Suggesting to devs

[NephilimUK]

Originally Posted by moonknight82

For more errors, check out my posts! It's good to see another person on here knows their stuff!! One of the most irritating is the use of incorrect marks of Spitfire and Hurricane for the BoB....

What about Corporals being RAF combat pilots? Hmm??... *strokes beard*

[moonknight82]

Originally Posted by NephilimUK

What about Corporals being RAF combat pilots? Hmm??... *strokes beard*

That's true, but I was talking about aircraft inaccuracies, as I have stated before.

[Lexandro]

Actually there were a number of instances of Corporals getting combat flights simply due to lack of trained pilots. During the battle of Britain and the preceeding months, the RAF was in a bad way. The pilots were overstretched, undermanned, outnumbered, and out-gunned by the Germans.

At one point even ground crew were given the option of flight training for combat status, enitrely outwith there ranks.

[moonknight82]

Originally Posted by Lexandro

Actually there were a number of instances of Corporals getting combat flights simply due to lack of trained pilots. During the battle of Britain and the preceeding months, the RAF was in a bad way. The pilots were overstretched, undermanned, outnumbered, and out-gunned by the Germans.

At one point even ground crew were given the option of flight training for combat status, enitrely outwith there ranks.

It wasn't standard practice though...not by a long shot...

BTW My eyes keep getting drawn to you sig pic...Mk.5 Spits with green/brown camo??...interesting...

[Lexandro]

Originally Posted by moonknight82

It wasn't standard practice though...not by a long shot...

BTW My eyes keep getting drawn to you sig pic...Mk.5 Spits with green/brown camo??...interesting...

Never said it was standard practice but it did happen contrary to what some of the naysayers think.

As for my sig, its MkII spits over the Isle of White (as far as I know).

[moonknight82]

Originally Posted by Lexandro

Never said it was standard practice but it did happen contrary to what some of the naysayers think.

As for my sig, its MkII spits over the Isle of White (as far as I know).

Mk.IIb Spitfires had cannons...not many made. They were post Battle of Britain (thus another incorrect part of the game) and were camouflaged in grey and green on top...they pretty much looked exactly like a Mk.V. The Battle of Britain fighter marks were the I, Ia and II (possibly IIa...will have to check that). They were all camouflaged in green and brown on top (the BoB day fighter scheme...). Thus why the picture is puzzling...cool pic, but inaccurate. Nice pic...shame about the error...

[Lexandro]

Well first of all its not a time limited picture, and its nothing to do with the game its a painting. There is nothing really innacurate about it as its not in a pre-set time frame other than in WW2. So the picture is of MkIIb at some point after the battle of britain, with the brown/green camo. Remember that not every squadron followed the letter of the law as it were when it comes to camo schemes. Also some aircraft may be repainted to match others in the flight, especially when replacement aircraft join a flight.

Therefor the Artist has created an accurate potrayal of a typical WW2 "milk run".


And back on topic. I had the idea for and extra MP game mode.

Mode - Scramble
Premis - Enemy units are attempting to attack your airfield, take off and intercept.
Gameplay- Team A spawns on an Airfield and must taxi and take off in an effort to take out the enemy. Team B spawn at 10k feet, X distance out and attempt to take out the airfield and shootdown the defenders.

Its basically a mix of Strike and CTA, and gives those who want it take offs and landings in an online game mode. It would work best if re-arming and refueling was possible by landing at a friendly airfield.

[Abbevilleboy]

Originally Posted by moonknight82

Mk.IIb Spitfires had cannons...not many made. They were post Battle of Britain (thus another incorrect part of the game) and were camouflaged in grey and green on top...they pretty much looked exactly like a Mk.V. The Battle of Britain fighter marks were the I, Ia and II (possibly IIa...will have to check that). They were all camouflaged in green and brown on top (the BoB day fighter scheme...). Thus why the picture is puzzling...cool pic, but inaccurate. Nice pic...shame about the error...

Sorry, no - Early MkVa & bs did get the green/brown scheme to start off with; the grey/green came along later in the year (1941).

That guy's sig pic depicts MkVb's of 92 Sqn (QJ) in early '41, as he says over the Isle of Wight - The Needles to be precise.

The ranking of RAF officers in the game is all wrong - the Corporals would have been riggers/fitters, not pilots, no matter what the shortage may have been they simply weren't flight trained! Their contribution to the war effort is highly under rated none the less...

Flt Sgt/Pilot Officer/Flying Officer/Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr/Wing Cdr/Gr Capt (rarely flying) etc are the correct RAF ranks.