Seriously. Would You gun for a Stuka? Would you (almost) waste your time?
He wasnt asking for an über autoack. I bet it would be inferior to an average gunner. If you gun in your d3a, stuka, b5n, tbm, 110c, boston sbd etc. youre dead in 5 seconds. The only exception is the a20g what has a bit more firepower in its back turret.
I give it a +1. Thos planes are already hangar queens, i would give them a chance, if they are already carrying that weight.
This is dead on.
The OP is right and almost everyone else is wrong. His idea has been suggested before I believe and is the best way to model it for all the reasons he stated.
-lag issues with joins
-flying (and maneuvering) while trying to gun is cumbersome, illogical, and unrealistic. And gunning in a vehicle is NOT the same thing. vehicles can only go left or right, aircraft MUST use climbs and dives also to successfully evade the enemy and they dont have trees to hide behind.
-It doesnt have to be programmed as a highly accurate gun, just enough to be a deterrence.
-gunning heavy bombers is not the same either, heavies have a dozen guns for defense.
+1