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If only we could force them to actually use that behavior in-game... despite setting mine to 2000, with bombers coming in between 3000 and 7000, mine almost never attack from below. Not a lot of use, considering their only gun faces upwards... Can't wait until I get "real" night fighters like the Nick, Judy, and Zero.
Since the radar doesn't come online until later anyway, I'm not concerned with accelerating the radar airframes.
My Irvings always attack from below and are real killers versus 2E beasties. I am hoping the Sa version with the extra cannon makes them lethal versus 4Es. Why are you having problems?
I love your use of real nightfighters like the Nick, Judy and Zero! Can't disagree with you more here.[:)]
Some radar starts 6/44 and it is the most important upgrade for nightfighters there is! You ignore it at your own peril, I think.
I always set my NY close to the expected altitude of the incoming bombers, not lower. If at 9k against a raid at 6-9k they seemed to attack using the 20mm just fine. From lower I'd think you don't get the dive and lose time as they climb.
The Sa with radar is much better.
I haven't dug into it, but I will if there continue to be issues. I am pretty sure the bases with those first Irvings have radar to detect the raids...
I meant "real" night fighters in that they have guns other than an UP-mounted one [:'(]. Since the radar doesn't come online until 6/44 or 11/44 anyway, there's not much point in accelerating an airframe that uses it, unless it is so much better than another one. Given the number of losses in airframes that the 4Es cause, I'd rather use and lose 2* the number in Zeroes/Judys than in Irvings. Unfortunately, the IJAAF only has 2-engine versions.
Looking at my Tracker, there are actually 2 groups other than the Endo Detachment (321 Ku S-1 and 321 Ku S-2) that can
only use the J1N1-S version and no others. The rest can all choose from any of the other IJNAF 2Es or the C6N, and only 4 groups are allowed to use the A6M or D4Y frames (3 each). It's worth noting that you can probably resize those 3 units...
As for the IJAAF, there are 2 units that can only use the Ki-46-III Dinah version. The rest of the IJAAF units capable of using NFs can choose among any.
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If I can make great numbers of them: Frank r, Ki202, Ki100, Randy 102b; for the Navy it will be Sam J, George ver 3 and Jack ver 2 or ver 3.
I cut the Jack off at version 2, and get the George to version 3. The Jack-v3 (the J2M5) just has an oddball combination of changes from the J2M3. It's 382 instead of 365, so less likely to be penalized by faster Allied fighters that are coming in for sweeps, but can't go as high. It is more maneuverable at its top band, however.
But compare to the George-3, the N1K5. Pretty much the same speed, George with more firepower (albeit a bit less accurate), same SR, same maneuver, and George can go to 39370 - high enough that P-38s can't get the dive on it although Mustangs and P-47s still can. Climb rate vs. the J2M5 isn't as much of a difference as the other versions. So it's as if the J2M5 is meant to be a filler in your CAP against sweeps, but it's SR3 which seems antithetical to the role of a filler. J2M5 and N1K5 are almost the same plane and so you're better off sticking with the faster-climbing J2M3. Also, if it ends up mattering, the N1K5 carries bigger bombs if you end up kami'ing them [:D].
*shrug*
