M0ltar

I forget that red never outnumbers blue.... Blue was able to push 3 airbases last night before 12AM CST. Looks like between that time and now you guys took it all back. Yes, blue has more players, but there are plenty of times when red has more and lets face it, red is usually more organized then us scrubs.

I have looked plenty of times and seen red outnumber blue. Now this does not happen on a full server, but there are plenty of times that are not prime time that I have seen opfor with more players. I guess now I need to remember to take screenshots. Saying that, yes blue heavily outnumbers red. Again, I really think this is due to air frame chooses that are available. Also, in before someone says, well players need to learn to fly something else. Yes, that would be cool, but no everyone is like the players that want to do this. Some people want to only fly 1 or 2 things and that is it. Furthermore, you can't really balance something that is totally dependent on what modules people own. The guys at buddyspike have repeatedly said that they do not want to do any type of balancing. I can safely say I would fly red if they had the A10C.

Frostie hit the nail on the head here. I think the majority of the community aside from that one guy in this thread likes SR. However, there are some of us that do not want it forced down peoples throats, i.e. mandatory. Buddyspike is a more competitive environment yes, but it is not a pro scene. There are still casual players here. People need to get over themselves thinking that just because they are one way that means that everyone on this server is that way. People will communicate with other players in a way that makes them feel comfortable. Come players may not be on comms at all. Yes, the majority of players will more than likely be on SR, but that does not mean it is a requirement and I hope it never is just like TS is not a requirement now. Just because someone has a differing option about how SR should be integrated into the server does not mean they don't like it. This is a serious problem with this forum and forums in general. People jump to conclusions and grab their pitchforks when someone does not share a like minded attitude about something. People need to grow up and think about that everyone may want different things and that is OK.

Another thing you can do instead of selecting fall if you want to use the texture at all times for example would be to replace all of the files with the modded files. Simply changing the name of the new file to the old ones (spring, summer,fall, winter) etc will achieve this.

Ive been saying this for awhile now. I think a majority of the player population issues are a couple of things. 1) Aircraft only being available on certain sides. I know there is not much that can be done about this, however, I think the best thing that can be done is to allow all CAS and helicopters on both sides. This solves some balancing issues at the same time with SEAD and heli speed as well. There are a lot of people that only fly a certain plane. I know there are people that only fly the F15 etc, but there are a lot of people that only fly the A10C and UH1 for example. Having these planes only isolated to a single side is, I think, a primary contributor to the player numbers. I know that if red had the A10C I would be on red this round. I have talked to several others that have said the same thing. 2) A lot of people are going to join the team that they think is going to win. I know that is going to sound strange to some people, but winning is everything to some people and an easy ride while winning is even better.

Very possible. Just thought Id bring it up.

Looks like every once in awhile the red team somehow gets an AI Su-27. No idea how or where it comes from, but we just had an instance of it on the map. It killed a player on blue. I checked to see if there was a player named AI flying a Su-27, but there was none. Is this something that the admins can look into?

The problem that I see with cruising at 300kts in game is the the engines on the A10C are modeled incorrectly. Meaning they are not as strong as they are in real life. I am only able to ever cruise at around 300kts when my plane is unarmed and low fuel. Cruising speed for me in game is around 230-250kts and Im at full throttle when im alone. The A10C has a wonderous ability to stay in the air for long periods of time. Don't worry so much about staying at max power etc unless you're loitering.

A Suggestion from just playing on the server. The SA6 Kub's are a bit rediculous without SEAD. Yes I can kill them, but having 6-7 gurading an airfield makes it impossible to do anything about them. I can understand one or 2 but the maximum of 9 makes pressing impossible. I understand that each team needs a way to defend their territory, but I think the deployable threats need to be something that can be delt with in a way without SEAD since it is not available. I know the reason for the SA6 is because it takes 2 trips, but why not make it a more limited deployment or have each team be able to deployable say 3-4 TORs or Tungs? Just my 2 cents.

Sorry that you felt that way. Its funny that you come down on GCI for no listening on both TS and SR, but you could have simply been listening on both and able to talk on both. Simple solution and problem solved. You're the only one that has ever said anything about this with GCI being on TS and not on SR. Actually a lot of people have voiced that they would rather have GCI on TS. Frankly you cant expect GCI to remember who is on TS and who is on SR. More people have seemed to want GCI on TS. Also you stated that GCI is basically the manager for the attack so they choose what they think is the best way to communicate, I chose TS. If you want something different feel free to jump on GCI and do it yourself. Also, its really funny how agressive people get about this stuff. People need to figure it out that other people are going to want different things then yourself and ITS OK! People really need to chill and try and address this in a better way aside from being sarcastic etc to one another.

