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Offline shreck

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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2009, 11:10:18 AM »
Quote from: stroker71 on February 12, 2009, 08:20:51 AM
I agree removing enmey gv icons would only improve gameplay.  Part of the fun should be finding them and desiding thier threat level to you, your countrymen and your base. 

might be a neat idea with GV icons removed completely to give GVs a colored smoke round "country specific for marking problematic GVs for easier spotting, this may help promote a " fluid movement style of game play"
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2009, 02:15:00 PM »
Quote from: waystin2 on February 12, 2009, 08:35:58 AM
I say no to this idea.  The icon system is ok as it is.  If you are harassed from the air, then get a friend or two to provide air cover via plane or Wirbel/Ostie/M-16.

That don't always work as the turret is very easy to knock out on all AA gv's.  Ok you'll say well bring supplies...fine but you can't sit on the spawn all day.  You say spred out the supplies to the target area...fine but you have to get off the spawn to do that. 

Taking away enemy icons will not hurt the IL2's chances of getting kills.  Trust me that thing is nasty.  Whatever the wirblewind brought to the game the IL2 with 37mm took away and then some. 
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2009, 02:29:04 PM »
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No icons on gvs for any formation of bombers........... 


ya its been wished for before
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2009, 05:14:29 PM »
Another whine of "The bad ole pwanes won't wet me pway wiff my tanks!!!" cloaked in the guise of a request. GVs are by far too coddled and helped along AS-IS. GV camper dweebs ought not be able to get away with the things they try to, when any air cover is around.


Airplanes were death to GVs. Even with the uber super-powered (unhistorically so) Wirble you guys still whine.

I say tanks should have MORE icons. You should see enemy tanks while in a tank yourself. That's what I say.
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2009, 05:20:09 PM »
Quote from: waystin2 on February 12, 2009, 08:35:58 AM
I say no to this idea.  The icon system is ok as it is.  If you are harassed from the air, then get a friend or two to provide air cover via plane or Wirbel/Ostie/M-16.
u can say that,but the anti air guns r just as easaly takenout esp, by IL-2's with the 30 or 33 mm cannon's the don't even have to get close. esp. when they swarm u.
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2009, 05:23:23 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on February 12, 2009, 05:14:29 PM
Another whine of "The bad ole pwanes won't wet me pway wiff my tanks!!!" cloaked in the guise of a request. GVs are by far too coddled and helped along AS-IS. GV camper dweebs ought not be able to get away with the things they try to, when any air cover is around.


Airplanes were death to GVs. Even with the uber super-powered (unhistorically so) Wirble you guys still whine.

I say tanks should have MORE icons. You should see enemy tanks while in a tank yourself. That's what I say.
i am not whining,i'm wishing,after all this is a wish list.not a whine list
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2009, 05:26:10 PM »
Quote from: lunatic1 on February 12, 2009, 05:20:09 PM
u can say that,but the anti air guns r just as easaly takenout esp, by IL-2's with the 30 or 33 mm cannon's the don't even have to get close. esp. when they swarm u.

Spoken as somebody that's never tried it.

A single Wirb can kill 5 attackers and not take any damage in the process, even if the attackers are IL2s. It's so over-powered it's a frakking JOKE.
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2009, 05:35:45 PM »
 If the Icons are removed then what,? Honestly, how will it affect the game, and whom will it affect? Plenty of people want it and agree that it would not matter enough to be bad and hay after the major FLOP the last update was for GVs and others AH should be looking to doing something to make it up to us. The Icons are not hidden by trees BTW Iv seen them plenty. O and the line “We may bomb our own people”  :huh Well Guess what, welcome to REALITY bud, its called blue on blue and Iv seen it first hand. It still happens even today. Back then it was ALOT more common then you kids will ever know. I have seen stacks of files on the subject from WW2. Thousands of BoB incidents, a lot kept from the publick to keep up civilian moral. And back then they didn't have HUDs to tell them, type, speed, heading, range to target,, you did it all FAST and by eye.
 So kill the Icons save some processor a little work, and make it more interesting,, only people that will really have a need to gripe are those that know it will show off who can really bomb (not me lol) and who is just using the Icons to help them get easy kills. Yes I'm a GVer But I like dropping a few on some GVs from time to time and I know it will effect my aim but O well. TTFN & GLGH  :salute
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #23 on: August 17, 2009, 05:45:28 PM »
As it is you can't really see the icons until you're almost on top of them.

And although trees etc don't hide gv icons completely, they do help alot.

Its fine the way it is, bring some AA  or friendly air cover with ya.
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2009, 06:08:48 PM »
Yes, it is too easy to spot gv's from the air... For me, they sparkle like little gems when moving..
It allows me to home in on them, from K's away.. If I switch to "game mode" on my monitor,
they even glow.. It's too easy to plug'em with one or two 500lbers.. Icons off for ALL GV's,
would make me think twice before slingin the iron... With proper co/ord with tankers to ID
the target, (using gunfire to mark target), friendly fire, (NOT) shouldn't be a prob..
By all means turn them OFF!!!!   Turn off killshooter too, just my 2c....

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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #25 on: August 17, 2009, 06:11:23 PM »
Where is the caped crusader when you need him?  Ah, here is the dynamic duo now...

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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #26 on: August 17, 2009, 07:01:54 PM »
Quote from: stroker71 on February 12, 2009, 02:15:00 PM
That don't always work as the turret is very easy to knock out on all AA gv's.  Ok you'll say well bring supplies...fine but you can't sit on the spawn all day.  You say spred out the supplies to the target area...fine but you have to get off the spawn to do that. 

Taking away enemy icons will not hurt the IL2's chances of getting kills.  Trust me that thing is nasty.  Whatever the wirblewind brought to the game the IL2 with 37mm took away and then some. 
Not the M16. If you can get a good burst in, most planes crash to the ground, dead. Of course, this requires being a good shot with a set of plane guns, so gv'ers might have trouble with that.
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2009, 07:16:39 PM »
This has been brought up before...
The jist of it was the icons on GVs were there to make it more realistic. IRL in a plane, you can spot a GV from 20 miles out (or so it seems ;)). Up in a plane on a clear day, you can see all the traffic, and in WWII, alot of the time when tanks were getting busted it was CAS...
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Re: GV ICONS
« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2009, 07:39:53 PM »
Quote from: mnotsayn on August 17, 2009, 05:35:45 PM
“We may bomb our own people”  :huh Well Guess what, welcome to REALITY bud, its called blue on blue and Iv seen it first hand. It still happens even today. Back then it was ALOT more common then you kids will ever know. I have seen stacks of files on the subject from WW2. Thousands of BoB incidents, a lot kept from the publick to keep up civilian moral. And back then they didn't have HUDs to tell them, type, speed, heading, range to target,, you did it all FAST and by eye.


Allies didn't drive very many Panzers IIRC.


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