When to NOT use Ghetto Gunships?

[rambouillet]

I had some success with a comm snipe in the last game I played using two UEF T2 ghetto gunships.

I was wondering what experiences you've had with them and what I should look out for when planning my strategy with them, for future games.

[PhilipJFry]

I had some success with a comm snipe in the last game I played using two UEF T2 ghetto gunships.

I was wondering what experiences you've had with them and what I should look out for when planning my strategy with them, for future games.

T2 ghetto does not work at all when your opponent has t2 flak since those can kill the labs in your transport.

[Plasma_Wolf]

As soon as there is a single flak, you don't use ghetto gunships, no matter how strong your air game is. Against one flak, you may be able to use normal gunships with success, but you have to micro to make sure your gunships don't all die while they're approaching their target. Even then, you'll lose gunships and it's still better to stay away from the flak gun.

As soon as there are two flak guns, you really have to stay away with any T2 gunship. T3 gunships have quite a lot more health so they'll survive longer (they can also kill T2 flak quicker) but they'll take damage nonetheless.

As soon as there is flak, anything but strategic single strat bombers and ASFs will die. Groups will still take heavy damage, unmicroed bombers and ASFs will take heavy damage as well.

[TheKoopa]

Broadswords and wailers are quite effective but they are very mass heavy and take a long time to get a mass critical amount before you're actually able to kill all aa

[Hawkei]

Simply put, flak. If you are UEF you could try solving the Flak problem with Janus bombers instead of gunships. But once the AA is down you will need gunships of some sort to actually make the kill.

though for UEF you don't just use ghetto gunships for ACU sniping. They are also useful to counterpoint UEF's weaknesses in the early amphibious game. As T1 ghettos are very effective at killing Aurora and Zuthee spam.