Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by MikkOwl

I have a request for Team Daidalos for a multiplayer server option: Accelerated fuel consumption. Just a multiplier equal for all planes.

For the sake of not spending an hour to fly to a target, multiplayer servers very, very often place airfields very close to the border between the teams. But this significantly benefits single engined fighters who can with no penalty grab a big bomb load (if they have the option), forgo drop tanks and still be able to loiter if they need to. Meanwhile, twin engined aircraft give almost no benefit at all (their fuel capacity being wasted). Grabbing 25% to 50% fuel in even short range single engined fighters is common, even when carrying big bombs.

This also leads to performance beyond what was achievable in reality in most circumstances, range being completely irellevant and a tendency to see single engined fighters doing the bombing.

I am sure some servers would see this as a big improvement and finally giving a more varied use of aircraft (and thus, tactics) to mix things up and make them more realistic.

Agreed, but when you think about it, it's fairly unrealistic to have the pilot choose his loadouts (or planes for that matter) at all. Maybe if you were a famous ace or squadron leader you could have made a request, but in general those sorts of decisions were made at a higher level and a pilot flew what he was given.

I'm fairly sure the server and mission designer can restrict aircraft and their loadout at the moment.

When BoB is released I'ld love to see a mission where all the planes are worn out and damaged from the start of the mission!

Originally Posted by MikkOwl

Comparing the 110 C-4 and G-2 to the Mosquito models, they come out pretty much exactly the same, but with 'in general' the 110 having slightly better average than the Mosquitos.

Some things you just can't average out. You have your aircrafts flight performance and your opponents. Part of being a good combat pilot (And I'm nowhere close to being one of those) is looking at your stengths and your opponents weaknesses and flying appropriately


Cheers