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#4071301 - 01/29/15 05:09 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
[Re: Robert_Wiggins]
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RAF_Louvert
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Here's one I've not seen mentioned yet, and if it has my apologies for the repetition: WWI Home Defence squadrons in England did not historically fly sorties as flights but rather as solo patrols, each assigned a section of the 'grid' for that particular mission. As it is now they go up in flights of three or more and fly together, which is quite wrong. As the devs are always striving for historical accuracy this is something that should be addressed in a future update.
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#4071446 - 01/29/15 09:18 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
[Re: Robert_Wiggins]
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Burning_Beard
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Field modifications would be OK, but I think they got a little carried away in ROF. How about simple field modifications within reason.
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#4072603 - 02/01/15 11:55 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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RAF_Louvert
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Raine, what I've been doing for now so that I can fly all the sorties solo is I lower the fuel level to 5% for all the others in my flight which causes them to circle and land immediately after taking off. A stopgap measure to be sure.
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#4072659 - 02/02/15 03:20 AM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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Raine, what I've been doing for now so that I can fly all the sorties solo is I lower the fuel level to 5% for all the others in my flight which causes them to circle and land immediately after taking off. A stopgap measure to be sure.
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#4072702 - 02/02/15 06:47 AM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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JJJ65
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Raine, what I've been doing for now so that I can fly all the sorties solo is I lower the fuel level to 5% for all the others in my flight which causes them to circle and land immediately after taking off. A stopgap measure to be sure.
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#4075406 - 02/08/15 02:39 AM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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Apparently if you end the game and some of your squad mates are still in enemy territory they get listed as killed or captured or missing during the Debrief.
Unfortunately there are plenty of reasons YOU may have to land and get out of the game (engine failure, damage, etc) and it would be nice if your misfortune did not cause casualties among your squadron. Yes, I've had that happen too. Good suggestion.
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#4075522 - 02/08/15 02:40 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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That German Jasta units no longer fly escort missions after 1916 I'm flying escort missions in 1917, todays date, Jasta 15.
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#4075559 - 02/08/15 04:19 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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Yes, my wish is that they don't - because I don't think they did (unless I am wrong, of course, and they did). The information that I have seen is that escort missions were flown by 2-seater Schusta sections from early 1917 onwards. So a typical German Art.Obs. or Photo.Recon. flight would consist of the 2-seater with the Observer in it and then one or two 2-seaters flying shotgun (i.e a typical WOFF 2-seater flight, but without the Jasta escort). I don't think Jasta units were tied-down to this work, but someone who knows more about them than I do might be able to contradict this?
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#4075574 - 02/08/15 04:59 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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IMO, aircraft allocation based on ranks doesn't make sense in its current implementation.
In my DID career in MFFA 2, we now have both DFWs and Rolands in the same squadron. There are altogether four DFWs and five pilots (six pilots at full strength). But for some reason, one or two of the DFWs are always kept in reserve and some of the pilots are forced to fly the older Rolands.
Is there a historical precedent for this? Why would the squadron handicap its performance like that? If there are enough newer and better aircraft available to equip all the pilots in a flight, why are some of the pilots flying the older aircraft?
Maybe this has been mentioned already, so I apologize if I'm repeating it. It just doesn't make any sense to me. I had exactly the same issue with J11 in April 1917. I was flying, along with the other non-HA's, Alb DIII (early) while the HA's all got the Alb DIII. That would be fine, I guess, except the Jasta Leader was keeping two Alb DIII's in reserve. Historical precedent? I canning imagine unless you want to chalk it up to a training and familiarization issue. The Crown Prince flew a Alb DI long past its prime historically.
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#4078168 - 02/13/15 05:29 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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vonBaur
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AI flight leaders reduce throttle to maybe 80%-85% before starting out on mission waypoints to make it easier for the player to keep station without sacrificing fuel load.
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