Germany is using an interceptor to attack my stack of 2 infantry. He is hardly giving me any damage, but I am giving him back more damage. THere seems to be no point in it.
Is it a noob move to use an interceptor to attack infantry units in the early game?
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Yes, it is. Only use them as scouts against land.
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This is what a lot of people try at first, before they figure out how to read unit attack/defense stats and terrain modifiers. Why don't I strafe those infantry over there with my fighters, they used to do this all the time in WW2, should be pretty safe, right? Nope. Always look at unit stats and combined army stats. Things are not what they seem.
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z00mz00m wrote:
This is what a lot of people try at first, before they figure out how to read unit attack/defense stats and terrain modifiers. Why don't I strafe those infantry over there with my fighters, they used to do this all the time in WW2, should be pretty safe, right? Nope. Always look at unit stats and combined army stats. Things are not what they seem.
Strafing an entire regiment with fighters is a stupid idea in real life too. Even a small formation would have a couple of Bren guns defending it. An entire regiment would have at least some light anti-air weaponry besides small-arms.Aeroplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.
— Marshal Foch
A pretty mechanical toy [...] the war will never be won by such machines.
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Where is your source for that? Even then, AA is very inaccurate and would take time to ready, and by then your men could already have holes in them while the enemy plane flies far away. In WW2 the allies didn’t really even have to worry too much about German planes when facing them past 1943; the Luftwaffe was obliterated and only was able to commit minor incursions that were repelled by allied planes or had little effect anyway.
CarKing the 6th of the Abrahamic Caliphate -
Very noob move. Interceptors should be used as a scout or a defense for bombers, as well as anti-air. NOT attacking ground troops, save that for your Tactical bomber and Attack bomber. I watch a YouTuber named BMfox Call of War, he has a video on planes and how to effectively use them!!
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-BLOOP- wrote:
Germany is using an interceptor to attack my stack of 2 infantry. He is hardly giving me any damage, but I am giving him back more damage. THere seems to be no point in it.
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Carking the 6th wrote:
Where is your source for that? Even then, AA is very inaccurate and would take time to ready, and by then your men could already have holes in them while the enemy plane flies far away. In WW2 the allies didn’t really even have to worry too much about German planes when facing them past 1943; the Luftwaffe was obliterated and only was able to commit minor incursions that were repelled by allied planes or had little effect anyway.
Of course everybody had machine-guns and rifles which would inflict at least some losses against strafing fire, albeit not against level bombing. One has only to read accounts of such attacks.
Specialised AA batteries including flak guns would usually be attached organically to divisions where air superiority was lacking. As you've suggested, these were to useless unless an attack was anticipated and prepared for. I'm not saying all infantry regiments would have a flak gun. But what I'm saying is that infantry weapons themselves would realistically do at least scratch damage to low-altitude attackers.Aeroplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.
— Marshal Foch
A pretty mechanical toy [...] the war will never be won by such machines.
— Lord Kitchener, on tanks -
_Pyth0n_ wrote:
-BLOOP- wrote:
Germany is using an interceptor to attack my stack of 2 infantry. He is hardly giving me any damage, but I am giving him back more damage. THere seems to be no point in it.
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_Pyth0n_ wrote:
-BLOOP- wrote:
Germany is using an interceptor to attack my stack of 2 infantry. He is hardly giving me any damage, but I am giving him back more damage. THere seems to be no point in it.
But, bear in mind, this should never be used against an experienced player because they will almost always have some form of AA in a reasonable stack!Have a blessed day -
I feel like everyone in their first game tries attacking ground units with their starter Int. The test is if they realize it isn't working or if they continue until the Int dies.
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The_tank_Man wrote:
Very noob move. Interceptors should be used as a scout or a defense for bombers, as well as anti-air. NOT attacking ground troops, save that for your Tactical bomber and Attack bomber. I watch a YouTuber named BMfox Call of War, he has a video on planes and how to effectively use them!!
forum.callofwar.com/index.php?user/23806-bmfox/Looking for improvement.
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He went inactive after being fired, though.
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Carking the 6th wrote:
He went inactive after being fired, though.
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I see so many noobs that do this
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_Pyth0n_ wrote:
Carking the 6th wrote:
He went inactive after being fired, though.
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Carking the 6th wrote:
_Pyth0n_ wrote:
Carking the 6th wrote:
He went inactive after being fired, though.
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Carking the 6th wrote:
@Donk2.0 showed me a video from his channel. He was fired.
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Yeah don’t do this
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