In the AH world, where a large portion of the population puts emphasis on porking everything in sight as quickly as possible in order to avoid having to fight, think of the impact of a B-17 sized payload in a platform that is 80 - 100 mph faster.
Or..maybe they just enjoy flying cartoon bombers, as you enjoy flying cartoon fighters.
Another overlooked difference: AW factored out head-on shots. Even from an A26 or a Mosquito you were in no danger if you flew directly toward it. AH, by contrast, rewards the HO shot, and this would make a significant difference in the combat effectiveness of the A26.
Hos aren't that big a factor from Attack planes and medium bombers in this game. Even Mossies are pretty easy to avoid.
Of course like the 234 its main enemy would be the 262.
All those 234 sorties and I only ran into a 262 once, tho I agree capability-wise. And its not like I was tool shedding all those 234 runs. I'd normally aim towards the largest dar-bar on the map to drop and then run thru. Just for excitement. I only got kilt twice too. Once by a Corsair and once by a KI-84.
read an interesting anaysis of bomber commands effectiveness somewhere which suggested that replacing almost all of the 4 engined bombers with B mossies would have given a large increase in ords delivered to target, with a large reduction of cost in terms of £££s, raw materials and casualties. Lancs would have been retained for area bombing and specialised missions requiring bombs over 4k.
That was a comment by a Mossie squadron commander was it not? I never saw much supportive evidence to back this up. Clearly the Brits found more then enough work for the Mossies they had already built, and one has to wonder how it would be possible to have fielded an all-Mossie bomber force.
And while there is plenty of fuel for the fire of discussion as to whether the strategic bombing effort had great impact on German war production one thing that has no room for argument is the fact the heavy 4 engined birds did just fine destroying German cities. Could the Mossie, or all-Mossie force, have had the impact the heavies had in city busting? I very much doubt it.
Back to the A-26, both the "B" and "C", by the time it entered the fight in squadron strength the air war had been pretty much won by using lesser air craft. By Nov. '44 in Europe, and Jan. '45 in Asia, we were fast running out of targets for mediums and attack planes. In the Pacific amphib OPs support was better supported by the vast Yank carrier force and heavy surface gunnery of the big boys. The Pitiful ,unprotected, Jap convoy system had been pretty much wrecked already by other planes. There wasn't a whole lot left of the IJN after the summer of '44. So here we were with a great attack plane and nothing much for it to do.
It would be successful in the game, and after the initial rush of perk spending, would be easily controlled by perking it. Tigers, 262s, Tempests...ect aren't ruining the game by over-use so why would anyone think a perk bomber would?
