Looks interesting. I haven't played WoT, but this I might have to. I was quite interested to see the word skyscrapers used in the article, considering the period in time not many places had skyscrapers aplenty, I am just imagining dog fights over New York...
Originally Posted by DbD Why USSR? In the 30-50's they had naff planes. On the other hand Britain had tones of cool iconic planes.
Anyway the biggest air battles were Britain vs Germany. Then probably USA (and some British) vs Japan. Can't fight any of them.
Fail!
Wargaming.net are based in London and Minsk (Belarus) and have a dedicated Russian server for World of Tanks. There is no way that they were going to mjiss out the Russian aircraft as they have quite a following over there.
I do find it a shame that some of the most recognisable aircraft from one of the aviational super powers of the period will not be in at launch but having them added within a year of launch is something I suppose.
German it is for launch then :(
@sotu1: Definitely worth a try as it won't cost you anything but bandwidth and time to do so. It may, however, continue to cost you time and bandwidth as the game itself is just a little addictive!
Originally Posted by Krikkit Not including (trying to be objective here) one of the nations that contributed a great deal to aircraft development around that period? Fail.
Not including Spits/Hurricanes especially? Double fail. :p
Still sounds good though, might try and bag a spot of CBT.
Yeah there are no British tanks in WOT either.
Apparently, Britain did nothing in that era of aviation. Who'd have thought it?
This looks awesome . But I am very surprised that they are going to be in Russian planes at the beginning, I would of had German, British, Japanese and American planes to start with. As they were the main countries fighting with planes.
Originally Posted by DbD On the other hand Britain had tones of cool iconic planes.
They did. It is strange not to have some of those modelled from the start, but thet will eventually be there.
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Originally Posted by DbD Anyway the biggest air battles were Britain vs Germany.
The largest air battles were USSR vs Germany. Around the time of the Battle of Kursk and subsequent soviet offensive.
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Originally Posted by bagman But I am very surprised that they are going to be in Russian planes at the beginning, I would of had German, British, Japanese and American planes to start with. As they were the main countries fighting with planes.
USSR probably had more planes than all of those, except for USA.
WoT is pretty solid game considering it can be played totally for free with a steep learning curve(almost every vehicle got its own tactics/strategy approach).
Looking forward for this title but even more for World of Battleships. Just watching muzzle flash from enemy's 15inch guns and then wait 30 secs to hit/miss your ship. War
Always amazed how few value english-speakers give to USSR contribution to WW2.
Ever seen this?
That's not an air battle - no one doubts russia's contribution to WW2 but it was mostly a ground war. Hence in world of tanks Russia makes a lot of sense. It was Britain/America that took the brunt of the air war.
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The largest air battles were USSR vs Germany. Around the time of the Battle of Kursk and subsequent soviet offensive.
True I didn't realise how big that was. However the second biggest and arguably the most important air battle ever was the battle of Britain (Britain vs Germany). Can't do that with no Brits. Then when it went the other way there was the constant bombing of Germany which obviously had plenty of air battles. If you took that as a single huge "air battle" then that dwarfs everything else. That was Britain first, then America joined and took a bigger role.
Equally Britain was a technological leader - developing radar, and the jet engine, often had worlds fastest plane at around that time. Soviets had some good planes but not really the same variety or interesting number of variants that Britain managed.
Originally Posted by Krikkit Not including (trying to be objective here) one of the nations that contributed a great deal to aircraft development around that period? Fail.
Not including Spits/Hurricanes especially? Double fail. :p
Still sounds good though, might try and bag a spot of CBT.
Yeah there are no British tanks in WOT either.
Apparently, Britain did nothing in that era of aviation. Who'd have thought it?
Frank Whittle & RJ MItchell must be turning in their graves.....
I have a bad feeling about this game.
It's going to be totally different to World of Tanks which is what I think a lot of people are expecting it to be like, faster paced, no choke points, nowhere to hide and now the initial lack of British aircraft and bombers is really making me lose any interest.
World of Battleships looks very interesting though.
Originally Posted by DbD That's not an air battle - no one doubts russia's contribution to WW2 but it was mostly a ground war. Hence in world of tanks Russia makes a lot of sense. It was Britain/America that took the brunt of the air war.
All wrong.
The war between Germany and USSR was not only "mostly a ground war" but also a air battle. Most of Luftwaffe forces were in the eastern front, not the western.
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Originally Posted by DbD However the second biggest and arguably the most important air battle ever was the battle of Britain (Britain vs Germany).
I would consider that the third, behind the Eastern front and western allies bombing of Germany.
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Originally Posted by DbD If you took that as a single huge "air battle" then that dwarfs everything else.
It does not dwarf the Eastern front.
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Originally Posted by DbD Soviets had some good planes but not really the same variety or interesting number of variants that Britain managed.
They had variety, but chose to concentrate production on some models. And they did it quite well. Apart from USA no other nation produced as many war planes during WW2 as USSR.
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Originally Posted by Grimloon Don't forget Sydney Camm and the rest of the team from Kingston! The crew behind the last operational biplane and the first operational jet
Originally Posted by Landy_Ed Frank Whittle & RJ MItchell must be turning in their graves.....
