If you say the dauntless is good enough then how come everytime I up one even with almost total air superiority I get shot down? I can get on their tail for a bit, I would have killed them in that time with a P51, but it just dosen't hit hard enough. besides, unless I am thinking of another planes bomb load then it' bomb load is well....unimpressive. If we aren't going to get this then can we at least get the SB2C-4 (son of a bich second class) aka helldiver.
If you're talking about getting on someone's tail in the Dauntless, you're sort of missing the point of the aircraft....
The Dauntless' real value comes from the Early War arena where most fighters can't match the ordinance load, and especially in scenario play. Although first deployed to British and Commonwealth units in 1942, the Vengeance didn't actually see combat until 1943. This places her firmly in the Mid War arena (otherwise, if HTC decides to add her in Early War you're gonna see me lobbying HARD for the F4U-1 in EW, which was ALSO received by its first squadrons in late-1942). At this point, fighters are now carrying close to, if not as much or more than, the ordinance than most single-engine dedicated strike craft.
For these reasons the Vengeance is a VERY low priority. She didn't see combat until 1943, so your two main reasons for adding her are really sort of pointless, because almost every American fighter from 1943 and on carried close to or the same ordinance, with MUCH better performance. She was deployed in such small numbers that her value for scenario use is limited, and the Vengeance does NOT fill any significant gaps in the plane set. These are ALL reasons why the Dauntless is far more valuable (competitive ordinance load in EW, and VERY important for scenario use in the PTO).
Now the Helldiver would be a VERY worthwhile add, as it was the primary US Navy dive-bomber after the Battle of the Philippine Sea so in that regard has a lot of historical significance, and would fill really one of the only two major gaps in the US PTO plane set (late-war dive bomber. The other being the TBD, which is needed for setups set at Midway or earlier. I'd love the Catalina, but her usefulness is very limited). However once you get her I'm sure you'll be very disappointed. She was very poor-handling, and early models had awful dive characteristics among dozens of other nasty teething problems. Don't think for a second that "Son of a squeak, 2nd Class" was meant as a compliment.
