S!
There will be a new setup in the CT tommorrow, should be ready to fly at 2pm EST.
It`s the `Cauldron of Fire` Sixth Army surrounded at Stalingrad, setup we wanted to have 2 weeks ago until the gremlins popped up...
It will use the revised Stalingrad Terrain. This terrain has winter tiles and has never been used in the main arenas. Wait to enter the arena to load it. The version on the HTC `Downloads` page may not be the correct version.
This is the aircraft lineup:
Axis
German
109F4
109G2
109G6 (2 point perk)
190A5
190F
Ju88
C-47 (limited bases)
Italian
MC202
GV`s
MkIV
M8 (subbing for German armoured car)
M3 (subbing for German halftrack)
Ostwind
Soviet:
Yak9T
La5FN (1 point perk)
IL-2
B-26 (2 point perk)
C-47 (limited bases)
Lendlease
Hurricane IIC
Hurricane IID
GV`s
Mk IV (subbing for T-34)
M8 (subbing for Soviet light tank)
M3
M16
The situation would start with Stalingrad mostly in the hands of the Germans, but surrounded after the Soviet Winter Counteroffensive of November `42.
Each side will have defined objectives which they must capture. Victory will be determined by a CT Staff member every night at 12 midnight EST. If a side has achieved their victory conditions, then a victory will be declared and the Arena will be reset.
Base capture will most often require the use of M3`s. There are outlying spawn points on most of the fields which allow quick movement to neighbouring fields and Vehicle bases. C-47`s will be restricted in the fields they may fly from. We are trying to simulate the fact most of the terrain capture in this scenario was by ground forces.
The German Objectives would be to break the ring encircling Stalingrad and drive the Soviets back. The Soviet objective would be to eliminate the pocket and drive West to take Rostov.
More details on the exact fields controlled, fields required to be captured for victory and aircraft basing in the `Message of the Day` popup when you log in.
We may leave this up for only 1 week depending on the availability of other terrain and setups.
Cheers Buzzbait