Attack drones and Fighters

Did I miss something? I used to be able to set up an AF Attack unit consisting of Att Drones and Fighters, attack the defense of an undefended target with the result of destroying opposing Interceptors with my Drones taking the loss as opposed to my Fighters. I would also use Bombers and Fighters in combo if the Drones were out of range. This no longer seems to be working, where the Drones are not able to participate in the attack thus all losses are taken by the Fighters.Any insight would be helpful.

0_o , not good. You are sure the drones were in range?

Yes less than 1500

Yeah, I've had the same problem. Precision bombers shields still work though.

Wish I had read this before I threw a Bombing wing at the target LOL Crafty just seen your avatar pop his head up LOL

I'm thinking the Air Force in this game is just for show. I don't even send them out anymore, everytime I did they seemed to always be out of range (eventhough the aircraft I was using have a range of 2000-3000 and they were going only 351) and get automatically destroyed with no damage on the target.

What the Hell?

So what have the GM said about this? I presume someone mailed them?

Unfortunately no. I don't like using Outlook and when I hit "Contact" that is the only option I get.

The same thing has just happened to me. My drones didn't get touched whilst my fighters got fokked up. Is this an error or has the rules change? Anyone know? I lost over 500 fighters at war level 2.

I presume you newer players are remembering to have some sort of unit next to, and I mean right by, the target if you're attacking a neighbouring country?

It always was that AD would soak it up though, regardless. One of you should ask the GM to clarify.

Heh, if drones aren't getting hit, then maybe try using drones only...OK, it may take a while to take out a target, but it wont cost diddly squat.

Yes I had my LRD right besdides the target. But as you say my drones should be getting hit regardless. Only after my fighters were destroyed did I loose my drones so no you couldnt just use drones alone. Thats right it was fighters first then drones. Bombers still work but I alway preffered drones.

Well, it was worked out a while back that it was in fact cheaper to use PB as you lost far less although they cost far more. Of course, whether that still applies I dont know, and with the restricted availability on some worlds and market price changes, changes to the war machine...have to work it out.

This still doesn't alter the fact that if this is a game change I dont remember seeing any news of it, but if it is a 'bug' then you must bring it to the GMs attention. I'm not warring so it's not really appropriate for me to write them, one of you guys should.

Well bombers are hard to come by so wasting them as sheild's doesnt apppeal to me. If this is a game change then drones will be practically useless.

I hope not

If you had as many in stock as me...

So no one has got an answer to this yet? Did anyone even ask?

I havent asked. Doesn't the GM read the forums?

Drones DO NOT act as shields against int wings. They used to work, but they no longer work. I have not e-mailed the gm about it as I don't use drones anyway.

Why is this a problem really? It sounds to me like you used the drones as an exploit/contrary to the designed purpose of ADs.

It's hard to argue with a gamechange if that was the case.

Im not sure players were saying it was a problem as much as they were saying that it was either some sort of bug or a game change we were not made aware of.

Its just not right if the function of ADs has been changed without us being notified. It's not a very minor change that could be overlooked. It has obviously cost several people a lot of money and head-scratching.

So if it is a change in the war machine then it is pretty damned disrespectful toward your customers to implement it without any word from yourselves, W3C.

Thanks for your definite confirmation Serpent.

Well, if it's a case of range, why don't you do a deal with a neighbouring country to the one that you are attacking (and which may be nearer to your target than your country), to see if you can base your forces at a neighbours air base? You will need a supply wing and depot, but it will bring the target closer to you and easier to obliterate!

It's nothing to do with range. The c3 I was attacking was on my border.

As far as I know Attack Drones were never intended to work as shields. We also haven't touched the order in which weapons in units get attacked.

When a unit attacks, the defense answers with the strongest available weapons for the job that are within range and points it at the strongest weapons in the attacking unit.

I hope this answers some questions.

It would appear something has changed Jonni. AD aways did get hit first by defense. I have fought many major wars and C3 wars and know this to be fact. Players are saying they no longer act as a shield to FPs.

So something has altered. Perhaps you could look a little further...Thank you.

I've played this game on and off for 10 years. Drones have always worked the whole time as sheilds for fighters, untill now. Im amazed that you guys dont know this. Something has deffinetly changed.