Arado 234, B-17, P-47 in Strike

[Ancient Seraph]

Although the B17 is hard to take down, it's possible and I've done it, enough to win every now and then against a B17. The Arado however is impossible to take down unless you have a jet. And although it does have a big turn radius, the time you take turning is the time you gain by being at your target way before anyone else. On top of that, I don't think the time you take to make a decent 180 with a B17 is that much shorter than what you do with the Arado. Turn radius is not important, rate of turn is.

[PantherAttack2]

Originally Posted by mattd27

I was in a pretty good strike room last night, I think Raw Kryptonite was there too. One guy had a B-17 and everyone was clambering to get on his team. I really understood why once we got in the game.

Normally I win a lot of Strike games in my trusty He-111. But even with our team flying at their best, the B-17 just singlehandedly erased all our tickets!

Yeah, I think I was there for that!

Everyone wanted to get on the B-17 player's team. I did see a player flying an He-111, was that you? I stuck with a Ju-87B-2 because I was trying to unlock the Ju-87D-3.

Sort of off-topic there, hehe.


But yeah, the B-17 is a beast of a machine.

[The_Goalie_94]

I was really, really hoping for the P-47 in the game as an unlock, if i knew it needed a pre-order code, then i would of done it. Its definantly up their in my top 5 planes. My friends grandpa flew one over Europe in WWII and Korea and ever since hearing from him, it has been one of my favorites.

[Riceball]

Originally Posted by The_Goalie_94

I was really, really hoping for the P-47 in the game as an unlock, if i knew it needed a pre-order code, then i would of done it. Its definantly up their in my top 5 planes. My friends grandpa flew one over Europe in WWII and Korea and ever since hearing from him, it has been one of my favorites.

Oddly enough, it was a pre-order bonus in the UK only.

[PantherAttack2]

Just took the Arado 234 for a spin in a game of Strike... Wow is that plane awesome.

[Ancient Seraph]

Obviously the rate of destruction goes up when using the Arado. In my opinion it's cheating though. The B17 is on the edge, but at least it's destroyable, how hard it may be.

[Gazz6666]

True enough, though I would say that if you're after the B-17, the significant lack of games (especially on PS3) means that the Arado becomes quite an inviting substitute, at least to get those 50 strike wins.

Also, epic fail at the P-47 not being in the game unless you had the bonus codes. If i'd known that you had pre-order, I would have done.

Speaking of bonus codes, I bought the inFamous special edition and got the Gigawatt Blades bonus code, despite it being a pre-order bonus. To be honest, I don't see the point of keeping some planes out of the game for the sake of the whole pre-order thing. It should be more like World At War; you pre-order, you unlocked the M1A1 Carbine early for multiplayer (or something like that). You have to get to Level 65 if you didn't pre-order, but you could still get it

[Ancient Seraph]

The bonus planes are supposed to be released in the DLC as well, as far as I know.
I know the Arado is tempting, just like using drugs in the Tour de France is tempting.. still lame imo

[Gazz6666]

But I assume you have the B-17?

As for the DLC, has anyone from 1c mentioned it, or is it the community making merry with their wishes and imagination?

[Raw Kryptonite]

This thing grew like a weed overnight! Nice feedback.

Originally Posted by Riceball

And Raw, what do you mean by, "people should know you unlock this thing in the single missions"? I assume you mean the HE-111? And not the B-17.

Originally Posted by irrelevant

I think he was referring to the Arado 234

Correct, I meant the Arado is unlocked in the single missions.

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

the Arado carries three 500lb bombs

No, the Arado comes with 500 *kilogram* bombs. That's 1100 lbs each, releases 3 at at time. Still far behind the B-17 with 2000 lb'ers, but better than an A-20 or HE-111.

bomb kg tickets per bomb
100 lb 45 0.35
50 кг 50 0.5
100 кг 100 2
250 lb 113 4
500 lb 226.5 5
250 кг 250 6
1000 lb 453 12
500 кг (1100 lbs) 500 14
2000 lb 907 24(!)


I don't begrudge someone the right to use the B-17, they worked hard for--I sure intend to. I do wish people made an effort to balance the teams though. Too often I'm the only full sized bomber with a B-17 and another bomber on the other team (clearly in a party, so they want on the same team). In a case like that, I'm in the Arado. If we're all HE-111's, then I'm following suit---I prefer props too. Teams need to figure out what's needed to balance out. Move players around, bring the right aircraft.

I'm not playing Strike without a bomber until I get the B-17, but it's disappointing that another trend is the other entire team takes nothing but fighters and they turn the game into team battle. They need to remove any points for shoot downs, they should be defensive only IMO. Keep the game on target. 2 bombers vs. that will likely win, but again, it takes the life out of the game.