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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Benze @ April 16 2002,23:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">CAN travel faster...CAN...<span id='postcolor'> So you're saying have an F-16 model that acts just like the A-10? what a waste. Face it, with the current engine, the fast fighters would be useless. And this coming from someone who was asking for the same thing when I was a n00b at the forums . I do wish that BIS would let the Su-25 carry R-60's or R-73's and the A-10 Aim-9 Sidewinders. They usually carry two of these for self-defence.

I'd like a mission with the bus to recreate the movie Speed

Heh, ok I'll be good and post just one quote, this one's one of my all time faves: "If you don't like your job, you don't strike!! You just go in every day and do it really half-assed!!" -Homer

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Shadow @ April 16 2002,15:55)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">A beeping-warning should be implemented for all choppers so that you know if someone is tracking you. This might not be reallistic for the Hip, Chinook and Blackhawk. But it would improve gameplay I think <span id='postcolor'> The Newer versions of the Hip has RWS, not sure about the Chinook and Blackhawk but I would guess they do too. However, it would not be realistic since all the missiles are IR guided. The only unit in the game which should set off an RWS is the Shilka (The Vulcan's radar is only a rangefinder). A Missile Launch Warning System, like I mentioned above, should help though.

Congrats 11B! </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LauryThorn @ April 16 2002,09:24)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What's her name?<span id='postcolor'> Lol this reminds me of a high school buddy of mine who enlisted in the Canadian forces last year, during basic training he made a question about his "gun" and his drill sargent chewed him out: "You do not have a  GUN, you have a C-7 assault RIFLE! You will LOVE your rifle! You will give it a GIRL's NAME...." Heh, always cracked me up, especially since his luck with girls was never the best, but thats way offtopic Â

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kraygh @ April 16 2002,13:09)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">50m... that aint low, u wanna fly low u gotta be less than 10<span id='postcolor'> Tell that to any RL pilot and see how long it takes before you get smacked upside the head . My point was, it is a tad low for paratrooping.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BLARG_ATTACK! @ April 16 2002,04:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">excuse eskimo jackson i dont think you read what i said are you that stupid man? omg you are retarded. let me repeat what i said. btw i didnt even read what you said....<span id='postcolor'> LOL

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BlackDeath @ April 16 2002,04:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">...and id rather play this fucking game while im young then be some old fuck like you sitting in a room playing video games when im fucking 20 years old, ROOFLES!<span id='postcolor'> Heh, last time I thought 20 yrs old was an "old fuck" I was around 8 or 9. Maybe you should come back after you've hit puberty.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (IceFire @ April 16 2002,04<!--emo&)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I am 20 and in college.<span id='postcolor'> /\ || *edit* K, that smiley forum bug should really be looked at, every time I quote someone I look fucking shocked!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (IceFire @ April 16 2002,04<!--emo&)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I am 20 and in college.<span id='postcolor'> /\ || *edit* K, that smiley forum bug should really be looked at, every time I quote someone I look fucking shocked!

I think there should be a random factor for each individual aircraft which determines a likelyhood of it surviving a missile hit, but most of the time it would go down. For example, both the A-10 and Su-25 are known for having survived SAM hits. In that case however, BIS should also implement countermeasures, such as flares, and Missile Launch Warning System (No this is NOT an RWS, and yes I am aware that all the AA missiles in OFP are IR guided). A MLWS actually detects the heat signature of an incoming missile when it is close to the aircraft, giving the pilot a last-second chance to take evasive action. Then again the whole handling of aircraft should me made less arcadish.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (_101st_FireBall @ April 16 2002,03:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">it would be nice to have a plane you could load a few M1A1 abrams into and drop them to some mech troops in needs.<span id='postcolor'> I might be wrong about this, but I think the reason the US is moving all it's Abrams into National Guard units and developing smaller tanks is because their biggest transports can only carry one of those monsters.

Heh, this is pretty scary but of all my friends the girls are better drivers than the guys. I actually refuse to get into a car when this one particular guy is behind the wheel, I made up my mind one rainy day when we were picking up an old HS buddy who lived out of town for a party, and he says "oops...I'm hydroplaning.... again!"

