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Title: WW1 aircraft
Post by: pops04 on December 04, 2017, 09:33:34 AM
The following are a list of aircraft I would like to see added to the WW1 arena. SE5A, Spad, Fokker D3A and the Sopwith pup.


Pops :salute
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Chris79 on December 04, 2017, 09:34:33 AM
And disable the rear gun on the F2B will it's on the ground.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: EskimoJoe on December 04, 2017, 10:11:27 AM
And disable the rear gun on the F2B will it's on the ground.

Why?
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Chris79 on December 04, 2017, 10:42:09 AM
Why?

Last thing WW1 needs are idiots in F2Bs on the ground playing man ack heros.
Barney Style. If see F2Bs on the ground shooting the tail gun, it gives me the compulsion to vulch. Since AC on the ground lack icons, the vulching becomes indiscriminate.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Wiley on December 04, 2017, 10:43:13 AM
The plane lineup from the old Red Baron seems to me a good place to start.  Just add all of that. :)

Wiley.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: EskimoJoe on December 04, 2017, 11:43:48 AM
Last thing WW1 needs are idiots in F2Bs on the ground playing man ack heros.
Barney Style. If see F2Bs on the ground shooting the tail gun, it gives me the compulsion to vulch. Since AC on the ground lack icons, the vulching becomes indiscriminate.

Sounds like a problem with you, not a problem with the game.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: pops04 on December 04, 2017, 12:16:04 PM
As per people sitting on the field in a F2B shooting aircraft as they fly by from the rear gun well that takes away from the idea of not vulching aircraft taking off and landing. I can personally tell you that Saturday night that I was shot down by Cybro who was doing just that. And typical of Cybro that is all he did that night. He never flew just sat there in a F2B right next to the hangar in the tail gun shooting everything that flew by. That was irritating as hell.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Volron on December 04, 2017, 12:24:13 PM
Wait, when was it possible to use your gun while on the ground??? :headscratch:
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Chris79 on December 04, 2017, 12:54:37 PM
Wait, when was it possible to use your gun while on the ground??? :headscratch:



Yes
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: MWL on December 04, 2017, 06:32:20 PM
Sounds like some Archie is needed on the fields!!  :grin:
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: ONTOS on December 05, 2017, 05:17:21 PM
The Albatross D.III, IV or V should be included since most of the Red Baron's kill's were in the Albatross. She was a good looking bird also.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: bustr on December 05, 2017, 06:39:13 PM
This is the kind of thing Hitech has been known to add something to expand on a theme more than the irritation you have right now. I watched one of those rear gunner Limy wirbles save two players from being vulched on take off. Seemed like a good thing that player was doing for his side. When the WW1 arena was first released, several guys would land and play wirble nest right near the flight path of the enemy field. So we would fly at them from their front and kill them while they were parked. Last weekend when I was in the WW1 arena a hoard was mowing the grass for us with their props on the field while vulching us at grass top level. So this whine can't be about wanting any kind of a fair fight can it.....
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: puller on December 05, 2017, 07:14:48 PM
As per people sitting on the field in a F2B shooting aircraft as they fly by from the rear gun well that takes away from the idea of not vulching aircraft taking off and landing. I can personally tell you that Saturday night that I was shot down by Cybro who was doing just that. And typical of Cybro that is all he did that night. He never flew just sat there in a F2B right next to the hangar in the tail gun shooting everything that flew by. That was irritating as hell.

 :noid
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: BuckShot on December 06, 2017, 07:00:09 AM
Yes, please disable the f2b rear gun from shooting while on the ground.

I was in there too and saw this. It was cybro and another.

They were taxiing up to the hanger so the nose was right up to it. The building protected the f2b where the rear gun can't cover.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Volron on December 06, 2017, 10:19:39 AM
Yeah, if this is an issue, HTC should just make it like it is with the rest of the planes, cannot use your gunners while on the ground.  I recall someone mention that at one point it was a major issue in the MA, where folks would spawn in 17's/24's and sit on the runway acting as "ack".
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: FLS on December 06, 2017, 10:43:28 AM
Yes, please disable the f2b rear gun from shooting while on the ground.

I was in there too and saw this. It was cybro and another.

They were taxiing up to the hanger so the nose was right up to it. The building protected the f2b where the rear gun can't cover.

There are two ways to deal with this that don't involve changing the game.

You can avoid enemy airfields.

You can attack from two sides at the same time.

