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Old 09-26-2008, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Avimimus View Post
Hello everyone,

I have a problem: I can fly a dozen aircraft reasonably well. But all of them are pre-1942 models. To make matters worse, I have little or no interest in practicing on later aircraft.

After 1941-1942 increased power to weight ratios and speeds changed the way aircraft interact with the air and dogfights develop. More importantly, the widespread use of aircraft cannons and the replacement of earlier cannons with high-velocity, high rate-of-fire ones lead to much more abrupt kills.

I enjoy combat in which complex energy management and maneuvers matter - not just who can dive on a target and get enough bullets over it to indiscriminately blow it to pieces. I yearn for combat in which it take multiple runs to shoot down an enemy aircraft, and in which a pilot knows they are being beaten well before they are shot down - combat in which one can gauge and study their opponent.

So my question: Is it possible that any dedicated server could split their maps into two three year sets as an experiment?

1939-1941-1942

1943-1944-1945

I think that, if tried, this may be a popular way of splitting up environments.

Thank you,

-Avimimus
It's been tried for many times on several servers (really known ones). Conclusion was that the late war (P-47, Tempest, FW-190A6+/D, P-51, Ki-84 etc.) is much more popular.

For me... I always liked early war actions.
I make no real difference between them (early - late airwar)... perhaps sometimes I'm in the mood for one and other times for other actions.

As some of the guys mentioned UK-dedicated was a fine place and one of the very few which actually featured a popular early war action.
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