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Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:18 pm
by JohnDillworth
Just occurred to me. Would it be useful to send recon aircraft to scope out targets and citys you plan to bomb? Will they increase their effectiveness?
thanks
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:39 pm
by jetjockey
I've not done it enough times to be certain, but I have noticed that on port-bombing missions, my bombers find juicy targets more frequently with a high DL; perhaps this only my (mis) perception though.
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:56 pm
by treespider
ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth
Just occurred to me. Would it be useful to send recon aircraft to scope out targets and citys you plan to bomb? Will they increase their effectiveness?
thanks
Yes
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:57 pm
by JohnDillworth
Yes
Well there goes 6 months of wasted bombing missions!! Thanks
Oh Well, now I know
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:06 pm
by LoBaron
The higher the DL of a fleet or a base the more accurate the attacks.
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:05 am
by Nomad
One thing to keep in mind, Recon helps everything. The better you recon a Hex, the better you will do there. That includes Amphibious Invasions, bombing, LCU combat, etc. Do not scrimp on Recon.
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:51 am
by crsutton
Recon, recon and more recon. I find that it is worth the lost time to train up some of my heavy bomber pilots in recon. Cats train for ASW and Naval search but recon as well. Can't get enough recon planes.
Funny, in WITP they were just an afterthought.
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:04 am
by jrcar
It makes a huge difference, and is an area the Allies are very deficient.
Cheers
Rob
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:10 am
by Sardaukar
Well, compared to WitP, Allies do get a lot of Recon units..and IIRC, you can even split some of those for better coverage.
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:26 pm
by myros
Also remember that bombing missions against bases/cities/units count as 1 recon, so all those bombing missions weren't totaly wasted
M
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:59 pm
by drw61
So do you get a better DL by splitting up the recon squadron and have the three subunits recon the same base or just leave the squadron together to do the job? Anyone tested this?
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:24 am
by Bradley7735
ORIGINAL: drw61
So do you get a better DL by splitting up the recon squadron and have the three subunits recon the same base or just leave the squadron together to do the job? Anyone tested this?
I have not tested this, but I'm going to guess that 3 sub units will outperform 1 whole unit. I remember in WITP that only 2 recon planes would 'buzz' a target. If that still holds true for WITP AE, then the whole unit would send 2 planes, and 3 sub units would send 6.
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:37 am
by aprezto
ORIGINAL: Nomad
One thing to keep in mind, Recon helps everything. The better you recon a Hex, the better you will do there. That includes Amphibious Invasions, bombing, LCU combat, etc. Do not scrimp on Recon.
Nomad's advice does include it, but I thought I would emphasize bombardments. If you are wondering why your 3 BBs and 4 cruisers just don't appear to be doing much damage. The answer is probably intel. Get the recon boys on the job to up the intel for the ships targetting.
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:44 am
by Kull
ORIGINAL: aprezto
Nomad's advice does include it, but I thought I would emphasize bombardments. If you are wondering why your 3 BBs and 4 cruisers just don't appear to be doing much damage. The answer is probably intel. Get the recon boys on the job to up the intel for the ships targetting.
You mean that you have to know where things are in order to have a better chance of hitting them? [:@] It was actually coded in?!?! That sucks. This game is TOTALLY broken! The devs should all be shot.
[;)]
RE: Is recon helpfull for bombing missions?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:45 am
by aprezto
crazy concept - I know [8|]