Pikey, say what you will, but you are missing a big point. There are several people that refuse to use SR, but are on TS. If I (I was the GCI last night) don't address those people as well it causes a cluster in the server and puts teams at a disadvantage. Not to mention it seems that there are still several times with people on SR that they do not hear the other person addressing them. The reason I was using TS instead was because of this very fact. Its not a huge deal if GCI stays on TS and individual wings or groups use SR to to coordinate. People need to understand that even though Blue Flag is a competitive envirnment it is still open to the public. Forcing people to do something is just going to cause an initial decrease in player population and add anothe level of complexity that frankly some people might not want. People need to use what they are more comfortable with and stop trying to push what they want on everyone else. Yes TS can get crowded, but thats what brevity is for. If you want to use SR then fine use it. I use it myself, but don't complain that certian people don't use because in the end its their choice.

Had a great conversation with some red and blue players today! Thanks to Body_Organ, Beeroshima, Chrinik, and Elmo! We talked about a lot, but there were a few things that were brought up numerous times and were all in agreement on. 1) Having this 80s year restriction causes major issues in balance and causes people to fight about what should and should not be in the game due to what year it came out, etc. We thought that it would be better to instead say we just want balance and a round that does not inlcude the AIM 120 and its red counterpart for this example. 2) The A10C gets its AGM-65-H back and the SU25 gets the KU-25-MPU and the pod back. This gives both jets some stand off range. I know that the A10C is at a disadvantage here because we don't have the pod to find radiation sites, but there will be some tradeoffs. The 65-H gives the A10C some standoff range against Kubs when using the Force Correlate and the SEAD missle for red gives them some standoff range against both the Kubs and the SA-8. A10C in its tradeoff is much better at hitting multiple targets in one pass. 3)The weather. It is ALWAYS raining. Can we stop this? I understand rain sometimes, but for almost every single restart it has been raining since the start of testing. Also, the 10k clouds are a problem for the A10C if we want to balance out for the SU25 getting the 25MPU and pod. Not being able to get high enough, especially in the mountains, makes it very hard to find Kubs. The SU25s pod has no issues looking through clouds, but the A10Cs TGP is limited to line of sight. 4) Allow the M2000 to start with the INS already aligned. This allows it, in the round of Blue Falg, to be the equal to reds Mig29S. It can take up to 8 minutes to align while the Mig29 simply has to refuel and off it goes. 5) Add the Mig29A to the foward bases. Blue gets the M2000 at forward bases. Should red get the Mig29A? 6) Blues JTAC can drive while reds cannot. Can we make it so reds JTAC can drive? Seems to make sense since thats what JTACs are in the game to do. 7) Have more open disucssions about what Blue Flag is and how we can make it better in the future in a voice dialog on TS or Skype instead of allowing conversations to disparage into cesspools of crap here on the forums. Side note - KP90 Comms stations coordinates are wrong on the app. Also it seems the comm station is sitting at 18k feet on top of a mountain. Is this intended? Both red and blue were in agreements for everything that was said above. Now, I know that the people talking were in a limited number, but I think it was a good converstaion about balance etc.

Why is this a competition between who can be right or not or who is the better pilot? Yes the A10C has a gun. However, You're including gunning SA9s and Sa13s. Now I know its possible, but it is not possible for the typical A10C driver. Yes, the gun is a nice thing to have, but its not an instant win vs everything. To effectivly kill targets with the GAU8, notice EFFECTIVLY, you need to engage the target from <1.5nm. Even at 1.5nm its still hit or miss on whether an SA or Shilka will go down due to round placement. Second, carrying 6 GBU12s is a bit much don't yuu think? Yes the A10C could take of with 8 GBU12s or 4 38s and 2 12s etc, but flying that heavy is not practical. People need to get over themselves. Just because you can do something in some plane does not mean everyone can do it or should do it for that matter. To tag onto this, for people saying we want realism.... There is no way any type of strike aircraft would ever engage a manned missle sight with gun.

