Convince me why I should build attack bombers. I never use them, for these reasons:
1. Shorter range than tactical bombers, meaning you need more air bases and you spend more time refueling during hops.
2. Less HP than tactical bombers, meaning they wear out and become ineffective sooner.
3. Better at killing heavy armor, which is already countered by artillery, a unit everyone starts to build on day 2.
4. Worse at killing infantry, which has a better AA value, and is harder to kill from the air to begin with.
I've read posts where people claim to mix bombers to deal with mixed stacks. This to me makes the least amount of sense. You end up with the range of an attack bomber, just to wear out tanks faster. But tanks in mixed stacks are easy to kill. Just hit them with tactical bombers, the infantry take damage, and become even slower. Now the enemy has a mixed stack moving at the speed of wounded infantry. They are sitting ducks for your artillery, don't even need to waste air power on them any more. I love killing mixed stacks this way.
In summary, I have no use for attack bombers, and I don't understand why people build them.
1. Shorter range than tactical bombers, meaning you need more air bases and you spend more time refueling during hops.
2. Less HP than tactical bombers, meaning they wear out and become ineffective sooner.
3. Better at killing heavy armor, which is already countered by artillery, a unit everyone starts to build on day 2.
4. Worse at killing infantry, which has a better AA value, and is harder to kill from the air to begin with.
I've read posts where people claim to mix bombers to deal with mixed stacks. This to me makes the least amount of sense. You end up with the range of an attack bomber, just to wear out tanks faster. But tanks in mixed stacks are easy to kill. Just hit them with tactical bombers, the infantry take damage, and become even slower. Now the enemy has a mixed stack moving at the speed of wounded infantry. They are sitting ducks for your artillery, don't even need to waste air power on them any more. I love killing mixed stacks this way.
In summary, I have no use for attack bombers, and I don't understand why people build them.