AI ships in historical mode start shooting at 10 km away, and even planes return to the airport and land and continue shooting (more than 15 km away from the AI ship)
Think they should be reduced to 5km max for anti-air specifically.
This puts them in line with most player-controlled naval vessels.
AI ships antiair is insane in arcade as well. Shooting well over 10km away. A cargo ship just shredded my bomber from about 6km away.
Last weekend, in an arcade game, I spawned in my Pe-8 after my Marat finally got sunk. I was 20 kms away and the AI ships were already firing away and were accurate enough that I knew there was no way I would get to the battle area in one piece. And, yeah, I know nobody has any love lost for the Pe-8 in general, but still… accurate AAA from 20 kms away? I mean, c’mon. That’s just filthy.
Hitting the deck is the only option currently. Flying high just means more barrels pointed at you