Yes, but you had the choice to fly red. You coudl have flown blue, but you chose not to. Im saying if you start removing things from the server all together and Im talking about weapons on the jets and planes that are not period correct. If you take away what people want they are going to stop joining all together. Yes people go to one side or the other for a jet because its not availalbe on the other side. I bet people are on red for the SU27 and Migs and the MI8. Same goes for blue. If people leave and the server population continues to decrease, who are you going to fly against? The trees and the breeze and the rain?

Here we go again with people taking it too far. All Im saying when I wrote what I did is limiting things too much is going to cause people to leave. People continuing to say my jet cant do this so I want what they have banned is just dumb. Nukes are a bit too far and so are SA10s for most people. No problem with TORs or Tungs though.

Im reading through this and all I am is awstruck. People are so caught up in things being far. Nothing in war is fair. Furthermore, this isn't real war. This is a game. If things continue to get restricted like airframes and weapons etc, Buddyspike is going to lose a large amount of its player base. Making suggestions like, lets remove the A10C and put in the A10A and remove the SU25T and replace it with the SU25 are just ways to make people feel better about things. Why don't we simply go forward with the tools we have and make the best use out of them. Yes, I was miffed when the AGM H was removed, but that was more because it was jsut removed and with no explaination. Yes, the Flanker is at a disadvantage if you compare it straight up in ALL aspects with the Eagle, but so does every jet in hisotry when you compare it to its main rival. What people need to do is use that jets advantages to their benefit intsead of complaining that there position is poor because the other sides plane can do X, Y, and Z. Frankly I'm jealous at the amount of ordance a SU25 and the KA50 can carry. Yes they may have a shorter range then my AGMs but they can carry a whole hell of a lot more and are still guided. Again, people need to fly the plane to its advantages instead of thinking that every tactic is going to work in every plane. Lastly, people need to come down off their high horses and understand that this is simply a game. Yes, we do take it seriously as simers thend to do, but in the end we are armchair flying virtual versions for military aircraft. Have fun and stop worrying about what Blue/Red has that you don't. Find a way to make what you have work for what you want it to do.

Ok if you want to argue the point of legit load outs, then why not ban the 3 racks of AGM Ds and the 3 racks of GBU 12s? Both of those are never used. Also since you want to talk about weight, I fly even when carrying 6 Hs at 40k takeoff weight including fuel. I fly light because I understand that I need to fly light. Yes, I could fly lighter, but that works for me. All Im looking for is for some clarity on why they were removed.

Thats not the point. There are several things about DCS that are not life like. My point is that they were removed with no notice and we can still carry 6 Ds. People like to compare DCS to real life, but it is still far from it. A lot of planes and helis go up much heavier than they should. Just because the A10C doesnt carry them in real life doesnt mean it can't. It can, they just don't for both legistical and flying reasons. Just because you don't see it in real life currently does not mean we should not get it in game. My thought for us not getting the Hs in game is more because they were released in 2007.

Is there a reason why the A10C can only carry 1 AGM-65-H per side now for a total of 2 instead of the 6 in the past? Lat night I was able to carry 6 and this morning, Im down to 2.

I just think if they do drive 2 hours to a location there needs to be AI there that is capable of engaging him. As it stands right now, all the AI on the map for the airfields and FARPS is for engaging air. If there were say some tanks, that would make it plausable.

Well lets disregard my first comment as 1) the mod is actually broken in 1.5.4. On another note. A couple of things were noticed tonight during Blue Flag. 1) Lives are not working. Meaning people can spawn as much as they want. 2) Some people are able to spawn at enemy occupied Farps and Airfields. 3) When fuel bunkers and barracks are destroyed, people are still able to spawn at that respective airfield. 4) Players are able to get into vehicles and drive them. We are currently having an issue with a player driving a BMP and killing entire airfields and farps. Not sure if this is a new feature or something that needs to be fixed.

I have a couple of things in regards to how the server sits now and take them as you will. 1) The lack of being able to use universel visibility mod is crippling for peolpe that play at high resolutions due to the fact of how DCS handles imposters and such. Is it possible to allow any type of exceptions for mods? 2) Is it possible to not have the SA8s move after hitting one that is close to it? I say this not as an A10C driver but looking out for the SU25 drivers. It is incredilby hard to engage these things in the SU25 and if they move it makes it that much more difficult. Just a couple of simple things to mention.