Mosquito Mk XVI

[lyric1]

You seem to have forgotten to have mentioned the B-17 C, D, E, and F.

The B17 was not an option when the bug shows up on the map in question in early war.

[LLogann]

I read everybody in here.  Some good thoughts, some bad thoughts, and some very poor SA. 

The Mossie16 is a special kind of bird because it gives you a sense of freedom.  No guns, all you have is your skill, along with some speed.  YES, at 27k you'll see less skilled pilots capable of intercepting you.  NO, you're not up there alone and need to keep your SA up.

-Fly the Lone Mossie16 only.
-Nothing on the wings unless you have friends.
-Always above 20k, if not 30k when you're alone. (So after your drop you can split-S home gaining E down to 27,500 ft)

[Karnak]

How many rearms to get the 214888 damage?

[Krusty]

I've dropped the 4k cookie in the middle of towns before. It doesn't seem to be that useful. I've dropped 4k eggs on strats inside the megastrat as well. Not very useful.

Am I correct in guessing you took the 500lb bombs for more damage points? I think you'd spend all week hotpadding for that many points with the cookie.

[lyric1]

I've dropped the 4k cookie in the middle of towns before. It doesn't seem to be that useful. I've dropped 4k eggs on strats inside the megastrat as well. Not very useful.

Am I correct in guessing you took the 500lb bombs for more damage points? I think you'd spend all week hotpadding for that many points with the cookie.

500 pounders will mess up your score Cookie all the way. Middle of town with a bunch of rearms is the best bet by far.

[Krusty]

Score is broken and useless. I much rather go for points and perks. It seems to me taking less powerful but more plentiful bombs gets more points. Down to a certain point... 50kg aren't so usefull, but in a B-29 or B-24 the 2000lb bombs aren't as useful as taking 1000lb or 500 lb bombs for getting points, it seems (off the top of my head. I did some testing in one long session but didn't write it down)

[SmokinLoon]

The cookie has the largest bomb blast of any bomb in AH (or at least equal to the German 1800 kg).  So however many "310lb" OBJ can be reached in 1 drop is the amount of damage it can reel in.  Dropping the cookie or the German 1800 kg (3960 lbs) Stuka muffin in the courtyard of the main central block in town will yield the most OBJ destroyed in one drop.  Damage points wise, Im not sure if a direct hit on the HQ will yeild the same or more amount of damage than a paige full + of town building destroyed.  The most damage points you can earn on an OBJ is the amount of ord it takes to destroy it.

The cookie is useful.  HQ, SB, CV's, hangers, etc.  When dropping them on hangers, the precision does not have to be as good since the bomb blast is quite large.  Go offline sometime and see just how far away from a hanger you can hit and still destroy it.      

[Karnak]

I just did a Ki-67 sortie to test the fifteen 50kg loadout.  I dropped fifteen, five from each bomber, on three town centers.  Damage landed was between 12,000 and 13,000.  Not sure how I'd have scored dropping three 100kg bombs on two towns and two 100kg on the last town.

[Lusche]

I just did a Ki-67 sortie to test the fifteen 50kg loadout.  I dropped fifteen, five from each bomber, on three town centers.  Damage landed was between 12,000 and 13,000.  Not sure how I'd have scored dropping three 100kg bombs on two towns and two 100kg on the last town.

A good Ki-67 sortie with 8x100kg on 8 different towns can give you up to 24K landed damage.

[Krusty]

Hence my comment about 50kg... I've found that the 50kg is enough to damage things, but you get more points for blowing them up. So the weak blast radius will "tickle" 10 buildings (for example) whereas the 100kg will blow up 10 buildings (for example).

I think the minimum is 100kg or 250lbs for any real points. Any less and you're wasting effort for less returns. That much I found out in my testing. I was seeing if tons of tiny bombs made more points, but the bomb hit isn't as important as what you blow up with the bomb hit, and they hit but don't finish most objects.

[LLogann]

Almost 40, along with an overnight rest at the strat system.    I was bored one weekend.
 

How many rearms to get the 214888 damage?

Neg, the 4k only; for more Damage Hit Percentage.  23 buildings and a couple of guns with 1 bomb gets you a much higher percentage, which is why you see those go into the 3500% areas.  And yes, it probably took a good 30 hours of flying time over a Saturday and Sunday.  

Am I correct in guessing you took the 500lb bombs for more damage points? I think you'd spend all week hotpadding for that many points with the cookie.

[Krusty]

About 40 rearms.. That's only about 5000 points per rearm.

I'm going to have to try some single runs (no formations) and see if I can get any better with the smaller bombs or not.

[SmokinLoon]

Hence my comment about 50kg... I've found that the 50kg is enough to damage things, but you get more points for blowing them up. So the weak blast radius will "tickle" 10 buildings (for example) whereas the 100kg will blow up 10 buildings (for example).

I think the minimum is 100kg or 250lbs for any real points. Any less and you're wasting effort for less returns. That much I found out in my testing. I was seeing if tons of tiny bombs made more points, but the bomb hit isn't as important as what you blow up with the bomb hit, and they hit but don't finish most objects.

Im not sure it matters if you destroy it or not, only that the damage registers.  At least in when your name comes up in lights.  Considering perks points, yes it matters.  The number of OBJ you destroy and the platform in which you use (think of the OBJ modifier) make or break your perk points.

[Scherf]

i see your mossie story, and raise you worse one.



was doing a single mossie-mutiple bomb runs on the rook HQ one morning (was rearming&reupping)


was ib to target when i noticed a tempest flown by a certain female pilot about 4k down from me. at first i didnt think she saw me, until she began to climb. i hit WEP, and sped to target as fast as i can.

drop'ed bombs, and headed straight for home. for about 25mins we went at it. me trying to outrun her, her trying to catch up. after running for about 3 sectors she was 1.5k behind me. until she finally turned around due to fuel.


i felt relieved, and decided to land at a friendly base very close to the lines.


so with the feeling of my pride swell at outrunning this pesky tempest hovered in my chest, i decended down to the deck, slowed my speed, put my wheels down, just about to touch down......................... ........................





















.....and an f4u comes screaming out of no wheres, shooting me just as i touch down. i went boom on the runway.



i went from :      


to:        



(the tempest pilot had actually complained on 200 about me not turning around to fight her, i asked her how she expected me to dogfight a tempy in a plane with no guns. she didnt respond)

Lol - her name wouldn't start with a B would it? I had a similar experience in the VI once - tiffy go pop.

[LLogann]

The original time I posted that I said about 38.  In any case, yeah, 5300 - 5600 isn't "super,"  there was a few sub-par drops in all those runs.  -  On a single 4k to a town center, I have landed 6600, maybe 6800.  Not sure how much more there is on the top end though. 

About 40 rearms.. That's only about 5000 points per rearm.

I'm going to have to try some single runs (no formations) and see if I can get any better with the smaller bombs or not.