Air Superiority Chopper vs NeedleJet

[Jamski]

I thought scrambled fighters were meant to be paniced and disorganised, not able to fight at full strength.

-Jam

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by Santiago_Clause
Bomber vs. scrambled Fighter is weapon vs. weapon, WITH THE FIGHTER'S AIR SUPERIORITY IGNORED! This means the bomber dogfights as effectively as if it were a fighter.

Are you serious? So it has no purpose at all to have interceptors in a base then?

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by GeoModder


Are you serious? So it has no purpose at all to have interceptors in a base then?

And in fact can be detrimental to have a fully functional AAA unit that could defend, while instead having a wounded interceptor go out and scramble in defense instead.

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by Jamski
I thought scrambled fighters were meant to be paniced and disorganised, not able to fight at full strength.

-Jam

This makes perfectly sense. However, the player should be able to pick which fighter to scramble if there's more than one in range.

[Commy]

Originally posted by GeneralTacticus
Commy, I have a question for you. Have you ever seen the devastation that can be caused to unprepared bases by a few choppers with good weapons? Their ability to attack as many times as they have movement points lets them slaughter entire armies if they don't have adequate air cover.

Yes, I have, but I just mind control the bases with air units, use them as kamikaze bombers, and then hurry colony pods to kill the base.

Air units are a big part in military strategy, but I'm am lazy, real lazy. I just build probe teams and missiles. I'm not kinding. I think it's fun to harass the AI. Too bad I can never pull it off on a MP game.

Perhaps I should consider building a military, a real military, not just a bunch of missiles. I never have actually built one, which is probably why I am a good canadite for playing the angels.

[Petek]

Originally posted by Commy


Yes, I have, but I just mind control the bases with air units, use them as kamikaze bombers, and then hurry colony pods to kill the base.

Commie,

Would you please explain how you "mind control the bases with air units"?

[Trithemius]

Originally posted by Jamski
I thought scrambled fighters were meant to be paniced and disorganised, not able to fight at full strength.

Eh? I would have assumed that bases with interceptor units probably have some kind of early-warning system that is at least as effective as the British 'Chain-Home' radar network of Battle of Britain fame.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Jamski
I thought scrambled fighters were meant to be paniced and disorganised, not able to fight at full strength.

-Jam

Bomber vs. scrambled Fighter is weapon vs. weapon, WITH THE FIGHTER'S AIR SUPERIORITY IGNORED! This means the bomber dogfights as effectively as if it were a fighter.

Yes.

[Trithemius]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Yes.

It can't be a feature!

Can it?

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
And in fact can be detrimental to have a fully functional AAA unit that could defend, while instead having a wounded interceptor go out and scramble in defense instead.

Sorry, can you elaborate? I don't know the translation of 'detrimental'.

Are you saying that an AAA ground unit is way better then having a wounded interceptor in the same base, but that the wounded interceptor will scramble even with an AAA unit in a base?

I'm asking this since my DG faction appearantly lost a base with three interceptor units in it, and the attackers use the chop and drop strategy.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by GeoModder

Are you saying that an AAA ground unit is way better then having a wounded interceptor in the same base, but that the wounded interceptor will scramble even with an AAA unit in a base?

Exactly.

[Skanky Burns]

Detrimental = bad.

[Snowflake]

Ok I don't understand. Could somebody elaborate this in detail please?

My understanding now is this:

If you have a AAA garison, and a wounded interceptor in a base, when a bomber attacks the base, the interceptor will automatically fly out to attack the bomber weapon to weapon, and likely die. So the detrimental effect is that you lose an interceptor unnecessarily? Can the bomber still attack the AAA unit?

[Snowflake]

Originally posted by GeoModder

I'm asking this since my DG faction appearantly lost a base with three interceptor units in it, and the attackers use the chop and drop strategy.

My understanding is you did not have AAA units right? Did the attacker simply used the choppers to destroy your interceptors and then drop? Sounds natural to me?

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by HongHu


My understanding is you did not have AAA units right? Did the attacker simply used the choppers to destroy your interceptors and then drop? Sounds natural to me?

You should know best what has happened.