Fi 156 Storch

[Lusche]

Hence the term "shuck and jive". 

 

[Melvin]

It's the crumbs my friend.

Or a bit of the old "slight of hand" trick.



HiTech: "Yeah, show them the FAC bird with some vague description of how ground attack may soon work."

Pyro: "Roger that Chief. And while they debate the pros and cons of the Storch, we'll be cooking up a whole pot of awesome."

HiTech: "Yup. And when the new version drops, they'll poop their pants with glee. Except Tank Ace. He'll still cry like a baby."

 

[skorpion]

HiTech: "Yup. And when the new version drops, they'll poop their pants with glee. Except Tank Ace. He'll still cry like a baby."

[Lusche]

I begin to suspect there is a bit confusion about the term "version" on your side

We had 3 or 4 new versions this year already...

[Melvin]

I begin to suspect there is a bit confusion about the term "version" on your side

We had 3 or 4 new versions this year already...

Come on Lusche, won't you just let me stir the pot a little?

Always with the facts... sheesh.

[LCADolby]

It's the crumbs my friend.

Or a bit of the old "slight of hand" trick.



HiTech: "Yeah, show them the FAC bird with some vague description of how ground attack may soon work."

Pyro: "Roger that Chief. And while they debate the pros and cons of the Storch, we'll be cooking up a whole pot of awesome."

HiTech: "Yup. And when the new version drops, they'll poop their pants with glee. Except Tank Ace. He'll still cry like a baby."

 

This evil yet brilliant... I love it 

[Oddball-CAF]

Based on the silliness of the whines of those who are against it. It must be a good idea. I'm all for it.
Oh and Oddball. Smoke was used to disorient the enemy so as to better be able to move.

I'm aware of that, Dred. However, in AH, it's mainly used by poor slobs tryin' to mask a spawn-hole
where 40 tards are sittin' paddin' their GV scores.

[Oddball-CAF]

Did they say "next version update"?  

Something big is in the works. My gut says that the FAC bird is just the tip of the iceberg here.

  Well, the cat's out of the bag. Yep, self-propelled artillery, 155s which will be hard coded to disallow
direct fire use on enemy GVs. The Storch pilot will "tab" to lock onto a friendly SP, and then
subsequently "left click" on the target on the field/town he is calling a fire mission onto.
  Meanwhile, the SP artillery unit that was "tabbed" earlier (and all friendly SPs within 500 yards)
will be able to begin firing on the target using a "land mode" command just as the naval guns
now have.
  Brilliant. I think it'll be ready in about..oh , two weeks.

[MAINER]

  Well, the cat's out of the bag. Yep, self-propelled artillery, 155s which will be hard coded to disallow
direct fire use on enemy GVs. The Storch pilot will "tab" to lock onto a friendly SP, and then
subsequently "left click" on the target on the field/town he is calling a fire mission onto.
  Meanwhile, the SP artillery unit that was "tabbed" earlier (and all friendly SPs within 500 yards)
will be able to begin firing on the target using a "land mode" command just as the naval guns
now have.
  Brilliant. I think it'll be ready in about..oh , two weeks.

 

[perdue3]

I think this is great! Also, seems like it will be a german oriented update list.

Life itself is German oriented.

[Vinkman]

The only "fair" solution would be to limit wirbles from seeing planes until the same range is reached. There is NO reason they should be arbitrarily hidden.

This is purely a result of the vocal minority constantly crying that they can't cut it in GVs and need power-ups. Well, some of those power-ups unbalance gameplay with regards to aircraft, so they should go both ways.

Make fighters (and bombers, think about it) not show up to GVs until the same range. Make both factions see each other at the same time.

Wont change a thing. No trouble seeing fighters in a blue sky looking up. The neon ICON that you love so much, is to enable the "point and click" bomb tards to have a 90% dive bombing accuracy rating. What was it in the real war?  5%? maybe?   It took laser guided munitions of the 1990 to get hit rates in the 90% range.

Drop the "The icon makes up for the TV screen not being as good as my eyeball" line. It's overplayed

Oh and  .  

[Karnak]

Wont change a thing. No trouble seeing fighters in a blue sky looking up. The neon ICON that you love so much, is to enable the "point and click" bomb tards to have a 90% dive bombing accuracy rating. What was it in the real war?  5%? maybe?   It took laser guided munitions of the 1990 to get hit rates in the 90% range.

Drop the "The icon makes up for the TV screen not being as good as my eyeball" line. It's overplayed

Oh and  .  

Who has a 90% accuracy rating against GVs with bombs?

[Lusche]

Who has a 90% accuracy rating against GVs with bombs?

Quite a lot of players. In fact, once you are past the n00b stage, it should the the exception not to kill a tank by dropping a 1000lbs bomb on it in a dive. And that's what I usually witness in the MA. I'd guess that, 2-weekers aside, trhe average kill probability per drop may be somewhere in the 50-60% area (by my subjective experience)

[Karnak]

Ah.  Then I suck with my 500lbers. 

[Lusche]

Ah.  Then I suck with my 500lbers. 

But usually you have more than one, and I'd bet that you upping heavy for an enemy GV is akin to a death sentence to it, no matter what