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CV32 -> RE: Few questions from a newbie? contacts, refuel etc. (11/22/2007 2:29:55 AM)
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Lots of questions there, Awac, but I'll have a crack at it and I'm sure others will chime in.
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But im not sure what i experienced is bugs or just me not getting it. I have understood refueling correct if i say you attach them to a group and then ALT-R and send them RTB and letting the remaing flight go on. Also how many tankers to refuel how many planes. Is it 1:1 for the small planes such as S3?
Yes, you attach a tanker to the group you intend to refuel by using the Join Group command. Once their fuel level reaches a certain level, they will refuel automatically or you can force refuel by using ALT+R as you mentioned. (There is a small issue with the force refuel that sometimes appears, which we have since squashed and will appear in a future patch).
Tanking is a bit abstract in the sense that you can only perform the refueling operation once from a single tanker. That tanker can refuel a single plane or a large group, but it can only do so once. (We're still examining some ways to improve this situation).
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Another thing is i keep getting reports from my E2 hawk eye about ESM contacts. Nothing new there, but wouldnt it be possible to get a contact line that is tracing the contact when it updates?
When you get an ESM contact, you will typically get that zone of uncertainty appear which more or less gives you an idea of where the contact is located. ESM contacts will usually 'firm up' over time. Jamming complicates things, of course.
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Also alot of TU badgers and some russian Mainstay airplanes cross my path. But they never show up on the group display. I see them alright on the unit display. I guess it might be becouse they are single units. BUT!!! its really annoying becouse they sneak past me, and when a long range CAP i have some 300nm's out ask me for permission to engange im like huh?? engange what? its also har to give vectors to flights if you want em to cover a area where you think there migt be some enemy activity when you cant look at passt reports.
As detailed in another thread, these are likely enemy aircraft operating inside their own airfield's formation patrols. It takes some getting used to, I suppose, but if you keep this in mind, you can figure out to engage them by matching their unit identities to the airfields they are operating out of. Keep an eye on that Unit Window. [;)]
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Last questions is regarding strikes. I launched a flight of 4 F/A-18's and 4 A6 intruders armed with HARM's and laid waste to the airfields defences. But what is the better strategy, simply to have everything in one flight. SEAD, strike, escort or should one split them up. I guess its easy enough to set up good TOT for different flights with the excelent ingame range and bearing tool.
This is a matter of tactics. Whether you send in one large strike package (with component SEAD/DEAD, electronic warfare, strike, escort elements) or individual groups arranged according to role, will depend on the circumstances and the nature of the target. I usually split them up so that my 'sweep and escort' fighters aren't burdened by strikers that typically want to fly low and stealthy, and likewise, my strikers aren't hampered by fast moving and high flying fighters that are sailing in with radars alive and looking for a fight. [;)]
It will get more complicated (and more challenging) as you move on into more recent scenarios that incorporate separate, layered and individually modeled air defences (SAM batteries, AAA positions, MANPADS, etc).
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Last i just want to say great game. Im, happy that my experience with ANW didnt scare me away from this one. Maybe ill even return to ANW once they get around to updateing the user interface a little.
Glad you're enjoying it. [:)]
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