Trouble with attacking CVs

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ORIGINAL: Wildhack

I've been meaning to start a post asking if anyone has some tactics they've found useful for CV vs. CV encounters myself (though it sounds like samuraigg's problem may have just been overcrowding).

I'm wary to say even this, but about the only hunches I have so far are:

1.) I seem to have better luck setting my fighter cap to 90% and letting my attack planes fend for themselves (because the counterstrike is always coming, I've never been able to pull off any Midway type stuff against the Japs), and

This option will sometimes protect your carriers at the loss of most of your attack craft
and then you have no teeth.


2.) I seem to do better after making a long fast move toward the enemy carriers to get in range, rather than (in a general sense) having them do that to me.

Choosing when to fight is always better than being suprised.
I will only try to attack Japanese carriers after they have been in combat for several days on end, when I think they lost a good portion of thier capability do to AAA flak, fatiuge and op losses and my carriers are rested and in position to interdict then
and only then I will attack. always make sure you are trained up and at full strength
or you will almost always come up short.
also if you can have a coordinated land based situation with your carriers and the
above holds true you have a great chance at putting to them.
can't give advise on the japanese side.....



Anyone else have a suggestion or observation on these battles in WitP?