slimeball Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 in this world of stratospheric everything, which factions have the best chances of dealing with heavy air threats? I think the FSA sea plane is a good contender, and the French voltaire. any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamoz Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 RoE drone fighters in range of their combat coordinator boost. 12 dice hitting on 4+. Merlins are probably a good bet too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabeus Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Merlins are certainly up there with the top contenders - my zeppelins and heavy bombers have been on the receiving end of those damnded things far too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand-Stone Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Maybe not a single unit but: -Sonic generator is excellent versus stratospheric carriers. -Can robots use boarding actions versus stratospheric things? Then any flying robots. -John Henry comes to mind. Good weapons with hunter(air) in addition. Anything with hunter (air) are good as it will hit on 5 and 6 instead of 6 only. For example the -Tetsubo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. Eric Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 PE has Gewitterwolke, Pflicht, and Jäger with hunter for tesla weps.. Seems like a good spread, no interceptors though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand-Stone Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Thamoz said: RoE drone fighters in range of their combat coordinator boost. 12 dice hitting on 4+. Merlins are probably a good bet too. Can drones go stratospheric? I thought atleast regular SAS cannot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamoz Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 They don't need to (and you are right, they can't). 6+ base to hit value from target being stratospheric, plus hunter +2 from the RoE carrier to make it a 4+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaH2PO4aq Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Mississippi Mk 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand-Stone Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 8 hours ago, Thamoz said: They don't need to (and you are right, they can't). 6+ base to hit value from target being stratospheric, plus hunter +2 from the RoE carrier to make it a 4+. They don't??? Can fighters do the same? Then, any fighters are excelent at this jobb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamoz Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 True, but most fighters don't have swarm tactics and only have hunter +1 so they would hit on 5s. Still effective against lighter medium aircraft though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubcap Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Honestly the Voltaire is decent at air hunting but not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDR_G Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Valley with 24" Target Painter and two 9 AD rocket attacks. The second attack faces no AA., or one attack of 14. Essentially the same two attack as the PYB-2 with air hunter, that their single attack is 15 AD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsiegel1983 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 20 hours ago, Gen. Eric said: PE has Gewitterwolke, Pflicht, and Jäger with hunter for tesla weps.. Seems like a good spread, no interceptors though. Also, you can board flyers with them. I find that is sometimes easier than shooting them down. You do need to set up and position for it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
