Where have all the Allied Planes got to?

STEED · 08-14-08, 05:27 PM

From Sept39-Dec43

One Sunderland spotted and shot down late 43 and that is it!

Yep just the one plane all that time.

I'm now based at Penang and spotted two in Feb44 and both were Japanese.

My conclusion is this, I have been bloody lucky to date.

meduza · 08-14-08, 06:16 PM

I guess they've all went after me.

I'm in the mid '41, patroling west of Gibraltar, and I have to dive like every half an hour because the place is swarming with planes. I don't remember ever seeing so many of them this early.

If you like, I'll send some of them back to you

STEED · 08-14-08, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by meduza

I guess they've all went after me.

I'm in the mid '41, patroling west of Gibraltar, and I have to dive like every half an hour because the place is swarming with planes. I don't remember ever seeing so many of them this early.

If you like, I'll send some of them back to you

Let me think about that..............:hmm:

Sure you can, as long as there in pieces.

meduza · 08-14-08, 06:52 PM

No problem, mate! Which parts would you prefer: bombs, bullets, or rockets?

STEED · 08-14-08, 06:59 PM

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Bronzewing · 08-14-08, 07:18 PM

March 1942, I got attacked by a SQUADRON of Sunderlands south of Ireland,
counted 5 of them circling after I crash dived all dropping DC's everywhere. Luckily, circling the wrong place.

I guess they were upset about the other Sunderland my gunners shot down earlier that day....
And the Black swan and Clemson destroyer I torpedoed after they arrived on the scene to investigate all that noise.
And the two other Sunderlands and a Hurricane We'd shot down that week....

meduza · 08-14-08, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bronzewing

I guess they were upset about the other Sunderland my gunners shot down earlier that day....
And the Black swan and Clemson destroyer I torpedoed after they arrived on the scene to investigate all that noise.
And the two other Sunderlands and a Hurricane We'd shot down that week....

I wonder how upset they were at me...

It was during my old career, still with stock SH3.

Letum · 08-14-08, 08:32 PM

If you are using over x256 TC you will start to see less planes. Over x512 and you will see very, very few.

nirwana · 08-15-08, 04:58 AM

[quote=meduza]I guess they've all went after me.

I'm in the mid '41, patroling west of Gibraltar, and I have to dive like every half an hour because the place is swarming with planes. I don't remember ever seeing so many of them this early.

If you like, I'll send some of them back to you

[/quote

mid41 ? lol u must have seen me cruising around there hunting the trippleconvoys going southafrika-usa-gb. when i dont spot at least 1 convoy a day there i have a bad day. everytime i hit something and its not a nightattack in less then 20 min 1 or 2 pairs of hurricans are showing up and herassing me for 2-3 hrs. I was chased even by swordfishs outside their fighterrange but i couldnt get a fix on the carrier they come from cause im not equipped with radar to track their way back to it.

sharkbit · 08-15-08, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meduza

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bronzewing

I guess they were upset about the other Sunderland my gunners shot down earlier that day....
And the Black swan and Clemson destroyer I torpedoed after they arrived on the scene to investigate all that noise.
And the two other Sunderlands and a Hurricane We'd shot down that week....

I wonder how upset they were at me...

It was during my old career, still with stock SH3.

:rotfl: :rotfl:

I LOL'd at your hull integrity. Must have been a hell of a patrol. Interesting that there wer no crew casualties.

Kielhauler1961 · 08-15-08, 11:25 AM

I was chased even by swordfishs outside their fighterrange but i couldnt get a fix on the carrier they come from cause im not equipped with radar to track their way back to it.

Aircraft carriers are unable to operate aircraft in the game. They are on the flight deck for purely cosmetic reasons. All the aircraft you encounter will have "spawned" from land bases. Doesn't make sense meetimg Hurricanes 600km from UK in the middle of Biscay though...

Maybe they're British kamikaze!

STEED · 08-15-08, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

If you are using over x256 TC you will start to see less planes. Over x512 and you will see very, very few.

