Another sly hit on the Bombers

[Serenity]

WHOAH!!! Can anyone say Frankenstein???

[Krusty]

2slow, stop resurrecting dead threads

[2Slow]

Originally posted by Krusty
2slow, stop resurrecting dead threads

It lives!

I was looking for a thread to see if strat's were enabled anymore and stumbled across this one.

[Serenity]

Originally posted by 2Slow
It lives!

I was looking for a thread to see if strat's were enabled anymore and stumbled across this one.

If they disabled Strats... I would be reconsidering my account. Strategic bombing is still my bread and butter.

[Spikes]

Originally posted by SKDenny

What else can they dream up to make bombing ineffective.

ha. read up on WWII....1/2 the time the bufs didnt even hit their target. You were very lucky to hit all 4 in one pass...

[klingan]

Originally posted by Squire
You get drones, an ez bombsight and very effective guns, what else do you want?

That ppl stop shooting at me when i bomb?

[Xasthur]

Not to mention warp-speed engines.

[Serenity]

Originally posted by Xasthur
Not to mention warp-speed engines.

You dont call a B-17 at high alt warp-speed?!?

[Krusty]

Let's put it this way: Historically fighters never had problems catching heavy bombers at any alt. There are no stories of LW pilots that just couldn't catch up to that bomber that was in front of them and walking away.

[Lusche]

Originally posted by Krusty
Let's put it this way: Historically fighters never had problems catching heavy bombers at any alt. There are no stories of LW pilots that just couldn't catch up to that bomber that was in front of them and walking away.

If you can't catch buffs in LW planes in AH2, check your throttle calibration. Pressing P for WEP might help you too.

[Tiger]

I never noticed they made the sights auto-calibrate... I still click and hold steady to calibrate.  I just started playing again a few weeks ago for the first time since 2004... I was trying to click the target alt on the map adn was getting mad that it wouldn't update before I realized they removed that part.

Simple solution to help 'dumb down' boming.  Wind layer at 8000 feet, and a second wind layer at 15000 feet.  Alt monkeys trying to compensate for 2 different windlayers... good luck hitting anything

[dedalos]

Originally posted by SKDenny
They didn't tell us in the notes of the latest patch that they did move the south pad hangers to far apart on the mid size fieldto be able to kill FH's in one pass.

What else can they dream up to make bombing ineffective. Maybe like AW tilt the wings more than 5 degrees and they fall off.  
At least have the guts to tell us what you change so we don't get stumped when we encounter the situation
SKDenny

I are teh confused.  Why cant you salvo your egs and hit them both in 1 pass?  Ahhhhhhhh, I get it, pulling the triger twice is too hard.  I'll email HT to fix this issue with the dificalty of bombing.  Maybe the can have it so you caouls say BOOOOOOM FH in your vox and the FH blows up?

[Serenity]

Originally posted by Tiger
Simple solution to help 'dumb down' boming.  Wind layer at 8000 feet, and a second wind layer at 15000 feet.  Alt monkeys trying to compensate for 2 different windlayers... good luck hitting anything

At least these 'Alt Monkeys' are flying historically. Its the LOW bombers, attempting to recreate Ploesti that bother me. Lets not make high altitude bombing harder, lets make LOW altitude bombing harder. Force them to be patient and CLIMB, like they did 65 years ago.

[Krusty]

And let's have them show on radar for 200 miles away (8 sectors, basically the entire map) because historically they were not the stealth weapons they are used as in AH. In AH they pop at the edge of radar and bomb the field before fighters can even get near to them, and get out without a scratch most of the time.

Historically they were known well in advance and fighters had half an hour to climb up to them and engage them.


So, until we know where bombers are IN ADVANCE, let's not talk about historical accuracy. How they are used in AH is anything but historically accurate.

[Serenity]

Originally posted by Krusty
And let's have them show on radar for 200 miles away (8 sectors, basically the entire map) because historically they were not the stealth weapons they are used as in AH. In AH they pop at the edge of radar and bomb the field before fighters can even get near to them, and get out without a scratch most of the time.

Historically they were known well in advance and fighters had half an hour to climb up to them and engage them.


So, until we know where bombers are IN ADVANCE, let's not talk about historical accuracy. How they are used in AH is anything but historically accurate.

Yeah Krusty, Id agree. Give you 200 miles warning. Fair is fair, and considering the advantages a well-used bomber has at altitude, think its only fair to give you that much warning.