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marion61 -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 12:35:44 PM)

So is there any point to strategic recon? If it doesn't help hitting strategic targets, why bother? Or am I misunderstanding your meaning?



Helpless -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 12:51:43 PM)

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So is there any point to strategic recon? If it doesn't help hitting strategic targets, why bother?


It does help targeting "correct" factories. Also it helps to provide correct information if the damage done.

Ex.1

Real damage 25, FoWed damage 50 (bad recon info). Raid made +10 real damage (to +35), and estimated damage is 50 (more precise than it was). So net result that battle report show no damage increase as it checks fowed values only and player complains that city bombing is very ineffective.

Ex.q

Real damage 25, Fowed damage 40 (better recon), real damage after strike +10 = 35, new assessment is 50. Battle report will show up with +15 damage done, which is much close to the real +10.

I see when such reporting can be a bit misleading and will try to provide better estimates of strike efficiency. But currently it will be very variable with FOW on and once you would like to test bombing accuracy, FOW needs to be swicthed off.



Chuske -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 12:52:09 PM)

Pavel indicated to me that it's main use is to assess damage with FOW on and if you have a AD over a large enough area to contain several targets that match your target priority it will make better choices on what to bomb based on the damage already done. I'm not sure from what he said if it actually helps your achieve more damage, the way he worded things means I suspect not and that it only improves the info on damage done.

I'm sure Pavel will correct if I'm wrong [:D]



Chuske -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 12:53:11 PM)

lol, well looks like Pavel beat me to it [&o]



marion61 -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 2:08:01 PM)

That's good to know, thank you. Does it not matter what the recon level is in the hex for strategic recon, just so long as you do it? And I am assuming that the more frequently you do the recon during the week, that you get more accurate results on bomb damage?



Helpless -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 3:47:42 PM)

Yes to both.




marion61 -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 4:29:03 PM)

That's very helpful. I was so worried about getting results in the target hex that I would put recon flights on area zero to ensure results. I'm glad that I can cover more targets now by increasing the area re-conned.



Chuske -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 6:48:46 PM)

Got it [:D] Thanks to Nico & ParaB

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ParaB -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 8:49:04 PM)

Good job!


Funny how things can change in a complex wargame like WitW from "IMPOSSIBLE!!!" to "Difficult, but doable" once you learn the intricacies of the simulation.

:)



Nico165b165 -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/6/2015 10:28:22 PM)

Yeah ! And we're learning fast : the game came out 2 months ago. Real air marshalls had to train their whole adult life. Guess not dying when you try something stupid helps learning faster [:D]



warshipbuilder -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (2/8/2015 12:21:57 AM)

YES!



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smittyohio90 -> RE: Help needed for air war introductery campaign (12/15/2015 12:50:54 AM)

Hmm... I was going to start playing around with this scenario to learn the air war before starting one of the bigger scenarios. I let the Allied AI pretty much do all the work, and just ran through the end of the scenario. I didn't expect much, but at the end I got an Allied Decisive Victory. Did something change recently, or was this always the case?



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