all that powerful. We get into long-running gun battles, as you can see in the Youtube video above.
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Brooke on May 26, 2022, 01:02:14 AM
I will be a target in a Spit 1. No I will not be inverted much. :D
Just apply sufficient centrifugal force. :)
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Volron on June 03, 2022, 05:38:14 PM
I remember that one. If I recall correctly, I made it on the list of most aircraft shot down during the event, and probably friendly (tudza). :D :uhoh :noid
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Brooke on June 03, 2022, 10:37:21 PM
I remember that one. If I recall correctly, I made it on the list of most aircraft shot down during the event, and probably friendly (tudza). :D :uhoh :noid
I remember you in that one. As do Popsman, who flew with us. And Tudza. :aok
Please join us June 11th! :aok
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Volron on June 04, 2022, 01:55:03 AM
I remember you in that one. As do Popsman, who flew with us. And Tudza. :aok
Please join us June 11th! :aok
I'll try to be there, but keep in mind that my gunnery was severely hampered when we went into AH3. I've tried everything, but I just cannot get my guns to move as they did in AH2. It's one of the primary reasons I am rarely on now. I'm still reasonably confident in my bombing ability though, so there is that at least. :aok
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: RichardDarkwood on June 04, 2022, 06:47:47 AM
I'll try to be there, but keep in mind that my gunnery was severely hampered when we went into AH3. I've tried everything, but I just cannot get my guns to move as they did in AH2. :aok
elaborate on this please?
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Volron on June 04, 2022, 03:08:22 PM
Sluggish and not as quick to respond. Easiest way to see the difference is to fire up a copy of AH2, then fire up AH3. I've put a hell of a lot of time into bombers, as that is pretty much the only things I flew, constantly hitting the "Mega City". Naturally I was intercepted numerous times doing it.
During AH2 my biggest complaints were: 1) Couldn't have my bombs continue to salvo out if I jumped into my guns to defend myself; 2) Strats being resupplied back to 100% even before I left red territory.
Despite those complaints, I was still having fun.
When AH3 hit, my guns just would not move as they did in AH2. I've messed with every setting I could think of, and still could not get them to cooperate. Ultimately I just stopped logging in, only popping on every now and again. The last time I clearly remember logging in was when the Ju-88 was updated. I think I logged in once or twice after that? :headscratch: Trouble remembering... :o
Account is still very much active though, and despite the gunning issue, I'm actually giving serious thought into joining in on this BoB Snapshot. It will depend on how the week plays out. :)
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Shuffler on June 09, 2022, 03:04:55 PM
The time is near............
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Eagler on June 11, 2022, 03:42:55 PM
Great fun!
I was in a 109e for the first 2hrs ..great fights with spits and canes!
Give it a whirl if you like BOB planeset!!
Eagler
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Volron on June 11, 2022, 07:41:37 PM
Yep, that was a blast! I overslept though and missed half of it, but was able to gun for one run and fly a bomber for the last! :x :rock
Guns were...aggravating a little, but overall I was able to do stuff and still have fun. If I was alone, the sluggishness would've drove me off a cliff, but seeing as we were in (somewhat :uhoh) formation, it made it easily bearable.
Was hoping the "janky-ness" of being a gunner had been fixed, but it wasn't. Did seem a little smoother though, as I was able to hit things a bit (tudza included :noid).
Took me forever to get my VOX working. Turned out I had to bring the playback slider all the way to min (was at max), test self vox, then bring it back to max. Started working like a charm then. :bhead
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Volron on June 13, 2022, 06:47:45 PM
So how did it go? We win, lose? I'm curious if I actually managed to shoot down something. :headscratch:
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Brooke on June 13, 2022, 09:41:17 PM
Once ahevents.net site is back up and on line, you can check out the scenario lots and see TFT "Battle of Britain", phases 1, 2, and 3 to check out how you did.
Perdweeb will, I suspect, score it once the site is back available and he, too, can see the logs.
It was great flying with you! :aok
Thanks a lot for flying with us.
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Shuffler on June 14, 2022, 07:08:38 AM
I enjoyed all 9 hours.
My long time away really showed though.
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Rich46yo on June 20, 2022, 11:54:45 AM
I still remember the last one Brooke when we ran into all those Hurries.
It was epic. Good to see you still running events. :salute
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Brooke on June 20, 2022, 05:06:41 PM
Once ahevents.net site is back up and on line, you can check out the scenario lots and see TFT "Battle of Britain", phases 1, 2, and 3 to check out how you did.
Perdweeb will, I suspect, score it once the site is back available and he, too, can see the logs.
It was great flying with you! :aok
Thanks a lot for flying with us.
Any idea when the events website will be back and running? Inquiring minds want to know.
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Brooke on June 20, 2022, 09:54:56 PM
I don't have any info. Just waiting along with everyone else.
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Eagler on June 22, 2022, 06:16:08 AM
Events page is back up
http://ahevents.net/index.php/event-logs
Eagler
Title: Re: Calling all bomber pilots -- great fun of Battle of Britain approaches
Post by: Shuffler on June 22, 2022, 01:49:31 PM