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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Scherf on August 27, 2012, 10:42:26 PM
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Starboard wing keeps getting sawn off in no time flat. Seriously, were two metal spars really that weak?
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I find the tail is easy to seperate fom the rest of the aeroplane.
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The 410 is a prime example of why the player base should not get to vote on aircraft.
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The 410 is a prime example of why the player base should not get to vote on aircraft.
I'm having fun in it :)
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I was flying next to a lancaster at over D1200 and lost a wing with a single ping sound.
It wasn't from the rear .50 but rather a .30 caliber gun.
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The airframe does seem weak. It should be tougher imo considering it handles like an overweight piggy.
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21,000 lbs of balsa
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Even the balsa parts of the Mossie strike me as more durable than the 410 wing.
Yes, a waaaaaah has been recorded.
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meanwhile, an A20 is taking 30mm hits as breakfast :angel:
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21,000 lbs of balsa
21000lbs of balsa would be virtually indestructible for anything but 18" cannons :)
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The 410 is a prime example of why the player base should not get to vote on aircraft.
This brings to mind two questions:
- is the 410 damage model functioning correctly as intended?
- which aircraft would HTC have chosen to model apart form community input? (if the answer is He111 or Ki.43 or J2M I'm going to rend my t shirt)
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This brings to mind two questions:
- is the 410 damage model functioning correctly as intended?
- which aircraft would HTC have chosen to model apart form community input? (if the answer is He111 or Ki.43 or J2M I'm going to rend my t shirt)
Why for J2M? Been brought up / whined about too much? :headscratch:
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The airframe does seem weak. It should be tougher imo considering it handles like an overweight piggy.
Waystin aint that fat...
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Why for J2M? Been brought up / whined about too much? :headscratch:
Just always had an interest in the J2M, and would like to see it in game some day. The other two are great scenario planeset hole-fillers. Not to be construed as a whine, just a playful poke at the wisdom of the masses vs HTC's possible choices. But maybe they would've put in the Meteor, who can say? :D
I do like the community participation in choosing the next plane though. Its a great way to make the players feel involved in the game's development, and if the a/c doesn't work out as its hoped or expected to, we've only ourselves to blame. :frown:
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I'm having fun in it :)
Shame on you... :old:
Snailman Tour 151 (Current)
Kills in: 51
Kills of: 7
Killed by: 2
Died in: 7
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The airframe does seem weak. It should be tougher imo considering it handles like an overweight piggy.
handling, or weight even, does not correlate to airframe toughness.
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Shame on you... :old:
Snailman Tour 151 (Current)
pffft, thats nothing. Check out chris3 :old:
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Seriously, HTC, please look at this. The wings just get sawn off easy.
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Pound for pound, wood can easily be stronger than metal.
I learned that in 7th grade shop class.
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the wing root seems to be very resistant to my bullets, but the outer wing no so much, and will take the whole wing in its destruction
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meanwhile, an A20 is taking 30mm hits as breakfast :angel:
Unless it's from a flak. If a Wirb sneeze's in my direction an engine goes out...
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Also consider that the plane was deemed capable of divebombing with such high empty weight. Many of them were equipped with StuVi divebomb sights. However, I have not made such pull up yet that could have broken its wings off but it does not tolerate much damage when this happens.
I'd say that the max permissible loading figure for 410 may be right which makes it perfectly capable of divebombing, but the "hitpoints" against damage in wingsections do not correlate with the good loading figures and I assume that due to game mechanics these are two separate values.
Compare it with e.g. Ju88 which is also a dive bombing capable "stuka" aircraft. Ju88 is quite resilient to wing damage.
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the wing root seems to be very resistant to my bullets, but the outer wing no so much, and will take the whole wing in its destruction
same thing with 110, inner wing is normal but the outer section is simply for the poutsos
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It gets even better.
Just reviewed film of my latest wing loss - number of 50-cal flashes to port wing and to the fuselage, starboard wing falls off despite, according to the film, not receiving a single hit.
:bhead
Oh, and while I'm whining in my very own whine thread, the defensive guns go pop very quickly. Is there no defensive value in having that whacking great mechanism between the gunners and the bad guys?
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I have a 2v1 victory in the 410, Vs a yakT and a N1K. It was epic as hell. I like the 410 the way it is.
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Got any tips?
I love the 103s vs heavy buffs, even with my gunnery I can knock 'em down. Against fighters, not really.
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The 410 is a prime example of why the player base should not get to vote on aircraft.
I agree, we keep getting more hangar queens.
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I agree, we keep getting more hangar queens.
:headscratch: There is no logic there, players tend to vote for the biggest baddest rides. I we had more early war planes added (something that the players would never vote in majority for), you would learn the meaning of "hangar queen".
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Got any tips?
I love the 103s vs heavy buffs, even with my gunnery I can knock 'em down. Against fighters, not really.
"you only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow"
You have really one try at killing a fighter after the merge is to turn hard in either direction and cut throttle and push down for the overshoot snap-shot.