Are flying bombs rarely used?

6 Jan 2023, 10:34

I've noticed since playing Cal Of War that flying bombs are practically unknown or not used, at least in the Italian sever!

I've entered several games since joining Cal of War, but only 3 am I seriously engaging.

I practically won the first one, a 1939 historical map where I interpret Germany. I used flying bombs against England in the first week of the game, after conquering France!

They have helped me tremendously in destroying the British economy and its structures. From then on there was my ascent to the world level! Now I'm in coalition and I just have to take cities to win the game! But I practically have no more threats, so I decided to take it easy and start two more games.

In the second, the one I told you about in my last post is still Germany but in a map of 22 players!

I conquered France, part of Switzerland and Denmark, Luxembourg, and now I'm advancing towards Austria to then conquer Yugoslavia.

I intend to go as far as Tirana to create airbases and place missiles, from there to hit the Libyan coast (Libya is in coalition with Egypt and they are the strongest opponents together with the Caucasus and the USA).

Tornado to flying bombs, I believe that at the beginning of the game they can be fundamental to make their way towards stronger opponents, once the missiles are unlocked you aim at them, but at the beginning, in my opinion, the flying bombs are perfect for destroying the economy of neighboring countries.

What do you think about it?

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10 Jan 2023, 00:48

S Schmidt wrote:
Fox-Company wrote:
I read the first part of that and, your instantly wrong, back when i didnt use LTS i spammed 10 AA into all my major cities before taking the offensive, therefore ensuring the constant production of units with little to no harm to the facilities there, and i do in fact upgrade my AA
Yet again you prove that you may read but you do NOT comprehend (btw I know that is a big word so I will put in a word you might understand, oops another big word, they mean become aware of something.) If you truly do build 10 in all of your cities before taking the offensive then you are in the 1% to 5% that do build AA in sufficient quantity. It also sounds as if you are again in the 1% to 5% that do build and upgrade fighters. That being the case I would go with Plan B which might include destroying all the buildings of your cities but that being said I would not be stupid enough to actually attack with my aircraft needlessly either. So you would not waltz anywhere. We would probably stalemate for a time.
Fox-Company wrote:
then all your Aircraft stuff after that becomes a rant, no i have but one thing to say, what would you do against fighters? you never stated your counter-offensive agaisnt that statment,
Actually I did somewhat identify what methods I could use to deal with fighters but as an Air Power user I am not going to explain in any detail how to counter fighters. I will just say if you had read the Forums post that I had suggest you read you would know (or have an idea).
But we have digressed far from the point of the OP and his question so if you desire to continue this we can, just start another post.

You make fair points, but how would you know what i have or don't have? i will leave it at that, the fog of war shall never reveal the enemy, therefore we are both correct.

13 Jan 2023, 15:51

Flying bombs can be useful in some early game situations, e.g. breaking stalemates by taking out the enemy production/economy in a cost-efficient way. Of course also other units could potentially be used for this, just stating that it is possible with Flying Bombs as well.