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Offline FBCrabby

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Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« on: September 20, 2011, 05:24:20 AM »
Sd.Kfz. 251 - yes - the little unused snitzel wagon... that thing that carry's troops and rockets and such...

would it be such a crime to make it Vehicle/Attack to make it possible to capture a base under attack?

Just saying  :noid
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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2011, 06:50:51 AM »
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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2011, 09:28:33 AM »
That lil german half-track carry's rockets and troops at the same time - on top of that it is under-used - wouldn't it be fitting for it to be labeled Vehicle/Attack so you are able to capture bases that register as attack? Afterall - something should be able to register for the useless statistic in attack for captures!
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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2011, 09:29:19 AM »
There are a number of SdKfz 251 variants that would be awesome to have.  The thing is, much of work is done because the chassis is already in game.

It is a shame we do not have more variants.
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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2011, 10:04:54 AM »
+1  i would also like to see a way to have an attack base capture...as we have the catagory but no way to score in it...either remove the catagory score line or make a way to acheive it.

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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2011, 10:50:23 AM »
I would rather take up a Bf-110 with five troopers hanging from each wing.   :aok
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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2011, 11:42:23 AM »
I dont get it. the attack scoring category is for ground attack aircraft. you can already score a capture in the vehicles category with the SdK. :headscratch:
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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2011, 03:05:45 PM »
I believe the "attack capture" scoring was disabled because it could be easily gamed and artificially inflate the score of a squadron that was doing it.  All you had to do was drop troops on a town and then auger and immediately re-up in a fighter with the flight scored as "attack" (all before the troops entered the map room) and take off or just sit on the runway.  When the troops captured the map room, you'd get credit and your score would show an "attack capture".  Squadrons would game this to get their squadrons a higher rank.

It's a useless stat that should be removed as it's not in use anymore.

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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2011, 03:09:16 PM »
It would be nice, but the question is - Is It Really Worth It?

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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2011, 05:07:01 PM »
scores should be removed all togethor IMO.

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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2011, 05:24:50 PM »
scores should be removed all togethor IMO.

So many things would change for the better in AH if score and rank were disabled.
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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2011, 05:28:44 PM »
So many things would change for the better in AH if score and rank were disabled.
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no more score padding phone number accounts,  less purse fights over who's better...the list goes on and on..

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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2011, 10:25:07 PM »
I dont get it. the attack scoring category is for ground attack aircraft. you can already score a capture in the vehicles category with the SdK. :headscratch:
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No, I'm talking about a capture that score under ATTACK not vehicle... Sure the whole attack category is dominated by fighters and rightfully so, but what is the use of having a blank statistic "capture" under attack then?

And besides, the other aim is to give the poor 251 more use in-game - its severely under used and usually only upped by mistake, first-time, or just bored

GIVE THE 251 AND ATTACK CAPTURE A PURPOSE!!!  :rock :rock
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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2011, 10:56:46 PM »
I believe the "attack capture" scoring was disabled because it could be easily gamed and artificially inflate the score of a squadron that was doing it.  All you had to do was drop troops on a town and then auger and immediately re-up in a fighter with the flight scored as "attack" (all before the troops entered the map room) and take off or just sit on the runway.  When the troops captured the map room, you'd get credit and your score would show an "attack capture".  Squadrons would game this to get their squadrons a higher rank.

It's a useless stat that should be removed as it's not in use anymore.

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that can't be done anymore as the troops will die if you up another gv/plane.

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Re: Sd.Kfz. 251 - Make It A "Attack Vehicle"
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2011, 03:14:40 PM »
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No, I'm talking about a capture that score under ATTACK not vehicle... Sure the whole attack category is dominated by fighters and rightfully so, but what is the use of having a blank statistic "capture" under attack then?

And besides, the other aim is to give the poor 251 more use in-game - its severely under used and usually only upped by mistake, first-time, or just bored

GIVE THE 251 AND ATTACK CAPTURE A PURPOSE!!!  :rock :rock

Using a useless statistic which its only use is to artificially inflate your squadron rankings isn't the way to elevate the  Sd.Kfz 251 to it will see more use.  If you want the Sd.Kfz 251 to see more use then the best way would be to champion potential armament packages that reflect the different variants of the Sd.Kfz 251.

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