He111

[glock89]

IT SEXY

[SKYGUNS]

its sexy and its Germany's main bomber, Over 7,000 made with many variants...

[glock89]

its sexy and its Germany's main bomber, Over 7,000 made with many variants...

and the JU-88 isnt that good    . plus we need more bombers 

[StugIII]

The HE-111 was the workhorse of the German bomber force it did everything and was modified to do almost anything. It went from front line bomber to test plane and could still go out to the front and give a good fight. It also had a decent bomb load, in my mind it should be going in very soon.

[Motherland]

The Ju88 is borderline too fast for BoB scenarios. The He111 was slower but much better armed. It was a workhorse bomber.

[Anaxogoras]

Ok, Bubi got it, but let me make it even more clear:

Battle of Britain

[titanic3]

Ok, Bubi got it, but let me make it even more clear:

Battle of Britain

Fixed.

[Anaxogoras]

Aww crap.

Normally firefox underlines spelling mistakes, but not for words with capitals I guess.

[Denholm]

Just be happy it wasn't biggles that found your mistake.

[Denholm]

Make sure to take a picture.

[JHerne]

The Heinkel will be fine for early war, and probably survivable in mid-war. We all know how busy those arenas are, so I'm sure it'll be used as extensively as a Spitfire or Pony.

Everyone wants the He-111, and I can promise you, when or if it arrives in AH, everyone will use it until they realize it's cannon fodder. Then it'll be relegated to the same backseat as the Ki-67.

It's slow, unarmed, and can't carry anywhere the payload of planes already in the game.

A single 7.9mm in the nose, another on the spine, and one, sometimes two (depending on the version) in the underbelly tunnel. These are the same 7.9mm guns everyone refers to as BB guns.

Sexy doesn't win battles with fighters.

J

[Denholm]

What you're missing is this plane's compatibility with the upcoming BoB scenario. Then we can worry about getting the heavies.

[Redlegs]

We dont want the He111 because it would be uber. We want it because it would be used in a lot of scenarios.

[Krusty]

He111 could also fill in for many other early war, slower, lighter, bombers.

It was not all that well armed. Many had the side window 7mm guns removed, and not all had a MGFF in the front gondola (a position used for shooting at ground targets, NOT attacking aircraft). Overall it has 1 nose gun, 1 dorsal, and 1 ventral (all 7mm). Possibly (depending on version) it will have 1 7mm in a small side window on each side (sometimes removed) and a MG/FF 20mm cannon in the forward down-angle gondola window.


Not that impressive, guns-wise. Still vital to the planeset.

[JHerne]

Fellas, I'm not against it. I'd love to see Gloster Gladiators, Fiat Cr.42s, Brewster Buffalos, Polikarpov I-15s and I-16s...

But what drives this game are the late-war arenas. Those arenas are packed every night, packed with paying gamers, and lots of them. I understand it'll fit into the BoB scenario. It's not really a BoB scenario without it, to be honest. But then again, where's the Dornier-17?

My point is...HiTech is going to develop stuff that caters to the majority of their subscribers, because they pay the bills. I consider myself to be one of those 'historical geeks' who'd gladly play the Allied-Axis side if there were ever more than 5 people in the arena.

But it's a game, and one that's continuing to be developed by HTC because they have the market for it.

As often as it has been debated and shilled, what in your honest opinion, would draw more excitement from the AH community, a He-111 or (and I can't believe I'm saying this) a B-29?

The answer is, for better or worse, a B-29. Why? Because of the perception that the B-29 is a game-altering aircraft. The though of levelling a town with a single formation of aircraft appeals to gamers who, by nature, like to bomb things and blow things up.

Jeff