I know........

nirwana · 08-15-08, 04:01 PM

Well the swordfishs not hurricanes (16 units total) attacked me where the convoyroute from gibraltar turns north to GB. And they followed me attacking in waves of 2 every 45min when im running along the convoyroute gibraltar->GB east of portugal CG49 to CG19 to catch up with a convoy i attacked the night before. No british airbase in range anywhere.

Jimbuna · 08-15-08, 04:27 PM

@meduza

I had a feeling those figures were stock based before I finished reading your thread.

The optimum tc for acceleration and still having a chance of experiencing air attack is x128.

08-15-08, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by nirwana

Well the swordfishs not hurricanes (16 units total) attacked me where the convoyroute from gibraltar turns north to GB. And they followed me attacking in waves of 2 every 45min when im running along the convoyroute gibraltar->GB east of portugal CG49 to CG19 to catch up with a convoy i attacked the night before. No british airbase in range anywhere.

What mod you using if may ask ?

08-14-08, 05:27 PM	#1
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Where have all the Allied Planes got to? From Sept39-Dec43 One Sunderland spotted and shot down late 43 and that is it! Yep just the one plane all that time. I'm now based at Penang and spotted two in Feb44 and both were Japanese. My conclusion is this, I have been bloody lucky to date. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-14-08, 06:59 PM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-14-08, 07:18 PM	#6
Bronzewing Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Leicester Posts: 104 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	March 1942, I got attacked by a SQUADRON of Sunderlands south of Ireland, counted 5 of them circling after I crash dived all dropping DC's everywhere. Luckily, circling the wrong place. I guess they were upset about the other Sunderland my gunners shot down earlier that day.... And the Black swan and Clemson destroyer I torpedoed after they arrived on the scene to investigate all that noise. And the two other Sunderlands and a Hurricane We'd shot down that week.... __________________ "I say Number one, my end is diving. What the hell is your end doing?"

08-14-08, 08:32 PM	#8
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	If you are using over x256 TC you will start to see less planes. Over x512 and you will see very, very few. __________________

08-15-08, 04:27 PM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	@meduza I had a feeling those figures were stock based before I finished reading your thread. The optimum tc for acceleration and still having a chance of experiencing air attack is x128. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-14-08, 06:16 PM	#2
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I guess they've all went after me. I'm in the mid '41, patroling west of Gibraltar, and I have to dive like every half an hour because the place is swarming with planes. I don't remember ever seeing so many of them this early. If you like, I'll send some of them back to you

08-14-08, 06:52 PM	#4
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	No problem, mate! Which parts would you prefer: bombs, bullets, or rockets?

08-15-08, 04:58 AM	#9
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	[quote=meduza]I guess they've all went after me. I'm in the mid '41, patroling west of Gibraltar, and I have to dive like every half an hour because the place is swarming with planes. I don't remember ever seeing so many of them this early. If you like, I'll send some of them back to you [/quote mid41 ? lol u must have seen me cruising around there hunting the trippleconvoys going southafrika-usa-gb. when i dont spot at least 1 convoy a day there i have a bad day. everytime i hit something and its not a nightattack in less then 20 min 1 or 2 pairs of hurricans are showing up and herassing me for 2-3 hrs. I was chased even by swordfishs outside their fighterrange but i couldnt get a fix on the carrier they come from cause im not equipped with radar to track their way back to it.

08-15-08, 11:25 AM	#11
Kielhauler1961 中国水兵 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East of the Firth of Forth Posts: 273 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I was chased even by swordfishs outside their fighterrange but i couldnt get a fix on the carrier they come from cause im not equipped with radar to track their way back to it. Aircraft carriers are unable to operate aircraft in the game. They are on the flight deck for purely cosmetic reasons. All the aircraft you encounter will have "spawned" from land bases. Doesn't make sense meetimg Hurricanes 600km from UK in the middle of Biscay though... Maybe they're British kamikaze!

08-15-08, 04:01 PM	#13
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Well the swordfishs not hurricanes (16 units total) attacked me where the convoyroute from gibraltar turns north to GB. And they followed me attacking in waves of 2 every 45min when im running along the convoyroute gibraltar->GB east of portugal CG49 to CG19 to catch up with a convoy i attacked the night before. No british airbase in range anywhere.