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Offline Vulcan

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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #45 on: December 24, 2018, 02:52:07 PM »
Even if it is as you say. They don't die easy. Also the plane does almost everything better than most planes below 15k. And if it's outclassed at something. it does something else which totally outclasses the plane that does. The eny it's set at is just not right. it's should be similar to a la7.

Umm, lets see Yak-3 has best gun package? No. Is the fastest? No (Pony Dora Typhoon 109K Jug are all faster). Best roll rate? No. Best turn rate? No.

The Yak-3 is a very small, light aircraft with a mediocre gun package. Most of the good Yak-3 pilots are quite timid. I don't why it is such a boogey man for so many players (but the Niki and La7 went through the same phase).

It is a fun plane to fly.

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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #46 on: December 24, 2018, 03:22:44 PM »
Umm, lets see Yak-3 has best gun package? No. Is the fastest? No (Pony Dora Typhoon 109K Jug are all faster). Best roll rate? No. Best turn rate? No.

The keywords here are "almost" and "something else". (The guns are pretty neat just not to much ammo)

It is a fun plane to fly.

And that it sure is! It's eny just doesn't fit the plane.
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #47 on: December 26, 2018, 12:37:00 PM »
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #48 on: December 26, 2018, 02:18:58 PM »
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #49 on: December 26, 2018, 04:30:24 PM »
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #50 on: December 26, 2018, 08:28:14 PM »
See Rule #4

Umm, lets see Yak-3 has best gun package? No. Is the fastest? No (Pony Dora Typhoon 109K Jug are all faster). Best roll rate? No. Best turn rate? No.

The Yak-3 is a very small, light aircraft with a mediocre gun package. Most of the good Yak-3 pilots are quite timid. I don't why it is such a boogey man for so many players (but the Niki and La7 went through the same phase).

It is a fun plane to fly.
So you went on this little rant saying it's not the best at every category but it isn't certainly decent in all except guns really then compared it to the LA7 and N1K which are both what 8 ENY aircraft??? The thing shouldn't be an 18....12 at the highest 8 would be about right.
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #51 on: December 27, 2018, 07:45:24 PM »
Nothing has changed....4 pages of speculation and opinion...ask the right question....

HiTech why is the Yak 3 at an 18 ENY?
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #52 on: December 27, 2018, 09:26:27 PM »
Nothing has changed....4 pages of speculation and opinion...ask the right question....

HiTech why is the Yak 3 at an 18 ENY?

I did in the first post.  With evidence to show the ENY value is wrong. 

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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #53 on: December 29, 2018, 01:09:25 AM »
What about this?

Dynamic ENY. The more people flying a plane the lower the ENY for that plane gets.

This would limit the number of the more popular planes and get people flying some of the planes that are hardly ever seen.

Seems to make more sense to me then arguing over some arbitrary number assigned to a plane that could be skewed in k/d by it being popular with better or worse pilots.
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #54 on: December 29, 2018, 02:47:10 AM »
What about this?

Dynamic ENY. The more people flying a plane the lower the ENY for that plane gets.

This would limit the number of the more popular planes and get people flying some of the planes that are hardly ever seen.

Seems to make more sense to me then arguing over some arbitrary number assigned to a plane that could be skewed in k/d by it being popular with better or worse pilots.
This could make planning missions more difficult for one and since missions have seemingly become extremely rare, I don`t think running them should be made even more complicated. Also some fly long and careful thus occupying one plane for a longer time and would make it less available for others so to speak.
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #55 on: December 29, 2018, 03:57:20 AM »
Personal ENY. The more kills a player gets in a specific plane the lower the ENY for that plane for that player drops.

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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #56 on: December 29, 2018, 04:19:19 AM »
Personal ENY. The more kills a player gets in a specific plane the lower the ENY for that plane for that player drops.

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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #57 on: December 29, 2018, 08:56:40 AM »
HiTech doesn't often weigh in on "how come" questions.  Otherwise, he would be buried under an avalanche of them.

He would also be buried under an avalanche of posts saying, "You're wrong!"  I've seen it happen.  It's probably why we don't see posts from Hitech very often.
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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #58 on: December 29, 2018, 09:15:01 AM »
So you went on this little rant saying it's not the best at every category but it isn't certainly decent in all except guns really then compared it to the LA7 and N1K which are both what 8 ENY aircraft??? The thing shouldn't be an 18....12 at the highest 8 would be about right.

Correction, it is not the best in ANY category - that is speed/climb/range/roll/ord/and turn rates.  The La7 is faster and has 3 x 20mm cannons, the Niki has 4 x 20mm cannons and both can carry bombs. And the performance of the yak drops off severely over 10k.

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Re: something doesn't add up
« Reply #59 on: December 29, 2018, 09:18:09 AM »
The f4u4 or p51 or spit 16 or n1k1 arent the best in any category either...

The ki43 may be the best turner, the k4 the best climber, the 190 fastest rolling, me410 best gun package. Those planes just arent as well balanced.
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