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Offline Petrol

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Designate a drone to drop bombs
« on: August 27, 2014, 11:36:10 AM »
Possible, not wanted or impossible I am unaware.

Would it be a good thing to be able to drop a single bomb from 1 of 3 bombers?
To drop 3  4k bombs seems an awful waste.
Combinations would be even better.

Just wishin'

Offline Wiley

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Re: Designate a drone to drop bombs
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2014, 12:05:55 PM »
Logically and from a realism standpoint, there's no reason not to have it.

From a gameplay perspective, I don't think it would be a stellar idea because a set of lancs could pretty much pork an entire front in a sortie.

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Re: Designate a drone to drop bombs
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2014, 02:46:22 PM »
Logically and from a realism standpoint, there's no reason not to have it.

From a gameplay perspective, I don't think it would be a stellar idea because a set of lancs could pretty much pork an entire front in a sortie.

Wiley.

I so totally want it because I would be able to destroy so much stuff!

I hate it because the enemy could do the same.

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Offline Petrol

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Re: Designate a drone to drop bombs
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2014, 06:03:13 PM »
Logically and from a realism standpoint, there's no reason not to have it.

From a gameplay perspective, I don't think it would be a stellar idea because a set of lancs could pretty much pork an entire front in a sortie.

Wiley.

The marauding set of Lancs would draw much attention.  I have flown past many targets while sitting in tail gun.
I like the dispersed strat layout. But taking a set of Mossie16 with 4k  on a 2 hr run has the potential damage crippled by
this element.
I took a set recently and dropped 3 x 4k lumps on a city block crossroads(border lines)  Scored 6 blocks.
Maybe they had some damage before I arrived, so, not having an idea of the damage needed to knock out a single block,
I am unaware of the potential damage for 1 x 4k on 3 crossroads.  Is that information available?

The realism is for the player to invent.  The game is there to be explored no?

The game is cool as it is, but just wishin'


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Re: Designate a drone to drop bombs
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2014, 11:11:30 PM »
Welcome back BTW Petrol  :cheers:
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Re: Designate a drone to drop bombs
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2014, 12:36:21 AM »
Please no.
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Offline danny76

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Re: Designate a drone to drop bombs
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2014, 02:07:32 AM »
Already available in game.

You simply deselect the formation option, then you can drop individual bombs.

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