Originally posted by muckmaw
Midnight-
... I really have not have any trouble with the Damage bug that you mentioned though. Even the cannon equiped planes have not taken down my bombers lately. I'm starting to think the bombers might have been toughened.
You've been lucky then Muck. When I attack bombers, it's almost always the same outcome.
If I hit the drones with somewhere between 30 and 60 .50 MG rounds and they explode.
If I shoot the tail off the leader (the one with the icon) then all 3 bombers loose their tail.
The other day, I shot down a LANC by shooting the horizontal stabs off the leader, and never even fired a shot at the other 2. Just my luck, all 3 bombers blew up within 5 seconds.
A few days before that, I blew the entire wing off a B17 drone with less than 30 rounds .50MG. I went back around and killed the remaining 2 B17s with another 100 rounds. And I knew they were not previously damaged, because I watched them takeoff.
AH bomber damage model is in dire need of another overhaul as is AH MA Strat. Until both are done, I think we will see a continuance of the current pork and auger suicide JaBo field gang bang vulch and capture mentality. There is nothing else to play for.