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Land based air is currently absurd - 8/22/2003 5:51:36 AM

Mike_B20

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For the second time in one of my PBEM's my opponent has waltzed into range(about 5 hexes) of approximately 400 land based aircraft (150 were fighters on 80% escort and most of the rest were Dauntlesses and Avengers) and pummeled my ships in port with complete immunity to land based air attack.

It was a taskforce of 5 CV's, 2 CVL's, CVE and some CS's.
Apparently, he has loaded them to the gunwhales with every fighter he can put on board and set high CAP.

I am more than happy with the final result (70 enemy aircraft destroyed in exchange for some damaged ships) but find the situation absurd. I cannot recall any historical precedence where escorted land based attack aircraft refused to attack.

I am aware that a few issues with LBA are being addressed in WITP, eg. the ability to set attack ranges for bombers, but we need more control.

We also need the ability to specify,
'Attack taskforce type X only'
'Attack with escort only'

And finally we need land based air to stop acting like pussies.

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- 8/22/2003 10:33:38 PM

Joel Billings

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[QUOTE=Mike_B20]For the second time in one of my PBEM's my opponent has waltzed into range(about 5 hexes) of approximately 400 land based aircraft (150 were fighters on 80% escort and most of the rest were Dauntlesses and Avengers) and pummeled my ships in port with complete immunity to land based air attack.

It was a taskforce of 5 CV's, 2 CVL's, CVE and some CS's.
Apparently, he has loaded them to the gunwhales with every fighter he can put on board and set high CAP.

I am more than happy with the final result (70 enemy aircraft destroyed in exchange for some damaged ships) but find the situation absurd. I cannot recall any historical precedence where escorted land based attack aircraft refused to attack.

I am aware that a few issues with LBA are being addressed in WITP, eg. the ability to set attack ranges for bombers, but we need more control.

We also need the ability to specify,
'Attack taskforce type X only'
'Attack with escort only'

And finally we need land based air to stop acting like pussies.[/QUOTE]

Send a save just prior to the resolution and I will try to figure out why your land based planes are not attacking. From what you are saying, if they were on naval attack and in range, they should have attacked. Send to [email]2by3@2by3games.com[/email]. Thanks.

Joel

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