@CrestelAeronautics Oh don't worry, I've got a few reasons not to make another A-40 anytime soon:
1. The A-40D is a culmination of new technologies. While I've found many ways to make my planes look and perform better, I haven't particularly found any major and innovative weaponry which I could equip onto a new A-40.
2. The A-40's legacy was built from The Most OP Plane Challenge, and that's that; I likely won't pull out the A-40s for other challenges, although I do want to someday make a somewhat part-efficient A-40.
3. Between my iPad's patience with the A-40's high performance cost slowly degrading and my poor building skills on PC, I couldn't make major modifications to the A-40 anymore in the near future even if I wanted to.
4. Sooner or later I should shine the spotlight on the A-52A EMCA, which is technically better than the A-40 in some areas (the A-40 possesses superior armament, but the A-52 has thrust vectoring, supermaneuverability, and immune to crashes unless breakable parts are added onto it).
5. Above all else, the A-40D is already peak (at least to me), I see no need to change it anymore.
TL;DR:
I might make a part efficient A-40 just as a joke, but for the actual competition you can rest assured it won't be another A-40 lol
I'm not sure if this challenge will be easy for me because I already have experience or hard because I've already made so many (A-40 Series, A-52, Super Hydra Mk.V/VI counts, etc.)
@CrestelAeronautics Out of curiosity, when was the SK-3 entered in lore?
For reference the A-40's introduction date in lore is congruent with its post date irl
@CrestelAeronautics Just checked my old posts, at least as far as timeline goes it’s not impossible for TC-War to be what ended the Crestan Conflict (CC came first, TC came later)
@CrestelAeronautics I could be wrong but I think TC War actually ended Crestan Conflict (which had been going on for some time before until the threat of war lead to us reunifying)
@RepublicofWrightIsles Eh, right now we're in peacetime, and some well-deserved at that.
Around this time last year, a series consisting of SP's longest wars began, TC War, TB War, and S-War.
@RepublicofWrightIsles Eh, both are good. What I like about PEAs however is the simplistic nature with customizability and often decent flying, as opposed to some builds which just go overkill with the looks but are like 2000 parts or don't fly very competitively.
But both are good!
@SuperSuperTheSylph @CrestelAeronautics @Karroc9522
[PEA]'s not dead! Kind of...
The concept of PEAs themselves is virtually immortal- aircraft that prioritize simplicity without sacrificing looks are (or at least should be) a staple of SimplePlanes. What died off however is the PEA label, for a few reasons:
-Many felt the "PEA" tag was unnecessary and used simply for clout/upvotes, since pretty much any plane that has low parts and looks good could qualify as a PEA. However, PEAs definitely sported another layer of complexity which even I couldn't quite explain. A good example of this would be my "X-Part" series aircraft like say this Attacker. Despite lacking the PEA label (along with asthetic features like shiny windshields and thicc wings which were common with many authentic PEAs), there's not really a lot one could say to disqualify this as a PEA, hence a perfect example of the killing controversy.
-Monarchii kinda slowly went inactive for reasons unknown to... well, anyone right now. Pretty sure he had real-life stuff going on during his first absence, but as of recently I'm in the dark about where Chii is or what he's doing. But either way, his slow withdraw from the community was probably the fatal blow to PEA's mass expansion, on account of the fact he was the founder and one of the best makers of PEAs.
-And then there's just natural society; trends lose popularity over time (even if they don't downright die out for good), and PEA had a good six-month-ish-long run before eventually things slowly winded down. PEAs are still around here and there though, as evident here.
I've always thought of this too but with a slightly more complex method:
When opening the spawn menu, you can choose to create a team, and when spawning aircraft you can add a plane to a team with a scroll menu, similar to the current method for choosing where a plane is spawned. The rest is pretty basic stuff, e.g. team members targeting (so let's say I have Team 1 and Team 2. A plane from Team 1 will never intentionally harm another plane on Team 1, but other teams will be targeted)
Not choosing a team would of course be base FFA.
@Karroc9522 Aw, thanks :D
It's kinda funny that this would be something you learn from, since the A-40 series is pretty much just a culmination of me using tactics I was taught (mostly by Mouse and Monarchii). I guess the student has become the teacher, even though I still have plenty to learn (for example, I do not understand how to make smooth PSM)
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Also known as The Freedom FighTer
+2@CrestelAeronautics Oh don't worry, I've got a few reasons not to make another A-40 anytime soon:
1. The A-40D is a culmination of new technologies. While I've found many ways to make my planes look and perform better, I haven't particularly found any major and innovative weaponry which I could equip onto a new A-40.
2. The A-40's legacy was built from The Most OP Plane Challenge, and that's that; I likely won't pull out the A-40s for other challenges, although I do want to someday make a somewhat part-efficient A-40.
3. Between my iPad's patience with the A-40's high performance cost slowly degrading and my poor building skills on PC, I couldn't make major modifications to the A-40 anymore in the near future even if I wanted to.
