I am currently having an argument with one of my friends. We are currently playing in a game and I noticed that he is attacking an enemy unit with 2 strike fighters that are separate. I told him it was better to merge the 2 strike fighters together instead of separating but he disagreed.
How the argument went:
Me: Merging the strike fighters make them do more damage and take less damage. The enemy does the same amount of defensive damage each attack. If you attack with them separate, you are receiving 2x the damage
Friend: I do it so I can bomb for longer without losing any of my planes - then I send them back to hospital. When attacking other aircraft I combine my planes
Me: How does that make sense? If you combine them, you take less damage. But still do the same damage to the enemy.
Friend: But if you combine them it’s like a fraction of them die instead of just loosing equal heath at the same rate. If you bomb with a stack- some of them die.
Me: They are losing two times the rate. You can separate them again if you see ones about to die.
Friend: When bombing only, I find it easier to keep my planes alive when I have them separate.
Which one of us is right? Can you go deep into why? I'm trying to convince them. If I'm wrong I need to be convinced.
Thanks!
How the argument went:
Me: Merging the strike fighters make them do more damage and take less damage. The enemy does the same amount of defensive damage each attack. If you attack with them separate, you are receiving 2x the damage
Friend: I do it so I can bomb for longer without losing any of my planes - then I send them back to hospital. When attacking other aircraft I combine my planes
Me: How does that make sense? If you combine them, you take less damage. But still do the same damage to the enemy.
Friend: But if you combine them it’s like a fraction of them die instead of just loosing equal heath at the same rate. If you bomb with a stack- some of them die.
Me: They are losing two times the rate. You can separate them again if you see ones about to die.
Friend: When bombing only, I find it easier to keep my planes alive when I have them separate.
Which one of us is right? Can you go deep into why? I'm trying to convince them. If I'm wrong I need to be convinced.
Thanks!