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Title: Change bomber formations?
Post by: gyrene81 on December 21, 2009, 03:27:25 PM
If the ability to change the formation that bomber drones fly in is already available...I would appreciate the info.

Right now bombers with drones fly around in tight little triangle formations, it would be nice if we could change that formation with dot commands...increase the distance between planes...formation configurations...even put a drone in the lead.

Also, how hard would it be to make it possible to set a bomb detonation delay...like no more than 5 seconds?
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: Chalenge on December 21, 2009, 03:44:08 PM
You do know you can change which bomber you are gunning for?
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: gyrene81 on December 21, 2009, 03:59:38 PM
You do know you can change which bomber you are gunning for?
Yes but that doesn't change the formation...I'm talking about telling the drones to line up abreast...echelon left...echelon right...staggered alt...etc...
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: Chalenge on December 21, 2009, 04:05:57 PM
Are you wanting this for a better target saturation?  :D I can get behind that now!   :aok
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: gyrene81 on December 21, 2009, 04:08:17 PM
Are you wanting this for a better target saturation?  :D I can get behind that now!   :aok
Yyyyyyyeeeeessssss That is exactly what I'm looking at.
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: cobia38 on December 21, 2009, 04:44:46 PM

 can just picture the tards making single file lines on a cv
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: FLTSGT on December 21, 2009, 04:46:52 PM
can just picture the tards making single file lines on a cv

Is that not what they would have done in real life? It's a CV not a city
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: Chalenge on December 21, 2009, 04:50:56 PM
can just picture the tards making single file lines on a cv

For three years now I have had no difficulty in picturing everyone on the team failing to climb to stop the bombers so why not picture single file bombers? Against a turning CV a change in formation types might even make it easier to hit the boat.

Even with this change there is a good chance that the boat will not be there when the bombers arrive once you realize the endless conga line of strafing noobs in every conceivable plane they can get their hands on has been trying to kill the boat the entire time the bomber is climbing.

I have come to realize the guys that whine about people dropping hangars and killing fights are just another form of 'tards' (I would say whiners) as you put it.
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: gyrene81 on December 21, 2009, 05:02:57 PM
can just picture the tards making single file lines on a cv
I can tell you fail to see the good point in a single file line of bombers...the pile-it is in the front plane and wouldn't be able to jump to the tail gun of the trailing plane in time to stop you from killing it...and you wouldn't have 6 tail guns firing at you at the same time.

There is always a bright side.
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: Templar on December 21, 2009, 08:18:50 PM
+1 and I don't see any good reason for not having that option.
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: Ghosth on December 22, 2009, 06:47:07 AM
Actually, for bombing large targets like the new strats I'd love to be able to set formation to Echelon left, or right.

They already switch to a "line astern" for landing.
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: The Grinch on December 22, 2009, 02:12:50 PM
Good idea
+1 :aok
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: waystin2 on December 22, 2009, 02:35:53 PM
I am not much of a bomber fellow, but seems like a good request...

+1
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: donna43 on December 22, 2009, 07:56:41 PM
Good request. The fighter dweebs know what bomber you are in and instantly target you so, with the ability to change the formations you could put a drone in front of formation and you last ect. Just to make it interesting why not add a 4th drone?  :cool:
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: AKKuya on December 22, 2009, 10:49:53 PM
The best way to implement the formation changes is not in type of formation but in altitude of drones.  Make one go low and the other high. 
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: guncrasher on December 22, 2009, 11:38:01 PM
The best way to implement the formation changes is not in type of formation but in altitude of drones.  Make one go low and the other high. 

you then'll have to set drop on each plane.

semp
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: AKKuya on December 23, 2009, 11:50:20 AM
you then'll have to set drop on each plane.

semp

Right now, the bombsights are geared for speed first then altitude to some degree.  If a drone was 100 feet lower or higher the altitude difference would be negligible.   After an altitude difference of 3000 ft., maybe then a new calibration would be in order.
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: Thepiratecaptainmorgan on December 25, 2009, 07:14:56 PM
How about adding 3 more to the formation? while were on the subject; What happened to the radio operators gun? If you loose the top turret your outta luck, we need that position, and AI gunners would be nice like in the offline. Too many times people are killing bombers that were not that easy to get that close to, some realism with them would be appreciated, bombers were dangerous to get up to, not fly in and smoke em, move to the next.

29thbg 13thfs "Blazingsaddles"
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: BippeeII on December 26, 2009, 08:11:06 PM
That would be particularly useful for the Ju 88's on a torpedo run!
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: donna43 on December 26, 2009, 11:10:30 PM
How about adding 3 more to the formation? while were on the subject; What happened to the radio operators gun? If you loose the top turret your outta luck, we need that position, and AI gunners would be nice like in the offline. Too many times people are killing bombers that were not that easy to get that close to, some realism with them would be appreciated, bombers were dangerous to get up to, not fly in and smoke em, move to the next.

29thbg 13thfs "Blazingsaddles"

Yep I agree. When I flew in WB's the AI's were deadly and you could gun in that position also as a human gunner.  :cool:
Title: Re: Change bomber formations?
Post by: tassos on December 27, 2009, 01:24:51 PM
Yep I agree. When I flew in WB's the AI's were deadly and you could gun in that position also as a human gunner.  :cool:
Same here in WB you could change Formation style good for defence ore send AI drones to land on other fields