Skurj,
You're right, the wind is not pencil thin. I have found if you stay around 11K, the wind seems to have very little effect.
Of course if your buff is at 11K, and the target at 7K, the drop is only 4K !
But you rarely get to drop because the enemy fighters only have to climb 4K , which most can do in about one minute.
The new map with bases (targets) at 7-8 K, plus wind at 14K, and the new bombsight have "conspired" to end normal strategic buffing for me and turn me into a JABO. I still try to up a 3 Lanc formation when I think I can get to a base and release, but then people accuse you of "milkrunning" an undefended base.
It will be interesting to see how many people are still flying the heavy bombers in another month when the newness of the changes wears off.
I'd bet not a whole lot. It's too bad that an attempt to increase the numbers of buffs in large strategic bombing formations may actually result in just the opposite, very few bombers at all. I guess we'll have to see.
