Besea wrote:
the map and scenerio is Bias'd ..with only field we have are in 1 clump.. i dont care where you put tgt's or send AI drones. any idiot with a brain know just sit over the clump..and youre enemy is useless...
bias'd based scenerio's
set up by bias'd based players
for thier own bias'd base ego's
Besea,
I have the most respect for the AE. I have always thought of you guys as one of the top squads in the S3.
That being said, I take exception to the post.
The series is screwed, yes, no doubt, Looking at the videos posted the Ki's dive at over 400mph and can fly without stalling at 110mph, can turn like crazy and can fly the entire frame without refueling. There cannons blast big holes in our planes while our 50cals do almost nothing to the paper planes. Swarming AI is probably not the best approach either when they cap fields so we can't even lift.
Even with all of that, this time it is not the Janitors fault in my opinion. The last time we did a PTO event, the IJ planes were like wet paper. One hit with anything would blow them up, dive at over 290mph and there wings would fly off. they couldn't fly within 25K of a field or the ack would blow them out of the sky. Everyone on the IJ side bitched the entire time while us allies flew buff with impunity, our otto blowing everything out of the sky. I think Jabo must have thought that the IJ planes were toughened up a little but I don't think he could have know how messed the FM's are.
I believe that if the IJ planes were anything like "real life" this would be a great set-up. I like the added AI. especially wing-men. It allows lower number squads (like the NS) to still be relevant. It allows for more, and usually easier, targets for the fighters. This was a real life set-up. With correct plane FM's the AL were able to stand there ground even being outnumbered. This should have been a really cool set-up, thats why it was. Not to help anyone to pad stats. Not to make us upset. Definitely not to piss off the experienced squads that the S3 needs to be successful. The problems with this series is from iEN NOT the S3 Janitors.
As this series progresses, I struggle to see how it can be salvaged based on the IJ FM's. There were squads developed just to fly the IJ planes so to say they can't will alienate them, and isn't fair.
I would like to make a suggestion to Jabo, if he reads this:
#1 - For the strike group, change the P39D to the P38Q. Very minimal upgrade for the strikers. Or if Jabo wanted to be REALLY nice, change them to iL2's so we can have wing-men.#2 - For the fighters, change the remaining P39D's to P-40E's and change the P-40E's to P-47(D). This would fit pretty good, maybe not perfect, into the scenario.: (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mores ... ld_Complex)
Wards Airfield -> 341st Fighter Squadron, 23 June-13 December 1943 (P-47); 342d Fighter Squadron, 23 June-16 December 1943 (P-47)
Jackson Airfield -> 340th Fighter Squadron, 23 June-17 December 1943 (P-47)
and "The P-47 first saw action with the 4th Fighter Group." falls right into our side.
I have no idea if it would make a difference or not, the IJ are pretty crazy, but the P-47 can at least get higher and dive faster.
I know that sometimes the scenario's get F;d, as CO I even feel bad when I see my team getting slaughtered, but I really hope everyone can find some fun and excitement on Sunday nights. I am sure that Jabo absolutely hates when things fall apart during a series/frame, especially when there is nothing that he can do about it.
Again, I really love having the AE on my side and respect how hard you try when stupid CO's (like myself) ask you to do crazy things. I can always count on you guys.
Good Luck everyone, try to stay positive and lets see if we can do something, anything, this week.