they should just make the air defences on carriers work, and maybe give them cruiser and destroyer escorts
They do have air defence, but sometimes it snipes you instantly and others it doesn’t even fire
Escorts maybe. Definetly with larger maps, but I could see issues one the small maps we have
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maybe add US carrier with CIWS to intercept missiles, and stuff like sea sparrows for jets
i am not familiar with British and Russian carrier air defence, but i do know ESSM, RIM-116, Phalanx are all solid options for onboard air defence for nimitz class they might add with hornet next update
The challenge is making it a balance. They can already be nearly un-attackable. Especially with the absence of most ASMs but they also don’t provide enough defence for anyone trying to land at them and I’ve been killed many times when sat on the deck. Also, all the carriers we have are fairly small. Nimitz is probably too big for the maps at the moment…
HMS Invincible could be the better option with 3x CIWS.
I think she also got SAMs during corporate.
But it still needs to balanced in someway.
sea sparrows only have like 19km max range, effective range probably less.
RIM-116 has 9km range so its well suited for taking down incoming missiles or really close aircraft.
CIWS has even shorter range as you know
i dont really see why the size is that much of a concern though, its not like they are going down rivers
looking at it again, apparently they used to have only RIM-7 and CIWS, but the one that got the RIM-116 only had the RIM-116 until others got refitted with them. so a RIM-116 only carrier wouldnt be very unbalanced since they only have 9km max range
The ocean areas are tiny on the maps
itll still probably fit a supercarrier though.
they could also add Midway with 2 RIM-7 launchers and 2 CIWS if size is really that much of a concern
Yeah… we’ll ahve to wait and see. Current AI SPAA including SAMs are not affected by chaff (like those found around the AF) and i would prefer if Carriers dont become death zones until such time we actually have the correct weapons to fight them like that. Also maps are too small.
AI in general needs an overhaul, including the bahaviour of the carrier
yeah, improvements on that as well as more advanced carriers at top tier would really be nice.
would pair really well with hornets so hopefully some improvement in that area comes
Was hoping they’d overhaul carriers when they added the F-14… Nope.
Also because they can then spawn camp with AIM-120’s or rocket bomb airfileds
F-15E doesn’t have rockets
yeah, i think now is the perfect opportunity for them
They can bring other jets that just the F-15E, not only that, but it can use the GBU-39’s like cluster bombs across the airfield…
I was playing harrier and I wanted to take off from the carrier. Tgere was yak38 volting right next to the carrier, and when I spowed he killed me.
When ennemy flys to the carrier carrier does nothing. But when I just pass it by, it starts to shoot at me from 10 km. Thay should read what we post here and do something about it, but it seems like thay have forgetten about the sim.
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just because one side almost always have worser carrier, for example red side on tunisia has forrestal with guns, but blue side has ark royale, which doesnt have guns
What?
So this means the red side can just use the yak-38 or 141 and hover camping free kills on the carrier? Or even don’t need VTOL if they don’t let planes landing on enemy carrier be captured.
yep
it was fixed some time ago
A little longer means they already ejected ? XD
Then you are already at the necessary altitude to catch them long before they can release a single weapon let alone J-out.