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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: LePaul on January 14, 2002, 01:32:32 PM
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Poll follows...
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Wow, more responses to the crater issue than I expected.
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What drives me most nuts?
Dumb polls on the BBS. ;)
dago
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They ARE in abundance lately! hehe
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Er, Spitfires with two-stage superchargers had great high altitude performance.
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Now now, don't fret...only 3.75% question your claim :)
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What Dago said.
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Anyone who has had the misfortune of playing Fighter Ace knows the "crater" issue is STUPID. Weaving down a cratered strip after some skill for watermelon dweeb has unloaded all his bombs on it is STUPID.....did I mention how STUPID it was?:mad:
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Cratered runways are a part of what WW2 was, thus why you see Spits upping from fields and such. Same reason why jets like the Harrier jump jet and STOL aircraft were invented...runways are a valuable assett, if bombed, create real problems for aircraft that need a long smooth surface.
I say let the damage be in there. My bigger gripe is Osties driving on through a bomb crater made by a 4,000 pound bomb harmlessly....
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I believe your clever attempt at disguising this massive whine by inviting other innocent people to whine with you, is definetly your lowest moment!
:p
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Originally posted by Rude
I believe your clever attempt at disguising this massive whine by inviting other innocent people to whine with you, is definetly your lowest moment!
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I'm sorry...say what?
I'm simply polling/asking if the same things, and to what degree, they drive other users nuts. And the numbers are there....is anyone WHINING? No. You are the first, as always, to start a witch hunt on anyone who posts, discusses or states an opinion on this game that contradicts your own.
Drop the ego someday, and chat with the rest of us
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Originally posted by LePaul
I'm sorry...say what?
I'm simply polling/asking if the same things, and to what degree, they drive other users nuts. And the numbers are there....is anyone WHINING? No. You are the first, as always, to start a witch hunt on anyone who posts, discusses or states an opinion on this game that contradicts your own.
Drop the ego someday, and chat with the rest of us
Replies to my post titled The Whinestapo assure me that it is all meant in good humour. Thinks: People who tell the same joke over and over are good humoured. I can think of some other adjectives too. Most concern discomfort or worse in the posterior orifice. :eek:
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Originally posted by LePaul
I'm sorry...say what?
I'm simply polling/asking if the same things, and to what degree, they drive other users nuts. And the numbers are there....is anyone WHINING? No. You are the first, as always, to start a witch hunt on anyone who posts, discusses or states an opinion on this game that contradicts your own.
Drop the ego someday, and chat with the rest of us
And, the award for overreaction of the week goes to . . . LePaul! Congradulations! You win a years supply of potted meat from Libby™ and a $0.50 gift certificate to White Castle!
SOB
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Originally posted by LePaul
Cratered runways are a part of what WW2 was, thus why you see Spits upping from fields and such. Same reason why jets like the Harrier jump jet and STOL aircraft were invented...runways are a valuable assett, if bombed, create real problems for aircraft that need a long smooth surface.
Slightly digression, but I wonder if some peeps realise you can take off and land on the grass? You just need to finish up on a bit of hardstanding to get the Landed Successfully message. Seen quite a few people spin in trying to wrench their aircraft onto the runway (especially dead stick) when all they needed to do was roll out and land straight ahead.
Proper crater modelling would indeed be more realistic and shouldn't affect much other than bombers with heavy loadouts. The B17 and Lanc operated from grass fields quite successfully and most BoB fields were grass.
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"And, the award for overreaction of the week goes to . . . LePaul! Congradulations! You win a years supply of potted meat from Libby™ and a $0.50 gift certificate to White Castle! "
Mmmmmmmm......White Castle........
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Now now little fella...calm down:)
I just popped in here to see what you had to say and noticed, that at least to me, all of your poll choices focused on negative aspects of a great sim. None of your choices do I even give thought to, much less would I care to air them in public.
Ya see Mr. Lepaul, it's not a perfect world...the sooner you realize that, the happier you're going to be.:)
Perhaps you are one of those cats whose glass is always half empty?
