B-29A - Loading and Performance for a typical mission

[Lusche]

i dont know about you but your not gonna miss much with 1080 bombs

Small error in calibration and you miss with all of them.

[DaddieDrax]

Columbus, are you a buff pilot?

[columbus]

nope cant hit the nothing unless i carpet bomb. and with 120 x 500lb bombs i bet i will hit alot more

[RTHolmes]

This is stupid.

well whats your suggestion to create combat between buffs and fighters in AH which in some way resembles engagements in WWII?

[DaddieDrax]

well whats your suggestion to create combat between buffs and fighters in AH which in some way resembles engagements in WWII?

I believe you took my post out of context.  It was a direct reply to a post that I quoted.

[DaddieDrax]

nope cant hit the nothing unless i carpet bomb. and with 120 x 500lb bombs i bet i will hit alot more

I see.  I didn't know and was curious since you have such animosity to the B-29.

[RTHolmes]

I believe you took my post out of context.  It was a direct reply to a post that I quoted.

I dont believe I did. Krusty offered a suggestion to create combat between buffs and fighters in AH which in some way resembles engagements in WWII, which you said was stupid.

I'm asking if you have a better idea? or didnt you understand Krusty's post?

[columbus]

I see.  I didn't know and was curious since you have such animosity to the B-29.

i just feel in the right hands 2-3 good buff pilots can reak havoc

[DaddieDrax]

I dont believe I did. Krusty offered a suggestion to create combat between buffs and fighters in AH which in some way resembles engagements in WWII, which you said was stupid.

I'm asking if you have a better idea? or didnt you understand Krusty's post?

To require a buff pilot to have 100% fuel will not increase any combat in terms of fighter vs bomber.  It will, in my opinion, decrease fighter vs bomber combat.  You should not hinder one aspect of the game (the buff pilot). Nobody wants to fly around at 100% in any bomber, to heavy, to slow.  If you only need 25% fuel to get to a base 50 miles away (game distance) then so be it, and in doing so you will not be at 20k - you will be at around 10k which will give fighters a target.  Which in turn increases or, as of now, maintains fighter vs bomber interaction.

Its kind of like saying if you run a p-51d you should be required to take 100% fuel and a drop tank (if not both). 

That makes it, to me, stupid.

[DaddieDrax]

i just feel in the right hands 2-3 good buff pilots can reak havoc

I agree, but that statement is true given the game's current set of bombers.

[columbus]

well its gonna be 2fold now IMHO

[RTHolmes]

To require a buff pilot to have 100% fuel will not increase any combat in terms of fighter vs bomber.  It will, in my opinion, decrease fighter vs bomber combat.  You should not hinder one aspect of the game (the buff pilot). Nobody wants to fly around at 100% in any bomber, to heavy, to slow.  If you only need 25% fuel to get to a base 50 miles away (game distance) then so be it, and in doing so you will not be at 20k - you will be at around 10k which will give fighters a target.  Which in turn increases or, as of now, maintains fighter vs bomber interaction.

Its kind of like saying if you run a p-51d you should be required to take 100% fuel and a drop tank (if not both). 

That makes it, to me, stupid.

too much to answer 1 at a time, so let me put it this way - the IJAAF didnt have alot of luck intercepting B29s in WWII.

our B29s in AH with no gulfstream to deal with, minimal fuel and continuous Takeoff Power will be flying 5-10k higher, climbing 3x faster and flying 100mph faster. how many people do you think will bother engaging them? and how successful will they be?

also bear in mind that any attack from behind the 3-9 line will face 2x .50 and a 20mm so if you can set it up, you'll have just one decent pass at a formation from in front of the 3-9 line. I dont know how tough they will be compared to B17s but they dont look very fragile to me ...

[Jayhawk]

Lucky for us, we won't be limited to Japanese aircraft for intercepting the plane.  It won't be easy attacking a flight of B-29s above 30k, it will take a lot of patience of the part of the pilot.  But then again, that bomber pilot demonstrated extreme patience to get up to the altitude.  I'd say he earned it.

[RTHolmes]

I for one wont bother climbing a fighter to 30-40k for just 1 HO-pass, escorts or not. B-17s are hard enough to engage at that alt, let alone 29s which will be ~60mph faster at 30k. and I'm one of the "patient" buff hunters.

I see a new tactic for dealing with HQ raids - up a bunch of resupply goons and a coupla escorts when the 29s start their bomb run ...

[Jayhawk]

Realistically, I doubt we will see that many 40k bombers.  163s will be an obvious threat for strat runs. 

As for the goons; yes there will be big resupply runs, however, that's nothing new.  Whenever a substantial attack is made on a strat target, large droves of goons already up to bring it back up.