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#4183714 - 10/20/15 02:45 AM A few Queries...  
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I am still continuing with my Jasta 22 Campaign and have only managed
to down 4 aircraft in 25 sorties with about 9+ claim rejections... banghead

I have seen that even subordinates to me have been allocated an Albatros
whereas I am stuck in the Halb DIII.

Is there any way other than promotion to select a newer aircraft type or do
I have to wait until it is allocated to me or the entire Jasta receives the
newer aircraft types...?

I know that you can view the aircraft and see what the Jasta has in reserve,
although no way to actually change aircraft.

Cheers.

#4183729 - 10/20/15 03:33 AM Re: A few Queries... [Re: SSPEIPER]  
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Hi there!

Each air force is divided into three 'tiers' by rank: Higher (plus all HAs), Middle, Lower. Within each squadron they might have one aircraft assigned to all ranks, or split it up so the higher ranks get the better planes - which sounds like what's happening here.

I'd say just try to be patient. Sooner or later you'll be promoted into a higher tier or the entire Jasta will get the Albatros - pretty quickly I imagine as the Halberstadt wasn't considered a front line crate for long.

An alternative is to transfer squadrons. If you attempt to transfer via the Intelligence screen it'll tell you what A/C the new Jasta would assign you.

#4183746 - 10/20/15 06:34 AM Re: A few Queries... [Re: SSPEIPER]  
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Many thanks CatKnight for your reply.

That is pretty much what I thought although I thought it best
to ask just in case there was an option somewhere that I was
overlooking.

Being the top scoring pilot @ Jasta 22 in mid Jan 1917 with
only 4 confirmed kills, I need the extra hitting power of
the Albatros to see my tally rise more sharply....

xwing

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#4183765 - 10/20/15 10:06 AM Re: A few Queries... [Re: SSPEIPER]  
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SSEIPER, 4 victories in 25 sorties is rather too many - that's much more than most of the real
life aces had ever achieved in such a time, especially on a Halberstadt!
So this is much more realistic than, say, 12 victories in the same time (which you may achieve one day,
even on a Halberstadt - but only because you will have died so many times by then, that you will be
"a veteran soul in a neophyte's body" so to say.

You could use the "Enlistment" proceedure for checking out, when you would receive the Albatros.
Just create a pilot in Jasta 22 and then, still in the "Enlistment", move the date forward day by day,
until the assigned aircraft for your rank will switch to "Albatros". Then you know the date.

When the Luftstreitkräfte received their brandnew Albatros, the first were surely going to the
elite units in "hot" areas, like Jasta 2. Within the units, the better planes were given to the
more experienced pilots first; the rest had to make do with their old planes, until enough of
the new birds were produced.


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#4187600 - 10/29/15 01:55 AM Re: A few Queries... [Re: SSPEIPER]  
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You are right there...

Regardless of finding victories harder to come by
I much prefer to have it as realistic as possible.

I started a new campaign (with an Albatros) and managed
to bring down an historical ace on my first mission,
although have not had it confirmed as yet.

Does the game kill off historical aces if you shoot
them down...? Or will they reappear and only die if
and when they were historically shot down...?

#4187604 - 10/29/15 02:11 AM Re: A few Queries... [Re: SSPEIPER]  
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Originally Posted By: SSPEIPER

Does the game kill off historical aces if you shoot
them down...? Or will they reappear and only die if
and when they were historically shot down...?


They will die on their historical date.


Rabbits, break right and climb.
#4187612 - 10/29/15 03:04 AM Re: A few Queries... [Re: Smosh]  
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Originally Posted By: Smosh


They will die on their historical date.



I guess he will make a rather miraculous recovery
then considering he went down in a ball of flame. biggrin

Many thanks for the response btw...

#4187677 - 10/29/15 06:47 AM Re: A few Queries... [Re: SSPEIPER]  
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Originally Posted By: SSPEIPER
Originally Posted By: Smosh


They will die on their historical date.



I guess he will make a rather miraculous recovery
then considering he went down in a ball of flame. biggrin

Many thanks for the response btw...


You'll find this a very friendly community smile


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