Peace!
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Yes Karnak, and the Spit 9 from 1942 both outclimbed and outturned a TA152 at 40k ;)
Btw Karnak, I know the Spit 9 was a high altitude version and it was a very good plane indeed, but there is no WAY that you, nor anyone else in this thread will be able to convince me that it outperformaed TA152's above 30k, even less at 40k (Yes I've been outclimbed by Spits at 40k although I was light on fuel and WITH WEP on at that alt).
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my wife behind me while flying,,,,,,,,,,,,,commenting SHOOT SHOOT
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Originally posted by Rude
Now now little fella...calm down:)
I just popped in here to see what you had to say and noticed, that at least to me, all of your poll choices focused on negative aspects of a great sim. None of your choices do I even give thought to, much less would I care to air them in public.
Ya see Mr. Lepaul, it's not a perfect world...the sooner you realize that, the happier you're going to be.:)
Perhaps you are one of those cats whose glass is always half empty?
Peace!
Half Full!
I know what you are saying, and I understand it. But there are some annoying qualities to this game that haven't been addressed in ages, and we have every right to discuss the cons along with the Pros. What I wanted to see, and the poll is showing marvelously, is that these top 8 issues I have also pester/annoy others. We didnt say he hated the game, or go through a big ole negative rant.
If you only want "happy thoughts", fine. But there are some issues, and I'm seeing if they bugs others to. From there, I'll let the polls numbers speak for itself.
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Now there's an idea!!!
Happy Thoughts by Rude
:D
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Happy thoughts by Wilbus!
Please give the TA152 the performance it should have, and was known to have. People didn't call it the best high altitud efighter of the war and "TA152 performance was on the limit of what is possible for a Piston engined plane" both today, and during the 40's.
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Happy Thoughts?
Oh Lord, I've created a monster....
:cool:
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What bugs me most about AH is my inability to hit anything with the guns in a LA7, 190D9, Spit, Hog, Pony, Ground guns, NIK2, etc etc! LOL!!
I can't hit a bull in the butt with a base fiddle! LOL! :)
Other than that? Well AH is what it is, and it can be a lot of fun. :D
Only my $.02 of course, your mileage may vary ;)
AKEagle+
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LOL Eagle
Abunabi, one of my squaddies, is going straight to hell. He's SO happy that the cities have churches....seems to be his first target everytime! Right next to the building that looks like the major credit card issuer he works for!
That's how HE improved his aim :D
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I'll let the polls numbers speak for itself.
I knew it!!! You worked as a Democratic pollster on the Clinton campaign!!!
Your poll is flawed....when you give folks choices which only support your viewpoint, then your poll is corrupted and the results are skewed.
Tell ya what....I will assume the roll of the Anti-Lepaul and post a new revised poll which will accurately demonstrate the true sentiment of our little community towards the gameplay issues which you so dearly despise:)
Stay tuned!
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Churches? Wow! I didn't know that! (Eagle starts to drool)
Any Hospitals (Eagle starts to slaver)
or Orphan homes? (Eagles eyes start to glaze over)
Girl Scouts? Pregnant Grandmothers?
Ahouth jsuot ahlejr!!!!
Youe ith tjut!!!! :D
Pupe ! aoiue t ierj?????
Sorry all this is Eagle's nurse, we had to sedate him, he will be out for several hours.
B. Crandal RN for
AKEagle+
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Lepaul:
It occurs to me that, if crater effects are allowed then, what would be able to fix them on the affected airfield? In the actual war, there were maintenance crews or seebees that would patch up craters in airfields within hours after a bombing.
The cynical side of me anticipates those whines which would begin once a cratered field was repaired in a short period of time after they were damaged :rolleyes:
I say leave that lil peeve as it is. I'm more concerned about the unreadable sector numbers on the inflight map and, the jumbled appearance of the field names/numbers on the map.
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Originally posted by Rude
I knew it!!! You worked as a Democratic pollster on the Clinton campaign!!!
