Reconnaissance is very important in war. Recon planes would be a radio operator call-in. They would fly over the map spotting enemy vehicles, rally points, Engineer buildings, etc. Foreknowledge is very important. Where enemy vehicles are lurking, where enemies are rallying or what direction they’re coming from, where an enemy cannon is.
*Britain and Italy may not be their own independent faction but its nice for them to feel immersive and unique. At the very least they should be fleshed out as the subfactions they are. That means Radio squads that happen to be British/ Italian should have their own call-in. If I’m playing as a British unit I want to feel like a soldier of the British Empire, not America’s sidekick
US: L-4 Grasshopper
UK: Taylorcraft Auster
Soviet Union: Polikarpov Po-2
Germany: Fi 156 Storch
Italy: Ro.37 Lince
Japan: Ki-76
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Perhaps this could come with the addition of airfields to maps as well.
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Interesting…
The FW189 event plane could get a usefull new job.
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I’m a little iffy about airfields. On one hand its nice to have a repair station and AA guns to ward off enemies. On the other it kind of trivializes plane combat where players just retreat away and bait the enemy to getting shot by AI AA.
Vehicles don’t get any special treatment. They spawn and you get destroyed piece by piece. Should vehicles get a repair station that gives them a full repair and crew. Vehicles feel like a powerful tool but vulnerable. You got 1 life.
I’m not saying we can’t have airfields/ repair stations but I feel those mechanics would make for a more game-ification direction. I almost say we should remove the airfields in the Pacific…for now
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That’s a fair point, but that’s kind of part of the combat, if you give chase for too long then you get shot down by aa guns. You have to decisively kill the enemy and not let them escape, it improves the gameplay as it adds a sense of urgency to destroying enemy planes. Also the enemy will take longer to get in the fight because they spawn at the airfield instead.
Thank you for your post.
I like this idea and I agree we ought to have British and Italian specific squads.
No one marks in this game so this would be really useful.
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Great Idea!
I would add that when you call im a bombing run as a Brit/Italian the bombers are indeed british/italian.
So of course it would make sense that when you call in a recon plane it will be the same way.
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Observation planes would be a cool addition, however they would only last about 20 seconds over the battlefield without some sort of game spawn type protection. Sometimes my dive bombers get shot down before I can make a single pass.
Even if it’s “meaningless” that the British and Italians have their own plane skin, it’s the thought that counts. It’s sweet little pieces of immersion
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