Wobble, this has been had out numerous times. Bombs are so accurate not because so few people want to fly bombers but because there are so few of them (this is a subtle but important distinction). One bomber has to do the job of a dozen. Yes, bombing was very inaccurate, but if you had enough bombers then one was sure to hit. Unfortunately, in AH, there aren't enough bombers so the accuracy of those that are present has to be increased to compensate.
Of course, it would be nice to have a nice formation of bombers all slaved to yours, and be able to switch amongst them.
Well, i guess this is less of a sim and more of agame than I always thought...
Regardless of how few bombers are around in Ah there is still no real reason for the EXTREME accuracy.. im not saying the Ah bombers should be more accurate than historical one.. though i dont like the idea its one of those lovley 'gameplay concessions' that we all love so much.. but its redicilus to say that there is any need for bombers to be accurate enough to hit an ack from 35k with a 100 pound bomb with close to 100% accuracy..
personally I would think its funner to fly over the field and dump a load of bombs and have at lease SOME anticipation as to what im going to kill.. there is just absolutley no real skill invoved in bombing in AH.. you sit on autoclimb for a while and the point clikc and BOOM!.. there is no skill, no challenge.. no nothing..
Bombs are so accurate not because so few people want to fly bombers but because there are so few of them (this is a subtle but important distinction).
there are so few of them because few people want to fly them.. there is no distinction, it is cause and effect...
People dont like flying bombers in AH=very few bombers in AH..
like I said.. this is a flight sim accept for the bombers.. the bombers are a game.. most people pay and play to fly a realistic ww2 air combat sim, they do not pay to play a point and click bomber GAME..
as for no massed formation of bombers.. why should there be?.. the bombing modle in AH completely assures that there will never be any.. why bother? you can put each bomb on target, so even a massive field can be made ready for capture with a single b-17...
the bomber model insures that there will never be a need for large bomber formations, so there are none.. thats the problem, if it took more bomber to level a target, there would be more bombers... simple supply and demand.. right now the demand for bombers is low, so there are very few..
why do you think would happen if bombs were made to be realistic? do you think bombers would disappear? I dont, i think there would be more.. because it would take more to accomplish a goal. and once a lot of people.. even people who dont like flying bombers participated in just 1 big raid mission, flying in formation and carpet bombing a base... they would start to REALLY like bombing...because its a hoot, and its a CHALLENGE..
I dont know about most people, but I play games for the challenge.. the challenge along with the simulation is what makes if fun.. the bombing in AH is no challenge and certinlay isnt much of a simulation.. so its just not very fun..
bombers in AH are just like bombs.. you use as many as the task needs.. if a hanger took 3k of bombs to destroy would you drop 5k on it? no... so why would people fly 5 bombers to a target to carpet bomb it, when they can just lazer zap it with one?? simple, they DONT... bombers are still a very useful tool for field capture, and certinley for killing start.. making them realistic would not scare off the 5 people that still fly them, it would create a bigger demand for them, a vaccum that would be filled by both the current players and the ever flowing stream of new meat that comes to the sim...
like I said, supply and demand..
and remember, the amount of players IS increasing.. more people = more planes.. so its not like there are so few players that there just arnt enough to spare a few to fly a bomber mission...
