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Title: Carrier task group arena
Post by: PuppetZ on March 02, 2011, 02:37:13 PM

Some kind of 'battle of midway map' Pitting many carrier TG's against another country's. In an all carrier operation arena. Could be lots of fun. Or perhaps a special event like that. Any toughts?

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: LLogann on March 02, 2011, 02:45:24 PM

I like the thinking behind it.... +1 for that. 

I am very much a Navy man.... +1 for that.

But I think the limited planeset would be the dagger that can never be pulled out of this idea's proverbial back.   :(

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: Martyn on March 02, 2011, 04:54:59 PM

+1  :rock
Midway is a cool idea.

It would be nice to be able to fit Catalinas into the mix somehow. Maybe increase the fuel burn rate too? I dunno.

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: cowboy03 on March 02, 2011, 05:38:37 PM

Quote from: LLogann on March 02, 2011, 02:45:24 PM

But I think the limited planeset would be the dagger that can never be pulled out of this idea's proverbial back.   :(

well i suppose if you were doing a midway scenario there could be a small land mass island with a airbase

course a Mariana's Turkey shoot would make for some interesting gameplay, with no land based aircraft.  :aok

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: Dadsguns on March 02, 2011, 05:45:03 PM

+1 Awesome idea.

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: gyrene81 on March 02, 2011, 05:47:25 PM

*cough* ava ...*cough* ava... *cough* ava ...*ack* *hack* *ptooee*... best we can do is a week  :D

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: Dadsguns on March 02, 2011, 05:58:00 PM

How many task groups per side can you set up in the AVA?

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: skorpion on March 02, 2011, 05:59:05 PM

Quote from: cowboy03 on March 02, 2011, 05:38:37 PM

well i suppose if you were doing a midway scenario there could be a small land mass island with a airbase

course a Mariana's Turkey shoot would make for some interesting gameplay, with no land based aircraft.  :aok

we already have a midway map so that just makes it even easier

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: Chilli on March 02, 2011, 06:16:01 PM

Without some land bases and appropriate sized map.  The amount of action would be limited.  However, in the past the AvA has had success with running Naval battles.  This ran last December.

(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1631/coeii.png)  I am taking a guess but it looks like at least 4 task groups per side.  Two sided war, with Axis planes versus Allies planes.

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: gyrene81 on March 02, 2011, 09:59:32 PM

Quote from: Dadsguns on March 02, 2011, 05:58:00 PM

How many task groups per side can you set up in the AVA?

i've seen 3 per side...fairly certain with the midway map we could spawn 4 or 5 per side...not sure...have to ask one of the ava staff members

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: mthrockmor on March 02, 2011, 11:22:55 PM

Id do a Midway Scenario. The plane set would be decent, with TBMs for Devestators, both will die just as quickly. 4 v 3 on the cvs. The one change would be proximity rounds, which didn't come into play until later in the war. Right now a few good 5"gunners on a CV makes it basically inpervious to attack.

Or, pitting the Seafire against various Japanese models seem a better match for a late war scenario. We did Okinawa and the F4U was just too much of a monster against what the Japanese had.

Boo

Title: Re: Carrier task group arena
Post by: Masherbrum on March 02, 2011, 11:32:49 PM

I'd do this only if I could hide the CV of whatever Country I was playing on.