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This will also introduce dependencies wherein some chassis and variants will need to precede others in the RDP cycle. For example, the Bf 109G won’t be available until the Bf 109F has been researched and introduced to the lists. This will add a level of complexity and depth that will force a much more strategic play style in RDP. A good analogy would be thinking ahead a few moves in chess and watching your opponents actions affect your plan.
The first set of vehicles, currently in development, is a round of AT guns. These guns each feature the next level of gun for the ensuing armor.
Mk IV 6pdr
Canone 75 Mle 97/35
Pak 38 L/60
We’ve got three tiers of tanks planned. We’ll have multiple tiers of planes and ships as well but we’re using tanks to illustrate the point.
Tier 2:
StugG
PzIVF
Crusader 6pdr
Sherman
Tier 3:
Tiger
Churchill
Sherman 75
Tier 4:
Panther
Cromwell
Firefly
Planes:
Fw190
Spit IX
P38 or P40F (Kittyhawk II)
Ships:
Vosper 70 foot type
E – Boat (early)
BPB MA/SB (French derivative) or 60 foot VTB (research underway)
This list is certainly subject to change. It reflects several months of development work and planning at that length is at best speculative. But we’d like to get some discussion rolling on these. This weeks Discussion Focus is the new vehicle plan. What are your concerns and ideas. Remember that the main goal of this plan is to advance the time line to give us 1) as complete a base set of vehicles as possible, 2) allow us to prepare for the addition of new countries when we are able and 3) to position us for filling in the gaps with player selected vehicle choices
#4055