Never Gonna Attack a Buff Agian.`

[SKurj]

Why bother chasin a 35k buff?  he has just flown for over an hour to do damage to a base that will last no more than 30 mins.  If he's planning on hitting your city or HQ.. 1 buff is hardly a threat.  If he's at 35k by time u reach him he'll be empty.. Y bother?
Why even try give him a speedy return to the flight line to do it again?  Lettim try land the thing, it will take him likely another 30 mins to do so.

AKskurj

[Hangtime]

Buffs as targets for fighters are pretty poor food.. if what yer after is kills.

For the rest of us; engaging a buff is an evil necessity; something thats got to be 'done' when it's spotted on the way to it's target or over it's target.

Wanna improve your chances of success against a B17?? Stalk him till he goes on to his bombsight, or even better, force him off the target by keeping him on the guns and bag him when he trys to turn. This is when heavy bombers need cover and escorts the most.. on the target. In transit; they are very hard to get at if they travel in pairs or formations.

The medium buffs can be a more problematic than a heavy.. don't let the lighter armamanets fool yah. Watch out for 'ol facefull if you try to stalk a B26.  

The chances of any buff surviving a paitent well positoned and executed fighter attack are next to nil.. likewize; a fighter pilot who's forced by circumstance or the the local tactical situation to attack from poor postion is likely to meet a sorry end.

War IS hell; yah know.  

Hang
1st/AG "Bishlanders"

[fats]

Popeye,

Funny that they are implementing dispersion for guns and then have lazer bombs. It's not like there aren't any studies done how bombs fall...


hblair,

Not many. Same heading change stuff goes for lower alt bombers though. Impossible to set up HOs and such against an bomber unless they _want_ to be HOed. It's all waste of fuel to try down bombers, when I could barely spend all Fw 190 cannon ammo with full tank and a DT against fighters.


// fats