4. Sooner or later I should shine the spotlight on the A-52A EMCA, which is technically better than the A-40 in some areas (the A-40 possesses superior armament, but the A-52 has thrust vectoring, supermaneuverability, and immune to crashes unless breakable parts are added onto it).
5. Above all else, the A-40D is already peak (at least to me), I see no need to change it anymore.
TL;DR:
I might make a part efficient A-40 just as a joke, but for the actual competition you can rest assured it won't be another A-40 lol
+1I'm not sure if this challenge will be easy for me because I already have experience or hard because I've already made so many (A-40 Series, A-52, Super Hydra Mk.V/VI counts, etc.)
+1@IQinventory Ah OK
+1Reminds me of C-141, not very ugly imo
+1@CrestelAeronautics Man bro's close to 50 years old then
+1T
+1@CrestelAeronautics Out of curiosity, when was the SK-3 entered in lore?
+1For reference the A-40's introduction date in lore is congruent with its post date irl
@CrestelAeronautics He is legit one of the oldest planes here lol
+1Why the hailstorm was my upvote not on this
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+1I turned 16 last month too
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+1@B1BLancer I think I have an old flying T-59 around here somewhere
+2@CrestelAeronautics Sounds about accurate lol
@CrestelAeronautics Just checked my old posts, at least as far as timeline goes it’s not impossible for TC-War to be what ended the Crestan Conflict (CC came first, TC came later)
+1@B1BLancer Well I’ve got an Su-11 coming up soon, close enough?
+1@CrestelAeronautics I could be wrong but I think TC War actually ended Crestan Conflict (which had been going on for some time before until the threat of war lead to us reunifying)
+1@RepublicofWrightIsles Eh, right now we're in peacetime, and some well-deserved at that.
+1Around this time last year, a series consisting of SP's longest wars began, TC War, TB War, and S-War.
@BOSKnight I've been well, thanks :D
@BOSKnight Yep, he seems to be inactive as of right now
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+1I always just knew it as your CFA-44, he has a new name now I see
@Karroc9522 Gonna have to agree with you there
@BOSKnight Upon seeing thy's previous aliases, yes, yes I do.
@CrestelAeronautics SKHX-4.4? Who dat?
@BOSKnight Per the rules of PEA, technically yes.
@LunarEclipseSP This ain't Ace Combat this is Master Fighting
+2@LunarEclipseSP We have to hold a competition to see who is the true Fargo!
+1First one to burn their engines wins!
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@SuperSuperTheSylph Noice :D
+1@RepublicofWrightIsles Eh, both are good. What I like about PEAs however is the simplistic nature with customizability and often decent flying, as opposed to some builds which just go overkill with the looks but are like 2000 parts or don't fly very competitively.
But both are good!
@CrestelAeronautics True, but it would be epic
+1I can't wait to make 100 Eggers fight 1 A-40D
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+3[PEA]'s not dead! Kind of...
The concept of PEAs themselves is virtually immortal- aircraft that prioritize simplicity without sacrificing looks are (or at least should be) a staple of SimplePlanes. What died off however is the PEA label, for a few reasons:
-Many felt the "PEA" tag was unnecessary and used simply for clout/upvotes, since pretty much any plane that has low parts and looks good could qualify as a PEA. However, PEAs definitely sported another layer of complexity which even I couldn't quite explain. A good example of this would be my "X-Part" series aircraft like say this Attacker. Despite lacking the PEA label (along with asthetic features like shiny windshields and thicc wings which were common with many authentic PEAs), there's not really a lot one could say to disqualify this as a PEA, hence a perfect example of the killing controversy.
-Monarchii kinda slowly went inactive for reasons unknown to... well, anyone right now. Pretty sure he had real-life stuff going on during his first absence, but as of recently I'm in the dark about where Chii is or what he's doing. But either way, his slow withdraw from the community was probably the fatal blow to PEA's mass expansion, on account of the fact he was the founder and one of the best makers of PEAs.
-And then there's just natural society; trends lose popularity over time (even if they don't downright die out for good), and PEA had a good six-month-ish-long run before eventually things slowly winded down. PEAs are still around here and there though, as evident here.
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I've always thought of this too but with a slightly more complex method:
+1When opening the spawn menu, you can choose to create a team, and when spawning aircraft you can add a plane to a team with a scroll menu, similar to the current method for choosing where a plane is spawned. The rest is pretty basic stuff, e.g. team members targeting (so let's say I have Team 1 and Team 2. A plane from Team 1 will never intentionally harm another plane on Team 1, but other teams will be targeted)
Not choosing a team would of course be base FFA.
@Karroc9522 Aw, thanks :D
It's kinda funny that this would be something you learn from, since the A-40 series is pretty much just a culmination of me using tactics I was taught (mostly by Mouse and Monarchii). I guess the student has become the teacher, even though I still have plenty to learn (for example, I do not understand how to make smooth PSM)
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