7Infanterie19

Whoa!

It's only early September 1939 in OHII v2.5. As I got close to the English coast after sunrise, planes suddenly pounced all over me out of nowhere, causing huge damage (I imagine it would probably be worse if I had RSD installed). My crew only spotted them at maybe 3000 or 4000 m away, so I didn't even have time to dive fast enough. This was with TC 32 or 64, IIRC, and with my settings set to drop TC to zero with a plane sighting.

I thought it was a glitch or something , so I reloaded my save to test things out a few times at different TC, speeds and direction. It's like the planes are just waiting for us like a cat sitting by the mouse hole. My watch crew doesn't see them quick enough anymore.
"Uhh, hello! Put out your cigs, stop listening to your iPods and watch the skies, damnit!"
Even with low or no TC, I'd get whacked on most of my tests. Man, it's insane. With campaigns in older mod versions, I remember thinking "ok, better kick butt now, because once air cover ramps up in later years, it's going to be no picnic", but now "early years" is the new "later years". I can't even begin to imagine how much harder it will be in later years - if I'm still alive to make it that far.

I remember my watch crew spotting planes much earlier before the upgrades of IRAI, UIs, FX, and OHII, giving me time to submerge at least. With earlier versions, if I wanted to, I had the choice of fighting back with the flak gun or not, but I'm not brave - or foolish - enough to try that anymore. I guess I'll be selling my flak gun on eBay since it's of no use to me now, and I'll be replacing my "Man the flak guns" command with "ALLLLLAAAAARRRRRRMMMMMMM!"

Is this fast - and highly accurate - plane behaviour related to the latest IRAI or another of those mods or the combination thereof?

Isn't it too early in the war to be encountering this reaction from the Allies?

At what distance should the watch crew be able to see planes on a day with zero precip and zero fog?

How do you guys feel about these settings - too much or just right?

I know Defiance loves it: