Hey junky, you said that one la7 killing a goon is not the fault of the fighter hangers but the fault of the fighter cover for the mission. This I agree with.
Unfortunately by this standard, a set of bombers taking out the FH at a furball is not the fault of the bombers, but the fault of the furballers for not defending their base.
A more true statement was never made.
Now Im not talking about the horde. which is a problem all unto itself
I dont fly bombers all that much. and when I do its rarely to hit the fighter hangers. I understand the complaints of the furballers about having the only fight on the map ruined.
But the bottom line is still. In the MA. If you dont want the hangers bombed. Defend your base against them better.
I furball alot more then I base take. And at the altitudes I see some of the folks I see claiming they want to get into a fast fight. There is no excuse other then they simply to not want to engage bombers as some I even see ignore bombers other then to call out that they are in the area.
Now I also see buffs comming in from all sorts of alts. But most bomber formations I see come in under 15-20 K. Plenty low enough for people to intercept. Problem is I see more people who ignore the bomber formations..Again other then to warn they are in the area. then I do see people actually going after them to do something about it.
So yes. No grater blame can be placed on having the FH's knocked down then on the furballers themselves. If your not willing to do your part to go after bombers occasionally. Then you really have no room to complain as you are more part of the problem then you are the solution.
Now I know some people here arent going to like that or agree with it. But it is the truth.
Now I dont frequent the place. but from what I understand. the DA is a good place to go to for "quick fights" if thats honestly what your looking for
Problem is. Everyone wants to be where the crowd is. And that happens to be the MA. Not the DA. If the majority really were just into it for the fight. Then the DA would be alot more full.
But its not.
If your going to fly in the MA. If you have to be where the crowd is. Then you have to be willing to accept that so long as there are buildings that can be blown up, Hangars that can be dropped. and bases that can be taken and "wars" that can be won. People are going to do that. And the best way of preventing that is to defend your territory from opposing sides attempting that. And in the MA that just the way it is.
Best summed up in a line in the movie Flyboys. "If you dont like it. Your the man in the air. Your the man with the guns"
After all. Shooting down enemy bombers is part of "air to air combat" as well
From the bombers perspective there is another point as well. And yet another reason why I personally would like to see plane/gv specific strat targets. Preferably of the most popular planes and GV's if its to be an effective option. Anything less and Nobody will care let alone want to be bothered defending such targets.
I know from my standpoint when I fly the occasional bomber Im hoping to be engaged at least once by enemy fighters. Flying to and from a target where nobody bothers to come after you can get quite boring. The fun of flying bombers is trying to get to your target without getting shot down, hitting your target. then trying to RTB without getting shot down. Its made more fun if people are actually trying to shoot you down.
Again. You just dont see enough people upping to try to shoot down planes going to the Strat targets. Far far less then you see people trying to prevent the bases from being bombed. Again. Why should they when bombing strats has a minimal effect at best on gameplay.
No real reason to go after then other then because they are there. and even less of a reason to defend against them. the risk/reward simply isnt there for either side.
Now put up a spit factory, and you will see people trying to defend it rather then loose access to their frilly dainty underwear for 15 min. There is a real reason to defend it.
And for the same reasons there is a real reason to attack it.
Give the bomber folks something legitimate to bomb. Something people might actually try to defend against. Something that cant be done by attacking a base (which is currently by FAR more effective then bombing any of the strats including HQ) And the bombers will probobly spend more time going after those targets.
Yes people will howl and scream and stomp their feet in tempertantrum over loosing their favorite girlieplane for whatever nominal time.
But they too would have only themselves to blame. And it wouldnt stop "the fight"
Give the buff drivers a legitimate reason to bomb someplace else instead and they probobly will. As I said before. it is by far, much much more effective to bomb a base then it is to go after a strat target
There is very little legitimate reason for buffs to go after strat targets And even less for people to try and defend against them.
So long as that is the case fields will be the prefered targets. Even if capture of the feild is not the intent
Hangars though. Should always remain as they are. Bombable as legitimate reason for bombing hangars is to stop the horde UNLESS something is truely done for side balancing
In the meantime. If you dont want your hangars bombed. Its up to you to stop them
