Bringing up the original, why would this not have High-Level Bomber?
Because its a dedicated asw squadron, as opposed to strategic bombing squadron. Looses a big chunknof iys bombload for it
I assume (but don't know for sure) that ASW patrols operated at a much lower altitude than a bombing raid. Anyway, the reduced bomb load compensates maybe?
mnnorthstars - do one of your famous odds comparisons of 5 bomb versus 8 bomb with Hi-Level.
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Looks to me like we need to go with 5 dice and HLB. Otherwise we are again making the existing B-24 obsolete. Hitting a moving ship from a heavy bomber isn't supposed to be easy. It's the ASW that really matters with these. The 4 to 5 ASW is what makes this version so attractive.
We dont ask why catalina's and airones get that sort of accuracy. Shackling this with dead end SA seems counter productive.
They are not high altitude aircraft.
Like I said, the attraction here is the ASW attack, not the ship attack. That is historically accurate as well. Do we have to completely obsolete the existing B-24? I am pretty sure RB created it with ASW in mind as well. That was the maritime use of the aircraft.
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Well, I think this is already over-buffed with a potential 5 ASW attack, but it isn't worth a fight over the 5 bomb attack. The ASW being a one-time tempers it a bit although it is usually the 1st round that is most important with subs.
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Did Liberators even carry torpedoes other than the anti-sub ones? I haven't read anything to indicate it did. Not even the Navy variant. Maritime Liberators were ASW and recon. I think the ASW4 (5) represents the ASW homing torpedo just fine.
If there isn't a sub target then it gets an unhindered bomb 6 attack the first turn. I think we are trying to make this something it wasn't.
What about Pinpointer?
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My feeling on this would be to 1) keep it as a High Level Bomber 2) Get rid of the Torp line 3) add either Spotter or Pinpointer 4) keep the cost as is