martin Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 1. Does buying rockets at level 1 make any sense when you have airfleets? 2.What are the stats for the more advanced rockets? Does anyone ever find them useful or do you stick to airfleets? Do rockets attack without losing any strength? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslingr3 Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 Rockets without any tech advance are pretty useless, but when you get them up to level 4 or so they can be pretty useful. Air Fleets are superior because they have greater range, are more mobile, and can perform more roles (escort, spotting, combat air patrol). Rockets serve as artillery in this game. They are limited by a horrendous mobility (and they can't fire after they move), but their advantage is that planes can't intercept their attack (try using Russian fighters against ground targets with experienced Luftwaffe pilots in the vicinity) and each level of tech improves their attack values and their range. This allows you to pile attacks on a unit that perhaps only two of your units actually border irrespective of enemy air cover. On a mobile battlefield rockets are just too slow to be much help, but if things are starting to stalemate they make a nice edition if you can keep them safely tucked back from the line (and the enemy air fleets). Once they get high levels of experience even fighters have a hard time knocking down their strength. This helps them maintain the experience they accrue. Gunslinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted August 16, 2002 Author Share Posted August 16, 2002 Can rockets lose strength when they attack? If not -- they would be the logical choice as the first strike unit to soften up the enemy unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aacooper Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 From one game vs. the AI I noticed (difficulty set to EASIEST) the Russian rockets (and I don't know how much tech they had) would often take 5 strength points out of german armor or infantry. In addition, when I attacked the rocket with a ground unit, I only knocked one strength point out of the rocket. The values given for standard rocket strength make these results seem like a bug. Has anyone else seen this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastan Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 I still play on normal difficulty, but get 4 or so experienced rockets on the French coast and pound London. With an HQ, they can usually take out a unit per turn, and at tech 5, they can almost reach Manchester. I also use them from Sicily to take out Malta's airforce. They do not lose strength when attacking. I always operate them to the 2nd line when starting an attack. Good 1st strike to weaken the frontier defense. [ August 15, 2002, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: Rastan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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