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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: phaetn on August 10, 2001, 02:40:00 PM
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Tim "Baddawg" Nieuwdorp, Dogfighter.com's Aces High correspondent, has [interviewed] (http://www.dogfighter.com/interviews/show.php3?interview=997456167) Doug "Pyro" Balmos, Vice President of [HiTech Creations] (http://www.hitechcreations.com/), about future plans and developments for the company's WWII era online flight sim.
Comments about the interview are welcome!
Cheers,
phaetn
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Wow! :D
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Nice interview.
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:) Loved it. I have to note that Pyro has come a long way from his previous style of providing spartan answers to good questions. This intervie and May's with SimHQ were pretty darn good. Very informative and quite uplifting..
I'm enjoying AH now and what lays ahead with 1.08 and those just after is making me drool (in a non-FDB of course).
Westy
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Thanks dogfighter.com!
So nice to see the Hurricane finally!
[ 08-10-2001: Message edited by: funkedup ]
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Thought Baddawg's questions were great - nice job! The answers weren't too shabby at all either... very forthright and lots of detail. 1.08 is sounding *a lot* bigger than I expected.
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:D :D :D :D :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
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Very good interview. They asked a lot of the questions I'd have asked myself. Good to get confirmation that the ME262 will be in the next release. And WOW, the Hurricane IIc will be one of my main rides. Ya gotta love those 4 Hispanos with 400-500 rounds :D
Am also really looking forward to train busting. Hope they modeled the steam bursting thru the engine as I've seen on actual gun camera footage. That'll be awesome.
Hope they don't up the minimum requirements too much. I can't afford to go buy a new computer just to play...
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AFAIK Hurricane IIc got drum-feed Hispano cannons with 90 rounds /cannon
[ 08-10-2001: Message edited by: Staga ]
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hope it not long in the waiting
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Fantastic news on the Hurricane!
anRky
(umm, DeeZCamp, did you really *have* to mess up the page that way?)
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I can't tell you how depressing the news on 1.08 is for me.
I'm struggling to find a reason not to cancel my account.
Hurricane IIc: 334mph, slower than the A6M5b and Ki61.
Me262: 540mph
P-51H: 480mph.
The arena gets faster and faster, and 1945 gets more and more emphasis.
Not only are the aircraft I like not being added, they won't even be viable if/when they are.
This really sucks. It is a huge let down. 3 versions now and squat that makes the game more enjoyable.
All that adding the Hurricane does is allow those who don't like RAF aircraft to say we've got 7 aircraft. It is absolutely useless in AH. Its a scenario only aircraft. (The ammo count is off in the cockpit shot. It should read 182 in each bank, 91 rounds per gun)
This is rambling and sounding very negative. But it is how I am feeling about it.
At least the models look really nice.
I look foreward to hearing German aircraft fans whine about the 262 and complain about how "easy-mode" and over modeled the Hurricane is. :( After all, an arena, the CT, has been created that favors the German aircraft combat styles and they still whine about the Seafire. :(
I hate to say this because I know HTC has been working hard on 1.08, but I am very disappointed by what I've seen.
I doubt I'll cancel my account, but this really sucks. The most enjoyable version of AH was 1.05. :(
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I agree w/ Karnak--it's sad to see planes in AH that never saw action...(p-51H)
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The Me262 and Hurricane MkIIc are really, REALLY nice looking models though.
WTG Natedog and Superfly. They look a lot better than the earlier models. You guys just keep getting better and better.
I can't wait to see what you'll do with the Mosquito.
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If I start seeing ME262's in the arenas I think I'm going to be flying B-17s at high altitude a lot more. Just for the chance of removing a few perk points from someone's stash. <eg>
I do like seeing the Hurricane because (and only because) I think it's a hint of the future direction of Aces High in that they will be adding earlier aircraft. Did the interview say they are adding more than just these two aircraft with 1.08? Though not a Hurricane fan, it looks like we may be one step closer to seeing Wildcats and Warhawks in the game. After a few more early-war aircraft, the Combat Theater will start to mature and will probably see more numbers participate. I also think the MA will become a late-war arena just because early planes will not survive there and the CT will become more (but not limited to) an early-war arena with rotating theaters of action (plane sets.) I like what I'm seeing.
