Fighters for Germany?

[Johnhawkwood]

In my next game as Germany I am thinking about not building fighters but only interceptors because-

1) They are more unstable than interceptors and cost more resources (including manpower) to maintain.

2) Their range is not needed in West Europe and Soviet Union has not much of an air force any way.

3) Save on techs

Has anyone tried this? What was the result? And more importantly do you need to research fighters anyway for future jet aircraft program?

Thanks for any input.

 

[unmerged(189717)]

I usually go for intercepters with Germany. It works for me, but I usually don't invest as much in the airforce as other players do anyway.

 

[Johnhawkwood]

Yeah I am starting to wonder whether a large air force is really worth it. Very handy in a tight spot on the defensive though. And and I am slowly learning that it really is better to use on interdiction behind the lines rather than in the big battles at the front.

 

[alan12]

Me I construct only interceptors they are less a lot than the hunters and more efficient.

I constructed always a very big air fleet j 'en have 40 by the end of 39.

If t 'a the air controle c 'est a true more there multi.

 

[Amallric]

lol you're using an online translator or what. You got french words in the middle of your phrases. :rofl:

 

[DvD-IT]

I guess so - chasseurs - hunters.

I only go for interceptors. Heck, I'd scrap the Fighter techs altogether. Even more, I'd rather have an abstracted air combat system.

Anyways, yes. I never research nor build fighters. Multiplayer experience has taught me that you're going to waste precious IC over these airplanes and that you cannot even wrestle air superiority against a skilled UK opponent in 1940.

 

[unmerged(93773)]

I usually go for intercepters with Germany. It works for me, but I usually don't invest as much in the airforce as other players do anyway.

you play the only correct way.
Also spamming lot tanks owns everything especially as Germany(blitzkrieg doctrine),the only thing to counter is tanks XD.However the most country only spam useless infratry....

The point is focusing airforce really not worth in AOD,tanks too good.
To be fair in Arma airforce were also questionable,however sometimes it was a good help for hordes of inf.

 

[am300307]

you play the only correct way.
Also spamming lot tanks owns everything especially as Germany(blitzkrieg doctrine),the only thing to counter is tanks XD.However the most country only spam useless infratry....

The point is focusing airforce really not worth in AOD,tanks too good.
To be fair in Arma airforce were also questionable,however sometimes it was a good help for hordes of inf.

Not really I held off a tank player in a multiplayer using all infantry. He had like 50 tanks to my 6 but i have 1941 infantry with 1 artillery 1 anti tank and 1 engineer.

Then i fall back to the rivers that meet up at Smolenks and wait for the Germans to march from their high IC provinces to my kaki infrastructure.

The most important part of this defence is too have your forces spread out about evenly along your defensive line and wherever the germans strike at just put all the infantry on Victory or valhalla and pull some troops from the nearby provinces. The Germans wont get anywhere....

The only way they can get around is a naval invasion below finland and above your line

 

[Fürstbischof]

In my next game as Germany I am thinking about not building fighters but only interceptors because-

1) They are more unstable than interceptors and cost more resources (including manpower) to maintain.

2) Their range is not needed in West Europe and Soviet Union has not much of an air force any way.

3) Save on techs

Has anyone tried this? What was the result? And more importantly do you need to research fighters anyway for future jet aircraft program?

Thanks for any input.

As Germany you can safely do without fighters. You might need to build a few air bases, once you have advanced deep into Russia, but if you are using CAS you will do that anyway. Otoh if you want to save on techs you might even discard the research of CAS and NAV whose missions could be fulfilled by TACs, too. But with up to 10 research slots this is no longer as important as it was in DDA.