Author Topic: Perk'em All!!! (Read 967 times)

Rude · « **on:** June 24, 2003, 01:39:49 PM »

Just perk the 51, La7, and Dora....let's shake it up a bit HT.

I wouldn't know what to think in an arena without a heavy population of the beformentioned planes...might be a good thing for all of us and would give some value to all the perkies which idly sit in folks accounts(non-interest bearing accounts I might add).

What do you guys think?

Tarmac · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2003, 02:04:06 PM »

Perk those and we'll just see more n1ks and spits.

Rude · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2003, 02:05:20 PM »

Perk those also:)

Late war kind of course.

SirLoin · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2003, 02:13:47 PM »

Who cares about perks really..?...Give us some level bombing strat.

lazs2 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2003, 02:17:34 PM »

If you perked those planes then everyone would notice that the fields are too far apart and that the big maps are no fun.
lazs

SunKing · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2003, 02:38:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Tarmac
Perk those and we'll just see more n1ks and spits.

At least N1K1 and Spit will fight(can't run). Plus N1K1 isn't that great after you avoid the HO attempt.

Midnight · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2003, 02:45:01 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
If you perked those planes then everyone would notice that the fields are too far apart and that the big maps are no fun.
lazs

Well at least I would have something to spend my perks on. Just leave the ENY values where they are so we can regain the perks without shooting down 500 planes.

muckmaw · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2003, 02:49:26 PM »

Cut and paste job from the Gameplay forum....

I really need some variety.

AH has got to be one of the few games where you can just log in and use ALMOST any weapon you want without earning it.

Is this what society has come to? A bunch of spolied brats screaming, "I want it and I want it now!".

Does'nt anyone enjoy a challenge anymore? Don't you want to EARN your ride?

I can to AH from a game called Ultima online. When you started there, (It was a Dungeons and Dragons type deal) you were given a dagger, a cloak, 100 gold, and sent off on the world. You would get your butt kicked by a rabbit. NO EXAGGERATION!

So you worked at it. You earned your heavy crossbow or your Londsword, or your Valorite Armor. Sure you got owned ALOT, but it made the rewards that much sweeter. And when you were going into a high risk situation, you took your less expensive weapons. WHy? Because you earned them, and they were too important to you to simply give away to some lucky shot.

Same thing can apply here. Perk ALL planes, except for the very bottom of the barrel. Let the Newbs (and me, I think I have 200 fighter perks in 2 years of flying) and the vets earn their rides.

There will still be plenty of planes to choose from.

And for those that argue that these 4 planes do no present that much of an advantage, why were they made? Because they were advancements over their Predecessors, and obviously were successful. If they were not, the planes fighting WWII in 1945 would have been the same ones fighting in 1939.

Like many, I'm just looking for diversity. I sighed in exhaustion the other night when I looked behind me and all I can see was a conga line of 5 LA-7's chasing my lone F6F.

I respect the man that kills me in the c202.

TOD last week..I got 4 kills ( A miracle ) in a C205 vs. P-40's and Spit Vs. I had a blast flying a new plane.

Would I fly it in the main? Not unless I just want to give away kills. I simply cannot compete in a 205, but would happily fly it if everyone had the same handicap, ie an arena not composed almost entirely of late war rides.

We need some diversity. We need a challenge. We need something to strive for in this game that will make earning that much more rewarding.

I want to be exhuberated when I finally get enough perks to fly an F6F and can walk away from my F4F.

I want to be pissed off at myself for losing that F6F to a stupid mistake.

I want to earn what I fly.

gofaster · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2003, 03:13:57 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
If you perked those planes then everyone would notice that the fields are too far apart and that the big maps are no fun.
lazs

Agreed.

Ever try to take an FM2 to an enemy base on BigIsle? Better load up to 100% fuel and drop tanks, then turn on the tv and catch a full episode of "Wild On....".

Of course, if you perked the P-51, LA7, Spit IX, and N1K2, you'd see very few furballs. As soon as a horde upped on a base capture mission, nobody would contest them.

Except for guys like me who fly the P47D, P51B, and Yak9U.

Rude · « **Reply #9 on:** June 24, 2003, 03:20:51 PM »

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Originally posted by gofaster
Agreed.

Ever try to take an FM2 to an enemy base on BigIsle? Better load up to 100% fuel and drop tanks, then turn on the tv and catch a full episode of "Wild On....".

Of course, if you perked the P-51, LA7, Spit IX, and N1K2, you'd see very few furballs. As soon as a horde upped on a base capture mission, nobody would contest them.

Except for guys like me who fly the P47D, P51B, and Yak9U.

Perk those too!

It would just be nice to have some new incentive while playing....personally, none of what I brought up really bothers me....I just talk to many who feel tired of the planeset regarding it's current usage.

Might be fun to mix it up a bit and try something new....for HT, this would be simple to implement.

If folks thought it sucked, then back to the old grind...no harm done as I see it. As it stands now, I never spend my perkies as I have no reason to do so.

Catch my drift?

straffo · « **Reply #10 on:** June 24, 2003, 04:13:32 PM »

if we perk all what will we do next ?
a 'virtual' paper plane competition in the MA

?

Terror · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2003, 04:46:20 PM »

See this post in the GamePlay forum:

Perk the "Big Four"

Terror

JB73 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2003, 04:48:36 PM »

looking at the expanded kill stats i dont see the reason people want the Dora perked.

yeah it's fast .. but thats it. the lame7 and pony can out turn it. the spit IX can catch it in a dive. the typh will run it down on the deck. the lame7 will run it down every where below 15k.

whats so "uber" about the dora?

hazed- · « **Reply #13 on:** June 24, 2003, 04:53:29 PM »

This is weird , I asked for this myself for the same reasons. To basically change the MA a little just for a change to tide us over until AH2 arrives.

I said we should use this time to fiddle with the perk system to see if we can produce a variety of engagements. Perks could change the type of typical fight we encounter so easily but its never been truelly used properly I dont think.Apart from for the F4uc but even that i think could be adjusted now and allow a few more to be used.
If just for a tour or two we reduced tempests and spit14s to 5 or 10 perks and added a small price to the really overused planes like La7s and niks etc we could for that tour enjoy a whole new range of fights.It would at least keep us amused until AH2.

troxel · « **Reply #14 on:** June 24, 2003, 06:01:21 PM »

I've always been a huge proponent of the rolling planeset concept, though I suspect that HiTech and Pyro never were fond of it, even when they were at WB. IMHO, it mades the types of engagements you find yourself in different literally from day-to-day. With this being said, I have to agree with MuckMaw. By perking most of the post-1942 planeset incrementally based upon time of introduction, the "LaLa conga-line" issue would become virtually non-existent. It would also increase the perk system's value to the game. Since I have no way of measuring this, I have to assume that most people are like me and have several thousand perk points sitting around doing very little. Having to take my perks into consideration before jumping into a perk plane simply does not happen, so why bother?

Maybe HTC could engineer a way to "sell" your perks to the needy. Maybe $1.00 US per 100 perkies would be good. You sell your points to someone, and HTC gives you a credit to your account, while debiting their account. That might make the perk system more meaningful too, I suppose.