I can't believe I didn't get clear sky from this....

[MikeCMyers]

 

Holy freaking crap....

[BladedPheonix]

WOW!

 

[mustangman6579]

Jesus! What does it take to get that award?

[LuminousWraith]

71 aircraft?! What do you pay you gunners with? It's obviously working.

[MikeCMyers]

50% of planes in game with a minimum of 40.... How many planes can a Midway hold? That was what I was up against the whole game. I'm amazed that 71 isn't half of its planes....

[pyantoryng]

Don't forget, the plane count for Clear Skies includes *floatplanes* too.

 

...and just how many of those do a typical high tier ship carry? I'm pretty sure it's more than 3...it adds up.

 

Also, Midway can holds well over 130 planes...I think 134 and I believe Hakuryu holds exactly 100 planes or slightly over that figure.

[VTAdmiral]

Life was much better when Clear Skies only required 30 planes shot down regardless of number present.

[B4lduR_28]

at tier 10 its nearly impossible

 

you have to get a set % of all the planes in the game including the ones in the hangars and float/scout planes on the regular ships. Since midway alone has over 100 planes it's nearly impossible.

[CPT_Nelson]

Montana carries 8 planes. So a few of these ships and you need more than 70. 

[MikeCMyers]

71 aircraft?! What do you pay you gunners with? It's obviously working.

 

I have every commander AA buff possible, including the focus fire skill. I focus every ship that is within my range as well. Had the +10% AA Range + damage flag as well. I run my Montana max AA because it just chews planes up.

[pyantoryng]

Life was much better when Clear Skies only required 30 planes shot down regardless of number present.

 

Just run fighters on your carrier and you can get those all day long...if you only care about shot down number, that is. Fighter carrier had lost its charm from those days...

 

The problem is that the figure includes floatplanes, and ships tend to not launch them or their long cooldown prevent them from launching too many of those.

[goldeagle1123]

Life was much better when Clear Skies only required 30 planes shot down regardless of number present.

 

I haven't seen a single clear sky since that change.

[Nuk_]

WOW

[VTAdmiral]

 

I haven't seen a single clear sky since that change.

 

I have gotten it 1 or 2 times, tops. And only in low tiers. Past tier 6 carriers have so many planes that it becomes exponentially more difficult. Including floatplanes in the calculation is just insult to injury.

[Final_Spark]

I wonder if US cruisers' hangars still count if they're running radar.

[IAF_NASTY]

Don't forget, the plane count for Clear Skies includes *floatplanes* too.

 

...and just how many of those do a typical high tier ship carry? I'm pretty sure it's more than 3...it adds up.

 

Also, Midway can holds well over 130 planes...I think 134 and I believe Hakuryu holds exactly 100 planes or slightly over that figure.

How many planes did the Midway carry irl ?

[MeKanism]

Life was much better when Clear Skies only required 30 planes shot down regardless of number present.

 

Clear sky is way harder to get than Solo warrior

[VTAdmiral]

I wonder if US cruisers' hangars still count if they're running radar.

 

I don't think it counts planes that don't exist, no.

 

Clear sky is way harder to get than Solo warrior

 

While I agree, I actually have never gotten Solo Warrior.

 

EDIT: Wasn't I in a game with you last night?

[Pocket_Yorck]

How many planes did the Midway carry irl ?

 

Up to 130 planes Midway could carrier, of course that was before the introduction of Jet planes which got progressively bigger as time went on meaning USS Midway started carrying less planes as the years went by if I recall correctly. 

[Czevak]

It may very well be a glitch, earlier in the week a poor soul got solo warrior.. but didn't get the Achievement.

 

I'd contact a moderator for help on this.

[TenguBlade]

50% of planes in game with a minimum of 40.... How many planes can a Midway hold? That was what I was up against the whole game. I'm amazed that 71 isn't half of its planes....

Midway has 136 planes.  Not to mention each cruiser and battleship has between 4 and 8 planes of their own.

[KamiSamurai]

Midway has 136 planes. You need at least 50% of all planes in the game with a minimum of 30 i believe. That includes fighters and scout planes from enemy ships.