Change the scoring system so that difficult things score higher.
Alter the way bomber scoring is done to make strat city targets more valuable. This would open a whole new level of MA play; high altitude bomber raids with escorts, plus interceptors. Currently the easiest way for bomber guys to get points is to hit airfields. Bombing the strat cities is more difficult, has no real strat effect and earns less points. All that effort making the new strat cities has been largely wasted by the score system.
I Still dont think its the score system that prevents the strats from being hit, but rather the lack of impact hitting them has. But yes. I think all the effort put into making the new strat targets has been wasted
Reasons I say this are,
You can get all kinds of perks in EW fighters. Yet most fly late war rides.
You can get more perks per flight by simply setting up your plane for "Fighter" or "Attack". and then sticking to that kind of mission. Yet I bet very few actually do this.
People blow up the FH, VH, ord and radar not for the points. But because they have an effect. I dont ever recall anyone saying, "Hey, Im gonna go blow up the radar and ammo at feild A-222 so I can get alot of perks"
Furthermore. There isnt any real reason to get bomber perks. Sure we have the 234. but how often are they used? Im sure we will have a rush of folks blowing things up to get the perks for a B-29 when that arrives. But eventually that novelty will wear off and we'll be back to square 1.
People dont necessarily want to do things just for points. They want to have an effect n the game. Currently the strats have no impact. They simply dont do anything. So why waste all that time upping, getting to alt then flying all that way to blow something up thats not going to do anything once you do get there and will have regenerated by the time you get back home again.
THERE IS NO POINT to bombing strats. Thats why I dont bother hitting them. And I'd be willing ot bet that thats why most other people dont either.
Its also why I dont bother defending against them and why most people dont.
Ok, Lets say you award 10,000 points for blowing up the strats. Even if the buff pilots say thats great, lets go do it. There is still ZERO reason for anyone to bother upping to defend against them, because they dont have an effect in the game.
Why subject yourself to the buffs laser beams if all they are going to do is blow something up that doesnt matter?
I say "Hey, let em do it. Then there are that many less hitting my airfeild."
Until the Strat targets are given a real game impacting meaning. they will never be a primary target no matter how many points be you award for them