Why does it take so long to eliminate an airplane convoy? You capture their airbase and then take ages to kill them.
Killing Airplane convoys
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The more attack points against infantry that you have the quicker they die.
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ok, but they still take an unusually long time to die, I mean getting attacked by a brigade of tanks whilst you are sat helpless on the ground at a captured airbase should be over pretty quick i would say?
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Want to get rid of those pesky airplane convoys quicker? Put two or three 5-squadron wings of higher level tactical bombers on patrol overhead, and watch the convoy melt away.
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I just tested it yesterday ingame 2 times, 1 light tank lvl1 vs 1 air convoy, in both times the air convoy dies in 2-3 combat ticks.
We also confirmed that in our combat calculator, by making 1000 test calculations, with the same result.
When the fight takes much longer, it must be because of some special circumstances or bugs. For example:
Sometimes your troops capture the province before attacking the air convoy, due to the "unit jumping mechanic", then both are standing in the province center without fighting at all. That may be the issue in some of these cases. To circumvent that, always give another move or attack order to trigger the fight. -
Captain Hurricane wrote:
ok, but they still take an unusually long time to die, I mean getting attacked by a brigade of tanks whilst you are sat helpless on the ground at a captured airbase should be over pretty quick i would say?
Of course when an airbase is located in a city that is captured by an armored unit you have to remember that the armored unit is fairly weak in cities. Only using half their strength.
Now there are some cases where airplane convoys defend themselves and do damage back to their attacker, but that doesn't always happen, so it is hard to duplicate.War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin keep out of the way til you can. - Winston Churchill
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yes, I've seen multiple airplane convoy units deal an unhealthy amount of damage out.
will keep a more careful eye.
I've seen the unit jumping bug but then when u give the attack command it takes "seemingly" forever to end the battle.
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VorlonFCW wrote:
Now there are some cases where airplane convoys defend themselves and do damage back to their attacker . . . .
My biggest aggravation in the past is when I catch a wing of 6 or 7 or more squadrons on the ground, defenseless, with a vastly superior ground force (usually a vast moving column of armor and mechanized infantry) and it still takes several hours to kill those supposedly defenseless aircraft convoys. Of course, this leaves the attacking force pinned down and subject to a variety of counter-attack tactics with rockets, nukes, etc. This is why I have taken to killing off grounded aircraft convoys with tactical air and/or fighters, because they can kill off the convoys more quickly and they don't leave an attacking column of ground units stuck in place for hours. -
MontanaBB wrote:
Well, as far as I know, that's not supposed to happen.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin keep out of the way til you can. - Winston Churchill
VorlonFCW
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I've had it happen several times where armd columns get stuck fighting trucks full of disassembled aircraft, and take considerable damage from mechanics and engineers wielding large spanners and rivet guns.
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Air convoys have no attack or defense so that is puzzling.
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