03.12.2007, 12:25
My opinion is that the whole AI gunners rutine needs to be reworked... maybe in BoB we will se it happening.
Although placing yourself in the six of a bomber is often suicidal, is not certain. I have seen some movies when luftwaffe pilots were quite in dead six and shooting without being shot at, which is quite explicable if you put real humans in those planes... sometimes you just dont see that small attacking plane. The reaction time is another issue... the AI gunners are fireing perfect deflection salvos in no time at all. You can check with a jet trying just to swing through the bombers, don't try to destroy them... just pass through and you will see.
Another thing... when a gunner is in a damaged B17 under fire by 4 20mm cannons... it's fair to assume he will hit squat. Not in this game... you will get your head blown away quite fast. The shaking of the plane in that situation would be insane... no snipeing platform there.
I agree that if we have some arcade gameplay this could be fun and interesting, I agree that fighters should learn to attack but... please... this is not a good escuse for having simple AimBots as gunners. It feels "gamelike..."
Sorry for my rant
but, I would love to see those gunners not being aces at all... as they were...
Although placing yourself in the six of a bomber is often suicidal, is not certain. I have seen some movies when luftwaffe pilots were quite in dead six and shooting without being shot at, which is quite explicable if you put real humans in those planes... sometimes you just dont see that small attacking plane. The reaction time is another issue... the AI gunners are fireing perfect deflection salvos in no time at all. You can check with a jet trying just to swing through the bombers, don't try to destroy them... just pass through and you will see.
Another thing... when a gunner is in a damaged B17 under fire by 4 20mm cannons... it's fair to assume he will hit squat. Not in this game... you will get your head blown away quite fast. The shaking of the plane in that situation would be insane... no snipeing platform there.
I agree that if we have some arcade gameplay this could be fun and interesting, I agree that fighters should learn to attack but... please... this is not a good escuse for having simple AimBots as gunners. It feels "gamelike..."
Sorry for my rant
but, I would love to see those gunners not being aces at all... as they were...