I have a bottle of single-malt scotch vintage 1975 brought back from Scotland by a friend of mine a few years back. I don't drink anything but an occasional beer and am willing to ship this off in exchange for some early-war Southwest Pacific Theater aircraft. (I figure it's worth a try.)
-Puke
332nd Flying Mongrels
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OH comeon... How could it be bad to implement later war aircraft????
IF it is realism/ or a more balanced planeset.. The Combat Arena is where ya should be... Good Time lines.. with aircraft that fought each other ...
Of course it would be very uber in the MA a few dozen 262's raiding a bunch of zeros! ;-)
But thats the nature of the MA.. its a Free for all furball of sorts (no offese to those that PLay strategically there)
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DeeZCamp,
Why should I be in the CT?
So I can have "fun" sitting in my 1941 Seafire while being straffed by 1944 Bf109G-10s?
Boy, that does sound fun. And balanced too!!!!!
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I like what I see, but as stated in the above posts, its really depressing to see the game go to late war only.
I almost jumped from joy when I saw the pic of the hurricane... but then I saw the model and the armament.. oh cripes. Brits got their Chog. I was hoping for the 12 X.303 version :(
And no mention of any FM revisions to current AC... means it will be N1k and la7 zaking over ze world again. :( :(
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Karnak there are Typhoons and Tempests in the CT. :)
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I almost jumped from joy when I saw the pic of the hurricane... but then I saw the model and the armament.. oh cripes. Brits got their Chog. I was hoping for the 12 X.303 version
4 years older, a third the ammo capacity, nearly 100mph slower. thanks for the Brit Chog :mad:
Still, at least 1.08 looks like it's going to be balanced. Germany is to get AH's fastest fighter, USA is going to get the second fastest, and a plane so late it didn't even get into the war, Britain is going to get AH's oldest, slowest fighter.
WTG HTC :mad:
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FunkedUp,
Yes, the Typhoon which is at its extreme range just to get to the Germans. Spit IX is the same. Its a long boring flight, so most people won't do it. That means you're probably alone. You get to the fight and get to see how long a single Typhoon or Spitfire IX can hold out against 4-6 Bf109G-10s.
Tempest is a perk plane and therefore not even in the game as far as I'm concerned.
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S!
Nice to hear about the Trains, road systems and Convoys. I think that will add a strategic level which has been lacking.
Big step forward.
As far as the aircraft additions:
P-51H: Shouldn`t be there. Not a WWII aircraft.
Me262: Good addition to the late war plane set which exists now.
Hurricane IIC: A likely scenario plane, well matched with Spit V, Me109F4, MC202, Ju88. May surprise some people if a good pilot is flying. Those guns not to be trifled with. But not really competitive in the MA. Seems to be starting the extension of a possible rolling plane set to `42. A logical followup would be the A6M2, P-40M, P-39N, Lagg-3, Yak-1 or Mig-3, plus perhaps a Betty, Wellington, B-25 and He-111. One of my own favourites, but I`ll likely die a lot. Good thing about the Hurri IIC, it provides an earlier model Carrier based aircraft for the Brits. The Sea Hurricane II was essentially identical to the Hurri IIC. The original plane`s undercarriage was very sturdily built so nothing other than tail hooks had to be added. Hopefully it will be carrier enabled.
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Karnak:
While I can more or less understand your feelings, I think you haven't given it a second thought.
Since I first came to AH, I have heard yells to add early war planes. Since I first came to AH I've heard LOT of voices calling for a Hurricane in Aces High.
You got a new early-to medium war plane. You got the hurricane. And this is the way you celebrate it?...
You say that with the adition of the Me262 the Main Arena will get faster. I doubt the Me262 will cost less than 200 perkies. I would be REALLY surprised if it was under 150 perkies. It's not going to be a widely seen plane. And in any case the MA is fast enough without the Me262...
In the interview With Pyro I dont see anywhere the P51H mentioned. IMO is not a WWII plane but I dont care wether it is added or not, as it will be a MA-only plane (I dont see any possible CA scenario where it fitS) and I wont put a foot in the MA if I can avoid it.
