ALTERNATE TORPEDO PAYLOAD 2: Once per game, this unit can make a 2-dice Torpedo attack instead of a Bomb attack during the Air Attack phase.
DIVIDE THE DEFENSE(errata'd): Once per game you can declare you're using Divide the Defense. If you do, each Ship in this unit's sector gets -1 on each attack die when making Antiair attacks this turn, and this unit gets -1 on each attack die when making Bomb attacks and can't make Torpedo attacks this turn. You cannot use this with any other ability against enemy ships
MISSION SELECTION: This unit counts as either a Dive Bomber or a Torpedo Bomber. (Choose the unit's role when you place it during the Air Mission phase.)
RAIDER HUNTER: This unit rolls one extra attack die when making attacks against Cruisers and Auxiliary units.
Yeah. I think its a 15, tbf hits harder, but this has a full bomb attack. Helldiver his harder but this has a torp attack. Grace is all round better but it cost is a consolation prize discount
Its spongey at 15, but it is a 15. Deserves either +1 va to 9 or a defensive SA
The other Avenger also has Battleship Killer which is infinitely better than rolling more dice vs cruisers, and has 1 less VA, but the Battleship Killer is the main difference.... I think this is a firm 14. Gives you a good choice. Original Avengers to hit Battleships and heavy targets, amd the New Avenger for the smaller stuff...15 is too expensive...and let's not overcost it because it is a UK unit...🙂
Last Edit: Mar 21, 2023 2:19:00 GMT by texasarcher
We need to also compare this vs the IJN Grace, which is also 15 points has Bomb 9, TT3 vs TT2 on the Tarpon, Mission Selection,and 2 really, really nice SA. This doesn't even come close to that by comparison...
Last Edit: Mar 21, 2023 14:43:16 GMT by texasarcher
I referred to the grace in my comments above. Grace is aggressively costed, but this is still worth more than 14.
2 extra bombs(helldiver) or opg 7dice bomb(tbf) are not the equal of a full attack option of either sort. Multirole aircraft are point inefficent. You pay for things you dont need on turns you dont use them. As i said above, twice, defensively this unit needs at least a SA, possibly a VA boost or both. The comparison with grace will be better once thats sorted out
As this started as the rbf-1 / tarpon, its gone elsewhere. I think we need to adjust the stats from that base to the TBF's stats and rename to the equivalent UK version. Avenger III iirc