Hurricane reigns supreme online....
 

Just played online, team death match with 5 players, sim mode.

Team A was myself and robotic pope, both flying hawker hurricanes.

Team B was Shectur, Benrizz, Tudorp15 flying 109G4, Spitfire IX and the I-153





It finished.......... 20/18 in favour of the Hurricanes. It wa a very very tough match and the enemy flew bloody well, they kept capitalizing on our (hurricane) short comings which most notably was speed. Me and roboticpope both got 10 kills a piece and were on the edge of our seats flying the hurricanes against 3 superb opponents. It was good to take the hurricane online in a straight out fight and see how it got on......

:( it really does lack speed which makes it struggle so much. You can use your turning ability to get an opponent, but as soon as they realise what your doing they just wont get into a turning fight. If you happen to have an opponent who can out turn you (I-153) then we were in trouble. Best thing i could do was get robotic to go into a sharp turn (providing it wasnt the I-153 on is 6) thus enabling me in my hurricane to be able to out turn his opponent. Or... after dying and respawing, getting maximum speed in a gentle dive and basically firing as many rounds as possible into a target, thus getting his attention and hoping he goes for a turn.

As a huge huge fan of the hurricane i can only suggest using it if the parameter is set to 1940. Unless you want a challenge. It struggles to much against later models.



This post was for 2 reasons...

1 - to blow the trumpet of the hurricane and get the haters off its back.. ;) you know who you are haha.

2- to give you a good idea of how if fares in a straight out team dogfight against more modern planes.

Thanks to all the guys above for a superb game, it was incredible and some great flying by all of you. Was an epic game and very tough. Was a pleasure flying with you. :grin:

This sounds like a challenge.. :rolleyes:. I'd love to take it, but then I'd have to convince Morgoth to play before the patch.. He got quite fed up with the whole I-killed-him-but-I-didn't-get-the-kill-business. Still, those three planes aren't exactly the line-up of the century.. especially against Hurri's. The Spit was the only one having an advantage.
Not saying the Hurri sucks, it's a lovely plane, let's just not jump to conclusions yet :P.
Obviously the La-7 is waaay above the Hurri :rolleyes:.

you'd be suprised!!

the I-153 was ridiculous to shoot. It was so slow, so manouvreable that we had trouble getting it. By the time they (enemy) had about 10 kills, we felt it best to just stay away from the I-153 all together because it was just causing us so much trouble. And i must admit..... :( it was winding me up so much that a few "choice" words did come out.


The 109 was trouble to because he wouldnt turn (he did at first but soon realised it was death for him) so he was trying head on passes and having some sucess.


Ths Shitfire was trouble, because he had the speed AND could manouvre, making it hard on us to get a good shot off.



All in all made for a great game. Very enjoyable and challenging.

That all sounds about right. With the I-153 it's the same as bombers in TB: The more attention you give it, the more kills it gets. And vice versa. Usually best to just ignore it. It'll get a few chance kills, but it shouldn't be much of a nuisance.

too bad you guys are on the Xbox 360 :( it would be fun to show you my skills :)

Well get a 360 then?
or do you to sell your soul then?

Not everyone has a money-tree growing in the backyard :P.

LOL I'll have to use that next time :grin:

Im not a huge fan of the shitfire lol. Takes all the glory for the hurrie's hard work etc.


Blah. :evil:

One system is enough, not a huge video game freak. maybe you guys want a PS3 is $100 less now.