Your poll is flawed....when you give folks choices which only support your viewpoint, then your poll is corrupted and the results are skewed.
Tell ya what....I will assume the roll of the Anti-Lepaul and post a new revised poll which will accurately demonstrate the true sentiment of our little community towards the gameplay issues which you so dearly despise:)
Stay tuned!
Rude,
I'm the most ardent conservative republican you'll ever meet. Even hinting anything with my name and Clinton in the same line is a declaration of war :D
As for the anti-LePaul...what, you are finally making that FORMAL? Its been pretty obvious since day one :rolleyes:
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Only in reference to your poll:)
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What drives me nuts?
The overabundance of Quake-kids with caPiTal letters spaced thoughout their names. The types who use faux-hacker geek slang like "roxxor" and "joo".
The amount of punk kids flying when I left the online air-combat world 3 years ago was miniscule. Today, they're rampant. Almost makes me regret my return.
And we all thought that widespread low-cost internet access would be a GOOD thing.
D
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Please correct me if I am wrong... I thought this crater thing was modelled, but it was discontinued because people bombing the runway affected game playability too much.
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Yup FD, Crater was simulated in older version.
-Mitsu
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1410 posts Lepaul? I guess what drives me the most nuts is people with a lot on their minds who think EVERYONE needs to hear it. ;)
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Wilbus, I'm used to be outclimbed at any alt by spits when flying D9, specially in any zoom. But when I saw that spit ouclimbing and OUTRUNNING my Ta at more than 30k I was amazed, the most funny thing is that it was a Spit V pursued by me, he simply burned all my WEP and was able to flee unharmed by speed and alt.
Rude, we all are paying and playing the game, so this is the main prove we all are mainly satisfied by the product. But AH is an "alive" development and I find very constructive these people that expose, in their oppinion, ways to improve the game. In the other hand, those that ONLY say "Oh! what a wonderful ... ... it is perfect, dont touch a single bit" are , in the best case, feeding egos and little more.
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Yup, I remember back when a hole in the strip was a headache, and honestly, I liked it! It was realistic, and as previously said, it is entirely possible to take off and land in the weeds, done it too many times. And yes, it was usually patched up quick, so maybe give 1/2 time for runway damage? Just my personal opinion, I don't run the game and I'm happy with whatever HTC decides to do with it (well, almost). Big concern: I'm getting pretty tired of the disco's lately!
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CC Mandoble, IMO it doens't take much IQ to figure out that there is something wrong with this, either the Spit being ALOT overmodelled, specially at alt, or teh TA152, and D9 aswell (TA152 specially) being DRASTICLY undermodelled.
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Originally posted by Dawvgrid
my wife behind me while flying,,,,,,,,,,,,,commenting SHOOT SHOOT
;)
You're lucky. Mine is behind me yelling "turn that damn thing off and do the dishes NOW NOW"
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Wilbus, do you have now available the numbers for HP at 5, 15, 20 25 35k and CDrag for Ta, D9, SpitXIF and V? Im getting mad with the vertical zooming performance and instant acceleration of SpitV at any alt... ...yep, limited top speed at lo alts, and yep, faster decceleration after a very fast dive, but the rest is amazing.
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Mandoble.....
Let me share a little something with you.
Fact: HT knows from hard experience what will work and what will not regarding this product.
Fact: If flaws exist, then alerting the HTC staff thru the proper forum should most definetly be practiced.
Fact: The majority of issues regarding gameplay and improvements are currently or will be addressed in future releases...unbelieveably, maybe even some which we have not thought of ourselves.
Fact: The incessant and unproductive mention of issues which long ago have been mentioned thru proper forums, by a minority of players, will in no way encourage HTC to alter what they feel is the most prudent course of action.
By all means, lets talk amongst ourselves regarding general issues and topics here in this forum. I just tire of constant flag waving by a small few who think the louder they scream, the more change will come about.
It's only my opinion....you don't have to agree with me if being wrong suits you:)
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