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If dive bombers are CAS, should I equip my carriers with some of those?
I am really after just killing enemy ships. But historically, carrier based dive bombers did more damage than torpedo bombers if you look at the pacific war. At least in the early phase. Does the game mimick this?
I am really after just killing enemy ships. But historically, carrier based dive bombers did more damage than torpedo bombers if you look at the pacific war. At least in the early phase. Does the game mimick this?
CAS are pretty much just as good as naval bombers early on, but their naval attack and targeting does not increase with tech. Nav3 will do 2.5 times the damage of CAS3 to ships and have higher naval targeting to boot, so if you're relying heavily on carriers you will eventually want to research and switch over to naval bombers. Fortunately, this isn't too hard (other than the annoying micro off adjusting every carrier) because you can still use your obsolete carrier CAS from airfields to support ground troops.
Obviously, if you want to use carrier CAS to perform regular ground support missions it might be worth bringing them along regardless, and if you're really struggling for research and are using carriers as more of a secondary thing it might be better to just stick with CAS, but if you're going full base strike naval bombers will eventually eclipse CAS in that role.
Obviously, if you want to use carrier CAS to perform regular ground support missions it might be worth bringing them along regardless, and if you're really struggling for research and are using carriers as more of a secondary thing it might be better to just stick with CAS, but if you're going full base strike naval bombers will eventually eclipse CAS in that role.
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This ratio is just a test, which comes sometimes close to reality. It doesn't say anything about best gaming ratio.
So there's some testing necessary
I find it better just to have either CAS or Naval. Mainly as it means having less tech to have to research, and you can save on factories in the long run to.
Although I would rather tech was quicker to get, or we could have more slots so we wouldn't have to pick or choose. As it wasn't like any major nation had to choose to only research one or the other.
Although I would rather tech was quicker to get, or we could have more slots so we wouldn't have to pick or choose. As it wasn't like any major nation had to choose to only research one or the other.
100% Carrier Fighters wins CTF battles. And their 0.5 Naval Attack stills mauls capital ships, just more slowly.