Base Capture 101:

[Scrap]

Please listen carefully:

1.  Knock out VH

2.  Knock out Anti Aircraft Artillary (in both town and airfield)

3.  Knock out Town

4.  Cap field (high and low)

5.  Drop troops

It really is that simple.



DO NOT:

A)  Knock out all FHs when a CAP is in place

B)  Knock out FHs wthout hitting the VH first

C)  Swarm over a field, doin nuthin, with ack and VH up untill the next wave comes in to drop the FHs (BIG NO-NO)


Thankyou, class dismissed.

[Flyboy]

what?

no beavers?

[Scrap]

C)  DO NOT eat industrial adhesives

(you might end up like FlyBoy)

[Flyboy]

i heard beavers are industrial

[Scrap]

very

[MANDO]

I would put point 0. knock out manned acks and dar.

[Scrap]

Manned ack would fall under the "all anti aircraft artillary"

Knocking out dar is completely unecessary.  Consider it optional, and a decision to be made according to taste and artistic approach.  

[FiLtH]

I see it differently, because if Im worried about base capture, that means Im in a bomber. If Im in a fighter, Id rather be offshore fightin somebody.

  Since Im in a bomber I do this...

1. Kill FHs- If they die, its up to ils to try to get me.
    B24- 2000lbers...3 on Fhs, if ya do it just right you can get BHs at same time.

2. Kill VH-  No GVs creeping to town. 1 egg

3. Acks at base...unless real close to town who cares..Im not in it for next phase.

4. Use my 3 b24s as gunships doing treetop strafing of town acks, followed by town destrucSHOOOOONE!!  A flight of b24s can wax a good 1/3 of the town.

5.Hopefully followed up by brethren.

    Too often Ive been a goon, and heard people say "Dont kill the FH..we wanna kill fighters..we'll keep em down!"...only to have them say "Im rtb out ammo...good luck!"...just as I get 1 mile from target.

[Vudak]

Originally posted by FiLtH
I see it differently, because if Im worried about base capture, that means Im in a bomber. If Im in a fighter, Id rather be offshore fightin somebody.

  Since Im in a bomber I do this...

1. Kill FHs- If they die, its up to ils to try to get me.
    B24- 2000lbers...3 on Fhs, if ya do it just right you can get BHs at same time.

2. Kill VH-  No GVs creeping to town. 1 egg

3. Acks at base...unless real close to town who cares..Im not in it for next phase.

4. Use my 3 b24s as gunships doing treetop strafing of town acks, followed by town destrucSHOOOOONE!!  A flight of b24s can wax a good 1/3 of the town.

5.Hopefully followed up by brethren.

    Too often Ive been a goon, and heard people say "Dont kill the FH..we wanna kill fighters..we'll keep em down!"...only to have them say "Im rtb out ammo...good luck!"...just as I get 1 mile from target.

Yeah but there's a major, MAJOR problem with killing the FHs.

The same dopes (me) who would normally keep upping at the darn field, more than likely being destroyed on the ground and never getting much alt, would then be FORCED to come in from a different base, higher, faster, and more dangerous.

I just never understood it...  "Kill the fighter hangers!" Said the low, slow, circling crowd....

[FiLtH]

Ya but chances are if it was a planned attack, the goon SHOULD be there before they could get there..especially if they grab on the way.

  I just dont like relying on a cap...its to iffy..when the hangers are dead I dont have to worry. But thats only if we're trying for the capture, or need time to get friendly fighters over the target. Other than that Ill knock down acks and VH at base.

[TequilaChaser]

Originally posted by Scrap
Please listen carefully:

1.  Knock out VH

2.  Knock out Anti Aircraft Artillary (in both town and airfield)

3.  Knock out Town

4.  Cap field (high and low)

5.  Drop troops

It really is that simple.



DO NOT:

A)  Knock out all FHs when a CAP is in place

B)  Knock out FHs wthout hitting the VH first

C)  Swarm over a field, doin nuthin, with ack and VH up untill the next wave comes in to drop the FHs (BIG NO-NO)


Thankyou, class dismissed.

umm.........so what you trying to tell us , Scarp?  

[DieAz]

Originally posted by TequilaChaser
umm.........so what you trying to tell us , Scarp?  

he has been

eating industrial adhesives

[Scrap]

What I am trying to prevent is what is occuring all too much in the MA.  

The horde forms over said base.

FHs get dropped.

VH remains.

Ack reamains or re-ups.

Pilots circle around and continue to try to capture.

VH remains.

Pilots call out for VH or town to be dropped.

Newcomers scream in and drop valuable ordinance on the FHs.

... and the saga continues.

[Schutt]

I would say note the time when vh and fh are destroyed helps to know when to knock vh again.

[rshubert]

that works every time.   Sometimes you get a lot of resistance, sometimes not.  If there is a lot of resistance, you kill the FHs and come back again quickly.