Originally posted by Oedipus
That's not a problem. That is an improvement.
Thanks,
Oed
Making bombers in groups of less than four or five completely worthless is an improvment? It's the reason it's better to divebomb in a b17 than to bother turning around for a second pass.
Trying to bomb a factory is no different from trying to bomb a field. Both are virtually all empty space and require pinpoint drops to actually inflict any damage. On top of that, strat targets have little effect on the game, especially on akdesert. We can take three people, hit three seperate strat targets, and then any fields we attack within the next hour will take another 20-30mins to repair(Except hangars which are hardly affected).
Never mind that by the time an attack gets there the strat has started repairing, and that if you can GET a successfull attack on a field, you might as well just cap it and wait for a goon.
Strat bombing, leaving bombers out of field attacks, sounds good. But in the game, strat bombing is pointless without the ability to bomb fields.
I'm not saying a lanc formation should be able to hit pinpoint targets across a field, simultaniously killing the fuel, hangars, radar, ammo and troops. But they SHOULD be arranged, so that a bomber can actually inflict damage, rather than, kill one or two objects and go home.
Currently, Bombers have nothing worth bombing.