Don't forget Sydney Camm and the rest of the team from Kingston! The crew behind the last operational biplane and the first operational jet ;)
I haven't forgotten any of them, those names were just the first that sprang to mind. I used to drive past the spitire memorial at Castle Bromwich every day.
Also just dug out a quote I'd forgotten about :
"In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy.
The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that?
There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked."
I wonder how they will deal with the pilot being shot; will the plane just become uncontrollable or will there be a random movement as if the injured pilot moved the stick?
I've got say, I spend way too much time on WoT (enough that my wife has threatened couch time for me instead of bedtime at the end of a night).
With WoWp coming out, it'll be worse. World of Battleship is going to be 1000% worse as in a lot of ways naval ships are my favorite. Back when it first came out I spent way too much time on Navyfield.
I guess a perk for me is since I am non-premium my advancement is basically at a crawl now in WoT (I've got a T-20, M-6, Wolverine and a PzfK III/IV). Its still fun, but leveling is taking forever. It'll be at least a month before I have the credits for my T-29 and 2-3 months for the credits and XP to level my T-20. In between I'll probably have moved up my Wolverine to a Slugger and my III/IV to one of the higher level German Mediums (not sure which direction I am going). So, that isn't no advancement, but it is now very slow.
Once WoWp comes out if I can get in the beta, and deffinitely once it opens up fully I'll probably spend 80% of my World of ____ time playing that, unless of course the dynamics and stuff aren't as interesting.
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ReplyQuite looking forward to this game though a little disappointed that British aircraft won't be in the game from the get go.
Not including Spits/Hurricanes especially? Double fail. :p
Still sounds good though, might try and bag a spot of CBT.
Anyway the biggest air battles were Britain vs Germany. Then probably USA (and some British) vs Japan. Can't fight any of them.
Fail!
Wargaming.net are based in London and Minsk (Belarus) and have a dedicated Russian server for World of Tanks. There is no way that they were going to mjiss out the Russian aircraft as they have quite a following over there.
I do find it a shame that some of the most recognisable aircraft from one of the aviational super powers of the period will not be in at launch but having them added within a year of launch is something I suppose.
German it is for launch then :(
@sotu1: Definitely worth a try as it won't cost you anything but bandwidth and time to do so. It may, however, continue to cost you time and bandwidth as the game itself is just a little addictive!
Yeah there are no British tanks in WOT either.
Apparently, Britain did nothing in that era of aviation. Who'd have thought it?
Ever seen this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Allied_army_positions_on_10_May_1945.png
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I hope they get the flight model right more Ace combat, less hawx. But i trust those guys they know what there doing.
Looking forward for this title but even more for World of Battleships. Just watching muzzle flash from enemy's 15inch guns and then wait 30 secs to hit/miss your ship. War
True I didn't realise how big that was. However the second biggest and arguably the most important air battle ever was the battle of Britain (Britain vs Germany). Can't do that with no Brits. Then when it went the other way there was the constant bombing of Germany which obviously had plenty of air battles. If you took that as a single huge "air battle" then that dwarfs everything else. That was Britain first, then America joined and took a bigger role.
Equally Britain was a technological leader - developing radar, and the jet engine, often had worlds fastest plane at around that time. Soviets had some good planes but not really the same variety or interesting number of variants that Britain managed.
Frank Whittle & RJ MItchell must be turning in their graves.....
Don't forget Sydney Camm and the rest of the team from Kingston! The crew behind the last operational biplane and the first operational jet ;)
It's going to be totally different to World of Tanks which is what I think a lot of people are expecting it to be like, faster paced, no choke points, nowhere to hide and now the initial lack of British aircraft and bombers is really making me lose any interest.
World of Battleships looks very interesting though.
The war between Germany and USSR was not only "mostly a ground war" but also a air battle. Most of Luftwaffe forces were in the eastern front, not the western.
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I haven't forgotten any of them, those names were just the first that sprang to mind. I used to drive past the spitire memorial at Castle Bromwich every day.
Also just dug out a quote I'd forgotten about :
"In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy.
The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that?
There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked."
Hermann Göring, January 1943
I've got say, I spend way too much time on WoT (enough that my wife has threatened couch time for me instead of bedtime at the end of a night).
With WoWp coming out, it'll be worse. World of Battleship is going to be 1000% worse as in a lot of ways naval ships are my favorite. Back when it first came out I spent way too much time on Navyfield.
I guess a perk for me is since I am non-premium my advancement is basically at a crawl now in WoT (I've got a T-20, M-6, Wolverine and a PzfK III/IV). Its still fun, but leveling is taking forever. It'll be at least a month before I have the credits for my T-29 and 2-3 months for the credits and XP to level my T-20. In between I'll probably have moved up my Wolverine to a Slugger and my III/IV to one of the higher level German Mediums (not sure which direction I am going). So, that isn't no advancement, but it is now very slow.
Once WoWp comes out if I can get in the beta, and deffinitely once it opens up fully I'll probably spend 80% of my World of ____ time playing that, unless of course the dynamics and stuff aren't as interesting.
Also isn't it just going to be people going straight into tier X on day one with free xp/credits bought over from WOT?
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