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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Jochen on January 02, 2001, 06:57:00 AM
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I must say I am truly impressed by 1.05 and navy! Lots of fun shooting those 127 mm guns with proximity fuses. Ack coverage near the fleet is incredible, even if all those 20 mm Oerlikon AA cannons are missing.
And...
First time ever I have flown bomber in arena, Ju 88A-4 since I always fly Lufwaffe planes. Ju 88 has suprisingly decent bomb load and speed. Climb and defensive armament are not too great but I can live with that, after all it is a medium bomber.
So far I have bombed quiet V and A bases where the enemy activity is low, almost every time I encounter fighter I get shot down but that's how it was in real life too. I just should climb higher than 10 kft...
I would like to bomb ships but with Ju 88 it is almost suicide. You barely can climb high enough to avoid flak and enemy fighters will surely get you because few fighters will bother to escort a lone Ju 88. I know because I wouldn't!
How about putting (unescorted?) merchant ships moving between ports or just few points? Or small convoy, few merchant ships and a destroyer? These ships could had same effect as cities, lose some of them and you countrys ability to wage war is weaker.
While they would add bit more strategy to game (in practice they would be supply routes that are not yet modeled) they also give purpose for planes that are only mediocre like Ju 88. Merchant ship's few 20 mm AA cannons aren't too dangerous and even DD could be dealt with.
Why would anyone attack merchant ships with Ju 88 when there is Lancaster, B-17 and B-26? For perk points! I think you get 4 times more points for damage done in Ju 88 than in B-26...
Also some of us fly mostly alone and don't want to participate massed suicide attacks to fleets. Merchant ships would be nice target for lone bomber or interesting mission for fighter pilot who wants to protect ships.
Ps. Ju 88 seems to have bug in outer bomb rack loadouts, 2 X 250 kg + 2 X 500 kg shows up as 4 X 500 kg.
Ps 2. How about adding those two torpedoes to Ju 88 loadout options? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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jochen
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Good idea, the make us a lone battleship to go screw with the merchants with (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)