Now after a bit of research, I actually came to a shocked conclusion that building fighters with a minor is actually stupid. I played finland and in preparation for winter war, I thought I'd build some fighters to gain air superiority because at first I thought fighters would give me an edge against russian airforce, which I thought would be using interceptor III.
anyhow, this didn't work, and here's my analysis (with finland slider discounts: max hawk, one step from max free market)
a Fighter costs 9.1 IC for 98 days which means 891,8 IC days
an interceptor III costs 7.8 IC for 98 days which means 764.4 IC days
now we can state that we can build either 5 fighters or 6 interceptors, right, they cost the same.
now, a fighter has 9 air attack and 4 air defence this gives for my 5 fighters 45 air attack and 20 air defence
and interceptor also has 9 air attack but has 5 air defence. this gives the 6 interceptors 54 air attack and 30 air defence.
So I have come to the conclusion that interceptors have about 17% more attack/IC than fighters and have an amazing 50% more defence per IC then fighters.
now my question is, are there other reasons to build fighters? I can see none, so fighters seem rather useless
anyhow, this didn't work, and here's my analysis (with finland slider discounts: max hawk, one step from max free market)
a Fighter costs 9.1 IC for 98 days which means 891,8 IC days
an interceptor III costs 7.8 IC for 98 days which means 764.4 IC days
now we can state that we can build either 5 fighters or 6 interceptors, right, they cost the same.
now, a fighter has 9 air attack and 4 air defence this gives for my 5 fighters 45 air attack and 20 air defence
and interceptor also has 9 air attack but has 5 air defence. this gives the 6 interceptors 54 air attack and 30 air defence.
So I have come to the conclusion that interceptors have about 17% more attack/IC than fighters and have an amazing 50% more defence per IC then fighters.
now my question is, are there other reasons to build fighters? I can see none, so fighters seem rather useless