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Post by goodwood on May 14, 2019 18:34:14 GMT -6
Just had a quick browse of the manual, there appears to be glaring omission of type of aircraft mission or design. No land base torpedo bombers, this means no Bristol Beaufighter type torpedo bombers which were used extensively in the Pacific with great effect. Tell me I'm wrong and have misread the manual.
Also no long range bombers either?
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Post by marauder on May 14, 2019 19:03:00 GMT -6
I believe the manual mentions at some point that the Medium Bomber plane type can eventually equip torpedoes after the required technology is researched.
And while not mentioned in the manual, there seems to be a Heavy Bomber plane type in the game, it's one of the options when requesting a new design.
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Post by noshurviverse on May 14, 2019 19:12:23 GMT -6
"Medium bombers can only operate from airbases, but they typically have very good range to attack ships far out to sea. MBs normally use level bombing when attacking ships or land targets. This technique, while quite effective against land targets, is the least effective bombing technique to use against ships. However, medium bombers proved to be quite flexible historically. MB bombing techniques can be researched that allow them to utilize the much more accurate (and dangerous to the MBs) method of skip bombing, though it is only useful against unarmored ships. Some MBs can be equipped with torpedoes after the technique is researched. Late game technologies will allow some MBs to be armed with particularly deadly and accurate guided bombs.
The medium bomber, as used for naval purposes took some time to mature and in RTW2 you will have to develop the necessary technology through research. Medium bombers make excellent recon planes in the absence of flying boats. The monthly maintenance fee for medium bombers is about 20% more than for single engine planes."
Remember that the Beaufighter was designed in the late 30's, whereas what we have to work with now is the early 20's.
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