Shoot down bombers on carpet run

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Would be nice if fighter planes could shoot down bombers on carpet run. Or even hit points for hits on the bombers.

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they can, but the thing that happens is that you run out of ammo after the first one you destroy

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They can.

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They can’t on Pacific, tried with zero and hellcat

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Can relate haha

I think they made the bombers too OP to be honest. That’s also why they give us AA tanks as 1st tanks in Pacific War sadly, no one ever cares to shoot down the bombers

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Like Crivat said I ran out of ammo but did damage them. Found out the next carpet run instead of 5 bombers there was 3 bombers. Had two that was smoking on the first run.

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I managed to down one, in flames too. But tt did not count as kill, and the plane marker was still visible under water.

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There are some major adjustments that need to be made on this regard, I agree. I did a post a while back, but I will happily add to this conversation.

First off, the bomber drops really aren’t THAT effective, that needs to be changed. That said, with that change, the bombers need to be able to be shot down easier, give points for being taken down, and increase the cooldown time for each shot down.

In addition, I believe you should be able to change the direction they come in from, 90 degrees in either direction.

As far as shooting them down, fire from aircraft definitely needs to be more effective, but also the attacks from ground fire need to be too. We tested it one day, as the starter tanks in Pacific are AA units. Focusing fire with 2 AA trucks was incapable of downing the bomber. Same with AAA turrets. A large part of the problem I believe is that the lead marker doesn’t appear until a certain distance. Which these bombers are quite high, so that lead marker doesn’t appear until they are right above you. I think for these planes, that should change. Give the ground forces a chance to defend themselves.

Ultimately if they get these bomber passes balanced better, they may be able to nerf basic artillery fire back a bit, which brings forth more use for mortar fire. The biggest element of this game to be appreciated is the teamwork factor. I hope they keep that in mind.

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