how do you prefer to use them
ıf you have 13 planes do you send them to enemy as 6-7 with 2 stack or 13 with one stack
Depends.
If there are good aa defense in the stack, 13. If it is a larger stack, 13. If it is a small or single stack with no aa, can split them.
More often than not I probably go with the 13 stack. Yes you do lose 3 planes damage, but spreading damage over all planes is a significant help.
Lot of the decision is made by what the enemy is doing and what their stack composition is.
If I had only 13 I would use them only in an emergency, and all 13 in a stack, unless I was sure I could one tic patrol kill a stack with less.
3 extra planes' damage is not usually worth the extra defensive damage that you eat. Probably more efficient to just attack with all 13. But in reality I'd probably split the 3 and look for softer targets, or use them as scouts or something. Depends a bit on which planes they are, too--if it's a mixed stack of 13 tac/Ab then definitely attack with them all. If it's 13 of one type or the other, I'm more likely to split
One stack, absolutely.
K.Rokossovski wrote:
One stack, absolutely.
Agreed.
What most players don't think about is that in every battle, the defender will do the most damage possible to the attacker. It doesn't matter if the attacker has 1 plane or 10, if the defender can inflict 50 HP of damage, the attacker will have to sustain 50 HP of damage.
Simplified example:
Attacker has 10 bombers doing 100 HP damage to land targets (total).
Defender has 10 land units doing 40 HP return damage to planes (total).
Battle produces a 5:2 damage ratio in the attacker's favor.
After the battle, the air stack drops from 400 HP to 360 HP, and each plane is at 90% health.
Now let's consider 1 plane attacking the same target:
Attacker has 1 bomber doing 10 HP damage to land targets (total).
Defender has 10 land units doing 40 HP return damage to planes (total).
Battle produces a 1:4 damage ratio in the defender's favor.
After the battle, the air stack drops from 40 HP to 0 HP, and the plane is DEAD.
3 is not as bad as 1, but you get the picture.
Attacking with anything less than the full 10 units is DUMB.
The game is designed to punish these kinds of half-ass attacks.
If you are going to attack someone, use your whole ass. Both butt cheeks.
Or don't bother. Wait, build more planes, and attack when you have 10 or more.
Depends on planes but i always do 10 max with plane stacks.
If 6/7 are more than sufficient to eliminate the stack (considering the 20% variability in damage) a bigger stack would not be required and the other 6/7 could attack a similar target at the same time. You jsut have to look at the battle stats to decide this. leaving it as one stack is not essential, it is on a case by case basis.jubjub bird wrote:
3 extra planes' damage is not usually worth the extra defensive damage that you eat. Probably more efficient to just attack with all 13. But in reality I'd probably split the 3 and look for softer targets, or use them as scouts or something. Depends a bit on which planes they are, too--if it's a mixed stack of 13 tac/Ab then definitely attack with them all. If it's 13 of one type or the other, I'm more likely to split
Later the damage could be levelled by merging the two stacks again.
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