I do agree. But you should br able to do Bombing raids on there units too so you could not only could lose I.P.C, but tanks and infantry.
It works when the other side is low on money and is facing imminent attack and needs to build infantry out of one particular IC (e.g. a capitol).
Bombing raids on Lenningrad and the Ukraine will go along way when you begin your push toward Moscow.
IMHO I think SBRs are valuable when you want to make a final push, and you want the least amount of ground forces there as possible. In general SBRs are extremely imbalanced from an economical point of view. If any AA guns hit your bombers, you immediately lose 12 IPCs worth of valuable and versatile equipment. What I think should be the rule is that if your bomber is hit, it should not be able to participate in that SBR, not get destroyed. In reality the only thing that could destroy an entire bomber wing was a fighter squadron, AA guns could not kill 150+ bombers, especially as their positions were being destroyed by the bombs themselves. Maybe to reflect this, interceptors should be able to fire at a 2 instead of a 1.
I actually like SBR’ing the airbase on the UK.
Why? Well, say you don’t hit 110 G1 but instead put 6 damage on the airbase and some on the IC. Do the carrier, 2 transport build and UK will sometimes freak out and forget to repair the airbase, meaning that G2 you don’t need to send nearly as many units at the fleet.
im actually scratching my head as to why wouldnt someone do SBR
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I do agree. But you should br able to do Bombing raids on there units too so you could not only could lose I.P.C, but tanks and infantry.
You can. It’s called attacking or strafing.
I think what he means is a “Strategic Unit Raid” where the units don’t get to fire back.
Perhaps strats on a 1? With AA fire, it’s not close to worth it, but without AA…
People do it because the defence die of 1 is much less than the 2, 3 and 4s you’d otherwise be faced with
Therefore the less ‘IPC’ gain compared to taking out units with your bombers is offset by the lower risk to them as well.
Therefore you can hit the enemy even while the front is moving.
The difference with SBRs is that you are attacking future production versus pieces already on the board ready to do something.
You shouldn’t be doing SBRs because your bombers only face a 1 each when attacking an IC with an AA versus attacking land pieces unsupported by ground troops. You do an SBR when there is really nothing for your bombers to do and they are not taken out of position by doing the SBR, and potential losses won’t dramatically affect your next move. If you really really need both bombers for next rounds attack on a navy that is threatening you, then maybe you don’t risk losing a bomber in an SBR due to the fact it will prevent the planned next round attack on the said navy.
