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| City: | Wynne, Arkansas  | | Personal Data: | Male, born: November 26 1954 | | Membership | 22years 105days ago. | | Last Login | 4years 335days ago. | | Last Move | 4years 325days ago. | kduke is currently  | Send a mail to kduke |
| Message header | Area/Game: | Blue Max | | Topic: | Rules | | Subject: | Re: Blue Pilot Killed | | Posted by: | kduke  - 21years 193days ago. |
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| Message text Well, we know the Nprt 17 was an excellent airplane, "in its day." Good enough that the Germans-- who had nothing to match it-- tried to copy it straight up, ending up with the Sms Schuk D1, which was a bit sturdier but not nearly as fast or maneuverable (the "mirror image" in BM is really poor history/research).
Point is, the N 17 was a very tough plane and gave the Alb D-IIs all they wanted. Yet, in this game, it's just about as lousy a plane as can be found. (And the people doing scenarios putting N 17s in the same air as SS D3s/4s should be ashamed of themselves!)
Putting the blue pilot killed chit would give some extra hope for all the one-gun planes, which end up with zero much of the time if they shoot farther than 1 hex away. That's a good thing.
But keep in mind that the 2 gun planes, at long shots/poor shots will get a blue chit where one-gunners don't even get a die roll. So the lethal nature of the chit will not be a big help for the single gun planes-- they have a chance to knock over the better planes that they don't have now, but the chances of them getting killed go up as well. |
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