OK. What I would like to know is why it bothers you that people fly P51-Ds and how it affects your enjoyment?
What plne/planes do you ususaly fly?
Well.. maybe it has something to do with all of those 'veteran comments' about how the MA has transformed into a 'Bore N' Zoom' arena. You know, the
"all I see in the game are Fw190D-9s, P-51Ds, La-7s, and Typhoons. All these guys do are BnZ all day long.. and when they find a co-alt plane they will run straight to their horde from 15k to deck" stuff.
So I figured if the usage of those late war planes can be dropped down to a certain level, and the overall usage of '42~'43 planes can be dramatically increased, it would be helpful to the situation since the overall margin of absolute performance for the mid-war planes, isn't as drastic as the late-war planes.
I was kinda envisioning more P-47s, Fw190A-5s, 109G2 and G6s, La5FNs, C.205s, F4Us, Ki-61s and etc etc..
I`d also like to know what makes you think that people who enjoy flying the P51-D would pick the B as an alternative.
To me there is no comparison. A lot of it has to do with history. A lot has to do with the feel and capability.
By perking them.
Most people in the MA barely manage a 1:1 kill/death ratio. Thus, if a P-51D is perked at about 3~5 points, they will have to fly about two~three sorties in some other plane to earn the price needed to fly a P-51D once. The price isn't jaw-droppingly high as the Tempest is.. it's just a small burden that could catch up if one is too careless.
When I made the initial list of planes that should be perked, I thought a lot about how this would be different from the RPS. A RPS system totally limits a person from flying his favorite plane. I didn't think that was the right step to go.
If you dig up the original list in the very first post, you would see that most of the planes are post '44 latewar planes with midwar versions in the game - such as P-47s, P-51s, 109s, 190s, etc etc..
So, a P-51 fan wouldn't be totally blocked from flying his plane. If he can manage a positive perk balance he can fly it indefinately. However, if he cannot do that, all he has to do is fly an alternative mid-war variant of that plane for a couple of sorties and he'll be able to quickly earn enough perks to fly his favorite again. With a bit of exaggeration, all he has to do is take up a mid-war plane and go HO two~three people and he'll get the points he needed to fly his favorite.
..
However, the real reason I made the NPA was in the fact that it could diversify the roles in the MA. This was my true intention.
The MA is full of late-war planes, which are also most usually multi-role planes. The Mossies and 110s are mostly hangar queens, unless some devoted fan makes up a mission featuring them. A-20s, IL2s, Ju87s and etc etc.. are virtually useless in the MA. There isn't any need to use any of the mid-war buffs or jabos, because a single P-38L or a P-47D-40, or a P-51D-20 still carries more ordnance than any of those dedicated groundattack/jabo planes.
So, I figured, why not give those planes its role back?
If a late-war plane is perked
lightly, it won't cause too much grief if someone lost the plane, but it'll still sting a little. If the usage of late-war stuff drops, the chances of mid-war jabos and bombers becoming competent in the MA would increase greatly. For instance, if the post '44 planes are perked, the Mosquito comes within 10th place of the fastest non-perked ride in the game.
In any case I thought this would benefit the MA more than it would hurt it.
Anyhow, like Magoo said, it's just a dream for now.
