One solution would be a single call of planes i.e calling planes to strike a given area on the map and leave away
In this case that would be an interesting feature because it would promote some realistic operational capabilities
* like a CAS strike on a massed (spammed) armor rush (yes in reality nobody is concentrating armor in mass because of air strike risk)
* like a CAS strike on an arty position
* like an AA flight vs Helo spams

I think that it would help reducing rush/spams greatly especially if single use feature (forbidding aircrafts spams on its own)

+1

The idea of "striking wherever you want without any possible counter".

This game is made so everything can be countered.

except french infantry and flame tanks.

No. Air strikes from the blue would not be good for this game. A CAS strike would wipe out 4-8 units at best with 1980s equipment. The exception being Napalm into forests and carpet bombing...

AA Jets would rarely if ever engage helicopters near the ground - that is why helicopters fly nap of the Earth... and going near the ground to shoot down a helicopter, while doable, is not necessary or desirable (small arms fire, high speeds + trees, MANPADs...etc...)

CAS on Arty/Units would be fine if guided by a recon / forward air infantry/vehicle unit.... but a "click air strike button, click on map, receive explosions." is not needed in this game. Without ground information guiding in an airplane... you would have a hard time finding targets as a pilot unless you are lucky and find an obvious soviet armor colomn out in the middle of a field - and without any ground recon you go in hoping to god they don't have functional anti air...

In short. No to magic air strikes. Yes to guided airstrikes from special units. Airstrikes should cost points and STILL require a special unit to have eyes-on. Period. Any other way would break the game.

I honestly think you don't get it.

It is not just a question of hey "let's add planes, make the maps bigger and give AA longer range".........sigh

Planes would fly over so fast the AA tracking/targeting and firing speeds would also have to be increased which (along with their now longer range) would mean they would OWN all helos anywhere on the map so then helo's would have to be buffed in order to able to deal with AA better (ie be more manouverable) which would make them OP against other units ETC> ETC> ETC>

You don't just bloody well decide to add something and then it's like......."oh here it is......everything is good".


As it stands. EACH UNIT TYPE has a definitive REASON as to why it is included in the game (not every varient makes sense other than for completeness) and EACH UNIT TYPE is damn well balanced at the moment. Ranges, fire-rate, movement have all been balanced by the devs........you think that happened overnight?

REALISM and staying true to potential scenarios has been largely (ie. flame units) compromised in favour of BALANCE and overall gameplay. The devs were making a game afterall.......a game which needed balance and fun. Thankfully it has both.

Here's hoping the idea for planes and other such things never gets past this thread.....