I'm surprised the jets are not used more

Lexandro · #1 09-20-2009, 07:44 PM

Because they have terrible turning circles, are hard to land due to the high speed aproach, and generaly dont have enough armour to last long in a fight.

Ancient Seraph · #2 09-20-2009, 07:54 PM

There's too many

. Every jet is just plain cheating, they have a huge advantage in their speed. This doesn't mean they make more kills per se, but they're quite invincible. This is highly annoying. Therefore, I'm opposed to any jet.

Gazz6666 · #3 09-20-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

There's too many

. Every jet is just plain cheating, they have a huge advantage in their speed. This doesn't mean they make more kills per se, but they're quite invincible. This is highly annoying. Therefore, I'm opposed to any jet.

They're invincible in the right hands, of someone who knows how to Zoom 'N' Boom. However, it's easy to beat them in a turning fight.

Tbh though, if you wanted to fly jets over props, you should really be playing Tom Clancy's HAWX

mattd27 · #4 09-20-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Gazz6666

Tbh though, if you wanted to fly jets over props, you should really be playing Tom Clancy's HAWX

nooooo, Ace Combat 6!

But anyway, I never got the hang of the jets, but I've been killed quite a few times by someone who knows how to use one.

Gazz6666 · #5 09-20-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mattd27

nooooo, Ace Combat 6!

But anyway, I never got the hang of the jets, but I've been killed quite a few times by someone who knows how to use one.

Well, AC6 IF you've got an Xbox

HAWX on PS3

@Akuma: The small area of the 163 does benefit it, I can personally attest to that. I found myself switching to the enemy Spitfire rather than trying to hit the damn thing earlier!

Ancient Seraph · #6 09-20-2009, 08:30 PM

HAWX is... I have no idea what it is, I do know however that it's in no way a flight sim... I mean, slipping?? WTF.. press two buttons and you're on someone's six. And if that doesn't work, just turn on the path indicator

. Anyways, jets are lame, and should not be in IL2. They're way out of a piston's league.

Gazz6666 · #7 09-20-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

HAWX is... I have no idea what it is, I do know however that it's in no way a flight sim... I mean, slipping?? WTF.. press two buttons and you're on someone's six. And if that doesn't work, just turn on the path indicator

. Anyways, jets are lame, and should not be in IL2. They're way out of a piston's league.

The path indicator stuff is crap. On the other hand, all planes in HAWX have virtual cockpits. But I agree, props and jets ends up being boring.

Then again, I could relent if they added some allied jets like the Meteor, Vampire or Airacomet, as all the jets are axis at the moment.

akuma · #8 09-21-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gazz6666

Tbh though, if you wanted to fly jets over props, you should really be playing Tom Clancy's HAWX

Thats abit of a bold and narrow minded statement.

These jets existed in WW2, so are legit in game.

Can you imagine if our pilots back in the day spat there dummy out and said I'm not playing this game anymore because they are using jets?

Ancient Seraph · #9 09-21-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by akuma

These jets existed in WW2, so are legit in game.

Can you imagine if our pilots back in the day spat there dummy out and said I'm not playing this game anymore because they are using jets?

This is, as I stated in another thread, a void argument. As you've correctly stated, IL2 is a game, and games need to be balanced in order to be fun to play. If a game is unbalanced, how realistic or historically correct it may be, the fun quickly ends.

dazz1971 · #10 09-21-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

This is, as I stated in another thread, a void argument. As you've correctly stated, IL2 is a game, and games need to be balanced in order to be fun to play. If a game is unbalanced, how realistic or historically correct it may be, the fun quickly ends.

yes its a game but its a flight sim and flight sim games are unique in the fact that what relates to flying/combat in real life is equally related to the flight sim world ie: many ppl use real life tatics acrobatics in flights sims etc

i think its a case of some ppl dont know how to combat the jets so just start crying unfair its make the game unbalanced etc

funny thou you dont see many threads crying stop using b17s its unfair they are not balancing the game etc....
yet if you play a game of strike and the other team has b17 its pretty much game over before you start