rkk01 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Apologies if this sounds controversial… … but I can’t see how or why Marianas have been selected for modern / WW2 settings The modern iteration includes the former wartime US airfields, but these would suggest a post liberation WW2 timeframe, whereas a Japanese occupation period would probably be best?? Now that we have Marianas, it makes sense to back date… … but I would have thought Henderson / Guadalcanal / Solomons would have been a much more interesting choice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianL Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, rkk01 said: it makes sense to back date A free WWII version of the map is coming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowgirl Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 11/1/2021 at 2:24 PM, rkk01 said: Apologies if this sounds controversial… … but I can’t see how or why Marianas have been selected for modern / WW2 settings The modern iteration includes the former wartime US airfields, but these would suggest a post liberation WW2 timeframe, whereas a Japanese occupation period would probably be best?? Now that we have Marianas, it makes sense to back date… … but I would have thought Henderson / Guadalcanal / Solomons would have been a much more interesting choice It has been explained in past. Just dive into archive and you will find it somewhere the from 2020, or on Youtube during interview with Wag or Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1-1 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 The modern version does contain rather important US bases in the Pacific. It can be used for training, like NTTR, or for scenario involving defending these bases from enemy air and sea attack. Plus, lots of water for carriers and naval combat (once we have decent ship simulation, that is). I'd say, that's a pretty good pick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogster Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 11/1/2021 at 2:24 PM, rkk01 said: Apologies if this sounds controversial… … but I can’t see how or why Marianas have been selected for modern / WW2 settings The modern iteration includes the former wartime US airfields, but these would suggest a post liberation WW2 timeframe, whereas a Japanese occupation period would probably be best?? Now that we have Marianas, it makes sense to back date… … but I would have thought Henderson / Guadalcanal / Solomons would have been a much more interesting choice Like The Channel map it’s more of a tech demonstrator than a useable map. At least it’s free and provides a refreshing change of scenery to fly in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Jaw Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Mogster said: Like The Channel map it’s more of a tech demonstrator than a useable map. At least it’s free and provides a refreshing change of scenery to fly in. No doubt: the FPS are horrible. 2 "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, ASUS RTX3060ti/8GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 11/1/2021 at 9:24 AM, rkk01 said: Apologies if this sounds controversial… … but I can’t see how or why Marianas have been selected for modern / WW2 settings The modern iteration includes the former wartime US airfields, but these would suggest a post liberation WW2 timeframe, whereas a Japanese occupation period would probably be best?? Now that we have Marianas, it makes sense to back date… … but I would have thought Henderson / Guadalcanal / Solomons would have been a much more interesting choice As others have stated there is a free WWII version in the works. Looking at the frame rate hits in the Mariana's, it looks like Eagle selected it they are trying to render a jungle without melting your computer. The Marianas are mostly ocean with these little specs of land where they can work on the jungles so they can produce other maps- like the Solomons or Indochina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkk01 Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Don’t get me wrong, Marianas is a beautiful map… I love flying around it and have put together a number of wave hopping Mossie strikes, with the island defended by Antons I’m just not sure how it’s a good fit in a WW2 frame - best bet would be as Japanese held against US assault As a tech demo for a tropical island setting - yes I get that, and as with Razbam’s original Falklands concept… the island setting ring-fences the “effort” required 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 8:57 AM, rkk01 said: I’m just not sure how it’s a good fit in a WW2 frame - best bet would be as Japanese held against US assault and the Marianas Turkey shoot as well as the Marians campaign which happened from June to August 1944 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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