If you want to change the game add recon and bombing. Recon led to air battles. Recon and bombing don't require waiting for another player but a player in the arena draws more players.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: bustr on December 06, 2017, 04:29:31 PM
The old distances between feilds and the slow speeds of the WW1 planes made it boring coupled with how dangerous the active ack was at feilds when you finally got to them. So the distances were shortened and the auto ack removed in an effort to facilitate combat. Now it facilitates the real game most fly planes for in the MA, vulching at any cost with the same cry for Hitech to remove all anti air guns, AI or manned.

Seems like machine gun pits surrounding each field are in order or at least AI MG pits full of Aussies. After all haven't the WW1 fans sold everyone all these years on how much better and fair they are in the spirit of true air combat, unlike the MA. And now those evils are starting to show up in the WW1 arena. The WW1 arena today looks like air Quake Tourney in WW1 aircraft skins with the hoard vulching and grass mowing I witness every time I look in when there are more than 4 players. What I would expect if I placed airfields in the MA 10 miles apart or closer.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: RODBUSTR on December 07, 2017, 01:12:34 PM
    I wish  AH3 would enable rear gunners. on many planes.  An SBD rear gunner on the Old Enterprise CV during the battle of Corral Sea shot down a Jap bomber while sittimg on the flight deck when It was making an attack on the ship.  He was credited for  most likely saving the vessel.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: perdue3 on December 09, 2017, 10:49:59 AM
The following are a list of aircraft I would like to see added to the WW1 arena. SE5A, Spad, Fokker D3A and the Sopwith pup.


Pops :salute

I assume you meant the Pfalz D.IIIa? If that is the case, it would not fit in the current lineup. Pfalz D. XII would be a better fit. Which SPAD would you like? Pup is the same problem as the Pfalz, unless your specific wish is for earlier fighters.

If you want to keep the same time frame then you want the Pfalz D.XII, SPAD S.XIII and SE.5a. Might I suggest an Albatros D.Va? If you want the earlier stuff, then Pfalz D.IIIa, SPAD S.VIIc, and the Sopwith Pup. Might I suggest and Albatros D.III?
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Vraciu on December 09, 2017, 12:40:18 PM
The following are a list of aircraft I would like to see added to the WW1 arena. SE5A, Spad, Fokker D3A and the Sopwith pup.


Pops :salute


 :headscratch:
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Arlo on December 09, 2017, 02:20:43 PM
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Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: mthrockmor on December 09, 2017, 04:56:26 PM
Blimbs, airships, and Gotha bombers.

Boo
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: pops04 on December 11, 2017, 06:55:45 AM
Spad S IIC  Pfalz DX11 Spad SIIC Sopwith Pup & Albatros DIII. These are the aircraft on my wish list. Earlier aircraft to round out the arena.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: OldNitro on December 11, 2017, 08:04:49 AM
Fokker Scourge!
Eindekker, DH2, Bebe Neuport, maybe Albatross DII..

Oswald Boelcke's 3 gun E3 would be kinda cool!
And imagine the views from the seat of an Eindekker, wow!
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Greebo on December 11, 2017, 08:27:16 AM
Its hard to see HTC investing more time in WW1 planes when there the arena is so little used. Adding AI planes to a WW1 Axis vs Allies arena might gather some interest though. Have flights of two seaters and escorts bombing, observing and patrolling up and down the front line, some observation baloons to hit and so on. Have the number of AI flights generated biased in favour of the side with the lower player count. It would give a player something to do even if there are no other players in the arena.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Lusche on December 11, 2017, 08:43:12 AM
Its hard to see HTC investing more time in WW1 planes when there the arena is so little used.

I agree with that.
But then, the main reason why WWI died down so quickly after one month was the limited gameplay.
Of course, in this day and age it's too late to do anything about it.
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Arlo on December 11, 2017, 11:44:24 AM
I agree with that.
But then, the main reason why WWI died down so quickly after one month was the limited gameplay.
Of course, in this day and age it's too late to do anything about it.


Spanish .... Civil .... War.

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Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: wil3ur on December 11, 2017, 12:40:42 PM
I want the JU52 in the MA dangit.  Why do goons get all the glory?   :headscratch:
Title: Re: WW1 aircraft
Post by: Arlo on December 11, 2017, 01:07:40 PM
I want the JU52 in the MA dangit.  Why do goons get all the glory?   :headscratch:

With optional 'Dick Tracy Belly Gun Buckets' (and top gunner) auxiliary bomber configuration.

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