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To start off I've purchased HCCE and am enjoying it; I feel it was a better purchase than ANW
My helicopters launched in the formation mode having problaly been acting this way since harpoon for pc has been around. ( but for some reason now I'm just noticing it..)
They reach their assigned station and start dropping their 12 sonabouys as fast as possible, then they cruise at full speed from spot to spot ; I wish we could adjust the dropping rate of sonabouys, also if they could stop and hover and use dripping sonar when out of bouys (when in formation)...

I guess the other option is individually take care of each asset (no formation)[&:]

What would be the more effective tool? Maybe helos should be made to use their sonar until the fuel runs out, and only use sonobouys when attacking/localising a contact?

ORIGINAL: mack2

What would be the more effective tool? Maybe helos should be made to use their sonar until the fuel runs out, and only use sonobouys when attacking/localising a contact?

Foirst off all they need to learn how to do smarter search technics/search paterns.

Am I mistaken that setting up their areas of patrol are the gamer's responsibility when setting up your formation? I always adjust my helos patrol area in the formation. How they are set up depends on available assets.

ORIGINAL: SteveF2006
Am I mistaken that setting up their areas of patrol are the gamer's responsibility when setting up your formation? I always adjust my helos patrol area in the formation. How they are set up depends on available assets.

You're correct. The task of setting up formation air patrols is yours. Unless you choose to go with 'Auto Formation Air Patrols' at the starting Game Options pop-up, which would launch formation air patrols in accordance with what the scenario designer set up for you. And if the scenario designer didn't create any, the ball is back in your court.

Just remember, with auto-formation patrols, the designers do not always set up the CAP/Patrols in the optimal way. You will often find yourself tweaking the patrols based on your direction of movement, for example.

I prefer turning off auto-formation air patrols and putting them up myself.  I found that I was moving the premade patrols around or even sometimes landing an occasional one at the beginning of every scenario so I'll just start off with a clean slate.