This thread is about idea of divided arena, one part for late/mid war planes and other early/mid war planes. This is not just fantasy as low priority fronts like scandinavia and early pacific existed in WWII.
Low priority front (LPF) could be smaller in area than high priority front (HPF) since planes are bit slower. LPF would be far away from HPF, either secluded by sea or mountains. If it is sea there should be way to prevent or hinder HPF CV's getting to LPF.
LPF/HPF arena in short:
+ Finally use for early war planes
+ far better place for ground vehicle use since planes dont carry many bombs or rockets. Spitfire and Typhoon would have Hispanos but it might be that 1.07 solves that problem too.
- To reset whole arena LPF need to be conquered too. Someone might not be interested to fight in that front.
- both LPF and HPF need to be divided to three sections, creating 6 sections in total. If some country loses its section in ether front, it would cause whining (well, what doesnt really?)
- Someone might actually have time and patience to get to LPF in late war plane.
Plane and vehicle division suggestion:
LPF:
A6M5b
B-26B
Bf 109F-4 (Q1/41)
Bf 109G-2
C-47A
C.202
C.205 (Q2/42)
Fw 190A-5 (A-3 substitute Q3/41)
Ju 88
La-5FN (Q2/42)
Lancaster III (Q2/42)
M-16
M-3
P-47-D11 (Q4/42 released in 1.07)
Panzer IV H
PT Boat
SeaFire (Q4/42)
SpitV (Q1/41)
TBM-3 (Q2/42)
Typhoon (Q4/41 - Q3/42)
Yak-9T (Q1/43)
HPF:
A6M5b
Ar 234
B-17G
B-26B
Bf 109G-10
Bf 109G-6
C-47A
C.205
F4U-1C
F4U-1D
F6F-5
Fw 190A-5
Fw 190A-8
Fw 190D-9
Fw 190F-8
Ju 88
Ki 61 (Released in 1.07)
La-5FN
La-7
Lancaster III
LVT(a) 2 (Released in 1.07)
LVT(a) 4 (Released in 1.07)
M-16
M-3
N1K2
Ostwind
P-38L
P-47-D25
P-47-D30
P-51B
P-51D
Panzer IV H
PT Boat
SeaFire
Spitfire Mk IX
Ta 152H
TBM-3
Tempest
Typhoon IB
Yak-9T
Yak-9U
About plane division... It is reasonable that early war planes are not available anymore on HPF, they have been moved to LPF since they are not competitive. LPF also lacks many important planes that should be there, mainly early US planes (P-38F, F4F, P-40) but there is no use to to substitute them by later models because they are, well, later models and usually far better in performance.
Few questions since I haven't used terrain editor or fiddled with arena parameters:
- Can fields on same arena have different planes available?
- Can fleets on same arena have different planes available?
Comments? If we find enough interest we could form a task force to implement this never tried before idea!
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jochen / Gefechtsverband Kowalewski
Units: I. and II./KG 51, II. and III./KG 76, NSGr 1, NSGr 2, NSGr 20.
Planes: Do 17Z, Ju 87D, Ju 88A, He 111H, Ar 234A, Me 410A, Me 262A, Fw 190A, Fw 190F, Fw 190G.
Sieg oder bolschevismus!
[This message has been edited by Jochen (edited 04-18-2001).]