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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: onan on December 31, 2009, 05:54:31 AM
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Hi Guys.
I've done some research on barrage balloons and learnt that the British started to use them during the latter part of WWI to provide a response to the German Gotha bombers attacking London and and were used extensively during WWII.
They were found to produce 3 major benefits:
1. They forced aircraft to higher altitudes, thus reducing supprise and bombing accuracy
2. They enhanced ground based air defenses since attacking aircraft were limited it altitudes and direction.
3. They provided a definite mental and material hazard to pilots.
Mindful of these capabilities the British saw the barrage balloon as a partial means to counter low level bombers during both of the the wars to help protect London, ports, factories, shipping lanes and estuary's.
Over 2300 of them were operational by the end of 1940 and over 2000 were maintained till the end of the war.
They measured approx 19m long 8m wide and were winched up to 1500m.
In game, I would propose deploying them at ports, V bases and towns. They can't be used at airfields or flown by CV's for obvious reasons.
They would add hindrance to jabbo strikes and NOE hordes of base takers. Nothing that couldn't be overcome, just simply shoot them down(but mind the ack!). Once shot down, the normal demolition of buildings and troop runs apply.
I think you could get them to regenerate in the same way/time it takes for buildings.
Just and idea for something else to shoot at. Squads could get the noobs on a balloon pop sortie. Even the GV'ers could take out the cable winches.
Don't know if the thread has come up before.
Happy new year to all :cheers:
<S>
KlunK
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They Looked Good,Good Idee in AH2 WW 1 They could be used as Kind Radar (observer)
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http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,141609.0.html
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http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,141609.0.html
(http://ui29.gamespot.com/156/mythwalrus_2.jpg)
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I suspect they'd be a huge FPS eater.
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I suspect they'd be a huge FPS eater.
Not for WW2 only for WW1 as Radar observer maybe
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Cheers Tilt :aok
I've not been around these boards for long but it seems like the idea has come up before..
I suspect they'd be a huge FPS eater.
Sorry, I don't know what FPS is?
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Sounds like a cool idea, I'm up for it. Wait, yea, no pun intended. Could you imagine having a dogfight in a balloon forest? Chances are extremely likely that you would, well, die. But what if you actually pulled it off and came out the victor on a one on one? I have read the other thread on it and I think it's worth a second look. Though, I do have 1 question..
"but the germans had the best and the bigest but they use flamble gases when the amercans did not so would that be in AH or would both sides have the same one's???"
Is he talking about the zepplins like the Hindenburg? :huh
FPS = Frames Per Second. That's how many times the computer "redraws" what you see on the screen. Human eyes can only register 32 FPS but the more frames the smoother the screen is. If it looks like your watching the game using a strobe light that's low FPS, if it's fluid and smooth, that's high FPS
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... or rocket-launched parachute and cable?
http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0028.html (http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0028.html)
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Cheers Tilt :aok
I've not been around these boards for long but it seems like the idea has come up before..
all ideas have come up before many, many times. same as every single gv/plane or sheep that has been proposed :salute.
semp
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Balloon duels, anyone?
:noid
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+1 sounds fun :aok
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Balloon duels, anyone?
:noid
lets not go there.
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Balloon duels, anyone?
:noid
teh best thread ever!
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Balloons would not be a FPS eater....(frames per second)
You could line dozens of them up and still not have any trouble, don't ask me how I know.
:noid
Strip
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lets not go there.
Why not? :t
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[hijack]
Balloons would not be a FPS eater....(frames per second)
You could line dozens of them up and still not have any trouble, don't ask me how I know.
Lemme guess, you were in this furball?
(http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq73/TheKinSlayer_1993/972005Hot_air_balloons_Albuquerque-.jpg)
Why not? :t
Need I remind you what happened last time?
(http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq73/TheKinSlayer_1993/hab.jpg)
And to all:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,216687.0.html
;)
[/hijack]
Edit: Fixed the link.
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a shame how that thread ended.... RIP balloon duel thread.
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(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1576/baloont.gif)
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By god what have I done?! :devil
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(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1576/baloont.gif)
And here is the Game Aces High 1 1/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asF5UIcNukY&feature=related
(http://www.northernpaddletrail.org/Smiley%20pirate.gif)
(http://img3.sector.sk/files/recenzie%5C20047141820%5CAirBuccaneers-m.jpg)
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I suspect they'd be a huge FPS eater.
I love how when someone does not like an idea they just throw out the FPS issue to **Seal** the deal on it not being added.
First off the balloons would not be anymore of a FPS eater than other object in-game, IE: hangers, town buildings, roads, trees, ect.
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I love how when someone does not like an idea they just throw out the FPS issue to **Seal** the deal on it not being added.
First off the balloons would not be anymore of a FPS eater than other object in-game, IE: hangers, town buildings, roads, trees, ect.
dont forget the "it will have to revamp the code so much, a new os is needed" excuse.
semp
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Balloon duels, anyone?
:noid
We need to organize a funeral flight for that thread, IT WAS THAT EPIC