Karnak you say that you dont want to enter the CA because you dont want to be vulched in a Seafire II against a G10. In hte two days I've been flying it I've seen more G6s in flight that what I've seen in many months in the MA (back when I flew it I mean <G> ). I think that the most used 109 in the CA is the G2, not the G10. What is me, I still have to put a hand on a 1944 plane in the CA. In 2 days I've flown 190A5s, 109G2s, 109G6s, Ju88s...but not a single sortie in 190F8, 190A8 nor 109G10.
In the CA, with the current map (and when the 500feet bar dar gets fixed), the Mosquito, one of your favorite planes, will make a great NOE fighterbomber/attack plane, way better than anything the LW has (until we get a Me410 of course ;)).
You can organize low level long range strikes, and with the high Mosquito topspeed at low level (something like 340mph?) only a 190A8 or a 109G10 will catch you, and both planes are ----by no means---- the most used by the LW in that arena. And that if they spot you, no bar dar under 500 feet (when is fixed ;)), and with 3K icons for enemies make spotting VERY difficult. You can't ask for a better arena where a mosquito can be used...
NOw we see that they add the Hurricane IIC. A Hurricane I can't be difficult to model after this , and same goes with a spit I... and when the germans get the Me110C and Bf109E4, (And if the italians get a G50 and MC200, way better) you could very well put a CA with a working RPS. on place.
Add that with 1.08 we will have TRAINS in the CA...I'm already dreaming with an english Channel map in the CA, with trains, convoys and all the stuff...
Look, one doesnt start to build buildings from the roof, but from the ground. Hurri II is a step towards early war. I see it as a good adittion. and one wich will be used to good effect in the CA.
Come on, they announced 2 new planes, that doesnt mean they are the ONLY planes to come ,right? :)
And where is the P51H announced?
See ya in the CA :)
[ 08-10-2001: Message edited by: R4M ]
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Yeah Karnak, take a frikken pill. Jeez.
ra
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RAM,
I was never one of those calling for the Hurricane.
At least the RAF now has the definate claim on most outdated fighter. The Hurricane IIc is a 1940 fighter, hardly mid war.
I agree that the Mosquito would do alright in the CT, except that we don't have the Mosquito, we got the useless Hurricane IIc.
The CT could be good, but right now its just an arena to make the fans of German aircraft feel good about themselves while they whine about RAF aircraft even as they slaughter them.
I'm betting on 150 perk points for the Me262, and I think you'll see it a lot more than the Tempest, Ta152 and Ar234 combined.
I'm not quitting, but 3 versions and nothing interesting doesn't make me happy.
I might try the CT again in 4 or 5 months, but after last night I have no interest in it.
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Well after reading that interview I have to say that I may have been a bit wrong when I stated that it was not worth the 30 bucks a month. These people just keep improving the game. More and More. I am afraid I may have to eat my own words...if their is room in my mouth next to my foot. LOL
WTG HTC
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Originally posted by Karnak:
The CT could be good, but right now its just an arena to make the fans of German aircraft feel good about themselves while they whine about RAF aircraft even as they slaughter them.
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I might try the CT again in 4 or 5 months, but after last night I have no interest in it.
Sad you didnt try it just 30 minutes ago. 20 vs 20, increadible immersion and fairly equal sides. I?ve been there for almost 5 hours in a row, flown Fw190A5 (three times) , Me109G2 (one time) ju88 (two times).
I've only seen 3 Fw190A8s and 2 or 3 me109G10s (that I know about) in all the time I've been in.
Extract your own conclusions :). But if you plan to stick with the MA, yes, better dont fly a Hurricane...nor any plane dated before 1942 for that matter (because the Bf109F can do nice things if well used).
Oh, almost forgot......Hurricane IICs were built up to 1944, AFAIK.....and indeed they were widely used in North AFrica until late 1942 (dunno about 1943, tho).
so that affirmation taht is a 1940 plane is quite wrong :).
[ 08-10-2001: Message edited by: R4M ]
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RAM,
When I was in there it was just a bunch of 109s and 190s vulching Seafires.
