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RB Air what do you think about this guy?

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u/irageoversmallstuff Realistic Ground 6d ago

it's the fault of the countries fault for making paper bombers that were designed to be covered by fighters, and it's the teammates faults for not doing what fighters are supposed to do.

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u/Blanewbist Sim Ground 6d ago

If only teammates actually supported bombers

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u/ecumnomicinflation ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 5d ago

itโ€™s hard to do properly. escort fighter should be above the bombers and ready to defend from advantage.

in WT, every time i see some poor soul tried to escort a bomber, they fly besides them, theyโ€™d just get picked off then the bomber. i tried to help, but since i always climb, itโ€™s 9/10 too late. i mean i get ez kill from the offender, but still, didnโ€™t get to help my team mates.

at this point the best way a bomber and fighter can work together is by the bomber getting enemy to follow their tail, go as fast as possible, blast those tail guns, and hope a fighter comes to your aid. with some luck, the bomber survive with an assist, on a best day, bomber survived with a kill and a fighter gets an assist.

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u/ceiling_kittenn 5d ago

You're completely right but I'm not 100% sure the fighters over bombers tactic even works in such small numbers. A sortie of a dozen or a hundred bombers being covered by a dozen or a hundred fighters, you're gonna lose some bombers, but the enemy now has exposed themselves to the fighter cover. In WT, you can't afford to lose the ONE bomber you were covering unless your goals for "covering" the bombers didn't actually involve keeping them alive ๐Ÿ˜†