B17

[HobbesACW]

I was a little surprised to find I could capture a B17 and immediately use it to bomb the allied forces surrounding the airfield. Even for a beer and pretzels game this seems a bit far fetched! Could it not instead be placed into the force pool for the following scenario?

Cheers,
Chris

[rezaf]

Things were exactly the same in PzC, so I'm not sure what you expected?

I'd even say in PzC captured units were often actually useful, whilst - even with the change in the upcoming patch - they are more like a gimmick in OOB.
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rezaf

[HobbesACW]

I've not played PzC. Just setting up my forces in the Coral Sea scenario and it seems I can have more carrier aircraft in the scenario than the carriers can support.
As long as I juggle them by starting the scenario with some airborne. This also seems a bit weird. Is it possible to win the scenario without doing this or is it the expected
strategy for the player?

[blond_knight_new]

Ive had this too. What I did was buy another carrier.

[HobbesACW]

I bought another carrier with two slots that are filled but after that I still have +3 air supply so can deploy another aircraft even though there are no more carrier slots available. Maybe it's a bug?

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[blond_knight_new]

Not a bug, its just not checking to see if you have hanger space available.

[HobbesACW]

I've just been playing around with it a bit. I start the scenario with +2 air supply. Not enough to allow me an extra carrier strike plane. I assume this is to allow for float planes.
If I then buy the Ryujo this gives me an extra +7. So I can then fill its two slots but have enough for an extra strike plane or fighter even though there is no slot available for it.

Cheers,
Chris

[rezaf]

Slots are irrelevant. All that matters is the amount of supply the carriers generate.

Personally, I'm fine with this abstraction and often shuffled around "excess planes" when I only had smaller carriers to deploy.

You seem to have a strange fascination about extremely strict rules.
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rezaf

[HobbesACW]

No I agree its fine. When I first posted I thought I could have lots of extra strike aircraft - then I realised it was just the odd one which I assume is to allow for float planes.

Cheers,
Chris

[CGGrognard]

The extra plane for a carrier can be carried on the flight deck. So even though the bay's may be filled, the deck of a carrier can be used to carry an additional plane.