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I really wish I'd thought of that!ORIGINAL: Richard III
It`s because after 1945 we became friends to oppose the Bolsheviks
ORIGINAL: Oliver Heindorf
BUT WHY ON EARTH IS THE AMERICAN HYME PLAYED ON A MAJOR GERMAN victory ??? [8|]
ORIGINAL: JeffK
Not quite a newbie, I had Talonsoft's Battle for Britain so the basics were familiar.
I've played 3-4 turns of 3-4 scenarios of Bombing the Reich now and am about to start on a longer campaign. (Lost 130+ B17 on the Schweinfurt raid!!)
Hats off to the developers, while I'd have reservations about a few minor items, they have expanded the original into a reasonably good game of the Allied bombing campaign.
Little quibble, elsewhere I had seen complaints about the bf109G6, ditto, they get wiped out like flies. (not trying to be smart, but, didn't they get knocked down like flies ? the G6 was old, worn out design (and the 109 is one of my RL Fav's) it was basicly slow and heavy, didn't dance like it did in the old days when it was the terror of the skies, the G14 was an attempt to correct the faults and upgrade as much as they could, the K4 was the end of the line for Upgrading, the G10 was to get all of the good fixes to the 14/4 into a basic model, for ease of production, what over 30,000 of them made, and not many made it past the end of the war, in the game as in RL, in the hands of a good pilot, it can do wonders, in the hands of a rookie, it is a coffin)
IMHO, some things to improve the game:
The map graphics & aircraft icons need sharpening up, I'm a WITP fan and the maps & icons there are excellent, though still at a basic level. I play this with the plane icons turned off but with the little squares.
as stated else where, if we can get plane art in the 180*180 scale, we can do wonders with the plane art, but until then, we are stuck with what we have, what modders can come up with
Selecting units for a raid, why cant I select all units of 5 Group or 1st Bomber Division etc, not pick them up 1 by 1. Equally in the between day phase, I want to look at my air units by HQ, not by aircraft type, have the option available. then why don't you ? go to summery screen, then OOB, each HQ is listed and each command with in the HQ is listed, with what is in that command ?
Editing !!!!!!! One of the greatest things of WITP & TOAW is the ability to edit the database to create their own version or scenario. I want to see the effect of, for example no P-51 and have them replaced by P-63's. Equip Lancasters & Halifaxes with 50cals and fly in daylight. Meteors or P-80s in mid 1944. An Editor makes the game potential limitless. I would also like to see/make a scenario of the RAF operations into NW Europe in 1941-42.
ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge
ORIGINAL: JeffK
Not quite a newbie, I had Talonsoft's Battle for Britain so the basics were familiar.
I've played 3-4 turns of 3-4 scenarios of Bombing the Reich now and am about to start on a longer campaign. (Lost 130+ B17 on the Schweinfurt raid!!)
Hats off to the developers, while I'd have reservations about a few minor items, they have expanded the original into a reasonably good game of the Allied bombing campaign.
Little quibble, elsewhere I had seen complaints about the bf109G6, ditto, they get wiped out like flies. (not trying to be smart, but, didn't they get knocked down like flies ? the G6 was old, worn out design (and the 109 is one of my RL Fav's) it was basicly slow and heavy, didn't dance like it did in the old days when it was the terror of the skies, the G14 was an attempt to correct the faults and upgrade as much as they could, the K4 was the end of the line for Upgrading, the G10 was to get all of the good fixes to the 14/4 into a basic model, for ease of production, what over 30,000 of them made, and not many made it past the end of the war, in the game as in RL, in the hands of a good pilot, it can do wonders, in the hands of a rookie, it is a coffin)
Exactly, and because of these limitations it is extremely vulnerable and is knocked down in substantial numbers, 2nd to the B17
IMHO, some things to improve the game:
The map graphics & aircraft icons need sharpening up, I'm a WITP fan and the maps & icons there are excellent, though still at a basic level. I play this with the plane icons turned off but with the little squares.
as stated else where, if we can get plane art in the 180*180 scale, we can do wonders with the plane art, but until then, we are stuck with what we have, what modders can come up with
If the modders can do it, I cant wait for the Devs to catch up, I dont want the Icons to represent the aircraft involved, just be a smaller & crisper image
Selecting units for a raid, why cant I select all units of 5 Group or 1st Bomber Division etc, not pick them up 1 by 1. Equally in the between day phase, I want to look at my air units by HQ, not by aircraft type, have the option available. then why don't you ? go to summery screen, then OOB, each HQ is listed and each command with in the HQ is listed, with what is in that command ?
But can I do this during raid selection? Why not the ability to select a HQ and then select the Sqns/Groups you want, should make creating a raid a lot faster. I dont want to keep a manual record of the OOB, thats what a Computer is for.
Editing !!!!!!! One of the greatest things of WITP & TOAW is the ability to edit the database to create their own version or scenario. I want to see the effect of, for example no P-51 and have them replaced by P-63's. Equip Lancasters & Halifaxes with 50cals and fly in daylight. Meteors or P-80s in mid 1944. An Editor makes the game potential limitless. I would also like to see/make a scenario of the RAF operations into NW Europe in 1941-42.
