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What can I learn from my staff? - 10/13/2009 11:16:42 PM

Stele

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Being a beginner to the game after purchasing when it came out I'm still learning about the strategic aspect of the game. To do this I've let my staff take over the mission planning for the offensive campaigns. At the very least I've directed them to attack categories of targets (ie-avionics, primary airfields, etc). They seem like a busy staff and seem pretty detailed.

I'm trying out Big Week for starters and I've noticed there are 3 or maybe 4 big raids each day, with smaller ones attacking other targets. Some fair better than others, but it seems that the big raids obviously have a bigger impact.

I'm still trying to observe when and how recon is sent, and fighter sweeps too...

What else should I be looking out for during these staff setup missions, and what should I be looking to do or change; since the AI isn't going to do what I always want them to do.

Thanks in advance.

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RE: What can I learn from my staff? - 10/14/2009 12:07:59 AM

Golden Bear

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This is a tough one, Stele. Plotting Raid Groups with the AI can serve a purpose but you frequently need to edit it to get successful raids.

OK, start by accepting that your AI plots are NOT models for you to copy. You will want to do things diffferently. However, you can learn a lot. Look at how the raids (hopefully) cluster. Watch how the AI reacts both towards the raid and away from the raid. Particularly look to see what works well and what works poorly. Learn to pay attention to the bases that interceptors come from.

When you plot your own raids you will probably plot very differently from the AI. But it does seem to have an advantage... frequently it knows how to time a raid to arrive over a target during a window in the cloud. Sometimes, while you are learning, you can do this, note how the raid is set up, then cancel and plot your own. Generally you will want to be more careful about not sending out low morale (fatigued generally) units and will want many more interceptors on each raid.

But watch a couple and see what you like. I did a lot of the same while I was learning.

Carl

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