Aircraft!!??

tomoose · 09-01-10, 07:10 PM

...that the stock game a/c were on the ridiculous side in both quantity and range.
I've mentioned this before but here it is again for what it's worth:
when starting out on a patrol, depending on how far along in the war, I'll draw 600mile radius circles centered on Tokyo, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and/or other known/suspected enemy airbases en route to my patrol area. I use the eastern edges of these circles as a tripwire on my map (i.e. here there be aircraft and all manner o strange beasts, LOL). I head west and TC without worry up to these edges, then I start to get serious as that is when the contacts will start.
It's admittedly a crude method but I can honestly say it has worked so far as it gives a general indication of aircraft ranges from the bases and an indication on my map as to when I should start to expect a/c activity. I know the flying boats had great range but I've yet to have one show up outside my "range" circles (i.e. west of them).

As I've yet to be ordered into any area with a famous battle going on I haven't experienced any swarms of aircraft whatsoever.

09-01-10, 07:10 PM	#12
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I would certainly agree.... ...that the stock game a/c were on the ridiculous side in both quantity and range. I've mentioned this before but here it is again for what it's worth: when starting out on a patrol, depending on how far along in the war, I'll draw 600mile radius circles centered on Tokyo, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and/or other known/suspected enemy airbases en route to my patrol area. I use the eastern edges of these circles as a tripwire on my map (i.e. here there be aircraft and all manner o strange beasts, LOL). I head west and TC without worry up to these edges, then I start to get serious as that is when the contacts will start. It's admittedly a crude method but I can honestly say it has worked so far as it gives a general indication of aircraft ranges from the bases and an indication on my map as to when I should start to expect a/c activity. I know the flying boats had great range but I've yet to have one show up outside my "range" circles (i.e. west of them). As I've yet to be ordered into any area with a famous battle going on I haven't experienced any swarms of aircraft whatsoever.