Bomber Formations

[PantherAttack2]

I was just thinking about bombers in BoP, and then I thought how awesome it would be to fly bomber formations in the game!


Imagine an online game of Strike with all 16 players, and on one team 4 of them are flying B-17's or He-111's etc. in formation! Or to increase the awesomeness, all 8 players could fly in formation as bombers and cause massive devastation when they reach their target.

Just a random thought, but I think it would be a cool sight in-game, even if impractical.

[FOZ_1983]

not quite a MASSIVE formation, but me and a couple of friends who have the B17 unlocked, liked to play strike...

we form up, go for a target and make way in formation (hard trying to stay in formation), when we sight an enemy we call him out and man our guns.....

then it gets messy

[Ancient Seraph]

Hmm, I think I'd be too focused on staying in formation and not flying into anyone, and just overfly the target without noticing

[FOZ_1983]

you can do that, then the AI will man the guns for you

i just dont trust them enough lol

[PantherAttack2]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

you can do that, then the AI will man the guns for you

i just dont trust them enough lol

Sometimes I swear that they don't open fire even thought they have a clear shot.

[FOZ_1983]

Originally Posted by PantherAttack2

Sometimes I swear that they don't open fire even thought they have a clear shot.

Oh they open fire alright....


just usually end up shooting the wrong way!!!


Though in their defence.... they have managed to save my hide a few times and shoot down a few players online for me. They are not as useless as i like to make out

[MorgothNL]

Originally Posted by PantherAttack2

Sometimes I swear that they don't open fire even thought they have a clear shot.

thats true for sure.. when Im behind a player enemy bomber and he shoots at me with his rear gunner (when im behind him), and then he needs to make a turn, the AI gunner will not continue the firing, even though im still right on his 6!.

Had it a few times earlier this day, I was getting peppered, but then the player had to eg. pull up, and I could easily pepper him, because the AI would not man the turret once the player took flight controls

[Ancient Seraph]

Maybe we can combine this with Guilty's idea and make him man the gunner position?

[simfex]

How did you unlock the B17 .I`ved tried it so often, but never found a strike game in MP.

[FOZ_1983]

Originally Posted by simfex

How did you unlock the B17 .I`ved tried it so often, but never found a strike game in MP.

your looking at unlocking the B17 after playing 50 strike games (WINNING) as a bomber, this will take quite a while.

UNLESS.....


you set a private match find a mate who also wants it, set the tickest to 300 the time to 3 minutes, and take it turns to acomplish the desired number of wins.

Though this method is usually frowned upon