Back in the day, when you were took off from airport A and flying to airport B, if the enemy took airport A while you were flying to B, your planes would drop and turn into a cargo and return to the tarmac of airport A to be destroyed by the enemy.
Then COW introduced the option of having a nearby airport as support. So if you were patrolling from airport A and were also near airport C then when the enemy took Airport A you would auto switch to airport C.
Today I had only 2 airports and they were very far apart. I took off from airport A and was flying to airport B to land and refuel. The enemy was 19 minutes away at a force march to taking ( unprotected) airport A with a tank. I was 22 minutes away from landing at airport B.
The enemy took airport A before i managed to land at airport B, However to my surprise my planes continued on and landed safely at airport B.
My question is how much risk can i take when gong from airport A to airport B in terms of time. Is it a halfway measure. I wanted to stay at airport A and finish my patrol possibly killing the tank, but it would leave me with only 14 minutes to get back to airport B which was a 22 minute flight.
Is there a halfway rule, whereby if you are halfway to airport B which is 22 minutes flight and you are 10 minutes out that even if the enemy take your airport A that you can still land safely.
What are the new rules. Please if anyone can explain.
Then COW introduced the option of having a nearby airport as support. So if you were patrolling from airport A and were also near airport C then when the enemy took Airport A you would auto switch to airport C.
Today I had only 2 airports and they were very far apart. I took off from airport A and was flying to airport B to land and refuel. The enemy was 19 minutes away at a force march to taking ( unprotected) airport A with a tank. I was 22 minutes away from landing at airport B.
The enemy took airport A before i managed to land at airport B, However to my surprise my planes continued on and landed safely at airport B.
My question is how much risk can i take when gong from airport A to airport B in terms of time. Is it a halfway measure. I wanted to stay at airport A and finish my patrol possibly killing the tank, but it would leave me with only 14 minutes to get back to airport B which was a 22 minute flight.
Is there a halfway rule, whereby if you are halfway to airport B which is 22 minutes flight and you are 10 minutes out that even if the enemy take your airport A that you can still land safely.
What are the new rules. Please if anyone can explain.