Give me some "holy sh... did that just happen" ideas

[LoyalNine]

Originally Posted by Igo kyu

I don't know how long you're expecting it to take to repair an airfield. There were a lot of people in Britain then, and the roads were adequate, so getting a thousand labourers or squaddies to a particular airfield to dig soil into holes wouldn't have been an insurmountable problem.

If there were no other airfields affected, it wouldn't even matter, particularly in the BoB where there were many airfields around about. Many were just big flat fields, in those days fighters didn't need the landing room they do now.

Aircraft factories would have taken much longer to replace.

It's not as if an airfield is an isolated installation that is unaffected by it's surroundings. If you are thinking of airfields as items that have to be self sufficient, that reminds me of Command and Conquer, I don't want BoB SoW to become a clone of that.

Yes it very well could make a difference depending on the campaign and how it's set up... And if certain airfields have access to certain aircraft or loadouts it could make a whole lot of difference.

Have you ever played Falcon 4 and gotten into the campaign or flown in an online war such as Forgotten Skies and seen how that's set up?? May make a bit more sense than your C&C reference.

Btw - you don't happen to be the guy by the same name that posts over at the AMD forums do you??

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by LoyalNine

Yes it very well could make a difference depending on the campaign and how it's set up... And if certain airfields have access to certain aircraft or loadouts it could make a whole lot of difference.

Aircraft can be flown into any airfield that has a long enough runway (so maybe not bombers at some fighter airfields).

Have you ever played Falcon 4 and gotten into the campaign or flown in an online war such as Forgotten Skies and seen how that's set up?? May make a bit more sense than your C&C reference.

I tried Falcon 4, I didn't get further than the first flight (instant action?), it has a really nice database of aircraft and vehicles. I don't recall even seeing a box for Forgotten Skies in the shops, though my memory is particularly bad.

Btw - you don't happen to be the guy by the same name that posts over at the AMD forums do you??

No, this is the only place I use this name, I didn't know it wasn't utterly unique, though as it's one possible version of a particular meaningful phrase, there's no reason it should be.

[MD_Titus]

a lot of ther replies seem to be requests for features that are seen regularly, rather than cool random once in a while events. feathereds suggestions are top notch though.

got a couple here anyway.

when landing at an airbase that's been raided recently, time delayed bombs go off nearby. would teach you to use homebase or a redirected base rather than the nearest one.

a ferrying mission. get bounced by the enemy and have to evade them in cloud until their fuel depletes enough to drive them off home.

foreign object damage as you blow bits off the enemy. perhaps some bits and pieces lodged in the leading edge or chunks flying off the prop causing vibration.

[PanzerAce]

Originally Posted by MD_Titus

foreign object damage as you blow bits off the enemy. perhaps some bits and pieces lodged in the leading edge or chunks flying off the prop causing vibration.

FOD in general would be nice

[4H_V-man]

Once, on-line, I had killed the engine of a P-40 at VERY close range in my Oscar. When the pilot bailed out, his ejected canopy hit the propeller of my aircraft causing my engine to stop. Talk about OH SH!T!!!

[Necrobaron]

Wow, I don't think I ever had that happen!
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Suzuki Kizashi

[Viking]

I think he is looking at things taht rearly occurs like; a hare or dear that sprints over the runway as you land ( once in a 10000 times!), you look down to check the airspeed and see a fly on the instrument( takes of and never returns), as you try to get away from a 109 on your tail your whole life passes in front of you in 3 sec etc etc.

regards

viking