I still like to take bases, but not in ways that result in nobody landing kills or everybody having to bring a ton of bombs on their fighters.
I did post a 110 mission a few weeks back where we went NOE and gunned a HQ down with the help of a single lancaster.
I think Hotard is about the only bishop who doesn't post NOE missions (which are bad strategy in my opinion nearly all of the time since they depend on having 1 or fewer defenders in order to work). 1DOGFITE also likes to post altitude missions. I see some others that look like climbing missions posted but they usually include lancers with 100% fuel. I'm calling them by the same name as the guys who post missions with them having a full fuel load.