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PatinAZ -> RE: OK I'm a little frustrated (5/21/2008 5:04:36 AM)
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ORIGINAL: SteveF2006
Maybe someone can help. It seems as though some of the enemy forces have some "special forces" available that the player doesn't. This is in the Med 2003 battle set and the same thing happens in the Atlantic 2003 scenarios. For instance, I created a scenario where a 2-carrier battle group is facing several European carrier forces in the Med.
I have my battle group with active radars off but my Hawkeye's pick up an Italian group at a distance. I launch 12 F-35s to intercept the enemy CAP. I set them at VLow with active Radars off.
I'm not sure which planes have the terrain-following radar. When I fly at Vlow, I lose aircraft to crashing at much too fast a rate for my taste. I reserve vlow for desparate moments like a helo is inside the range of enemy AAM fire. Or aircraft with SAMs coming in that I have no other countermeasures for.
Behind this group I have a group of F/A-18 II in the Asuw setting and at Low altitude and they are accompanied by a Growler for EW jamming all with active Radars off.
That's one problem, An EW plane is only active for EW if the radar is ON.
Behind this group I have 2 F/A 18's at low altitude with Radar's off. When my forces are "close", I send the back two F/A 18s to high altitude and turn on active Radar. Nothing shows up. Then, some how Italian Harriers are able to see my strike force and shoot down a large portion of it. All the while, their forces are nowhere to be seen on my radar. Since when are Harriers "stealthy"? What is preventing my active radar to find the enemy ships? Is it realistic for this to happen?
Define what you mean by 'close' - 30 miles, 60 miles or what? Have you resolved where the ships are so that Harpoons can be ready to fire? Also how far behind the F-35s are the back group of F/A-18s? That cuts into the detection distance. What's the best missile that Harriers have, Sidewinder or the 40 mi AMRAAM? Not familiar with F-35 loadouts but they have the 60 mile AMRAAM at least, I think. With a greater range than he has you want to detect before he gets a chance to fire. Would recommend turning on ALL radars and far enough back to get at least 60 seconds to detect. Also slow down to 5:1 time or less to have time to react.
Then, if that doesn't take the cake, my foces are found by the enemy and they start shooting down my F-35's and ASW screen. I never do "see" what is attacking. No offense to the Italian Navy but since when did a Harrier become more stealthy than an F-35? I only see this happening when I an coming up against French or Italian forces.
Do the French have any Rafeles? Due to the settings in the current database the Rafeles are 'super-planes' and harder to detect than anything else. i would call them special forces.
Any thoughts???? [&:][&:][&:][&:][&:][:@][:@][:@]
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