Then Staga made a smart bellybutton remark to me about how RAF aircraft are easy. Then I see that HTC has bent over backwards for the LW fans again and at the same time given the RAF an outdated POS.
Its a cumulation of things over the last week or so.
I am really sick of being insulted because I happen to like Spitfires. I am sick of the elitism of the fans of certain aircraft in AH.
BTW, the P-51B or P-51D should be available in the CT as the Mustang MkIII or Mustang MkIV to escort the Lancasters. That's what the British used for that, not Spitfire F.MkIXs.
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I was doing before "smartass" comments in the CA about how nice did the dweebf...er...spitfires explode. ;)
That does not exclude the fact that tonight I got my prettythang kicked by spits no less than 4 times. And I got a nice answer about how well did the 190s burn :D
IF you are to react this way to some #1 channel taunts directed to get a fun arena with a positive spirit...then Karnak, really get a thicker skin. Because you are, really losing a fun time in the CA.
And, if you think that a Fw190A8 or a 109G2/G6 stands ANY chance against a well-flown Spitfire IX (other than running like hell)... oh well.
The spitfire IX is a very good plane, able to beat 109G2, 109G6 and 190A8. It is almost equally matched to the 190A5. And the 109G10 holds the advantage over it, yet it has a hard tim dealing with it.
The tiffies (the 1944 version we have in AH) can beat the better planes the LW has unperked in the CA, even a 109G10.
Even the Doras are way off being the threat the Tempests are, but admittedly a tempest costs twice as many perks as a dora.
do as you want, I wont try to convince you anymore :( But I think that you dont want to look the things as they are, just as you WANT them to look like.
[ 08-10-2001: Message edited by: R4M ]
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Originally posted by Karnak:
Then Staga made a smart bellybutton remark to me about how RAF aircraft are easy. Then I see that HTC has bent over backwards for the LW fans again and at the same time given the RAF an outdated POS.
Karnak, at first I almost felt bad that the game was going in a bad direction for you, but now you're just getting rediculous.
HTC are adding a couple of great planes and all you can do is whine and squeak about it. Not the planes you wanted? Sorry, but good god, knock off the whining man.
The Hurricane IIc an outdated POS? To me it looks like a great TnBer with 4 powerful cannons. What the hell is so bad about that?
HTC bending over backwards for the LW crowd? Guess what, they're not the only ones who think the ME-262 is a cool new addition. This plane will be a fun diversion every so often when perk points allow...I have no doubt that this thing will be expensive as hell. In Pyro's words "The Ultimate Perk"
Hell, I'm not even sure what you have to be disappointed about with this news or even what the heck you were expecting. You said in the other thread that you don't know of any British plane that can be competitive with the current planeset and not be a perk ride. All that has changed with this new news is that there is a new British plane (competitive or not) and a new PERK jet that will, in all probability, be seen even less in the main arena then the Tempest.
As for elitist tards who think it makes them special to fly a certain aircraft, screw 'em. They obviously don't feel special enough in thier real life and need to placate their ego here in a game.
Respectfully...as I could be,
SOB
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R4M,
<<<Look, one doesnt start to build buildings from the roof, but from the ground.>>>
Wish I'd said that. It's exactly right on the money. I'm excited about the future of the CT more so than the MA.
I do feel the ME262 will make for some really fun SEA missions. B17s, 51Ds and ME262s. I can see it now.
-Puke
332nd Flying Mongrels
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sweet!
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SOB,
I didn't say that there couldn't be any other British plane that was competitive without being a perk, I said that there probably isn't a better British fighter that could be added without being perked.
A Spitfire VIII, LF.IX or LF.XVI might not be perked, but it very well might be too.
I'm disappointed because I like neither 1945 or 1941 for an MA type of game. I strongly think that 1943 offers the most interesting, diverse set of units of any time period in WWII.
I'll still be here, I'm just not thrilled with the dirction AH has taken since the release of 1.06.
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There were 120 me-262s available in late 1943... Maybe you are after a certain "type" of match-up Karnak, not necessarily year?
Way to go HTC, looking forward to these planes!
Ely
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Elysian,
Um, no. The Me262 enter sevice in mid-1944. There were no Me262s available in 1943.
