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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: kvuo75 on May 12, 2010, 04:55:28 PM
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It occured to me, with the calliope on the M4, more people will have the patience to get the gv "special score" (damage hit %) that was previously only available by using a ptboat or sdk251... hence making that score category more competitive.. no more "1 rocket hit on a taskgroup from ptboat and it bumped my gv score up into the top 50!"
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I expect a bigger impact on gameplay apart from that rather minor scoring thing.
The 75 might get the best town killer in game. 60 rockets + a very rapid firing 75mm gun. I just took one to a town to test it, and the results were quite impressive. Two or three (not to speak about the usual hordes) will chew up a town very quickly with a rain of rockets first, and then a rapid hail of 75mm HE shells. A Sherman 75 will shoot 10 rounds in 36 seconds, while a Panzer takes 54 seconds and a T34/76 82 seconds for the same number of rounds.
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Yes more town killers!! :devil Thanks for the stats Lusche.
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It occured to me, with the calliope on the M4, more people will have the patience to get the gv "special score" (damage hit %) that was previously only available by using a ptboat or sdk251... hence making that score category more competitive.. no more "1 rocket hit on a taskgroup from ptboat and it bumped my gv score up into the top 50!"
Bugger, never knew about that :furious :furious
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im assuming alot of people will miss most of their rocket shots in addition to the fact that the rockets are only 2.5 inch(so not much of a damage factor). so i dont really see the score value in this new M4 but all the same it looks like it will be fun to experiment with.
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HTC is going to have to cease and desist with all these new toys for everyone if I'm to ever make it on the home page score dork list!
Just when I think I have the score thing figured out.....BLAM! They throw a new GV in to screw up my evil scheme! :furious
I'm going to be needing my own personal arena if this keeps up :cry
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Unlike the SdKfz with it'S fixed mounting, you can adjust your fire easily after the first rocket, and you can get much closer to town thanks to your armor & 75mm gun.
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Wow..it's a milkrunners dream!
Did some more testing. I just flattened a town completely on my own in under 10 minutes. No rearm, no respawning, no buddy necessary... and I still had about 30 cannon rounds left :eek:
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LOL!
I have not found one in the wild yet, but are they easier to kill than a typical gv?
anyone up for some testing?
seems like alot of propellant and explosives that are not armored, sitting on top of a tank :)
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How easy is it to destroy the rocket launcher?
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think about this;
once you are properly ranged, 48 rockets will take down a hanger in 19 seconds.
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Been hit in the launcher and had it blown clean off the top of the tank
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Been hit in the launcher and had it blown clean off the top of the tank
Quit your wimpin' fool.
Dismount, Pick that biatch up and fire from the hip :rock
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im assuming alot of people will miss most of their rocket shots in addition to the fact that the rockets are only 2.5 inch(so not much of a damage factor). so i dont really see the score value in this new M4 but all the same it looks like it will be fun to experiment with.
Each rocket on the Calliope had the exposive impact of a 105mm howitzer shell, so you're incorrect about "not much of a damage factor".
ack-ack
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Quit your wimpin' fool.
Dismount, Pick that biatch up and fire from the hip :rock
:rofl
I'm stuck at work for a while. Any screen shots of the Calliope in action would be nice.
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im assuming alot of people will miss most of their rocket shots in addition to the fact that the rockets are only 2.5 inch(so not much of a damage factor). so i dont really see the score value in this new M4 but all the same it looks like it will be fun to experiment with.
4.5"
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we just ran 4 m4's with calliopes (inaugural run) into a town (undefended) and I think I used 15-20 rockets and 10-15 HE before we had it down.. took the amount of time it takes for a tank to run from one side of the town to the other, basically... the HE worked quite well on it's own..
still wanna see how easy they are to kill..
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4.5"
Yeah I got it wrong, my fault. Anyhow, enjoy your base taking heroes. I get off on fighter kills not bases. So basically no real change for me or my homies with this new tank. Airfields are just places to launch from and land. I dont really care what you do.
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Yeah I got it wrong, my fault. Anyhow, enjoy your base taking heroes. I get off on fighter kills not bases. So basically no real change for me or my homies with this new tank. Airfields are just places to launch from and land. I dont really care what you do.
"homies"
Only person whos allowed to talk gangsta on the bbs is me.......ya dig? :devil
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LOL!
