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ORIGINAL: michaelm

Mission: Bombing
A/c type: DB
(1) Group altitude: 10-15K
A/c are treated as if performing a diving attack
(2) Group altitude: 16-19K
A/c are treated as if performing a glide attack
(3) Group altitude: <10
A/c are treated as if performing a low level attack
(4) Group altitude: 20+
A/c are treated as if performing a normal horizontal attack
The attacks are based on altitude flown.
If I had to do it again, I would probably let the player pick an 'attack tactic' which would allow planes to approach target at the group alt but determine the attack alt and bombing type based on the 'attack tactic'.

Diving attacks have a better chance than gliding attacks to make a hit; pilots with good NAVAL_BOMB skills have a better chance. Exit altitude is 1000-4000'.
Glide attacks have a better chance than level bombing but not as good as diving attacks to make a hit, but; again better skilled pilots have a better chance. Exit altitude is 2000-5000'.

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Skip bombing is way to go to get DDs and smaller surface combatants. Of course you get mauled if your planes happen to attack BBs at 100 ft...

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ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Skip bombing is way to go to get DDs and smaller surface combatants. Of course you get mauled if your planes happen to attack BBs at 100 ft...

Does skip-bombing only work @ 100ft like in WITP or is it considered part of the low level attack when flying below 10k?

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

Mission: Bombing
A/c type: DB
(1) Group altitude: 10-15K
A/c are treated as if performing a diving attack
(2) Group altitude: 16-19K
A/c are treated as if performing a glide attack
(3) Group altitude: <1K
A/c are treated as if performing a low level attack
(4) Group altitude: 20+ or 1-9K
A/c are treated as if performing a normal horizontal attack

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ORIGINAL: Barb

I would think that torpedo bombers with bombload acts as level bombers, therefore no glide bombing for them whatever altitude. Unless specifically stated by devs.

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ORIGINAL: Barb

I would think that torpedo bombers with bombload acts as level bombers, therefore no glide bombing for them whatever altitude. Unless specifically stated by devs.

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ORIGINAL: Barb

I would think that torpedo bombers with bombload acts as level bombers, therefore no glide bombing for them whatever altitude. Unless specifically stated by devs.




Avenger crews became proficient at glide and skip bombing, with an Avenger diving in at a moderate angle and then dropping a string of four 225 kilogram (500 pound) bombs that skipped into the hull of the target, detonating with a delayed-action fuze. In the end the Avenger, built primarily as a torpedo bomber, would drop far more bombs than torpedoes.

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ORIGINAL: obvert

PS - Is it worth keeping the Banshees around, or even one squad of them, if I'm holding Sumatra and continuing to reinforce it. Two squads almost single-handedly took out the first division that arrived in its eleven ships, plus the cruiser hit. How much PP penalty is it? Is it 1 point per plane per turn?

It's too late for this AI game, as I let them go, ( unless I want to back up for fun), but for the future, and a human opponent, could it make sense?