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It allows CAP that will only attack bombers AND avoids combat with ANY fighters.

This is wrong. It avoids combat with fighter sweeps, but it gets completely trashed by LRCAP as compared to CAP, and loses much of the usual advantage
when battling strike escorts. In addition it sufferes from very low efficiency (successful intercepts vs. # of fighters available).

Attempting to hurt raids with training flights instead of CAP is an ineffective tactic.
And not to escort bomber types which rely on escorts for defense is a calculated risk of the attacker.

TBH it is more or less irrelevant if anyone personally thinks it to be gamey or not, it can be easily rendered useless.

I am very much with Alfred here.

ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000

It's gamey in the sense that while the response of the training pilots is arguably realistic, it's NOT realistic for pilots to be set to train in an airbase that's being constantly bombed, just for the sake of being able to side-step the sweeps/escorts in the first place.

If you want to fly CAP over a base, you're expected to set fighters to CAP. Settings fighters to Training because it happens to be a sometimes-better-CAP is "gamey" because you're not using Training for its intended purpose.

I agree with this point as I just cannot see an AF commander saying, "Ignore the bombing everyone. Just concentrate on your touch and gos." [X(]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

This is wrong. It avoids combat with fighter sweeps, but it gets completely trashed by LRCAP as compared to CAP, and loses much of the usual advantage
when battling strike escorts. In addition it sufferes from very low efficiency (successful intercepts vs. # of fighters available).

I should point out that I am not using this in front line bases since you are correct it is too dangerous. I am using this in rear areas where long ranger LBAs and P-38s are anoying me [:)]