the way i had imagined it
I would limit large formations to large fields (4 buffs)
I would limit a medium formation to medium fields (2 buffs)
Single buffs would remain the same available at all fields.
up 4 buff formation that flies a standard box at d600 or so
the pilot can jump to each buff
lead buff
buff pos 2
buff pos 3
buff pos 4
the pilot then can man the guns on each buff or have 1 gunner in each buff total of 4. If the buff has a gunner then the pilot can only switch to the pilot or bombadier position.
each buff that gets shot down gets scored as a kill against the the pilot.
Each buff in the formation with the exception of 1 is assigned a perk value 10-15 perks (could be lower but perks are easy to get). Each buff shot down the pilot loses those perks.
Now I can see the argument for otto. however theres no sneaking up on otto and in general its a lousy feature. WB3 gvs even have auto its a freakin joke.
The pilot should have the choice of several formations
x x
x x
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x x x x
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and the pilot could set max and min distance between the buffs in formation.
Should the lead bomber do any manuvering he must return to level flight and click a "rejoin" button. If the formation gets to far apart the pilot would have to jump to each buff and fly them back into range, say d3k and then hit "rejoin"
It may be a good idea to link the multi buffs option to the mission planner and assign waypoints that the formation would follow why on auto pilot. This way if theres just the pilot to man the guns the formation will stay on course.
The buffs would have an option to
1. drop on the lead
2. pilot jumps to each buff seperately and bombs.
I would have no single bomb drops for buffs that couldn't do it historically. The way I understand it buffs could drop individual racks of bombs but not salvo 1 at a time.
By doing this the lanc, b24 and a b29 would be prime because of their large loads.
I would exempt planes like the mossie, il2, tbm and stukas whose level bombing capabilities are limited and would be more effective glide/dive bombing.
By hey if i ran the world thats how i'd do it,,,,,,
There has to be limitations. I am not gonna attack 32 frame rate killing otto gunning buffs. Nor would I tolerate endless waves of them ruining my gameplay. I would quit ah first so would quite a few others.
