Video got me fired up - What to fly?

[Fergal69]

Originally Posted by MikkOwl

Bf-110. I really like that aircraft. I have a bit of a fascination for more stuff to mess with (engine management for example), and two engines is more interesting than one. Having dual throttles also is a reason.

I have been flying a 1942 version G-2 in the "war clouds" server on hyperlobby. But man, it's hopeless. All the other planes used by the allies are 1944 spec on that server. Tempest MkV, the very latest versions Thunderbolts and Mustangs and bombers too. A very unfair set up, the 110 being antiquated and outclassed in every category. It is like asking for a guaranteed death if approaching any other plane. Proudly I can say I do survive a lot of encounters anyway, and I have had some nice opportunities to blow people away. So I figure that when coming to Storm of War, where the Bf 110 had an outright speed and firepower advantage, it has to be a walk in the park in comparison. Besides, 25% of the fighters on the Luftwaffe side in BoB were Bf 110's, and they need pilots Others will shy away from them, grabbing the 'best' available fighter to give them the best advantage.

I too am a fan of the ME110 & look forward to other versions in SOW, together with possible night fighter version with musk installation & working radar

[MikkOwl]

I wonder if the online servers will enforce any kind of realistic make up of the planes available. Historically only something like 25% of the British planes were Spitfires, the rest being the far slower and less agile Hurricane, and I'd really hate to face only the elite best plane that was only available in small numbers when reality was that most planes were Hurricanes. It would not be Battle of Britain if it was populated by the latest Spitfire model only.

The ideal would be little 'battles' that go on for a few hours each, with new missions generated and some stuff like that, with realistically limited amounts of planes and planetypes, as well as pilots. All on a small scale as the online servers aren't quite WW2 scale.

Then, while the equipment remains historical, players are still free to devise their own tactics, with the after-the-fact experience and knowledge available to them. I.e. Bf 110's won't fly bomber escort next to the bombers, the Hurricanes won't fly VIC formations, the Luftwaffe won't abandon their air superiority strategy in favour of strategic bombing on London. I'd like to see how this alternate version works out.

[AndyJWest]

I suppose you could try setting up a server where you just selected RAF or Luftwaffe, and then had your plane allocated to you to keep the balance right, but that might encourage people to keep leaving and rejoining until they got what they wanted. Personally, I'd like to see a system that allocated 'scores' differently depending on what you were flying, and what you were attacking. If hits doing significant damage on a Bf 109 when flying a Spit scored 10 pts each, give 15 points for the same hits in a Hurricane. Damage to a He 111 should score higher still (you are trying to defend your territory, not just looking for 'kills'). No doubt there would still be arguments about getting the points balance right, but this might at least stop everyone flying the same planes.

[MikkOwl]

WWII Online has a limited amount of aircraft available, produced in virtual factories and shipped by commanders to each airbase. The rank of the pilot restricts the plane types - experienced get the better stuff, inexperienced don't. It's messed up though, as if all the bad planes are used up and there's a bunch of slightly better ones laying around, and you don't have the high enough rank, you cannot fly at all.

As for your system of score, yes, I think score should be adjusted for what was accomplished in what (also exists in WWII online - it checks how much your machine is 'worth' compared to the target's machine, and the target acts as a multiplier to the default score. A cheap machine bringing down an expensive one gives tons of multiplication = tons of score. And vice versa.

Regarding allocation, I think one should be able to set one's plane preference. If there are free ones, one gets it automatically. If others outrank you and it's limited, then they get priority to the machine, but no rank restrictions. If your preference is not available, you get the plane choosing menu to find another ride.

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by MikkOwl

I wonder if the online servers will enforce any kind of realistic make up of the planes available.

It'll depend entirely upon the server, I'm sure. Some people will never play on a server where they can't fly their favourite aircraft. Zuti's MDS already incorporates this sort of feature in Il-2 by limiting the number of each aircraft that it's possible to fly, hopefully it'll be possible in SoW fairly soon after release.

[DB605]

109E for me. Actually i'm already waiting later add-ons Channel front and African theatre '41-'42 with Friedrich...future looks very promising. But BoB will be great start to long airwar...

[Skoshi Tiger]

Hurricane of course. The plane that won the Battle of Britain!
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Keep the line tight and wait for the nibbles.

[csThor]

109 ... not a tough choice. Second will probably be the 110.

[zakkandrachoff]

in WOP the 109 is the best aircraft.
but the most flying in SOW, far away, will be the Spitfire and Hurricane. TAke off whit the bomber over the head (noob).
But i dont like shoting down bombers. i hate the gunners. I, sure, will fly 109 and 110 escorts, and spitfire for clear the tail to the hurricanes.

Damn, why england dont produced mass the Gloster F.9/37´??!!. Would be great that plane against heinkels and 110



I like very much that of English small Raids over germans airfields.

[Matze81]

The 109 and the Fw-190 (if included).