I have not found one in the wild yet, but are they easier to kill than a typical gv?
anyone up for some testing?
seems like alot of propellant and explosives that are not armored, sitting on top of a tank :)
They are relatively easy to kill and get kills with! I made 6 kills in the M4A3(76) against flaks and shermans (M4A3) last night within just a few min sitting in town! I attempted to look at the stats for the 2 new M4's but they seem to not be available yet.
Oh yeah and whats the "score" thing people keep talking about! :rofl
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Did a run early this morning, undefended base, for a trial run in blue arena. 4 rockets per building, or 1 shell and 2 rockets. Aiming was fairly close i must say. I was on skirts of town hitting far side. I would say I was 1 and half out for good effect for aim. If i pulled up I over shot town, so I would estimate they have a range closer to 3.5k. At least this is my experience. Eitherway, was able to take the town down within 7 mins. This will be a tank in my missions. Problem is I dont like to intermix Allied, and Axis together. Just feels funny IMHO. So I guess people will ahve to use a m16 or bring there own wirble. :D
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The max range is about 5k for the M4A3(75) rockets.
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Yeah I got it wrong, my fault. Anyhow, enjoy your base taking heroes. I get off on fighter kills not bases. So basically no real change for me or my homies with this new tank. Airfields are just places to launch from and land. I dont really care what you do.
either do I!
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"homies"
Only person whos allowed to talk gangsta on the bbs is me.......ya dig? :devil
Good one but im gonna use homie as much as i want. I actually tested out this sherman rocket thing for score horing and my bombing percentage was 2% after that sortie. Didnt do anything different than i normally do but usually I get no less than 7% on a single run with the 251. So now I really really dont care much about it.
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Good one but im gonna use homie as much as i want. I actually tested out this sherman rocket thing for score horing and my bombing percentage was 2% after that sortie. Didnt do anything different than i normally do but usually I get no less than 7% on a single run with the 251. So now I really really dont care much about it.
It's not a bomber, hence, it doesn't contribute to bombing %.
Try Damage Hit Percentage under Vehicles and Boats Scores.
wrongway
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I have to admit... I was protecting a base last night and all of the sudden things started popping around me. I finally figured out it was rockets. I though there were a bunch of SDks out there.
I don't GV much and did not know about the new sherman. :rofl
I hit a tank out there 5 times with my panzer and nothing. He hit me once and I was looking at notes in the tower. hehe
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"homies"
Only person whos allowed to talk gangsta on the bbs is me.......ya dig? :devil
With that avatar how "gangsta" can you be? As Shreck would probably say "gheyngsta" :devil
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Killed a Mossie with rockets from the M4, made my night. :D :rofl I even giggled.
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With that avatar how "gangsta" can you be? As Shreck would probably say "gheyngsta" :devil
Your typing to me all wrong, next time you do it Im gunna stab you in the face with a soddering iron :D :D
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Your typing to me all wrong, next time you do it Im gunna stab you in the face with a soddering iron :D :D
You mean curling iron? :D
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Your typing to me all wrong, next time you do it Im gunna stab you in the face with a soddering iron :D :D
A soldering iron would be painful, a soddering iron? now that would make yer eyes water :cry
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Your typing to me all wrong, next time you do it Im gunna stab you in the face with a soddering iron :D :D
Joe Dirt :rock
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An M3 with supplies in tow must really be devastating.
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4
You should go and look, too ;)
Ok, I will reveal the truth: Both is correct... sort of.
The same thing has two different names, depending on where you are looking it up. On the score card in game, it's called bombing %, on the web score page it's called damage hit %.
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good to know :rolleyes:
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If they would upgrade the vanilla Calliope to a E2,the rockets would be 7.2.I observed what a 4 Deuce mortar can do in a far away place a few years ago,so I should think a 7.2 rocket barrage could inflict a lot of hurt on a target.It would be cool if someday AH included some of the Russian rocket launchers like a model BM 31 could pulverize a AH town.
Great Grandpa Dobe
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Your typing to me all wrong, next time you do it Im gunna stab you in the face with a soddering iron :D :D
You guys must do things differently than we do. We just lay the sod down in rows and water it. No need for ironing... Mowing eventually, but I've never seen or heard of anyone ironing sod.
Is it a one-man job, or is the iron too large for one guy to handle? How many would it take to lift it and stick it in someones face?
Odd.