Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

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ORIGINAL: LoBaron

Just in case new players are discouraged by random rambling of the unimaginative:

High alt sweep was not, is not, and never will be an exploit.

In our PBEM we have no limits on maximum mission altitude except the one governed by the airframe.

If you experience severe losses due to an opponent flying at higher altitudes than you are able to, the reason
is that you are doing one or a combination of the below wrong:

- defending with too few numbers (its a numbers game, always)
- competing against a (historically) superior airframe without other qualitative or quantitative advantages to compensate
- neglecting the def skill for fighter pilots (big boo, guess what a pilot has to do in case he lost the initiative)
- not using layered CAP (different altitude settings for different squadrons)
- using planes at altitudes they were not designed for

Simply take a step back, reevaluate the situation and change accordingly.

We fight and air war on these very basic principles and get absolutely plausable and realistic results based on the odds.

Have fun guys.

Agreed, very good summary about high-altitude sweep and how one has to change his tactics to counter it. If player is too stubborn to do that, well...it's not the game that is broken.