#Adding controls to the AWACS/Tanker

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proper estuary
lethal torrent
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orhttps://discord.com/channels/319915885575798785/1247299016396640257

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you gotta make a specific request

heady vault
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i mean i kinda themed it around the tanker lol

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ill edit to specify

lethal torrent
heady vault
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Adding controls to the AWACS/Tanker

heady vault
oblique terrace
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Autopilot simulator. I’ll pass.

heady vault
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why would it be autopilot simulator

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i would bring my awacs into combat and just use it to microwave everyone else

oblique terrace
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Or an awacs.

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Your job is literally to fly in an oval.

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The AI already does this extremely well.

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Why take a player out of an FA26, F45, T55, or anything for that matter to sit up in a tanker flying a donut for 3 hours?

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when the AI already does this for you.

heady vault
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you dont have to use it as a tanker

oblique terrace
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This isn’t a useful suggestion in my opinion.

oblique terrace
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What it is then?

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Can you strap an AMRAAM to a tanker?

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Don’t think so

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do tankers have 20mm guns?

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doubtful

heady vault
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the tanker is a missile

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giant tube filled with jet A

oblique terrace
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Whoops this AIM54 slipped out of my hand

heady vault
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and that's where you get escort missions

oblique terrace
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ok, fly the AV42

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🗿

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because even that has a chance to defend itself

heady vault
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tankers can do maneuvers

oblique terrace
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2 Gs

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💀

heady vault
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i bet i could pull 9

oblique terrace
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2 G ain’t enough to G pull an AIM54 moving at mach 5

oblique terrace
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I’d love to see you compress your spine by 2 inches

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And this doesn’t really warrant a new DLC/plane

heady vault
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idfk

oblique terrace
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You could just add a spectator slot to the boom operator or radar operator.

heady vault
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it was just an idea

oblique terrace
heady vault
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im not trying to fucking sell a business idea

oblique terrace
heady vault
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name one downside that isn't just "baha needs to spend some more time"

oblique terrace
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1: massive sitting duck

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2: not everyone wants to fly it

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3: extremely repetitive content

heady vault
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1 downside to adding it, not the plane itself

tame condor
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it takes away time spent developing other features

oblique terrace
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^

heady vault
tame condor
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you're moving the goalposts here

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time spent developing features is very important, especially because baha is only one guy

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if he dropped everything to work on a tanker that only 50% the playerbase might be interested in, now he can't work on overcloud which is something just about everyone would benefit from

heady vault
oblique terrace
oblique terrace
heady vault
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so can the ai one

oblique terrace
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play MSFS

tame condor
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I'll be honest I don't personally see much value in flying a tanker in circles and hoping that maybe someone will come up for fuel

oblique terrace
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This is kind of a combat game

oblique terrace
tame condor
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Whenever I play I almost never use the tanker since you very rarely get so low on fuel you can't just RTB anyway

heady vault
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half the community joined for the free flight

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the last update added spectator

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this one is adding overcloud

oblique terrace
oblique terrace
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Buddy lasing

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Form lights

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And weather affecting targeting

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:)

tame condor
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Baha has been pretty adamant about working solo

heady vault
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yknow what

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if you guys hate my one not simple suggestion so much

oblique terrace
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And most people I see host mainly combat missions

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Where you know

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they do combat

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Instead of freeflight

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:/

tame condor
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I don't hate your suggestion, but you have to understand you're far from the first person to ask about it, and there are many good reasons not to include something like this

heady vault
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ill just delete this then, have a good night

oblique terrace
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what