ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: glyphoglossus
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Yes, DBs descend to ~2500 feet in their dive, but in order to get them to dive bomb they must be in the 10,000 - 15,000 foot altitude range. Anything else is level bombing. There used to be a "glide bombing" attack at a certain altitude range but that was removed in one of the updates.
Hmm, so the following is no longer true (wrt to glide bombing)?
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Summary from the linked thread:
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Alt Type --- ---- < 1K Low-level attack 1-9 K Level bomb 10-15 K Dive bomb 16-19 K Glide bomb 20+ K Level bomb (less accurate)ORIGINAL: michaelm
Mission: Bombing
A/c type: DB
(1) Group altitude: 10-15K
A/c are treated as if performing a diving attack
(2) Group altitude: 16-19K
A/c are treated as if performing a glide attack
(3) Group altitude: <1K
A/c are treated as if performing a low level attack
(4) Group altitude: 20+ or 1-9K
A/c are treated as if performing a normal horizontal attack
The attacks are based on altitude flown.
If I had to do it again, I would probably let the player pick an 'attack tactic' which would allow planes to approach target at the group alt but determine the attack alt and bombing type based on the 'attack tactic'.
Diving attacks have a better chance than gliding attacks to make a hit; pilots with good NAVAL_BOMB skills have a better chance. Exit altitude is 1000-4000'.
Glide attacks have a better chance than level bombing but not as good as diving attacks to make a hit, but; again better skilled pilots have a better chance. Exit altitude is 2000-5000'.
[Typo after all that - items 3 & 4]
Yes - note that the link you posted was dated 2010, when the game first came out. At that time Level Bombing attacks below 5000 feet were also considered low level. During one of the updates the air model was streamlined a bit by eliminating the glide bombing attack and making 1000' the threshold for Low Level attack for all aircraft types. Flak will serve to keep LB from using the 2000-5000 foot level very much, although I like it for enemy that are out of ammo (and not in a base that has balloons).
Arrgh. All those wasted strikes where I thought I was doing gaining some effectiveness when all I was doing was burning up Betty's with no "glide bombing" benefit. It seems then, that either 9000 or 20000 is the way to go ...
Well, good to know!