Author Topic: Bombing Is Usless (Read 157 times)

Spivey · « **on:** October 07, 2001, 07:45:00 PM »

OK everyone who despise the fact that bombers are a part of your otherwise "pure" flight sim. We know what you think already. Sully not the message boards with your vituperous spewings of hatred about bombing in AH. Make your own post.

Now to the issue at hand. With the new rebuild times, bombing is useless. First, as a defensive measure against being hopelessly outnumbered, if that is the situation, you cannot spare the numbers or the time to launch an effective strike, and if you did, the bases would simply resupply within 10 minutes. 40 minutes to do 10 minutes damage is not good. As an offensive weapon it MAY make sense, but Jabo makes twice the sense, since you can do 4 times the damage in the time it takes to make a bomb run, and you get to kill cons too! so bombing becomes obsolete, nay ludicrous.

Well just bomb the village you say? Good idea. Except I have seen spawn points that PUT YOU AT THE VILLAGE! Effectively insta-supplying the damaged base. BOO!!!

If the depot is damaged, it should only resupply a base to the extent that it is healthy. up to 25% no fuel or ammo. up to 50% you get 50% fuel and one ammo. 75% you get 100% fuel and one ammo. 100% you get everything resupplied.

My 2 cents.
Spivey

rammjagr · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2001, 10:13:00 PM »

yea, rebuilds in 1.08 are whacked. bombed AAA at a field, and it was back up in 5 fliping minutes. I God D!#% near threw my monitor out the mother F$!##* window.

Tac · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2001, 10:36:00 PM »

ramjgr, the field was resupplied by a train or vehicle im sure.

I was deacking 31 with my wingman in Mindanao, we just deacked the damn thing, 1 train arrived and WHAM! All the singlepingkillpsychic AI ack whacked us outta the sky.

1776 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2001, 11:19:00 PM »

So do we have to destroy the train station to be effective at the ammo factory etc?

I haven't figured out what needs to be distroyed first to make any other bombing effective

rammjagr · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2001, 11:19:00 PM »

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countryman just kill ak at the little city/map room thingy mo-jammer at A50, my Goon shows up less than 60 seconds later and all ak guns are shooting at me! WFMFHO??????

And no mother flipping train/convoy was there!