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Golden Bear -> RE: Beginner Questions (10/15/2009 8:23:31 PM)
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Some additional notes to modify what I said earlier...
I've found that launching NFs starting at an hour after launch of main raid works out well. Thus, if NBs launch at 19:00, launch first plane to an airfield at 20:00. Then hit New Mission-Follow-Pick Lead unit-(pick the unit)-Close-click 3x to change the time to 20:30, hit New Mission-etc. I've been putting five planes on an airbase from 20:00 to 22:00 and generally knock down more NJs than NBs I lose. Of course, I have a long list of NJ AFs and hit all of them each turn I bomb which takes some patience.
And I'll bury a cheat, err, "workaround" in here. Much as you can use Bait and Switch to get RAF fighters or IXth or Tac fighters to escort your VIIIth bombers, you can do the same thing to get around Overloard and Avalanche restrictions. Target an AF or town near the industry you want to bomb, set up the raid, then change your primary to what you really want to hit. I debated putting this up but everybody who has played for any length of time knows it so why shouldn't everybody else? Personally, I avoid doing this because I am interested in seeing how I can perform within the nominal rules but I wouldn't hesitate to use it during the long Overlord blackout if I were in danger of game shutdown due to lack of points. However, this latter really shouldn't be a problem as long as you stay aggressive and keep bombing regularly. I believe that the shutdown thing is to make certain that a player doesn't sit idle for months, husbanding initial high exp units until planes improve.
Two more cheats that are obvious:
weather - if you don't like it, go back to your save game at the end of the previous turn (you do make one, right?) and regenerate dawn all over again. Not a biggie.
LW airbases - launch a test day or night raid, write down the AFs the LW has planes on that turn, then reload and sweep them. Again, it is up to how you want to play the game. It is also useful for testing things like height and timing of launching the sweeps.
Now to make certain that nobody but somebody who is really interested finds the above section, I have another interesting observation or bit of advice. Close Escort fighters actually do something in this game!! Woohoo!! And if you include them on your mission, many of the LW attacks will go after them rather than your bombers. I have come to regard it as pretty much a "must" to have CEs for this reason and to save more bombers.
Carlos
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