Invasion of Sicily Historical Missions for Arcade Players (PS3)

RuffMonk · #1 09-06-2011, 04:05 PM

Alright gents,

It's that time again! I'm putting together another series of historical missions covering the Sicily invasion that will span roughly 10 - 12 missions. Operations are set to begin on September 25th at 10:30pm EST for those forum dwellers who might be interested.

If you'd like to participate, please let me know and I can give you more details.

Also, the B-17G will be used for these historicals and if you are interested and don't have the unlock, I'm currently in the process of doing some B-17 unlock runs with the next one "penciled" in for Wednesday, 7th at 10:30pm EST.

Jihad_Joe · #2 09-08-2011, 11:47 AM

Count me in.

RuffMonk · #3 09-08-2011, 01:57 PM

It'll be good to have you on board Joe! I'll add you to my friends list if you aren't there already and add you to the message list for updates. You"ll need the following planes unlocked for this series.

Axis: Bf 109 (up to G-6), Fw 190 A-5, M.C. 202

Allied: B-17, A-20, Blenheim, Spitfire Mk. IX (with bomb), P-51B (may not be used, but have it just in case)

If you don't currently have the B-17, I'll be running the 4th of 6 runs tonight at 10:30pm EST with the 5th run likely to be tomorrow night at the same time. If you have questions or need help unlocking any other plane, let me know and I'll help you out with that as well.

All matches will be played on arcade difficulty, but we always play with limited fuel and ammo, so you have to make those shots count, lol! You are free to re-spawn as much as you want, so when you run out of ammo, simply bail and get a fresh plane. I'll send out a chat invite on the night of the historical just before 10:30 EST and once we have enough people, I'll go over any special rules and team setups, complete with a brief historical background on the mission prior to start. Typically we do about 2 missions a night wrapping up around midnight EST. If you have any questions for me, just post them here or send me a message via PSN. Looking forward to have you with us!!!

Jihad_Joe · #4 09-09-2011, 12:25 AM

I'll be there. I have all your plane requirements. Just a suggestion: Why don't we disable HUD to make the scenario more realistic? I suppose a team won't have a mix of allied and axis planes?

RuffMonk · #5 09-09-2011, 02:06 PM

Glad to hear you have all the planes and no there won't be a mix of planes on each team! I sent you a friend request when I got on last night, so once you accept that, I'll start sending you update messages. As for the HUD suggestion, we actually did that in our last series with the Battle of Stalingrad and I have been debating whether to do it again. I actually enjoyed playing that way, but the only issue I had was that it made recognizing teammates very hard and so I have decided to bring it to the group to vote on later as we get closer to start-up. I'm planning on setting up a group meeting in chat a few days before we begin to go over a few things as well as bring this topic up. So just make sure to attend that meeting, so your vote can be counted.

RuffMonk · #6 09-12-2011, 01:09 PM

UPDATE:
Due to a conflict on September 25th, I am currently looking into moving the start date up a few days to possibly the 20th or 21st. Once I have a definitive date, I'll post it up!

RuffMonk · #7 09-13-2011, 03:23 PM

UPDATE:
Barring any other unforeseen changes, the Invasion of Sicily will officially begin on Tuesday, September 20th at 10:30pm EST!

xx_airwolf_xx · #8 09-16-2011, 10:38 PM

Hey Ruff, I'm still at work for 5 months now away from home. I missed all our historical missions. hope to see you soon

RuffMonk · #9 09-18-2011, 02:35 PM

Hey airwolf,

Well the plan is to wrap up the Sicily missions by the end of the first week of October. If you're back by then, let me know and I'll try and get you in! Take care man!

Xilon_x · #10 09-18-2011, 02:38 PM

in that mission partecipate also PIAGGIO p108 and REGGIANE 2005.