some ideas

[PatG]

Originally Posted by Cross

Hi Pat,

Interesting, but I think a Commanding Officer, or FOO, would have at least requested the type of air support he wanted.

Hi Cross - Yes I was arguing the other edge case to a degree . To build on your point below, the battalion commander would say "I need to kill a bridge/bunker/infantry in the open/tanks" but it would still be up to the flyboys to plot out the mission and ordnance. He would have no control at all over CAP or escort.

For example, if he wanted a stone bridge KO'd, that would be very relevant to the type of aircraft/ordinance requested. No good sending a whole squadron of rocket laden aircraft, it's not going to help.

As for being able to choose specific aircraft in SP, this is consistent with being able to choose specific vehicles and tanks.

I guess we could let the AI choose our battalion AND our aircraft, if we wanted to be more realistic.


cheers,
Cross

Actually - I would love to see a "deplete force by 10%/20%/30%/50%" button. That would be realistic.