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (moerty @ April 15 2002,20:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">-you fly a chopper at 40 altitude and everyone who jumps out dies.<span id='postcolor'> I think in this case the n00b is the idiot jumping out. In Coop games when I fly I fly low, and there's always some dim-witted wannabe-paratroop who dosen't want to wait till I land, dies while I'm doing 200+ mph at 50 meters or so and then always says "WTF?". Everyone else who stays in till I've landed properly ends up fine

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ April 15 2002,19:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That was my point. Â Besides, if the fuel inside the tank catches fire, it will very much explode, spraying the burning fuel all over the place, including the tank itself. Â I'm not sure I'd like to have diesel fuel burning on top of my turret. Sure they can jettison it, but what if they get his in the rear while the tanks are still attached ?<span id='postcolor'> If it ignites the crew is in trouble, yes of course. But, you seem to be forgetting that the external tanks are an optional feature, which is only used when the tank is expected to travel a long time before encoutering the enemy. ie, once the tank gets into action the external tanks should be empty. Just because most games portray T-72's and T-80's as always having the fuel tanks fitted does not mean it is always so. The reason behind this design feature is the vastness of the area of the Soviet Union. in a ground war, tanks would need to travel very long distances, and fuel stops may not always be an option. The external fuel tanks are really not meant as combat equipment, but as transport equipment. No sane tank commander would take a tank which still has fuel in the external tanks into an enclosed area, say, an enemy held village where one guy with a grenade, a molotov cocktail or a machine gun with tracer rounds can quickly barbacue him by taking out the tanks. Now in the case of a long range battle against oposing armour, like I've said, if the tank is caught by surprize and has not jetissoned the fuel tanks, and they still have fuel in them, yes a shell would most likely ignite them, but the crew would likely be able to abandon the tank before the fire engulfed them. However, there have been cases where a tank's internal fuel tank was hit, and the crew was fried instantly.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ April 15 2002,15:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Still, I think it's a little awkward for such a heavily armored machine to display its fuel tanks that look like a big wide ass, asking to "shoot me here".<span id='postcolor'> Like I mentioned before, these are jetissonable. They are not always fitted, only when long range is needed. If the tank commander finds himself in a situation where he needs to engage infantry at close range, he will jetisson the fuel tanks. These tanks are also the ones that are used up first (again, just linke in military aircraft), so if the idea was to travel long range, by the time the tank gets to its intended destination the external tanks are now empty or close to it. At long-range engagements with enemy armour, storing the extra fuel externally actually improves the crews chances for survival if the tank is hit. (better to have the fuel burning outside than burning inside and leaking into the crew compartment). *edit* BTW, AFAIK, the T-80 can use both diesel fuel and kerosene. (I may be wrong about the diesel, but it would only make sense since I know for sure that the Su-25 can run on diesel if needed!! ) kerosene  is pretty damn flammable (pretty much jet fuel). The T-90 however, dosen't use a turbine engine, and runs on diesel, so the chances of the fuel igniting are much lower.

Make sure you have the latest patch installed, (v 1.46). The AI's sense of sight and hearing is now linked to their skill level, so less skilled AI soldiers aren't as likely to detect you. When I first started playing this game it also seemed to me that the AI could spot you way too easily, but you learn to counter it by staying low, and moving from bush to bush whenever possible. The crawling position can be your best friend, if you just run around at full speed across the battlefield you won't last long.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (XtremeX19 @ April 15 2002,04:24)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">but... it does look like a dauphin/dolphin....<span id='postcolor'> I've said it before and i'll say it again. Similar problems often result in similar solutions.it'd be more surprizing if machines designed to do the exact same thing bore no resemblance whatsoever.

0--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (N.o.R.S.u @ April 14 2002,230)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Mi-8 would be easy to make from the Mi-17 model.<span id='postcolor'> Actually the Mi-17 is just a modernized version of the Mi-8, and the Russians still call it Mi-8M (M for modernized). Mi-17 is the export designation and is not used by the Russians. As for a new chopper for the Russians, since NATO has the Chinook, my vote is definitely for the Mi-26

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Wobble @ April 15 2002,01:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">lol, its not THAT bad<span id='postcolor'> Yes it is, or at least my landlady thought it was the first time I heard that way back when Donald duck voice coming from my room: "..Ohh that feels sooo good..." Landlady: "that SOUNDS so good!" Me laughing my ass off and turning down my speakers

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Antichrist @ April 14 2002,05:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">- U come to the official forums and start heaps of topics with ridiculous sequel ideas like Dmitri Rampage invading England and Hawaii  <span id='postcolor'> You come to the official forums and after reading this topic you reply that it's a good idea

First off, they're jetitsonnable, just like on military aircraft. Second, fuel is generally not as unstable as action movies would have you believe. a few bullets are not too likely to ignite it, just cause a leak. Third, it's better IMHO to have extra fuel burning outside the tank rather than inside if it gets hit.

Pretty fucking sad when you have to use a plot-device parodied on a Simpsons episode. Commie Nazis? Go and read a fucking history book, if anything communists would have a very deep hatred of anything Nazi. The Soviet Union took the most casualties in WWII.

External fuel tanks

This thread brings up a question: "How many of my highly religious friends do I want to loose today?" LOL that's some funny shit