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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Hangtime on September 09, 2000, 10:01:00 AM
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Hmmmm... found the micro warping when close to a con damn near unflyable; but that was because of server loading methinks.. all those simultaneous downloads plus 150 people flying last night.
The flickering icons was a bit disorienting, but not unmanageable.. hope to see some improvement to that; but I don't have a clue as to what would help.
The CT Feature leads to a nobrainer B&Z guns pass; and the plane seems to be 'on rails'.. hard to mess up. EZMode?
The FM on the P51 seems to be very nice.. had some good 1v1's vs 109's, FW's, P47's and P38's.. seems right. Ran into a well flown F4U; couldn't shake him. So far; IMHO the Pony seems like it holds 'e' better, turns a mite better and generally works in the vertical better.
Gunnery seems weird.. dunno why. Mighta been the micro warping.
The D6 icons is a boon.. this had the immediate effect of reducing the alt of the fights.. seems like 10k is the best cruise alt now; so nothing can slip by under you. Traveling higher leads to 'leakers' gettin by under you unobserved. Found myself deep and low in injun country with no help anywhere near, had to fight my way out.. and in a couple of situations I was able to slip by the enema using the terrain low. Neato. Also managed to slip in and tag a few unobserved. Very Neato. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) In the dirt furballs look to be real exciting now. Look for a resurgence in LA5's and Yaks. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Over all, it's an excellent new version.. better fights. Better framerates, better everything (except maybe that CT thing. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif))
Kudo's HTC.. well done. !
Hang
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Hang, did you also have the impression that the .50's drop more than before, or is it just me having a hard time to shoot ?
The Pony can finaly flip like all planes, Yeeeeehaaaaaa ! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Saw
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The D6 icons is great...And you can sorta see the plane befor it ids itself...very neat.I think this can add a whole new level of expertese when combined with the new blocked icon feature(wich is great but needs some work arround the front of the pilots view. I guess I will start using the target lock to overcome some of the icon weirdness imposed by the braces of the canopy and the frameing of the gunsight.
Gunnery last night was a bit weird in the MA(no probs in the TA) When you are shooting sometimes you guess right and the guy flys to the place your shooting, sometimes the guy just manages to move out of the beaten zone of your burst. But last night there were some guys that were not warping but were able make the wrong move when I made the right one and sail through perfect shots at 200 yards without a ping...They seemed smooth but I guess it was net stuff from the trafic..
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Nice post Hangtime. I agree with most of it.
The only thing I have a problem with is the e-retention in the verticle. It just doesn't seem right.
As I was diving down on a panzer, I would loop back up and then come down again. Even with pointing my nose straight up, and throttling back to zero, I'd find I still had too much energy at the bottom of the dive and would have to be throttled back to zero through half of the dive too. It just seemed strange.
The flat turning, however, seems awesome to me. Finally planes will pay dearly for overshoots for mor than just .5 seconds (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
And.. a final note... for those that think the panzer is oblsolete now that the new flak-panzer is here: See what 1 panzer can do against 5 flak panzers hitting your base (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
AKDejaVu