Unimpressed with ai bomber formations

Suggestions
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I envisioned bomber formations as causing massive damage to an attacking or defending force. If anything, pen them down with massive suppression. What I see right now is a thud.

  1. You have no idea bombers are coming in, unless you see all the artillery circles on map.
  2. When you spawn in with fighter, you have no idea where they are coming from.
  3. When you finally see the red triangles on map, you are pretty much out of position because you been flying around trying to find them.
  4. When you attack them, the damage done is very very minimal.
  5. When they are spotted they are already a few seconds out from target.
  6. Ai gunners will just own you because you feel rushed to shoot them down since they are already close to target.

Fix the damage models or drastically increasing spotting distance so people can actually have a chance to shoot some down. Then drastically increase the damage from the bombs.

I was looking forward to fighting against these formations, but I have been left unimpressed and feels like just a waste of time taking up a fighter.

2 Likes
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shouldnt this be suggestion instead of mess room ?

3

I can second point #4 & #6. I tried two times now to intercept an enemy bomber run. While having no trouble finding them both times the bombers soaked up damage like it’s nothing (which is a basic airplane problem still with the game) and shot me down in no time via pilot snipe.

Right now it feels like an almost impossible task to even shoot down just a single plane and meanwhile the effect on the ground appears not nearly as groundbreaking as it appears on the map.