castor troy -> RE: 23 August (6/19/2007 11:41:15 PM)
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There are some AARs that do better than historical and have an advantage of PDU on (as Japanese). So it might be thought that it only favours the Japanese side. Seems noone talks about what advantages it gives also to the Allied if you are only facing P38, Corsairs, Mustangs, Thunderbolts or late Spits instead of P40, P39 or Hurricanes... I donīt start to talk about the 4Es... I have a late war PBEM as Japanese and the PDU favoured me in what I was doing. Though I also have a PBEM as Allied in 4/43 and it favours me as much if not even more when I look at all those squadrons I will switch to another plane (and already have switched). Without PDU I bet 80-90% of the PBEMs the Japanese donīt do nearly as "good" as it was done in real life... Just look at PzBīs AAR! He took China (because a wrong modelled situation there), he took India (because of a doubtfull situation also and because of some mistakes Wobbly has made). What do you think the situation would look like if he would not have conquered those places and he has PDU OFF!! PzB has done a great job, no question, but it would be completely different without those conquers. IMO those conquers are worth a year of delaying the Allied! He would now fight for the home islands in mid 44 not mid 45 without those conquers. With the so many wrongs (that are probably accepted by the majority on the forum) PDU on is a fine excuse for Allied players (and Japanese too if they only meet premium Allied planes) if they do worse than they think they should do. And this is not pointed at you Moses. I think you are not doing bad at all. And while the loss of all your CVs is hurting, it has nothing to do with PDU on or off... And the only thing PDU on does is hindering you for not even half a year of bombing Burma with hundreds of planes, because there are now Tonies and Tojos. The "wrong" is IMO that you shouldnīt be able to do that anyway, though the game lets you do it at will from early 42 on... In late 42 you get enough P38 that you can do 8th AF attack round the clock in Burma, with PDU on even far more than with PDU off! If you play stock with PDU off and you see losing your high exp Oscars in droves in mid 42 against P40s then you might wonder if it is good modelled... PDU off means a non existent IJA fighter force for the whole game. With PDU on the Allied player wonders in 43 why he doesnīt achieve 40:1 kill rates as he is used to when using P38 against Oscars. Now he only achieves kill rates of 10:1 or even more (just look what happens when PzB sends high exp Frank, Jack, Tony against a Corsair, Mustang...). Yes he still killed a lot of USN pilots but only at the loss of thousands (or even tens of thousands) of planes, not to forget that Andy didnīt get any P51B because itīs a flaw in the database...
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