Matrix Games Forums

 Forums  Register  Login  Photo Gallery  Member List  Search  Calendars  FAQ 

My Profile  Inbox  Address Book  My Subscription  My Forums  Log Out

bomber fire

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition >> bomber fire Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
bomber fire - 9/21/2017 5:27:54 PM   
decourcy2

 

Posts: 516
Joined: 1/29/2015
Status: offline 		This is pointless on an old game but I have noticed that bombers for all practical purposes never hit fighters. This is a serious hit to the Allies as the American bombers did at least damage many Japanese aircraft.

Does anyone have different results? Anyone know the reasoning behind this iteration of bomber fire?

Thanks,
Mike
Post #: 1
RE: bomber fire - 9/21/2017 5:36:05 PM   
bartrat


Posts: 131
Joined: 12/24/2013
From: USA
Status: offline 		IMHO and experience the Allies do knock down and damage fighters. I play Japanese side. Mostly the bombers damage and only rarely knockdown a fighter.
What version of the game?
What scenario are you using?

_____________________________

WW2 logistics fanboy and
Rat Rancher
Rat ranching for fun and profit, had better be fun, cause there is no profit.

(in reply to decourcy2)
Post #: 2
RE: bomber fire - 9/21/2017 5:38:01 PM   
HansBolter


Posts: 7704
Joined: 7/6/2006
From: United States
Status: offline 		You need more experience with the game and you will see that allied bombers, particularly 4 engine bombers are very hard on Japanese interceptors.

If you peruse the forum enough you can find multiple threads of JFBs whining over American bomber aces.

Early on in the game the Allies have very few skilled pilots. As the war progresses and your pilot skills go up you will see increasing effects of bombers shooting down fighters.



_____________________________

Hans


(in reply to decourcy2)
Post #: 3
RE: bomber fire - 9/21/2017 5:44:37 PM   
Yaab


Posts: 4552
Joined: 11/8/2011
From: Poland
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: decourcy2

This is pointless on an old game but I have noticed that bombers for all practical purposes never hit fighters. This is a serious hit to the Allies as the American bombers did at least damage many Japanese aircraft.

Does anyone have different results? Anyone know the reasoning behind this iteration of bomber fire?

Thanks,
Mike


You are late to the party. The glory days of 2009-2011, when 4E aces ruled supreme... The whining, the whining!

(in reply to decourcy2)
Post #: 4
RE: bomber fire - 9/21/2017 6:16:14 PM   
decourcy2

 

Posts: 516
Joined: 1/29/2015
Status: offline 		I am glad that people were getting different results; I was just testing scen 1, different air combat routines to see results. I was mostly looking at fighters, but I threw a few bombers in for variety. This was a small sample size but I didn't have a single Japanese fighter damaged by bombers. I am glad it was just an outlier.

Thanks for the responses.

(in reply to Yaab)
Post #: 5
RE: bomber fire - 9/21/2017 6:30:26 PM   
Yaab


Posts: 4552
Joined: 11/8/2011
From: Poland
Status: offline 		Not damage, but you should see some " X driven away by defensive fire" messages.

(in reply to decourcy2)
Post #: 6
RE: bomber fire - 9/21/2017 6:46:12 PM   
pontiouspilot


Posts: 1127
Joined: 7/27/2012
Status: offline 		In one of my PBEMs I have a B-17 ace in May '42. Playing DBB #28 with recent beta. The squadron has a 60 exp level but I can't remember the exp level of that particular plane.

(in reply to Yaab)
Post #: 7
RE: bomber fire - 9/21/2017 6:50:17 PM   
Yaab


Posts: 4552
Joined: 11/8/2011
From: Poland
Status: offline 		Yed, but did they shoot down any Nates? I never seem to score a hit on them when shooting B-17's MGs.

(in reply to pontiouspilot)
Post #: 8
RE: bomber fire - 9/22/2017 12:02:31 PM   
LargeSlowTarget


Posts: 4443
Joined: 9/23/2000
From: Hessen, Germany - now living in France
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: decourcy2
This is pointless on an old game but I have noticed that bombers for all practical purposes never hit fighters.


I have lost scores of night-fighters downed by Allied bombers - with little to show for in return.


_____________________________

AE Mod "Bottlenecks" UPDATED 01/2022

(in reply to decourcy2)
Post #: 9
RE: bomber fire - 9/22/2017 1:52:15 PM   
crsutton


Posts: 9590
Joined: 12/6/2002
From: Maryland
Status: offline 		Just had an large air attack with about 60 American mediums that hit a base in 1944. Did not have escort and got jumped by Jacks. I lost a dozen but the bombers in turn shot down "six" Jacks. These were high experience crews with high defensive values and I admit a rare event. However, bombers will damage and force fighters to withdraw. Yes, it is also true, Japanese bombers rarely shoot down anything.

_____________________________

I am the Holy Roman Emperor and am above grammar.

Sigismund of Luxemburg

(in reply to LargeSlowTarget)
Post #: 10
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition >> bomber fire Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

1.016