ten random changes

[guncrasher]

I don't suppose you are so altruistic as to spend your playtime capping the CV while the fighters are furballing over the beach and attacking the base?

we have done this many times.  it's either defend the CV and keep the furball going it come here and complain that CV are sunk too easy.

semp

[FLS]

I have kept logs on all my bomber flights since 2012. I made 326 naval bombing runs in bombers (generally attacking from 8-10k). In all of these missions, I lost 7 planes to auto puffy, that's a loss ratio of 0.7%
As someone said before, it's just ambience, even if you are the only target around.

I'm glad somebody takes notes. I read somewhere the US lost 5 aircraft to AAA at Midway and that's from all types.

[Chris79]

Look up the HMS Illustrious, hit by 3 waves of Stukas only 3 were shot down by AA

[Ciaphas]

It kind of goes with out saying that if there is a furball near a CV, you can expect bombers to come break you naval toys.


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[FLS]

That's poor manners. The furball should be killed last.

[Ciaphas]

It can be defended against, just have to apply SA and be proactive


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[The Fugitive]

It kind of goes with out saying that if there is a furball near a CV, you can expect bombers to come break you naval toys.


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The point is that a relatively slower, large plane, or group of large planes flying in a rather strait line..... looking to line up a bombing run..... Should be far easier to hit than a jinking small fighter!

In buffs, I just report where the CVs are and fly right on through the puffy..... like stated before, "ambiance". In a fighter I have to keep moving jinking, diving, climbing, or Im going to lose parts. Im 50% faster and jinking around, why should it be so much easier for the puffy to hit me in a fighter? LOL!!! Heaven forbid you fly into puffy in a perked ride, POOF! tower!

[FLS]

The point is that a relatively slower, large plane, or group of large planes flying in a rather strait line..... looking to line up a bombing run..... Should be far easier to hit than a jinking small fighter!

In buffs, I just report where the CVs are and fly right on through the puffy..... like stated before, "ambiance". In a fighter I have to keep moving jinking, diving, climbing, or Im going to lose parts. Im 50% faster and jinking around, why should it be so much easier for the puffy to hit me in a fighter? LOL!!! Heaven forbid you fly into puffy in a perked ride, POOF! tower!

Why should the bomber be easier to hit? AAA was often fired into a 'box', just like it does in the game.

Your statement that perk planes are always destroyed is clearly false.  Why make stuff up? It doesn't help the discussion.

[bozon]

Why should the bomber be easier to hit? AAA was often fired into a 'box', just like it does in the game.

Heavy acks were often and most effectively fired ahead of the incoming bombers and kept firing into this volume until the bombers flew through it. It was not easy to get the altitude right. This completely does not work against a maneuvering fighter whose path is unpredictable and especially if he is changing altitudes. Puffy could not follow a diving fighter unless it had proximity fuses or scored a direct hit.

Our AH puffy does not simulate a projectile. The explosions box is always centered on the target both horizontally and vertically. The box is supposed to get bigger the faster you go and the more G you are pulling (I think) to make a hit less likely. It seems that this effect is minor and does not differentiate enough between a bomber on a straight and level bombing run and a diving and jinking fighter.

Player experience wise, the bombers can simply soak up the damage and it is very unlikely to down even 1 bomber out of the 3 that the player controls. The bombers get through no matter what and the bomber player completely ignores puffy. A fighter player has only 1 fragile plane - any random damage will ruin his day.

[save]

I like most suggestions, but add/ delete  :

Make the Yak3 vulnerable to a believable level, it's not a flying tank, Its a plane plane comparable to the LA-7 in damage IRL, and it should be in AH.
Kill Buzzaw, or make it a separate tank arena map - compare online numbers when Buzzaw is running against other maps.
As someone suggested - remove range icon for the AAA vehicles used against planes, ie no computer aided gunsight in 1940's.
Remove F3 bombing, it's just stupid, unrealistic, and have nothing to do in a realistic arena.
Kill engine / start engine in-flight should be penalized with long restart-up time. It's a gaming-the-game situation we must get rid of.

Perks can be good to store if you want a month of  perk plane flying for whatever reason. Personally I use my perks once or twice every year.

[lunatic1]

i still think lowering side switch time will promote spying. i have .05 cents on my desk <---that's my 2 cents.

[Arlo]

Remove F3 bombing, it's just stupid, unrealistic, and have nothing to do in a realistic arena.

If anyone is actually level bombing while in F3 then good luck with that. F3 is for seeing incoming bandits and it's the closest thing in AH to simulating multiple pairs of eyeballs scanning all around.

[Shuffler]

i still think lowering side switch time will promote spying. i have .05 cents on my desk <---that's my 2 cents.

If people want to spy all they have to do is send their contact to the other side and talk to him. He can pass info for as long as he is over there.

Time has nothing to do with it.

[Arlo]

i still think lowering side switch time will promote spying. i have .05 cents on my desk <---that's my 2 cents.

If people want to spy all they have to do is send their contact to the other side and talk to him. He can pass info for as long as he is over there.

Time has nothing to do with it.

 

[bustr]

A lot of spying has turned out to be CV radar.