AI Ideas for Strategic Bombers

[Edwin P.]

HC is probably now fine tuning the AI. Although we don't have a game to play with, perhaps we can offer some ideas on how the Allied AI can use strategic bombers?

Desert Dave: Anyway, Italy bought a Strat Bomber, and while FM Rommel and the DAK was fending off USA in Algeria and Tunisia, Italy used their tank unit and a couple Corps, commanded by Guzzoni, in order to take Iraq AND Iran.

Well, they were THEN able to position their Regia Aeronautica Bomber in such a way (... having also gotten L-1 long-range) as to air-raid the two southern most Oil Wells in Russia.

Each turn they would nail 'em, so that Russia constantly had two size ZERO resources.

That's a loss of 60 MPP's!

OK, the Reds should have researched AA, and upgraded the Oil so that the Bomber could be attacked with flak.

(... also, the SB was being escorted by an experienced L-2 Italian Squadra 1 AF, and it easily deflected the lower rated AF that the Reds could then spare from the Eastern Front)

Idea 01: What if SOMETIMES the UK/USA adopted a strategic bombing strategy and built several Bombers along with researching Strategic Bombing and Long Range? Would this be a viable stratefgy for the AI?

Does it have the potential to deny the Axis enough MPPs so it can't win on the Eastern Front?

Especially if the AI held off bombing Axis Europe (and kept the bombers out of sight of the Axis) until it had 2-3 bombers and Long Range Tech so the human would be inclined not to research AA tech and would be surprised by their sudden appearance.

Idea 02: If Bomber takes Flak Damage it changes trargets in an effort to find a target tile not protected by flak.

[ December 09, 2005, 04:58 AM: Message edited by: Edwin P. ]

[Edwin P.]

Idea 03: If Axis builds Subs then Western Allies build Bomber with goal of targeting subs in North Atlantic by basing the Bomber in Halifax, Nova Scotia or Northern Ireland.