Pyro has said the 109G-10 in AH is really a K-4 but they decided to add a 20mm option and call it a G-10.
We don’t "need" a K-4.
They only 109 we "need" is a 109G-14.
We don’t "need" a Yak-3; the Yak-9u is a better plane anyway. It would be nice to have (
right Straffo) but we don’t "need" it.
Yaks we need are
Yak-1
Yak-7
and a yak 9 or 9D. Right now the yak9t and be modified to make a yak-9m which can fill the role of the 9/9d.
The Tu-2 is a late war VVS bomber. I think it would be great to have but would prefer a Pe-2 variant.
The Ki-84 will do well in the main but just adding it to the Japanese plane set won’t necessarily fill out the set. IMO there are other Japanese planes that could be added to make a decent early Pac set up. For ToD the Pac Theater's need a lot of help with new planes.
We need to start thinking about ToD. There are wholes in the plane set that imho need to be filled just to run 1 decent theater let alone multiple theaters.
Ht has intimated that the first theater run would be an 8th AF eto theater.
Let’s look at the wholes,
These are mho but here goes
1st USAAF
Bombers
B-24D or J
We need earlier Jug Variants
We need earlier P-38 variants
2nd LW
We are mostly set here with the LW plane set but I would like to see a 190A-6. But that's just my preference.
The AH G-10/K-4 can fill in for the G6A/S, G-10 K-4.
A 410/210 would fit in but the 110G-2 is decent enough.
My point is to think beyond the main. Most planes suggested (except the Ki-84) would make no difference in the main. So I think we should narrow our suggestions (pretending that they matter for the sake of the thread) to filling in the gaps with the hopes of making ToD a success.
If it’s going to be left like the CT and some events using goofy match ups to get something that is at a minimum "playable" I don’t think interest will hold and doubt that it would draw in new players.
