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Originally Posted by Panzergranate
It is a growing tactic, once a side has captured an airfield, to bomb around any obstacles and hazards, on the airfield, so as they are obsucured by smoke and fire. This increases the chances of an enemy, attempting a landing, crashing into something thus foiling the capture attempt.
Buildings, watchtowers, shelters, haystacks, tents, etc. are all good targets.
Plastering the runway so that it is just a mess of smoke and fire does freak out the majortity of players enough to either screw up or not even try a landing.
Those able to use "The Force" or just plain crazy, will still try anyway.
On two field games it is wise to leave a bomber behind to bomb the captured airfield whilst everyone else roars off to attack the other airfield.
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Those who have already memorized where the obstacles are will try anyway... I've had that tactic backfire on opponents quite a few times when I land and roll off to hide in the wreckage they created.
It's stupid for bombs to be allowed in CA - they should be patched out. Nobody bombs a runway they intend to land on in a few minutes.
But as long as people use bombs, you can always park your plane in the fire where it can't be seen.
The builders of Stalingrad City and Gumrak airfields tailor-made them hostile to capture, no need to bomb them when they're full of haystacks, various other invisible pointy objects, and little piles of rocks running down the center of the runway that will crash your plane if the wheels hit them.
Air travel would be a lot more exciting if all runways had such great obstacles.
01-24-2010, 05:08 AM
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