afenelon
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[QUOTE=Nikademus]You make a good point afenelon, in that the whole story is hardly told by just posting 'optimal' stats for a designated airframe, certainly the Ki-84, if properly built and maintained was a formidable opponent. Everything i've read about it from pilot accounts always gave it healthy respect.
The point being made (i'd like to think ;) ) is that formidable is not good enough in this case. Germany also had formidable weapons too but in the end was crushed by the attrtion war generated and ironically suffered the same problem that Japan did only slower...(i.e. her pilot cadre was exhausted and could not be replaced with fully trained replacements)
-I agree with you completely. No Ki-83, Ki-201, Ki-94 or whatever you want would never had prevented the Japanese from being defeated. Maybe a combination of a victory in Midway, better ASW warfare and 4 Shokakus instead of 2 Yamatos would have allowed them to fight more 2-3 years....maybe....but the USA would have won the war by sheer numbers even if they didn´t replace the F4F and the P-40. Industrial capacity superiority was simply overhelming. Still, I would like to explore some alternative scenarios (like a no Midway or IJN victory at Midway). In this case, the war could have ended in 1947, and strategic bombings would start latter....and be faced with better IJN fighters. An invasion of Philipines in 1946 could have faced A7M´s and Graces, a strategic bombing campaign could have faced J7W´s and so on. They won´t change the games too much (because the USA also will get better fighters), but we can have more fun.
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Even then, they'll still face an uphill battle vs a larger and technologically sound enemy. Thats the issue....its not enough to just say, lets put a bunch of 2nd gen IJN/A aircraft in a scenerio
-Again you´re right, mas I´m not intending to make the IJN win (but night bombings by Ritas would be wonderful for Axis fanboys, right???)
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It would make for a more competetive game though, i expect we'll see mods like this after the game is released. Personally i want to see the F8F in action.....i loved flying this plane in the old Aces of the Pacific add on module :D[/QUOTE]
-I usually flew the Ki-83....but my favorite was the J7W. It´s interesting to notice that the Kikka in AOP was a fighter but it was actually designed as a bomber.
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