A question regarding research developments

@TM:

I already built up a set of bombers, so I was able to make the effects of heavy bombing felt…you couldn’t believe the look on TG’s face! :P

That wasn’t fair! You take that back! Everything was going fine on my side (I even managed to shoot down a couple of TM’s vaunted bombers), until UK4, where out of nowhere TM manages to unlock heavy bombers on her first tech rolls! The utter pain! I had this game (Africa and Asia were mine!) in the refrigerator, when all of a sudden a wave of four heavy bombers flies from England to Germany and in one turn wipes out my entire IPC cash reverse. The humanity!!!

@CC:

I thought all 3 of my sisters were evil.
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Ha, and I thought I was the unlucky one. :roll:
Well I just have one that runs around causing havok and destruction to my life :x. Are your sisters younger than you? Those are always the worst - or so I heard… :wink:

naaaa. . . just buy the “anti-tech” weapons.
If they get super subs - get more ftrs to sink em’.
if they get heavy bombers - . . . you’re screwed-ish. Maybe increase your AA guns and seek out their bases a little more.
if they get improved industry - bomb the crap out of them - make 'em hurt financially
that kind of thing.

no…get all the units u can spare and destroy all the stuff that got better with that tech :)

@GeZe:

no…get all the units u can spare and destroy all the stuff that got better with that tech :)

or that :D

GZ,
How redundantly droll and refreshing!

T6,
Why not try limiting heavy BMRs to one unit! This limits the HBMR effect to a better balance with the other techs. However, it also makes it necessary to roll against specific BMR units to have a chance of AAing the HBMR. My A&A crew uses this rule and it helps keep the game within reach…even against the once dreaded HBMRs.

To the lictor belong the boils - Correct that misquote.

@Xi:

GZ,
How redundantly droll and refreshing!

what do you mean?

Why not try limiting heavy BMRs to one unit! This limits the HBMR effect to a better balance with the other techs. However, it also makes it necessary to roll against specific BMR units to have a chance of AAing the HBMR. My A&A crew uses this rule and it helps keep the game within reach…even against the once dreaded HBMRs

You know what? That might actually work! I’ll give it a try and lower the cost of tech research from 5 IPCs to 4 IPCs.

Why would you need to roll against the heavy bomber specifically? That’s not fair, because the attacker gets to choose his casualties from all the hits, whether it be during a battle or picking planes to die from AA fire. The attacker should get to “guard” his Heavy by escorting it with other planes.