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Originally Posted by angrueo
I'm not even trying to deny your point. But Oleg himself (or Luthier, I don't remember), stated that some concessions were to be made in order to address playability.
So, having in mind that it is a videogame, not a documentary, it maybe requires some balance between forces that are not exactly historic.
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"Playability"?... you have some strange notions of what is playability.
Let's see, the Spit II was only available in small numbers at the end of the Battle, (and of course, Luthier is talking about introducing the 109E4) so the RAF is supposed to fight with the +6 boost Hurricane and the +6 boost Spit with dual pitch props?
And of course, 2/3's of the RAF fighters were Hurricanes.
By your definition of playability, the Luftwaffe is supposed to have fighters with all the performance edges, ie. a Me-110 able to outclimb and outspeed the Spitfire and Hurricane... the 110 which was such a failure in the historical battle it had to be given 109's to escort itself?
And in your perfect playable world, even though they have the inferior fighters, and the RAF will be outnumbered 3-1, the Brits are supposed to attack and shoot down the Luftwaffe bombers as well?
Never mind that even if +12 boost was enabled on the Hurricane it would still be slower and climb slower than the 109, and even against the +12 boost Spitfire, the 109 would be faster and climb better over 18,000 ft, which yes, is the altitude the German bombers typically come in at. And that if the Luftwaffe fighters even used a remote bit of common sense, they could sit over top of their bombers in the sun and bounce any RAF fighters stupid enough to make attacks...
And that the 109 can easily escape the Hurricane and Spit, the first of which has a max dive speed of 390 mph, (624kph) or the Spit with a max dive speed of 450 mph (720 kph) compared to the 109 which had far better dive acceleration, no problems with negative G from pushing its nose down, and a max dive speed of 750 kph?
Or that the 109 has an advantage in rollrate, especially over the Hurricane? Or have you never heard of rolling scissors?
Ah, I see, you want the Luftwaffe to be able to dominate at all altitudes and against all British fighters? You want the Luftwaffe players to be able to do the dumb thing, get caught low and slow, but stil be able to escape?
Great playability... if you fly for the Luftwaffe.
And since CoD is actually advertised as a
'Simulation', I think we're owed a little historical accuracy.