Ultimately, to solve EVERY problem involving buffs, the bombers should be given a worthy target to go after.
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Airfield targets are basically tactical.
They reup very quickly, and don't have any kind of real impact on the game on a long term basis. Situation revolving around a hot-spot changes by the minute, and by the time a really dedicated pilot gets his buff to alt, everything has already changed.
Thus, currently, as I've said before, buffs aren't really used as buffs at all. They are but over-bloated jabos. The only reason people use buffs in the game is because most fighter pilots are too lazy to go bomb stuff themselves, or too pathetic in bombing skills to hit the target with just one or two bombs.
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But what if a strategical target was given?
For example, something like a fuel refinery which, when bombed on a large scale, would reduce the entire fuel load for all the airfields in that "zone" on a universal scale? A large facility, which takes many many hours to be "replenished"... but also takes a lot of payload to make a dent on it?
Imagine that every strat "zone" has one of these fuel refineries.
When the fuel refinery is functioning 100% all the airfields are enabled drop tanks and full fuel load.
When it is functioning under 100% the DT option is disabled at fields.... and after that its functionality will directly correspond to the airfield fuel load - ie) if the refinery is damaged and functioning at 75% or less, then the airfields in that zone have only 75% fuel.
But, to damage this fuel refinery by 10%, it will take something like 50,000lbs payload.
To damage it by 30% it will take about 3.5 Lancaster formations (11~12 Lancasters) worth of payload dropped on the facility.
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Now, if there was ever a target like that;
* deep inside enemy territory
* immediate impact on the entire front
* dire consequences involved if not protected
* takes enormous amounts of payload to damage, thus small scale fighter jabo missions won't even scratch it
* long term effect, once it is damaged
Then the buff pilots will finally have what they are looking for - a worthy target to go after. They won't ever have to go strike airfield targets again.
Just like fighter pilots group up and go fight in furballs, all the enthusiastic buff lovers in a country can gather and form big, historic formations, and go after a target that really matters.
And an important target too, which is worth the effort, not reupping in like 15 minutes....
If there was a target like that, I'd do a lot more bombing. I'd also love to gather people and form up large formations, and grab some real altitude. That kind of a serious target for buffs, is worth the effort, and it wouldn't feel like a waste of time.
