Do you like WW I Air Combat?

[TEShaw]

What are you so afraid of?

An Early Early War Arena?

And despite the bitter tears here, I'll bet the polling is 70% in favor of WWI Air combat.

Cry your eyes out.

TEShaw won't be killing you in the Late War Arena; he'll be killing everybody else in the monoplane, biplane, pusher arena.

Please enjoy.

[mechanic]

oh baby yes, yes. yes. oh baby.

[Kazaa]

Can we have the F4 Phantom ? With rear aspect only missles, she sure would be so much fun to fly and fight in!

[Delirium]

oh baby yes, yes. yes. oh baby.

Looks like Bat does his 'stick stirring' offline. 

j/k Bat 

[mechanic]

 

Offline from ah maybe, but it still requires an internet connection

[Treize69]

Edit - BTW looking through some of the Fokker, Albatros , etc designs, were there any single seat fighters or fighter/scouts with more than 2 Foward firing LMGs as armament (that were produced in number and saw service).

Most didn't even start out with 2, that was basically from late 1916 on, once the Albatros came out. Fokker Eindecker, DH.2, Nieuport, Morane... all had a single .303. Many also had drum fed guns, not belt fed ones, that required the pilot to change an ammo drum every 80 rounds or so.

[thrila]

And despite the bitter tears here, I'll bet the polling is 70% in favor of WWI Air combat.

I would be interested to see the results if there was a poll "Are you interested in flying aircraft against their historical opponents"- I would imagine there would be a lot of interest, however you don't see a soul in the AvA.

[Treize69]

I would be interested to see the results if there was a poll "Are you interested in flying aircraft against their historical opponents"- I would imagine there would be a lot of interest, however you don't see a soul in the AvA.

You did for a while, until certain groups took it over, and many folks got tired of the same matchups or same opponents in every setup (like Spits in EVERY setup).

I still think the old WWII arena in WB, with its rolling plane set, was a much better option than the "planeset" style used in our AvA.

[A8Hunter]

As long as I get the one with the Blue-Ray player, I'm all for this new venture!

[Anaxogoras]

IIRC, Max Immelmann had his Eindecker outfitted with 3 Spandaus, which may have been responsible for the interrupter malfunction that lead to his death (at least, that's one of the theories).

[HomeBoy]

Simguilds Flying Circus.

Indeed!  That was a great game while it lasted!
Flying Circus never appeared to me to be a serious effort.  They freely admitted it was a proving ground for various network technologies and techniques.  Almost like a grad school thesis project or something.  I was coming out of Fighter Dual at the time and many other FD'ers were playing that game too.  Lots of fun even though it was played on a pool table.

[Treize69]

Indeed!  That was a great game while it lasted!
Flying Circus never appeared to me to be a serious effort.  They freely admitted it was a proving ground for various network technologies and techniques.  Almost like a grad school thesis project or something.  I was coming out of Fighter Dual at the time and many other FD'ers were playing that game too.  Lots of fun even though it was played on a pool table.

Fighter Duel!? 

Now theres a blast from the past.

[Masherbrum]

I see Krusty and Karaya are "bonding" again 

Nah, he's knows he bases his crap on insinuations and nothing more. 

[Nilsen]

I voted no.

I would like HTC to stay focused on filling the many holes in the ww2 planeset, update the older models and give us new ord options before spending time on ww1. It should keep em busy for years and years.

 

[BnZs]

First of all, I am very excited by this news. I believe there is an opening for a WWI flight sim, and if it came from HTC, who has crafted what is the best all-around WWII flight sim, so much the better.

Like it or not, I believe HTC has more customers to gain by expanding into WWI than it does by adding the Heinkel, or the Oscar, or the Brewster. The latter will serve to satisfy customers who are already here, the latter will attract new ones.

I believe it has to be done right to be worthwhile though. The immersion is a must factor for anyone attracted to this arena. First and foremost, to make it challenging and hold the interest, the planes need to have all their quirks and flaws modeled in. Flying a Camel doesn't need to be like flying a 100mph Spit, etc and so forth. The terrain graphics update underway will help, and since AHII planes are already so graphically detailed and the new cockpits are so nice, I think we can check this box. I believe any WWI arena should be an axis vs. allied setup, for the reasons already mentioned. A historical map with the nice new terrain, aerodromes, ballons, and of course, No man's land. I believe that because almost week by week innovations was such a part of WWI, RPS should also be used.