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Offline Dadtallica

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Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Reply #15 on: November 25, 2025, 01:35:33 PM »
I’m always surprised that more people don’t spend time on the barracks strat and then start dumping barracks on the fronts. You can end supplies and base captured before they can even get started.

One heavy plane can take out all barracks at a small fields or vbase. A port is a butt tougher but can be done with a P47. Rest need some buffs if you’re doing it one trip. It’s one of my favorite things to do!
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Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2025, 02:24:18 PM »
I’m always surprised that more people don’t spend time on the barracks strat and then start dumping barracks on the fronts. You can end supplies and base captured before they can even get started.

One heavy plane can take out all barracks at a small fields or vbase. A port is a butt tougher but can be done with a P47. Rest need some buffs if you’re doing it one trip. It’s one of my favorite things to do!

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Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2025, 02:34:24 PM »
I’m always surprised that more people don’t spend time on the barracks strat and then start dumping barracks on the fronts. You can end supplies and base captured before they can even get started.

One heavy plane can take out all barracks at a small fields or vbase. A port is a butt tougher but can be done with a P47. Rest need some buffs if you’re doing it one trip. It’s one of my favorite things to do!

One heavy plane may be able to take out all the barracks, but thats assuming all the guns are down and there are no defenders.  If you miss any than the downtimes are terrible, by the time you go back to get the last ones the others are about ready to pop.

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Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2025, 03:07:09 PM »
One heavy plane may be able to take out all the barracks, but thats assuming all the guns are down and there are no defenders.  If you miss any than the downtimes are terrible, by the time you go back to get the last ones the others are about ready to pop.

Bingo.. pretty crappy odds unless you enjoy dieing in ack.

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Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2025, 03:34:18 PM »
Bingo.. pretty crappy odds unless you enjoy dieing in ack.

I do this with a P47 in two passes rather often. Do radar side pass one, last two pass two. You can even avoid the ack mostly if that’s your thing and pick at them from the outside just might take a few extra runs. Can do it in a 38 too. V bases are a bit tougher but doable.

You an also take down a hanger with a 190A8 but it takes a few rounds in the ack. Still it’s fun to do things not usually done.

Why would anyone ever care about dying in the ack?
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Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2025, 03:44:32 PM »
Why would anyone ever care about dying in the ack?

Because time is valuable, I dont like to suicide just because its a video game.  I like to do as much as I can with my fake life, if im just taking ords I can expect to survive two passes on the base without major damage, but if I'm going to be making many passes at base objects I'd rather deack the whole base first.

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Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2025, 02:07:39 AM »
Because time is valuable, I dont like to suicide just because its a video game. 

I value survivabilty as well. I put a lot of effort into the attack, succeed or fail, but I also do the best I can to limp my shot-up, leaking, smoking wreck and wounded crew back home.

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Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2025, 09:32:26 AM »
I value survivabilty as well. I put a lot of effort into the attack, succeed or fail, but I also do the best I can to limp my shot-up, leaking, smoking wreck and wounded crew back home.

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