Let me see if I get this right. You want a plane that has five minutes of fuel, 120 bullets, and limited to only one base to have a perk of about 150? People dont know how to fly them because you never really get a chance to. You waste half your fuel getting up to the alt then if your lucky you dont get your wing blown off by death star .50cals on the first pass you have to start RTBing.
Ok the airplane is one dimensional. Although on certain maps Ive had them intercept me when bombing strats, tho I dont know if they still do on current maps cause I dont bomb strats anymore. The point is every airplane is, in effect, one dimensional. In its particular sphere of operation one gauges its effectiveness. Yes the 163 is truly one dimensional. But in that particular application it does throw off any kind of realism in the game which is why an airplane is perked.
I believe its unbalancing as it stands and should be perked higher. And boy, aint it funny but whenever you "wish" for something in the "wish for" forum someone always accuses the person of "complaining"or "whineing"?
Here's the operational history of the airplane, "and I remember off the top of my head". Out of about 300 produced the 163 shot down 9 allied bombers during the war. I bet 9 rolled off US assembly plants, in 1944, during the time it took me to type this post. Offhand I dont remember how many were lost but I do know about 80% of them were lost during takeoffs and landings. The comets were so fast, and so difficult to control and aim with, that Luftwaffe pilots ended up using the fuel to get to Alt and then making several unpowered glides thru the bomber formations before breaking off and gliding home. The comets were operational by the summer of '44 so they had their chance to make an impact but failed to do so. And had the Germans spent those millions of Reichsmarks on more 190 fighters they would have actually gotten something for their money. In operational terms the comet was a dismal failure.
Even still its a fascinating airplane with a fascinating story behind it. Its actually kinda cool its in the game but it shouldn't be allowed to be so unbalancing in its particular sphere of usefulness. I have flown it in the TA, where BTW you can fly it everyday even on Christmas, and it is a fun ride. I dont blame anyone for liking it. All Im saying is it should be perked higher. I'd say 50% to 75% of the ME-262s perks.
Eskimo Joe why are you even in this thread? While were at it AH needs to bring back the ignore feature in this forum or do something about these spam monkeys
