I zoom in all the time, but it is more to be able to distinguish the aircraft from the background objects. specially if it is a dark skin against the tree line. since it seems the maps only have two colors, dark green and darker green it would make it harder to aim at low flying aircraft.
there a lot more use of this zoom against other fighters than against tanks or buffs. also remember you wont be able to see the base, town, cv unless you are at 1/2 the distance that it is now. specially for cv's you would really need to fly over it and have basically no time to adjust to be able to sink it. currently there's about 15 to 20 second window from the time you see a cv till you are able to drop, to adjust course, calibrate, drop. reduce it by 1/2 and sinking becomes a lot harder. also jabos at 20k may not be able to see the cv either. actually you probably wont be able to see the base/town from 25 or 30k.
not a very good wish.
semp
So basically you are saying that the zoom gives you/us an advantage to do things in AH that could not be done in the real deal? Like, level bombing CV's? Like, precision bombing from 30,000 feet?. Etc. In WWII, level bombers did not sink cv's or any other combat ships (merchant/supply shipping yes). From 30,000 heavy bombers did what they called carpet bombing and hope they hit something.
I can see bases etc from 30k without zooming in, only the detailed precision would be missed. Only the bomb sight would be you guide. I'm not saying we need to remove it completely, but perhaps reduce the amount of zoom we currently have for aircraft. Also, jabos from 20k wont have any trouble finding their target, especially cv's. If it did become an issue, HTC could increase the wake size and brighten the wake up a bit, that is how scouts found enemy shipping in WWII.
Im just beginning to think that the accuracy is a bit too good for certain things, namely the IL-2/Hurricane IID, etc. Also, there are player positions that didnt have access to optics that have the same zoom as a TC. Fighter pilots didnt have optics. Bomber defensive gunners didnt have zoom. Tank/M3/gv drivers didnt have zoom.