Which is more efficient: a stack of 20 naval bombers or 2 separate stacks of 10 naval bombers each (of the same level)? Or are they both the same efficiency?
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25 Jul 2024, 06:34
If you send 20, only the 10 best units will perform, should some of those 10 die the rest(the other 10)will fill up the spots.For example:20 stack,2 die,you left with 18 stack,10 will perform,8 is left and so forth.
Two separate stacks of 10 will perform each of their own 10
Maybe someone can add more if I have it wrong.
28 Jul 2024, 11:13
Michaelis wrote:
Which is more efficient: a stack of 20 naval bombers or 2 separate stacks of 10 naval bombers each (of the same level)? Or are they both the same efficiency?
In a 20-stack, only 10 bombers will do damage. If you split them 10-10, then each 10-stack will do the damage of 10 (so you'll do twice as much damage). However, as each 10-stack is attacking separately, then each 10-stack also receives full defensive damage from the target (you'll receive twice as much damage).
It effectively just makes the fight 2x faster without changing the result.
I recommend splitting into 10-stacks to speed up the fight, as most of the time you want to sink exposed enemy ships before the enemy does something about it (sends fighters to chase you away, sails out of your plane range etc). But if you're attacking land units with both attack bombers and tactical bombers, it's better to keep them in 20-stacks (10 attack + 10 tactical). This way, the exchange of damage is more effective for you, it's as if you had 20 "universal bombers" (bombers that do massive damage to infantry like tactical, but also massive dmg to tanks like attack bombers). Also, adding 10 interceptors to each stack (as protection vs. enemy fighters) is a good idea if your enemy has an airforce.
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