Why are *all* of my AAW fighters taking off?

[ColonelMolerat]

Hello everybody,
I've set up an AAW patrol (called 'AAW'), and I thought I had set it to - the 1/3 rule, - flight size 2, - try to keep 0 units on-station... But every time, *all* of my units (3 flights) launch at once. What am I getting wrong?
Thanks for your help!
Ratty

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[thewood1]

I'm pretty sure its because you have three different types and loadouts in the mission. 1/3 means 1/3 of units of the same type. For patrols, I always create separate missions for each type. Or reduce the number of types per flight.

[ColonelMolerat]

Oh I see!
Thanks!
I've just experimented a bit, and if the same types of plane (with different loadouts) are on the mission, they'll follow the 1/3 rule for the total number of planes.

So the 1/3 rule applies to each different type of plane, but not each different loadout.

Thanks, that really cleared it up.

[boogabooga]

I'm pretty sure its because you have three different types and loadouts in the mission. 1/3 means 1/3 of units of the same type. For patrols, I always create separate missions for each type. Or reduce the number of types per flight.

I wish there was an option to allocate 1/3 of TOTAL assigned assets to the mission. Or at least have less specific differentiation. For example, when I assign a hodgepodge of F/A-18E and F to an AAW patrol, I don't care that those are technically different platforms; I just want 1/3 of of the whole group on patrol at any one time.

[Raptorx7_slith]

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