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Special Events Forums => Scenario General => Topic started by: Brooke on February 11, 2022, 02:43:32 PM
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The next Scenario "Road to Berlin 1945" is coming up in March.
It is US 9th AF fighting to pave the way to Berlin, in this late-war battle.
P-51D's, P-47M's, B-26's vs. FW 190D's, Bf 109K's, Ta 152's
We will be posting the writeup and opening registration in about a week, with more details here:
https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/scenarios/current-or-next-scenario
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Is 9pm eastern correct for the show up time?
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Sik
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Is 9pm eastern correct for the show up time?
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Sik
Yes it is.
This event begins at 9 PM Eastern! Make some plans to join.
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Is the night time format the future for scenarios? The late nights (at least by my standards) is the main reason I no longer fly FSO's now..... :salute
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M Jug sounds about right for me ;)
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Is the night time format the future for scenarios? The late nights (at least by my standards) is the main reason I no longer fly FSO's now..... :salute
Not the new normal, just going to change it up for this one. For what it is worth, the start time is 2 hours earlier than FSO start time.
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Not the new normal, just going to change it up for this one. For what it is worth, the start time is 2 hours earlier than FSO start time.
Thanks perd. Wrote this in the AM before coffee had a chance to take. :old: Was getting ready to go dig for sapphires, and it hit me that it is EST; I live in MST, so 1900 for me and an acceptable time, so now I'm excited again! :banana:
Works for me :airplane: regardless, either way I appreciate that you and others put in the effort to make these events happen. :cheers:
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Thanks perd. Wrote this in the AM before coffee had a chance to take. :old: Was getting ready to go dig for sapphires, and it hit me that it is EST; I live in MST, so 1900 for me and an acceptable time, so now I'm excited again! :banana:
Works for me :airplane: regardless, either way I appreciate that you and others put in the effort to make these events happen. :cheers:
No problem, I am glad you will be considering flying.
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Yes it is.
This event begins at 9 PM Eastern! Make some plans to join.
Too late for this ol guy here on the right side
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Too late for this ol guy here on the right side
Hate to hear that, Turt. I hope you can make it for an initial sortie or two before it gets too late.
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No thats too late even to start for me. Id like to do FSO for cant for same reason. . Scenarios and Thurs night are the reasons I re-registered last July. Dont spend much time anywhere else. Sorry for the whinin.
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No thats too late even to start for me. Id like to do FSO for cant for same reason. . Scenarios and Thurs night are the reasons I re-registered last July. Dont spend much time anywhere else. Sorry for the whinin.
No no, don't be sorry. I am sorry, too. I do not foresee it as becoming a regularity, but we are trying to cater to as many as we can. For this event, we will reach a slightly different crowd and see how it goes. As always, we appreciate your dedication to Special Events and hope we can see you in the next one down the road.
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The next Scenario "Road to Berlin 1945" is coming up in March.
It is US 9th AF fighting to pave the way to Berlin, in this late-war battle.
P-51D's, P-47M's, B-26's vs. FW 190D's, Bf 109K's, Ta 152's
We will be posting the writeup and opening registration in about a week, with more details here:
https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/scenarios/current-or-next-scenario
Curious as to why the P47Ms? No 9th Jug units had them. Is it just to give folks the extra performance to maybe get more folks to play? Lots of 9th AF skins for the D40s I believe. Not going to find any for the M :) Unless you are sending the 56th FG to the 9th AF as they had the Ms. Your call obviously, just curious.
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Yep, playability.
If we had 150 people per frame, plane sets could be more expansive.
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Curious as to why the P47Ms? No 9th Jug units had them. Is it just to give folks the extra performance to maybe get more folks to play? Lots of 9th AF skins for the D40s I believe. Not going to find any for the M :) Unless you are sending the 56th FG to the 9th AF as they had the Ms. Your call obviously, just curious.
As Brooke said, mainly playability. D40s were in the original write-up and I was going to have Greebo do a 48th FG skin as that is who I tracked down to be closest to our area of ops.
While I think the D40 would be able to hold its own, the M will have a better time versus the Dora, K4, 152 and easier to fill. The other alternative was to have only Ponies, but I found that difficult to justify considering the sheer number of Jug squads (14) as opposed to Ponies (2). It is very well known that the 56th is the only unit to operate Ms, but we definitely wanted the Jug to be represented.
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For histories sake I would not mind at all flying in a D40. I don't need the latest. History for me is where it is at.
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Any chance of including the D40 as well? Sure, use the performance of the P-47M as a recruiting tool if that's the only way to entice more players to sign up for the scenario, but also make an option available for players who would prefer the immersion and historical accuracy offered by the D40?
It's just a thought. I'm still in either way, but I don't see a significant downside to catering to both groups.
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I understand.
But P-47M's are easier to fill, and competitive with fewer planes.
If you still have questions, please message me rather than continuing the discussion here in this recruiting/advertising/promotion topic.
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As Brooke said, mainly playability. D40s were in the original write-up and I was going to have Greebo do a 48th FG skin as that is who I tracked down to be closest to our area of ops.
While I think the D40 would be able to hold its own, the M will have a better time versus the Dora, K4, 152 and easier to fill. The other alternative was to have only Ponies, but I found that difficult to justify considering the sheer number of Jug squads (14) as opposed to Ponies (2). It is very well known that the 56th is the only unit to operate Ms, but we definitely wanted the Jug to be represented.
Understood. Being a bit of a 9th AF junkie these days what I imagine and the reality of what you need to use to make it work conflicts. Obviously the 474th and their 38s were there until the end. But it was a ground attack war, and I'm guessing this is more escort to the 26s? So air combat is the priority not the fighter bomber war they were hard at.
Whatever works :)
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Understood. Being a bit of a 9th AF junkie these days what I imagine and the reality of what you need to use to make it work conflicts. Obviously the 474th and their 38s were there until the end. But it was a ground attack war, and I'm guessing this is more escort to the 26s? So air combat is the priority not the fighter bomber war they were hard at.
Whatever works :)
Originally it was both. After discussion, compromising, and whatnot it is this. We opted for something not 8th AF, but wanted a late war event. The Jug is an unfortunate thorn in the side. P-38s can't really compete, we fear, in this setup with the numbers we have these days. There is a lot of lesser evil stuff here and we hope it is enjoyable for all.
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Registration and writeup are now available here:
https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/scenarios/current-or-next-scenario
Come on in, and bring your pals! :aok