DGSII Rules Writeup Posted

[DrBone1]

So wait Allied A/C cant rearm anywhere?

[Guppy35]

You gents have been flying LW too long.  8th AF fighters did not land on the continent, rearm and go back.   The flights were too long. Escorts were staggered to keep a steady flow of escorts with the bombers.

Since the LW is on defense and over their home turf they have the advantage of multiple sorties and rearming.  It makes the challenge for the escorts tougher, which in reality it was

[Spikes]

Well we will see how it goes I guess. When I fly axis I would rather have a bunch of cons to chase throughout the frame. As an new allied pilot the thought of doing a job like escorting making it back to lose a plane and life is somewhat discouraging.

Being someone who flew in the 56th in P47D-11's all the way up to M's, you won't need to rearm. I'd be surprised if you used even 3/4 of your bullets.

[killrDan]

So wait Allied A/C cant rearm anywhere?

It's not too late to come back home my friend!

The candy those Allied dogs are passing out is not as sweet as it looks.  Come back home and we'll treat you to some real German chocolate and cocoa!

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Dan

[DrBone1]

It's not too late to come back home my friend!

The candy those Allied dogs are passing out is not as sweet as it looks.  Come back home and we'll treat you to some real German chocolate and cocoa!

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Dan

I am afraid the American ways are far more convincing, Although I may end up discoing on my RTB to reup under the first sortie. 

I kid but seriously I will only be doing each frame with 1 life so this no rearm rule is going to be a problem.

I guess I will roll another life. 

[Flossy]

Show up time is incorrect for London - 2:30 pm Eastern is 7:30 pm UK, 8:30 pm CET.  

It just occurred to me that this is the time of year when Daylight Savings ends so thought I'd better check the time differences.  Looking at the time converter given, Daylight Savings ends in the UK on 28 October but not until 4 November in the US; therefore, for one week only, our show up time on 3 November will 6:30 pm.  The last weekend we will be back to 5 weeks difference.  We need to remember this nearer the time or a lot of us will show up late!  

[Jenks]

Being someone who flew in the 56th in P47D-11's all the way up to M's, you won't need to rearm. I'd be surprised if you used even 3/4 of your bullets.

You flew with the 56th in WWII !?!   

[Brooke]

For any folks who want to see what the 1st DGS was like (from the bomber point of view) or what the very-similar Battle Over Germany was like (from a LW fighter point of view):

http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/200710_derGrosseSchlag/derGrosseSchlag.htm

http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/201102_battleOverGermany/battleOverGermany2011.htm

[perdue3]

You gents have been flying LW too long.  8th AF fighters did not land on the continent, rearm and go back.   The flights were too long. Escorts were staggered to keep a steady flow of escorts with the bombers.

Since the LW is on defense and over their home turf they have the advantage of multiple sorties and rearming.  It makes the challenge for the escorts tougher, which in reality it was

Please do not refer to Luftwaffe as LW. It is confusing with Main Arena, thanks.

Say Luft, Axis, or German.

[Krusty]

Say whut?

LW is the long-held abbreviation in AH and in other flight sims, in scale model communities and in other references/sites.

Everyone calls the arena in AH the "MA" or the "LWA" -- nobody calls it the LW.


I think we're safe in avoiding confusion on that front.



P.S. Did we ever get the recon rules added to DGS2 rules? I was curious about the details of recon work.

[ROC]

Krusty, not sure what you mean by recon rules added.  Recon is something the sides are going to have to figure out on their own.  Why a rule?  I personally plan on having a recon system setup, and counting on the Allies to forget to go scouting 

[Krusty]

Krusty, not sure what you mean by recon rules added.  Recon is something the sides are going to have to figure out on their own.

Well there was no mention of that. No mention of it anywhere, other than order-of-battle. See, that's what I wanted to know

Thanks!

[Melvin]

Perhaps I missed it in the writeup, but will bombers be using manual calibration (like in AvA) or auto calibration (like LWA)?

[Fencer51]

Hmm... good question.

[Flossy]

Auto I hope!  Though I suppose manual is ok with enough notice.  Nothing worse than discovering its manual at the moment of calibration!