War-spite wrote:
I was preparing a set of aircraft and stats and had an epiphany, so I figured I would ask about what you all thought.
I see the CAS/COIN aircraft a primarily a ground attack plane, with similar attack values to helicopters, but a split between the gunship (anti inf weak AT) and the attack copter (weak inf strong AT), so if for example a helo starts out 7/2 or 2/7 this would sit at 4/4. It would have an advantage of helo's by virtue of range, and HP (speed would be close to the same) but that quickly runs up against the stats of the strike fighter.
An SF would have better infra/population damage than helo/coin and much better range. So what would be the real point of the COIN vs just using helo's? an extra 150 on range? Didn't seem worthwhile enough until...
I think i know what the COIN should be based on.
Combat recon vehicles
So we have a 4/4 starting point and an 8/8 ending point. lots of HP because they are armored, average of .2 on infra and 2.0 on pop, not as much as an SF but better than helo's to take into account the bombs, give them an average of 550 range going up to 800 range at final.
Upgrades include better optics/radar, stealth maybe? carrier landings?
Ok, now here is where i lose any fans i might have made. I don't think we should have the A-10. It is a dominating aircraft, with no equal in any other tech tree (no the frogfoot really doesn't equal it). I also think the low end COIN craft should be eliminated as well as they don't serve any real purpose.
So here is my basic take on the tree:
For simplicity sake I am keeping all stats the same for USA/EURO/SOV
4/4 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0/0/0 2.0 /2.0 5.5/5.5 / 0.5 / 0.5 0/0/0 / 2.5 /2.5 8/8/ 0.5 / 0.8 / 0.5/0/0/ 3/3
range: 550 / 650 /750
speed: 8
sight range: 50
HP: 30 /35 / 40
first unit available day 2, research costs mid way between attack copter and strike fighter) req: airbase lvl 1, level 3 require airbase lvl 2.
units are:
euro:
BAC-Strikemaster (+.5 on inf/armor/infra attacks due to comparably higher number of hardpoints to others of first gen)
BAE Hawk
Mako HEAT (+2 on speed)
USA:
AT-6B
A-37 Dragonfly (has radar
OV-10 Bronco ( carrier capable/ has radar)
SOV:
YAK-52B
Super-Tucano ( i know - it isn't russian, but a lot of russian tech using countries do use this plane)
Yak-130 (note this would have +1 on aircraft damage due to fighter characteristics, + 2 on speed)
Well? thoughts? Am I way off base? Anyone even still reading?
I really dont see the pont you are trying to make man
we have COIN aircraft and Ground attack aircraft here. What is your point?
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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
- Milton Friedman
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
- Sun Tzu