Buffing: Why bother?

[keyapaha]

 posted by esme Can't unerstand anyone taking the MA very seriously, to be honest... :-}



     i agree with that totaly i only use the MA for furballing only.



    i like alot of your points on bombing/navigation esme. i think bomber pilots should have the most important and most difficult job to do (meaning nav to target plane managment and bombing)

although i am not a very good bomber pilot (but getting better) i do take this part of the game more seriously that the other parts(fighters & gv's) i have a bomber fetish i guess. as far as making it real as possible not using clipboard  going to another target if enemy has an established possion at main target and sometimes just turning around and heading home if too much enemy activity in area.


    this is a typical bombing mission for me sit in the tower look at the map and choose a route and a target set my ord and fuel jot down headings and land marks usually vh's and strat targets and ports always pick a close secondary target in case i run into trouble i always take off to the freindly side of the target  get to 5k and do a 180 back to the feild by this time i should be at 7.5k click on my stopwatch set speed and direction head NE for 5min theres the port should be at 11-12K  my targrt is NW of the port about 1 sector so i turn due W for 8 min  should be at 17-18k now iam SE of target about 1/2 sector away depending on the time of day and pos. of the sun i turn to target lets say its 4pm so i turn N and fly adjacent to target(if it were 9am i would cut my 8min w leg to 5min and come in from the E) when i vis the target to the E of me as soon as i can i turn to target and dive to 15k i want to get over the target as quick as possible if the target is an airfeild if not i stay at 17-18k  and proceed to target depending on what bomber i fly (ju88,b26&ki67) i toggle all bombs 4 at a time (except with the ki67 its all bombs in one drop ) i usually keep a 3 pass rule for my self (somtimes i break it) after 3rd pass i head home hopefully in one peice.

 i know this is a very simple procedure but.   this is not an exact science sometimes i mis caculate time and distance an get in a real mess. but allmost aways works for me assuming you dont have to much enemy to deal with or flying with some others with you.    oh yes most important if i dont have a gunner along with me do a gun check about every 2 min:D

[ET]

banana
Killing fuel, ammo and barracks will earn you perk points. One fuel will earn you the same as one hanger and you use one bomb as opposed to five. Its not fair but its there. I have no problem getting four to six points on each run if I live.
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[lazs2]

"HTC, IMO, caved in to the "Anti-buff" crowd like Lazs and his ilk by moving the strat targets 40 miles behind the front lines, "

it's all so confusing to me... On the one hand I have oft been accused of contributing nothing to the game except tearing down peoples work and on the other hand I have been blamed for practically singlehandely changing just about every aspect of gameplay that happens to piss someone off at any particular moment.
lazs

[AKSWulfe]

Hmm didn't see that quote that Lazs is replying to until now...

banana, do you honestly believe it was the anti-buff crowd that requested major country resource centers to be placed in the rear areas......... or could it possibly be the realism crowd..... or perhaps people, and HTC, thought it would make more sense that a country would build it's industrial infrastructure behind it's defenses?

I mean, really, I don't think Lazs even said anything about those targets... all he cares about are fighter hangars.
-SW

[Hooligan]

banana:

You are repeatedly misspelling fluffing, fluffs etc...  Are you purposely trying to be offensive?

Hooligan

[Saurdaukar]

I agree that its relatively pointless to Buff - but if perkies are what youre looking for, try bombing fuel, ammo, and AAA positions instead of hangers - much better perk scores.