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According to a reliable history book I have (centered on the D-day invasion), 120 me-262s were indeed produced by late 1943. I'm sure you know the whole "Hitler likes offensive weapons" thing, and why me-262s were not really employed until fall of 1944.
Point I was trying to make is that maybe you would like certain types of match-ups in AH, the "specific year" thing is kinda screwy.
Ely
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The first experimental fighter unit to use the Me 262 was Erprobungskommando 262 (EKdo262), III./ZG 26. The unit formed at Lechfeld on December 19, 1943. EKdo 262 was composed of two Staffeln and one Stab unit. The unit received their first Me 262 in April of '44 and scored their first victory of a Mosquito on July 26, 1944. By September, elements of EKdo 262 went on to join Kommando Nowotny and III./EJG2 at Lechfeld.
The first active unit to use the Me 262 was Kommando Nowotny which was formed at Achmer in September of 1944 and headed by Major Walter Nowotny. The unit became operational on the 3rd of October and claimed their first kill, a B-24, on October 7th.
http://www.stormbirds.com/warbirds/history/history2.html (http://www.stormbirds.com/warbirds/history/history2.html)
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After reading all of this, I have only one question......Who is at Ram's keyboard and what have you done with him? :)
Cobra
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Elysian,
Actually I like diversity and strange aircraft. By 1944/45 many of the intersting aircraft of WWII were no longer viable.
You read about how fast the Mosquito was, how it could pace, or even outrun its enemies.
The Mosquito can do a whopping 380mph, 345mph on the deck. It'll get eaten for lunch in AH. Something like 75% of the fighters in AH easily out do that.
The Me410 is in the same boat.
The A6M5, Il-2, TBM-3, F6F-3, Hurricane IIc and C.205 would all be much more usable in a 1943 arena, but in the 44/45 arena they are toast.
1944/45 is concentrated on fast fighters and big bombers. All the other types of aircraft have fallen by the wayside.
So you can have your P-47M, Spitfire MkXIV, Ki-84 and Me262 (fast fighters) to attack your He177, Halifax, B-24 and B-29 (big bombers). Every thing else is at a huge disadvantage.
We have a 1944/45 game, and I will try to use 1942/43 units in that game, but it is frusterating.
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Well, well, more planes are good. Eventually, we will have almost all, and eventually, hopefully, there will be so many people playng AH, that there will be many arenas, including one with a rolling year-by-year planeset.
Since 262 will be expensive, it should not upset the game balance, and same to the p51H.
Hurricane finally arriving, yum yum.
Hurricane was a good turner, good gun platform, durable, and rolled nicely. It should do fine as a tankbuster, give spits and nikis a headache in stallfights, and you don't wanna HO with the 2c. So what's the problem....
Regarding the Mosquito, it would be the second fastest thing with a bombsight (only the ar234 faster), Heavily armed for field capping, and still being able to outrun many of the planes, especially in a shallow dive. Can't wait for it :D
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"We have a 1944/45 game, and I will try to use 1942/43 units in that game, but it is frusterating."
I was flying a 1944 Yak-9U against a 1944 A6M5-52 and not doing too bad tonight ;)
-Westy
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Westy,
True. <S>
The Zero is fun to dive into furballs with and just frusterate your enemies. Ya got me twice though. Well done and good kills.
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Nice to see how your mad a Pyro but you insult the german fans.
Not content with the Tempest I guess. Or the Lanc. Poor hard done by karnak. 3 spits isnt enough I guess. The last production Hurricane is a waste of your time I guess. Its a contemporary of the Spit Vb and the Early 109 and a great addition to the game, moving the plane set earlier which is what many want.
Putting in the 51H and the 262 at the same time is not an accident. The 51H is a great counter to the 262. If the 262 pilot makes a single error the 51H will have him. And vis versa the 51H cant lurk too long in the dweebusphere without worrying about the 262s.
I think the hurricane is a great addition. Goes well with the 202, 109F4, ju88 and Spit Vb. The game is growing in both directions at once...Keep em coming guys!
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Pongo,
I don't think the P-51H is coming. I think the FDB were having one on us.