Is Germany screwed?

@Flashman:

Another approach here is to allow aircraft to level up with experience; that is for each kill in air vs air they move up one level to a maximum of 4 in combat value, including strafing vs ground units.

To facilitate this, you’d need to paint a fuselage number from 1-4 on each aircraft, changing a plane for the next number up if it wins a dogfight.

This is a cool idea. I like the idea of units leveling up, and the implementation is not as hard as it might seem at first. I’ve got some rules in the same vein for officers that I use with Global 1940. I’ll probably post them on this forum and Larry Harris’ site.

@Gargantua:

What’s wrong with a little G A S ?

How is killing someone with GAS more distasteful, than killing someone with Bombs, Bayonets, or Bullets?

Hypocrites…

Because if the wind change direction, then you kill your own boys, and that are distasteful

Planes leveling up would get very, very complicated.
I want rules players can use with just what comes in the box.

I’d like a different plane model for each level

You don’t need this. The planes got outfitted or retired from service.

For example, when interceptor gear was invented, all planes got it. They didn’t let any planes in combat missions without the latest improvements, because pilots were of more value than the plane.

When metal aircraft frames were used, the advantage in ability immediately made the previous model incredibly obsolete. Meaning the older types didn’t fly and were replaced as new ones came on line. The process was quick like 2-3 months.

So a plane made in 1914 never flew in 1916, unless it had the latest developments.

This is not like WW2, when early war planes still flew for a few years, they did have overlap because the cost of these planes were much greater and more involved technology.

So you don’t need 14 types of fighters, just the one.

At the level of detail, the sculpts look the same for the most part. So you don’t need this.

But I still prefer the models to be immediately identifiable as a 1, 2, 3 or 4 without having to remember which techs 8 different powers happen to have.

But when model 2 comes out, they retired or retrofitted model 1 to include the new technology. When model 3 comes out, they retired or retrofitted model 2 to include the new technology. ETC.

They didn’t have those paper mache planes in use, it would be like purposely killing your own pilots if they faced all metal aircraft frames. They would rather put the more valuable pilot in the newer plane. In some theaters which had very few planes, they might have used older planes but this is the exception rather than the rule.

Go check on this, planes in 1914 with no improvements were not used against planes with advanced equipment. IN those days the planes were relatively cheap to produce.

I don’t want to have to explain stickers and markers and levels for fighters to my friends I play with.

I want it to be like Jets. Thats simple.
Planes are 1/1/2. Get the tech they are 2/2/3.
No drawing all over my plastic, no searching for “the right one”
Is that plane level 3.2 or level 3.7, I can’t tell….

A or B is all we need. Lets not overcomplicate this to the point of insanity.

Have a tech chart, with the roundel of the player on the tech(s) they’ve obtained.
Not so complicated.