Treetop64
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ORIGINAL: mcp5500
Carrier Battles are frustrating because it does not matter what ships you put into the carrier group. when the kates finally get past your cap, the other ships, regardless of their AA skill set, never support the carriers. all of the plains always attack the carrier. The number does not get reduced getting to the carrier. if 7 get through the cap, 7 attack the carrier. IT is only protected by the carrier AA score. There is no difference if my task group is one CV, 2BBs,1CA,2CLAA,8DDs compared to 1CV and 6 Destroyers. I do not see the point in forming large ship CV TFs. I am suppose to hope some of the plans go for the BBs? I have been playing the Guad. update1 scenario (Jan 24 1943). My first and i find this as terribly flaud.
To put it simply:
IJN CV air attacks will almost always prioritize your carriers as the target to go after, no matter the composition of your CV group. However, the amount of additional anti-air assets does affect how much the attacking air formations are softened up before they drop their bombs and torpedoes.
For example, assuming you have attack animations turned on:
If you have a CV escorted by just a pair of old DDs with obsolete AA hardware, attacking aircraft that survived the CAP will perhaps fly through only one animation sequence of weak AAA fire that has little or no effect before they drop their payloads. Sometimes they may drop their payloads without any indication at all of being fired at by your AAA gunners; they just fly in, bomb and torpedo your carrier, and leave unscathed.
On the other hand, lets say you have a powerful 2 or 3 CV group that includes a number of CAs, CLs, CLAAs, and a dozen or more DDs to cap out the 25 ship Carrier TF maximum, all with up-to-date DP guns and systems from the most recent overhaul. In this case, you will see enemy aircraft formations who survived the CAP flying through multiple animation sequences of heavy AAA fire that damages and destroys a significant number of the incoming aircraft before they drop their payloads. The more intense your AAA protection, the more intense and lengthy these sequences are. Any survivors will still very likely go after your carriers (bypassing and getting shot at by everything else along the way), but they will have been severely depleted and shaken up, and are more likely to miss when they do drop their bombs or torpedoes. Then they'll be shot at some more - with the same intensity - as they attempt to egress.
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