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Special Events Forums => Friday Squad Operations => Topic started by: Stoney on February 28, 2009, 12:04:01 PM
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Please post any discussion or questions regarding the setup in this thread.
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You have the word "formations" in the A20 quotas.
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You have the word "formations" in the A20 quotas.
On that note, I really dislike formations because of their warps when the lead aircraft isn't going straight and level. Any chance we can not have formations in this FSO? ;) :pray
Is this going to be a 50/50 side split? You're probably already fudging the historical numbers, but the number of Spitfire VIIIs (48max) versus 190A-5s (28max) seems imbalanced for gameplay. My $.02.
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You have the word "formations" in the A20 quotas.
Good catch Moot, thanks.
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On that note, I really dislike formations because of their warps when the lead aircraft isn't going straight and level. Any chance we can not have formations in this FSO? ;) :pray
Is this going to be a 50/50 side split? You're probably already fudging the historical numbers, but the number of Spitfire VIIIs (48max) versus 190A-5s (28max) seems imbalanced for gameplay. My $.02.
Gava, the 190s were very limited and were 190Gs.
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On that note, I really dislike formations because of their warps when the lead aircraft isn't going straight and level. Any chance we can not have formations in this FSO? ;) :pray
Is this going to be a 50/50 side split? You're probably already fudging the historical numbers, but the number of Spitfire VIIIs (48max) versus 190A-5s (28max) seems imbalanced for gameplay. My $.02.
Current numbers are planned at a 48% Axis to 52% Allied. Allied will have 8 offensive/2 defensive objectives per frame with Axis having 2 offensive/8 defensive objectives per frame. I've done a pretty thorough job of researching as many available Axis and Allied AOB's as I could get my hands on, and this aircraft mix is roughly proportional to what was in theater at the time. I believe its pretty well balanced, but obviously, if frame 1 illustrates any glaring problems, I'll adjust.
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Oh, well then wouldn't the 190F-8 be a better choice than the A5?
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Yeah... wasn't the G a ground attack version? Perhaps the A-8 is more similar though, it really comes down to the armor plating.
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Wow, the two Axis offensive objectives should be interesting. That could make for a titanic air battle.
One of these days I'd love to see a frame where one side is pure attack and has ONE offensive objective. One massive air battle. It'd kill the frame rate, but man wouldn't that be crazy. :D
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Oh, well then wouldn't the 190F-8 be a better choice than the A5?
Dunno..
Stab/Sch.G 2, II./Sch.G 2, II./SKG 10, and III./SKG 10 had Fw-190G fighter bombers in September in Italy and were engaged in the fighting for Salerno. Seems they started getting 190A6s and A5/U8s in March 1944.
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Well Sax, I empathize with that--I think a lot of us do. However, current game mechanics prevent us from doing that. With 10 objectives per frame, we'll average 50+ pilots per battle, which should be sufficient for decent action without framerate-jamming the participants systems.
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Looks like a great writeup, 412th is requesting Allies after two tours flying Japanese Aircraft.
EDIT: The Squad Ops Welcome page still lists August Storm as the current FSO. ;)
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Looks like a great writeup, 412th is requesting Allies after two tours flying Japanese Aircraft.
I'll see what I can do... :rofl
Well, I changed the text hyperlink and forgot to change the graphic hyperlink...fixed now
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Really looking forward to this one!
Looks good Stoney. :aok
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Stoney, any thoughts on the 190F-8 as a better substitute for the 190G?
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The 190A5 bears a closer resemblance to the performance of the earlier G series 190's, IMO. Outside of wing drop tanks, ordnance capacity is almost identical. Plus, the in-game F model and its PB-1 rockets were not introduced until later--mid-to-late 1944 if I understand correctly. So, short answer is no. The A5 will stay versus the F8, unless someone can provide a more convincing argument. Thanks for the question though.
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:aok
:salute
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The F8 could be restricted to only use the 4x50kg bombs on the wings to simulate the abilities of the G. The 190G was a long range version of the 190F; the F has better range than the A5, which has extremely short range and can't carry both ordinance and a drop tank.
Second part of the argument: the 190A-5 will be used as an air-superiority fighter if it's available, the 190F-8 would be used for what the 190G was used for.
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Sorry, we're going to leave the A5s as they are.
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You don't have to say "sorry." :lol Just make the most accurate choice for the event and I'll be happy.