Maybe it's just me, but I believe that tactical bombers are immensely overpowered in CoW, to the extent it makes all other ground units useless except to actually take the provinces.
They have an excessive amount of hitpoints (25), the same as a medium tank yet have very low manpower cost. I don't know what made Bytro think that bombers are just as durable as medium tanks but it's the main reason why they are such a strong unit in the meta, imho. Other reasons include a very low cost in manpower and high damage potential
AA guns are a weak defense. They cost more than twice the amount of manpower, yet have less than half the hitpoints of tacs. They do not have a much higher strength either; Level 1 AA has 4.0 attack vs air, Level 1 tactical bombers have 3.0 attack vs infantry (which AA guns count as).
SPAA's fare a little better because they are in the armor class rather than infantry but still suffer from very low HP and have less strength vs air than the non-motorized AA of the same level.
The interceptors are decent but not entirely stellar. They have less HP, and tactical bombers actually have a decent AA defense score themselves (Level 1 interceptors has 4.0 attack vs air, tactical bombers have 2.5 defense). You need a strong majority of interceptors to really counter tactical bombers.
There is no question that air superiority was a decisive factor in WW2 but air power alone did not single-handedly destroy entire armies as tactical bombers do in this game.
How to fix, in order of importance, imo:
Nerf HP to 15.
Nerf tac AA defense substantially (the rear gunners were really not that effective)
Attack vs infantry may need a slight nerf but can probably stay the same.
tacs should be powerful but also possible to counter against.
tl;dr: Tacs OP, way too durable for their cost, Bytro plz nerf
They have an excessive amount of hitpoints (25), the same as a medium tank yet have very low manpower cost. I don't know what made Bytro think that bombers are just as durable as medium tanks but it's the main reason why they are such a strong unit in the meta, imho. Other reasons include a very low cost in manpower and high damage potential
AA guns are a weak defense. They cost more than twice the amount of manpower, yet have less than half the hitpoints of tacs. They do not have a much higher strength either; Level 1 AA has 4.0 attack vs air, Level 1 tactical bombers have 3.0 attack vs infantry (which AA guns count as).
SPAA's fare a little better because they are in the armor class rather than infantry but still suffer from very low HP and have less strength vs air than the non-motorized AA of the same level.
The interceptors are decent but not entirely stellar. They have less HP, and tactical bombers actually have a decent AA defense score themselves (Level 1 interceptors has 4.0 attack vs air, tactical bombers have 2.5 defense). You need a strong majority of interceptors to really counter tactical bombers.
There is no question that air superiority was a decisive factor in WW2 but air power alone did not single-handedly destroy entire armies as tactical bombers do in this game.
How to fix, in order of importance, imo:
Nerf HP to 15.
Nerf tac AA defense substantially (the rear gunners were really not that effective)
Attack vs infantry may need a slight nerf but can probably stay the same.
tacs should be powerful but also possible to counter against.
tl;dr: Tacs OP, way too durable for their cost, Bytro plz nerf