Icy wrote:
Just ran a couple quick tests. UEF and Cybran destroyers both lose to a single torpedo bomber, and a Broadsword loses to 2 interceptors.
Stratbomber wins against 3 interceptors, but the Revenant's tail guns are much weaker than the Ambassador.
It would seem that a torpedo bomber's torpedos are not very well defended against by anti-torpedos then? I had a concern that the torpedos would drop too close to the destroyers. Believe I heard TA4life mention something like that about the anti-torpedo systems. Is the AA gun of the destroyer missing the stork at lot as well? I did not really assess the ability of that AA gun to actually hit air units. It may only be useful against slower t1 bombers. A stork flies at the same elevation as a scorcher t1 bomber but 50% faster for the stork. I was mistaken about the Valiant being able to defend against torpedo bombers due to the anti-torpedo and AA gun not actually hitting their targets. I am glad you ran the test as I was unsure how that would play out. Hard to tell if weapons will actually hit just from the database without doing more math than I felt like =P. If you feel like testing one more thing, try pitting the Valiant against increasing numbers of bombers starting with 1. If it doesn't kill at least a bomber 1v1 then I will absolutely agree that its AA gun is just about completely worthless. Do you think it likely that the AA gun was added only to defend against t1 air and not so much against t2? It may not even be good at hitting t1 interceptors but only the slower t1 air. Torpedo bombers are probably also designed to avoid torpedo defense by dropping their torpedos within the defenses minimum range. This makes torpedo bombers able to more reliably damage naval units even while being decimated by cruisers and fighters. I always thought of torpedo bombers as being somewhat suicidal against a large navy. If anti-torpedo worked against them, then they would need huge numbers to defeat the defense and deal any damage. They would be rendered obsolete too easily by even some of the worst anti-torpedo systems and unable to deal any damage whatsoever even in their specialized suicidal air vs naval role. They do not have to suicide in some situations, but they do not have much of a choice if the opponent keeps their navy together and doesn't allow you to engage single ships with the torpedo bombers.Statistics: Posted by Myrdral — 21 Jul 2012, 04:02
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