change to strats?

[Midway]

I'm not sure if being able to resupply the town buildings is a good idea at all for gameplay balance, but the perks are definitely out of whack. 30 perks for a single drop in a town at modifier 1.0 that's not even white flagged. Simlar at the strats, where the resupply value of 4 minutes means you can harvest perks for more than one hour.
If the word spreads around will may see more people doing resupply runs that doing combat, because the perk gain in combat is puny compared to running supplies.

Let people have the perks doing boring resup runs... just means they'll use em for combat later and add to the fun of chasing perk bombers.  So, 10 or so town resup runs (300 perks) will allow you to lift a formation of B29s (approx. 100 perks each B29).  That sounds great to me.  More bombers, more fighters chasing after the bombers, more escorts for bombers to protect from the fighters.

Awesome!

[Butcher]

Sure fester, comeback. you can then fly CAP all day long over a HQ to protect it from NOE lancs. I am sure you will find that fun, as I know how many others love flying in circles far behind your lines for hours at a time.

Sounds better then watching a dozen ponys at 20k just pick and run in a typical fight anyhow, or horde of 40 trying to attack one undefended base.

I would have much fun blowing my perks on 163s trying to disrupt the buffs hitting strat targets.

I agree with Fester, it does open my eye - if anything goes under 20k i'd be happy to test some high eny planes

[Fish42]

Butcher thats the problem, atm you dont get a chance to defend HQ, someone just NOEs lancs in and the 1 min after flashing starts you lose dar. even 163 will have trouble intercepting those before they drop.

[Hap]

Just finished a run to Rook's Ammo and Grunt Training Factories on ND Isles.  1 formation of B17's w/50% gas.  Climbed to 25K; went to normal power.  Hit targets, but had to ditch.  Even on max cruise had but 23 mins remaining slogging along at 197 tas.

I ditched at got 9.90 perks with a slew of new system messages saying buildings (they came up as abbreviations or AH in-game names) were down for 180 mins and guns down for 30 mins.

On this small map and starting at a 6K base, the trip was not over long.

As Lusche said, we're moving forward.  

[Butcher]

Butcher thats the problem, atm you dont get a chance to defend HQ, someone just NOEs lancs in and the 1 min after flashing starts you lose dar. even 163 will have trouble intercepting those before they drop.

Very true, I had that problem in the past with someone willing to fly 3-4 hours NOE just to bomb HQ - while its quite a fate to fly under 50 feet the entire time - I think Radar should be extended around HQ only - making it much harder to hit - then again it will simply draw a Horde to attack it.

[Hap]

Butcher thats the problem, atm you dont get a chance to defend HQ, someone just NOEs lancs in and the 1 min after flashing starts you lose dar.

Depends on the map and the dar circles. ND Isles has some open spots.  But on Rook side, a nasty hill to climb.  I've not tried it.  Saw it on the map and figured that could be rough.  While I was on my flight, staying out of dar, I saw a Bish bee-line to Rook HQ dar rings be darned.  He didn't make it.

[Hap]

its quite a fate to fly under 50 feet the entire time

500 feet outside of a dar ring that's operational, and as you said, too darn low to pull it off with any high degree of success inside a functioning dar ring.

[LYNX]

How very interesting... good news about the strat.  Although I have no right to comment (don't play no more) it can stand a tweak or two for ballance on down time and resupply.  However there's one thing I notice being overlooked in this thread --->

Trains, convoys, and barges are built into the terrain.  Each train, convoy, or barge has a source point and a destination point, and each can be damaged or destroyed while traveling from point to point.  Trains, convoys, and barges automatically respawn every ten minutes.
Destroying a train, convoy or barge will add an additional 7 minutes of downtime to any destroyed field or strategic resource that it supplies.(See table below)

Once a train, convoy, or barge has successfully reached it's destination, a new supply convoy spawns.

Yeah OK.  It's not the most entertaining thing do...popping rolling stock with HE but what a treat for perk farmers new to the game.  Thats why I like the megga resupply perks...good for newbs. 

This Strat system made me salivate but my priorities are above getting a new PC, CH gear, AH widowing the wife and staying up half the night lol.

[RTHolmes]

good lord, I think I just saw a lesser-spotted Lynx!


alright geezer

[LYNX]

good lord, I think I just saw a lesser-spotted Lynx!


alright geezer

chipper old boy    Hope all is well 

[Lusche]

500 feet outside of a dar ring that's operational,

250




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Funny thing. Rook and Nits HQ's are both down, both sides employing a third of their population for extended times trying to bring HQs back up....

[Fish42]

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Funny thing. Rook and Nits HQ's are both down, both sides employing a third of their population for extended times trying to bring HQs back up....

Yes and what FUN we are having...

[Hap]

This Strat system made me salivate but my priorities are above getting a new PC, CH gear, AH widowing the wife and staying up half the night lol.

Good to hear from you, Lynx  

[Lusche]

This Strat system made me salivate but my priorities are above getting a new PC, CH gear, AH widowing the wife and staying up half the night lol.

I tried the real life thing again last year as well. Didn't work. It sucks. 

[Noir]

long time no see LYNX <S>