Aim bonus for WW II bombers

**Marechallannes** · 08-24-2012 11:35

It's not easy to deal with the WW II bombers even with the bigger two-engined ones.

Do you use the "additional A damage aim bonus" for WW II bomber gunners, too?

**gully_raker** · 08-24-2012 19:21

Sorry Sven! Much too busy with WW1 to get involved in the next world war!

**Jager** · 09-30-2012 04:38

I'm leaning towards no; the larger bases make up for that. But I'll have to defer the question for later.
Karl

**CappyTom** · 10-02-2012 01:33

I would say no as well as almost all there targets would be deflection shots.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 10-02-2012 02:14

I'm afraid that I have no experience with WWII bombers Sven.
Rob.

**Doug** · 10-02-2012 02:56

I would also say no Sven for the reasons stated in Zoe's current thread.

**Marechallannes** · 10-02-2012 03:56

I had this idea, when fighting a close formation of three Val Dive Bombers.

If you try to follow these guys with a fighter, you'll catch 2 - 3 "A"-damage-tokens at first, and 4 - 6 "A"-damage-tokens in the next phase (with aim bonus).

**Lord_Ninja** · 10-02-2012 14:13

So according to the logic on this poll all of those bomber gunners did all of that target shooting and training to not aim at attacking fighters?

**Marechallannes** · 10-03-2012 01:21

Bombers don't have computer controlled mechanic gun turrets and gunners don't fly the bomber, so they have less chances to hit the target.

In my opinion the gunners aim well enough by hitting the attacking fighter the moment it enters the firing arc.

**Lord_Ninja** · 10-03-2012 09:47

Gunners have one job that they have been trained to do. Shoot what's shooting at them. As for being able to automatically hit whatever comes into the firing arc that should be expected from a well trained gunner. There was a gunner who was being interviewed stating how most of the gunners in formation would let off a few rounds in the direction of an enemy fighter even if he wasn't in range just to let the fighter know that they had seen him. They would aiming at the fighters before they were even in range. If anything I would argue that the gunners would get the aim bonus from the start. But I won't, because they would be too powerful at that point.