Seems to me that the counter-strategy worked. Yay gaming.
Oh, it absolutely works. It is just kind of sad that the game is configured in such a way that when a strat is being attacked, Plan A is not to defend it but rather to resupply it because that is more effective. Why prevent damage when you can repair it faster? The most effective thing for people to do in defense is resupply, not defend the target.
I used to joke about the game having a Radar Operator position where you sit and stare at the radar screen and vector people to enemy contacts, and now by the sound of it that's about to become a reality.
I wonder if they're moving toward my idea to make this like minecraft where you need to mine the materials for your plane and build it before you can fly it. Or maybe have "cook" and "mechanic" positions. Click the pot to boil meat to feed the ground crew, or they die of starvation and you have no rearm or new planes from that base. Right click on the nut to turn clockwise.
Hooray for menial repetitive tasks in gaming.
Wiley.