Rockets damage tac bombers when they are on patrol - launch also

JRaiders · Sep 17th 2015, 3:37am

Currently in a war with sweden (AI) and using tac bombers to clear provinces. Found a couple of provinces that only have 1 rocket in them each. I tried putting my tac bomber in patrol mode over the first rocket and lost two tac bombers before i decided to go ahead and go in attack mode and bomb it which finally destroyed the rocket (which also caused damage yet again when i bombed it). Why would a rocket damage a tac bomber at all when by itself on the ground? Would think patrol mode would make quick work of a single rocket since they have zero defense. Am I missing something? The second rocket was attacked by going straight at it with tac bombers in attack mode. It survived the attack and then the AI immediately launched the rocket which appeared to somehow hit my tac bombers. Not sure how it survived the initial bombing run and then was able to hit moving tac bombers on a bombing run.
:wallbash

JRaiders · Sep 17th 2015, 4:15am

Attached is doc showing the next province i tried bombing that had 2 rockets. They launched immediately and took out 3 tac bombers. Yikes.

comrade dave · Sep 17th 2015, 10:49am

That sounds nasty, maybe they were destroyed by something else while you were away?

JRaiders · Sep 17th 2015, 12:29pm

i wish but i saw it hit the bombers and immediately i lost three bombers

comrade dave · Sep 17th 2015, 1:20pm

So the rocket was launched?

JRaiders · Sep 17th 2015, 1:29pm

yes, immediately after i bombed the rockets they launch and then strike bombers when they are heading back to base. only takes a few seconds for the rockets.

comrade dave · Sep 17th 2015, 1:43pm

So it's what's expected then?

trycster · Sep 17th 2015, 8:16pm

It isn't really what is expected. As he said it should not have survived the bombing run, it has 0 defense. It is possible though that it treats the bombing run as "it can not be shot down".

Butter Ball Bill · Sep 17th 2015, 8:19pm

You know that bombers can miss their targets, right?

comrade dave · Sep 17th 2015, 9:18pm

trycster wrote:

It isn't really what is expected. As he said it should not have survived the bombing run, it has 0 defense. It is possible though that it treats the bombing run as "it can not be shot down".

It is what's expected because rockets have 34 attack damage on planes, so if the rocket was launched and it hit the bombers then it is what is expected.

trycster · Sep 18th 2015, 4:36am

But it should never have launched in the first place zero defencse.

trycster · Sep 18th 2015, 4:40am

And the other issue not addressed so far is why would Rockets have an unknown AA value against planes that are on patrol.
Is it the province itself that has this unknown AA or the unit in the province?

comrade dave · Sep 18th 2015, 10:30am

He, from what I've gathered, told me the rocket was launched and hit his bombers while they were patrolling so it attacked them and at the moment if what I think is correct, there is no issue with rockets having apparent AAA defence.

trycster · Sep 18th 2015, 10:56am

Sorry, I was under the impression that the rocket did not launch until he attacked it the second time. It did not launch while he was patrolling but still caused damage.

comrade dave · Sep 18th 2015, 11:39am

Cool, I suggested he might have been attacked by interceptors or something while he was away.

JRaiders · Sep 18th 2015, 4:23pm

nope nothing attacked me, just damage patrolling over rockets. don't get it. rockets didn't launch until i went into attack mode and made a bomb run.

comrade dave · Sep 18th 2015, 4:42pm

So the rocket was launched and attacked your bombers. Why are you confused, am I missing something?

JRaiders · Sep 19th 2015, 12:50am

I guess I am confused on how rockets could attack and hit bombers when they are on a bomb run.

V1nd1cat0r · Sep 19th 2015, 2:25am

Realistically the bombers should not be damaged by rockets unless the rocket is guided, or if it was a nuke and was caught in the blast radius or if the rocket was launch It was a lucky shot. I don't think the V1 or the V2 have such capability to destroy planes "in the air"

comrade dave · Sep 19th 2015, 9:01am

Ruhrstahl X-4 This was I think Vind, of course it's not much of a rocket but it's a start.

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