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crsutton -> RE: US sweeps vs IJN BB task Force (12/8/2004 10:35:29 PM)
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Bob,
Some basic questions.
Are you playing the AI? It cheats, you know-especially on the higher difficulty levels.
If so, find a human opponent. You are just learning bad habits playing the AI [;)]
Any fighters that attack a strong surface TF in a head to head game usually take a hard hit. Both in lost planes but even more so in morale.
You will see a lot of shell hits from strafing fighters but really the damage is not to bad on DDs and CLs. Beaufighters and P39s can hurt but it is mostly system damage that accumulates over repeated attacks. System damage represents hits to non armored features above deck that degrade the ships systems and her ability to fight. This can be things such as winches, extra boats, float planes, light AA guns, compasses, repeaters, radar, crew, and so on. Quite frankly, Allied strafers could not sink many DDs or CLs but they could turn them into floating wrecks with 20mm and .50 cal AP rounds. By mid 1943 with the addition of bombs, the second generation fighters- P38s, thunderbolts and corsairs, could sink any light warship.
Oscars and zeros were notoriously poor for anti ship and strafing attacks in general. The Oscars were pitifully armed and the zeros not much better. Both were very easily shot down by AA as well. I never even try to use them as strafers in the game.
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