Moving Dogfight: Battle of Britain - Page 2

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 03-19-09, 11:57 AM

The reason for having unlimited ammo is to compinsate for the lack of the .303 machine guns armor peniterating power, and the lack of an ammo counter in most allied fighter aircraft.(Unlike there German counterparts)

Task Force · 03-19-09, 11:58 AM

yea. the spitfire vb does have cannons.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 03-19-09, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

yea. the spitfire vb does have cannons.

Thats true but I prefer the Hurricane over the Spitfire as the Hurricane can take more damage the the Spitfires could. I also think that some people give too much credit to the Spitfire than the Hurricane, when you think about it there where more Hurricane squadrons than there where one using Spitfires.

Raptor1 · 03-19-09, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

Thats true but I prefer the Hurricane over the Spitfire as the Hurricane can take more damage the the Spitfires could. I also think that some people give too much credit to the Spitfire than the Hurricane, when you think about it there where more Hurricane squadrons than there where one using Spitfires.

That's true, but I also believe that there is a cannon-armed version of the Hurricane in the mission as well

Schroeder · 03-19-09, 12:18 PM

I think we shouldn't touch the ammo.
Air victories are something you have to fight for and it is important to aim at the right spots. Switching to unlimited ammo would just lead to trigger happiness and a constant stream of metal, even more unrealistic than the weak performance of the guns. It is possible to down German aircraft with this armament. In real life the British didn't shoot down 3 planes per sortie. Learn to be satisfied with one.

I mean we are playing a simulation and not a ego shooter.

Raptor1 · 03-19-09, 12:26 PM

I agree, though those German aircraft seemed a tad too indestructible, I mean, I did ram one of those Condors and it didn't even lose it's tail

HunterICX · 03-19-09, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

I mean we are playing a simulation and not a ego shooter.

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HunterICX

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 03-19-09, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

I think we shouldn't touch the ammo.
Air victories are something you have to fight for and it is important to aim at the right spots. Switching to unlimited ammo would just lead to trigger happiness and a constant stream of metal, even more unrealistic than the weak performance of the guns. It is possible to down German aircraft with this armament. In real life the British didn't shoot down 3 planes per sortie. Learn to be satisfied with one.

I mean we are playing a simulation and not a ego shooter.

I do agree that air kills is something that a pilot should have to fight for. In my offline campaigns I've been using the AI mod from AAA that makes the AI use realistic dogfighting tactics and the AI will use very trick in the book to try to mess up shots, try to make you overshot them, ect, ect. In the campaign I'm in now the highest number of enemys I've shot down is 11. I use real-life tactics make by real-life pilots to get my kills. But I suppose it is also one personal preferance that counts as to how one plays a game.

Task Force · 03-19-09, 01:12 PM

If it dosnt mess up any of your plans... Could we start at idk... a hour to a half hour earlier.

HunterICX · 03-19-09, 01:28 PM

nope, sorry have to do some stuff first

21.00GMT

HunterICX

Task Force · 03-19-09, 01:30 PM

no big deal. just wondering.

see ya in 3 hours.

Schroeder · 03-19-09, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

I do agree that air kills is something that a pilot should have to fight for. In my offline campaigns I've been using the AI mod from AAA that makes the AI use realistic dogfighting tactics and the AI will use very trick in the book to try to mess up shots, try to make you overshot them, ect, ect.

Fly on a public server for a change and you will see that those fancy AI manoeuvres are still pretty lame compared to what a real pilot can do.

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In the campaign I'm in now the highest number of enemys I've shot down is 11.

I hope not in one sortie.

Most of the time real pilots returned with no kill at all.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 03-19-09, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

I hope not in one sortie.

Most of the time real pilots returned with no kill at all.

Yes I shot down that many in one mission. I keep a record of my kills to see if I can beat my old kill record of 357 Russian planes. Mission Number 51, Intercept, Kills 11, A/C Types LI-2, PE-2, YAK-1. 6 LI-2 killed, 4 PE-2 killed, 1 Yak-1 killed.

Fincuan · 03-19-09, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

I hope not in one sortie.

Unlimited ammo...

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 03-19-09, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Fincuan

Unlimited ammo...

Got that right. But just because I use unlimited ammo don't think you still have to be a good shot to down an enemy plane. It still comes down to where you are, where he is, and whos faster on the trigger when it counts.

03-19-09, 11:57 AM	#16
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03-19-09, 11:58 AM	#17
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03-19-09, 12:18 PM	#20
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I think we shouldn't touch the ammo. Air victories are something you have to fight for and it is important to aim at the right spots. Switching to unlimited ammo would just lead to trigger happiness and a constant stream of metal, even more unrealistic than the weak performance of the guns. It is possible to down German aircraft with this armament. In real life the British didn't shoot down 3 planes per sortie. Learn to be satisfied with one. I mean we are playing a simulation and not a ego shooter. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

03-19-09, 12:26 PM	#21
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	I agree, though those German aircraft seemed a tad too indestructible, I mean, I did ram one of those Condors and it didn't even lose it's tail __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

03-19-09, 01:12 PM	#24
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	If it dosnt mess up any of your plans... Could we start at idk... a hour to a half hour earlier. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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03-19-09, 01:30 PM	#26
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	no big deal. just wondering. see ya in 3 hours. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"