This is partly in response to the 128 post thread "The Jugfire" in which the slight differences between our P-47D-11 and the real P-47D-11 have been argued. The P-47 is practically never seen in the MA, yet people avidly argue and counter argue the slight inaccuracies, which seem to boil down to 1) it is 390lbs to light with HTC is going to fix and 2) it does not have the paddle bladed propellor that it had in reality when it went into combat.
On the other hand when Pongo, Nashwan, Funkedup or myself bring up the problems with the Spitfire MkIX, the second most common aircraft in the MA, there is pracitically no response. There is no one blasting us or supporting us, we're just ignored.
Originally posted by Vruth in the "The Jugfire" thread:
As for the Spit IX hybrid, don't fly with 50 cals. Personally, I'd rather see more work on more aircraft than changing existing ones that work fine (except for the poor-ole P-38).
Vruth,
I did't want to hijack the P-47D-11 thread, so I'm replying to you here.
I don't. But most people do.
How would the Luftwaffe fans like it, or react, if HTC had given them a Bf109G-2, had the gun options of a Bf109G-10, used an American drop tank and simply called it a Bf109G?
They'd go bloody ballistic about anti-German conspiracies, is what they'd do.
The kind of response you gave has the same problem as the attitude of people who believe that all aircraft should be freely availabe and that it doesn't matter what you fly. If the Spitfire is wrong, its wrong. It doesn't matter if I am the one flying it or not. If I like Hurrican MkIs and everybody else is flying 1944/45 stuff the game won't be very fun for me because I will simply be spending more time to get to the fight, and then being an easy mark for all but the incompetent.
The aircraft should all be modeled as closely as possible to their real counterparts.
Like the Bf109G, there was no generic Spitfire MkIX. Why do we get specific Bf109 modeling and not specific Spitfire modeling?
Our Spitfire MkIX should have the option for the 50 cals removed, the option for the rockets removed, the 300 litre drop tank replaced with a British drop tank and then be relabled to "Spitfire F.Mk IX"
I am not calling for any new Spitfires to be added, just for the existing one to be fixed.
[ 08-06-2001: Message edited by: Karnak ]
