Okay, yesterday alone I saw 1 enemy mission with 20+ B24 formations. This started low and climbed to 20k. It flew across the entire knit front (not that we had much of one at the time). At the same time I saw a friendly B24 mission with at least 6-8 formations. Possibly more. They were retaking A18.
I also saw 5-6 scattered B24 missions from a16 hitting a14. There was 1 B26 formation, and 1 B17 formation. I also saw 2 scattered B17 formations in the course of the night, as well as 3 more B24s hitting A6.
Then there was another large mission hitting our P4 and HQ that involved more B24s. Estimate half a dozen. Then afterwards a lone Lancaster formation (maybe 2, but by the time I got to it there was only 1 left) snuck around the edge of the map and finished the HQ off.
So, that's 20 + 8 + 3 + 6 = 37 B24 formations, and 3 B17 formations and 1 B26 and 1 lanc formation.
42 total, 37 of them B24s. And that's just in the area I *saw*. There were a lot more bombing missions on the front opposite of me, I know because dar bars were spiking left and right.
So 37 / 42 = over 88% of the bombers in one night alone.
EDIT: Oh, and I just remembered seeing 4-5 more scattered friendly B24 formations trying to hit a16 before the crap hit the fans. That will bring the number up as well.
The "perk the B24" isn't just because of overall use. That's one of the main reasons. The C-hog was perked because it made up 20% of all the kills in the MA. The B-24 has 90%+ of all sorties in the MAs. You can't really count kills, nor can you really count ord on target, as you may never get kills and still bomb, or you may get shot down before you drop your bombs, so you have to just count raw numbers. B-24s have the most. So the most widely used bomber, with the best defensive firepower, the best range, the best speed and second best bombload (best not counting lancaster), is the best choice to be perked.
We have nothing to use our bomber perks on, or I'd not suggest this. This is not the typical "Perk the LA" thread. This is not the typical "Perk the P51!" thread. This is a thread attempting to address a problem unique to the bombers in Aces High.
What if the GVers had no perk ride. What if (for whatever reason) the Tiger's gun fired only 3 shots and had a reload speed of 1 minute, and had a top speed on level ground of 15mph? Then look at the Panzer stats. 99% of all tanks I see are panzers or the rare tiger. T-34s are more rare than tigers. I saw one last night and my jaw literally dropped. I should have taken a screenshot, it was so rare. Anyways, so if you had NO worthwhile perked GV and hundreds of GV perks to spend, it would be entirely reasonable to call for the perking of the Panzer.
Nobody would ever waste perks on the tigr in the above situation. Similarly, nobody is going to waste perks on an Ar234, when the unperked thing does the same job, only better.
So this isn't "look at the stats, look at the performance, look at the usage, add it to the perk list" this is "We HAVE NO perk list, this is the best above and beyond all others, it should be at the top of the new perk list."
