Town Defensive Carpet Bombing

[JimmyD3]

Why don't the buildings in town blow up when the nme comes in to carpet bomb the attacking gv'ers? I'm in town, shooting buildings in a M4. The knits (hehehe) up 2 sets of Lancs to carpet bomb town, which of course kill me. Come back and after 78,000 lbs. of ordnance, no additional buildings are down!? Don't seem right.

[Slate]

     Spies! 


    ....or some noob lifts from field and drops his own town without knowing. 

[Scca]

Same reason as killshooter... 

[Sunka]

Carpet bombing stuka lanc's are lame,and something should be done. Perk cost on bombs! 

[Greebo]

More likely some guy parks his M3 near town and then with his second account ups Lancs from the field until the town is levelled, so he can just drive in and take it.

[JimmyD3]

Then limit the ability to arm bombs from bombers to 4000 ft. or some other level. Specifically non dive bombers.

[Scca]

Feel free to add this to the wishlist forum.  Here in the general discussion section, I don't think you will get the reception you may like.  Most, like me, think it's not broken, so it doesn't need fix'n.

[whiteman]

More likely some guy parks his M3 near town and then with his second account ups Lancs from the field until the town is levelled, so he can just drive in and take it.

100% chance that would happen, I've seen people dropping GV supplies for the other country so they wouldn't get shot down. Same type of guys would be all over this.

[flatiron1]

Works same for all 3 sides, no problem.

[Scca]

Works same for all 3 sides, no problem.

No way to mount a defense.  You try to defend against the bombers killing your town, and you die to kill shooter. 

[Lusche]

Works same for all 3 sides, no problem.

It will be the same problem for all 3 sides if 'friendly' bombers are able to destroy your own objects. You don't even notice it, as friendly bombers upping at a remote base to bomb that town don't create any attention.

[wpeters]

Why don't the buildings in town blow up when the nme comes in to carpet bomb the attacking gv'ers? I'm in town, shooting buildings in a M4. The knits (hehehe) up 2 sets of Lancs to carpet bomb town, which of course kill me. Come back and after 78,000 lbs. of ordnance, no additional buildings are down!? Don't seem right.

+1

[Lusche]

+1

And the gameplay consequences?

[MrGeezer]

The new dweebery in-game has progressed from no-ACM Ho's and vulching to no-skills carpetbombing of bases with 1,000 pounders just to kill stray gv's so they can get their name in lights.  Personally (and my own opinion) encouraging carpet bombing and bomb****ing by having a monthly hat's off for "attack" score is a mistake.  But I am most likely in the minority.

[Fish42]

The new dweebery in-game has progressed from no-ACM Ho's and vulching to no-skills carpetbombing of bases with 1,000 pounders just to kill stray gv's so they can get their name in lights.  Personally (and my own opinion) encouraging carpet bombing and bomb****ing by having a monthly hat's off for "attack" score is a mistake.  But I am most likely in the minority.

Carpet bombing GVs with heavys has been around for the whole time I have played.

As to the attack score, well heavy bombers don't have attack scores and if you do use a Lanc, B17 etc to bomb GV's you hurt your bomber score, as your dropping 3 bombs to hit one target.

I bet if Lusche posted the Air to ground kills the A-20 followed by a bunch of american bombtrucks would be top of the list... Il2 may make it in the top 5. Heavy bombers will be ahead of the Hurricane Mk1 and C202 though.