ElPerk Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Considerign the pacific battles were so much shorter than the eastern front battles I think we may very well be a bit less strict about timeframes. Allowing that plane woudl be less weird than the FW on the original BOS. That can be made with an "early pacific" title and then 2 years later a late pacific title. Problem is to find a name more catchy than "Battle of the early pacific months " Battle of Early Pacific would require at least one new map (Coral Sea and preferably Solomons) and maybe a couple of additional planes as well as expensive-to-make carrier models, would probably still have to omit both New Guinea and Malaysian areas because of budgetary constraints, and would end abruptly around Midway or Solomons (or, if you wish, Santa Cruz). After that, the next part would either jump to Marianas or Philippines in 1944 or Okinawa stuff in 1945, or just almost completely discard the naval aspect and jump to New Guinea. I would buy a Coral Sea addon pack, but how many others would pay money just to try to kill Zuikaku? If the naval aspect is important and the current format is at least somewhat followed in future developments, then the originally considered Midway -> 1944 seems a completely sensible path of least resistance. Certainly, it would be great to have Coral sea and Guinea campaigns or something else to make a Midway package campaign last for a long time, but the asset creation for those packages is likely at least as laborious as the BoS, BoM and BoK combined. Edited October 24, 2017 by ElPerk
SOLIDKREATE Posted November 7, 2019 Author Posted November 7, 2019 Judging from what I see in the Mission Editor, were getting closer ?
Avimimus Posted November 8, 2019 Posted November 8, 2019 On 9/9/2016 at 1:44 AM, Feathered_IV said: The Aichi E13a is one of my favourites. What a cracker that would be if you could catapult from a cruiser and spot for their guns... The A5M4 Claude or Devastator would be a good Collectors aircraft. Maybe even the B-26 as it was also there on the island. Relevance isn't always absolute with the collectors too, so the G4M1 Betty would be welcome. Or even a Ki-43. I have to say that I totally support this. As a Canadian I grew up with histories of night bombing more than the pacific (and the pacific was more focused on things like Burma)! So to catch my attention it helps to have completely new experiences! The Aichi E13a with the catapult launch (and spotting for the heavy firepower of a ship doing coastal bombardment) would be brilliantly different! The Devastator would be dramatic and powerful given the dedication of their ill-fated crews! So those two (especially the former) would get me to pre-order rather than wait & see... P.S. Yes, a Ki-43 for comparison would be cool too!
Gambit21 Posted November 8, 2019 Posted November 8, 2019 A flyable Betty will never happen...I'll be happy with AI for that one. 2
Rei-sen Posted November 9, 2019 Posted November 9, 2019 There's gotta be bombers for both sides, so why not?
Poochnboo Posted November 9, 2019 Posted November 9, 2019 On 10/24/2017 at 8:07 AM, ElPerk said: then the originally considered Midway -> 1944 You say 1944, the original poster said 1943. It was June of 1942, guys. Geez! And what would the KI-43 "Oscar" and the G4M "Betty" be doing in a Midway scenario? You guys sound like a bunch of Hollywood script writers working on an "historical" WW2 movie! Did you guys write "Pearl Harbor?" 1
Cybermat47 Posted November 9, 2019 Posted November 9, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Poochnboo said: You say 1944, the original poster said 1943. It was June of 1942, guys. Geez! And what would the KI-43 "Oscar" and the G4M "Betty" be doing in a Midway scenario? You guys sound like a bunch of Hollywood script writers working on an "historical" WW2 movie! Did you guys write "Pearl Harbor?" I think the arrow means he was talking about a 1944 expansion that would be released after a Midway one. And a Betty would be pretty important for the Midway expansion most people have in mind, which would cover Pearl Harbour, Wake Island, Coral Sea, and Midway. The Ki-43 would be out of place, though. I’d rather have four IJN aircraft and six US aircraft. Edited November 9, 2019 by [Pb]Cybermat47 1
Gambit21 Posted November 9, 2019 Posted November 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Arthur-A said: There's gotta be bombers for both sides, so why not? Lack of data 1
SOLIDKREATE Posted November 9, 2019 Author Posted November 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Poochnboo said: You say 1944, the original poster said 1943. It was June of 1942, guys. Geez! And what would the KI-43 "Oscar" and the G4M "Betty" be doing in a Midway scenario? You guys sound like a bunch of Hollywood script writers working on an "historical" WW2 movie! Did you guys write "Pearl Harbor?" You have to think 'expansion' my friend. I believe a G4M1 was shot down by a Petty Officer in the gunner section of an SBD on the flight deck if I recall correctly.
Poochnboo Posted November 9, 2019 Posted November 9, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, 361st_SPEKTRE76 said: You have to think 'expansion' my friend. I believe a G4M1 was shot down by a Petty Officer in the gunner section of an SBD on the flight deck if I recall correctly. Actually, no. It was a G3M, "Nell." And it was during the U.S. Navy's raids on the Japanese held Marshall Islands in February, of '42. No Japanese land based aircraft took part in Midway. Edited November 9, 2019 by Poochnboo spelling 1
Rei-sen Posted November 9, 2019 Posted November 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Gambit21 said: Lack of data An educated guess wouldn't hurt in this case.
Gambit21 Posted November 9, 2019 Posted November 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Arthur-A said: An educated guess wouldn't hurt in this case. Agreed 1000%
Motherbrain Posted November 10, 2019 Posted November 10, 2019 I like it. However I think the Ki21 and G4M should be flipped as the collector planes.
Cybermat47 Posted November 10, 2019 Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) Here’s my idea, for a game that covers the Attack on Pearl Harbour, Battle of Wake Island, Battle of the Coral Sea, and Battle of Midway: US: F4F-3/4 Wildcat P-40 B Warhawk SBD-3 Dauntless TBD-1 Devastator Collector F2A-3 Buffalo P-36 A Hawk IJN: A6M2 Mod. 21 D3A1 B5N2 G3M3 Edited November 10, 2019 by [Pb]Cybermat47 2
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