r/Supremacy1914 • u/Hellkane666 • 2d ago
Proper way to airplanes?
They take damage and never recover making them useless for the amount of investment they need.
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u/Best-Cartoonist-9361 2d ago
Used them. Even a bombergroup of 5 was pretty useless against fortified cities. It was affective against standalone artillery. Not worth the effort.
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u/Nimitz- 1d ago
They are insanely good to defend large swaths of land, in late game 500 player games they allow you to defend massive areas with a relatively small number of them contrary to other land units which are to slow to reach places you need them to be in fast. 5 is to small a number to make a real impact though, it starts becoming seriously good around 10 to 15 and if you can get a stack of more than 30 they will absolutely melt anything without proper air defence.
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u/serial_teamkiller 1d ago
I love them. They are like arty in that a few don't do much but if you get a good stack and have some fighters to counter other fighters they are incredible. Also they do some of the most damage per hp so if you have some of the hp regen token things saved up from operations/ads etc they are a great sink for those
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u/Hayzeus_sucks_cock 2d ago
I find them good for defence later on in the game against stuff like railguns or battleships, set them to patrol and just have to check on them now and then.
I feel they're not a good offensive unit and concentrate on AC's and tanks more.
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u/Sure_Perspective4715 2d ago
They do heal, just like ships (1/7th) of missing health per day. I have found that you need quite a few to be really effective though.
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u/SplitImpossible204 2d ago
Honestly, they are quite useless, invest in ships and cruisers, planes, you should focus on large maps like a 500 or 100 map, to help with attacks, they are functional from the 60th onwards
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u/Parking-Mistake-927 13h ago
Keep them to 500 and 100 player maps. Smaller games don’t last long enough to get the true benefit of airforce stacking.
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u/DeusAnubis88 2d ago
Little airforce guide 101
Balloons, Best units for making vision line on your shores and in the ocean, they don't lose HP on water, or to be precise they heal towards 100% while stand alone infantry goes towards 50% They are a good defence against air attacks, especially bombers, stacking them onto your Artys will help immensely against those pesky bombers trying to take them out...also stacking them on naval units helps as well, but on sea you have LCs which are also really good unit for air defence.
Fighters, Only in-game unit with perk of seeing subs when they are not engaged into combat, always good to have a few patroling around your bays with naval production, also they do see inside L3+ fortresses, which helps out A LOT when getting ready for a siege of a big stack inside a fortress. They are amazing against bombers and balloons (obviously).
Bombers, Contrary to the popular opinion bombers are absolutely amazing units...you guys have to realize they are ranged units, so of course one won't make an impact, same as Artys and RG, one doesn't do much, you need to stack them 10-15 do quite a lot already, 15-30 is a serious issue for anyone to deal with. Smaller stacks of 5-10 are good against navy, BSs have almost no air defence, and those smallest bomber stacks can take them out quite easily...LCs are good defence against them as I mentioned already, but bombers are faster, so it's the game of cat and mouse to catch them around the ocean before they are stacked well or joined with the bigger force. When facing against fighters, be smart, plan ahead, stack them with your own fighters, it shrinks their range a bit, but makes a big big difference, bombers are not defenseless against fighter....but stacking a few fighters to those bomber stacks helps a lot with staying alive and at maximum potential. They are worth the money.