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Originally Posted by Front Runner
I've noticed that a few times, after successfully dodging an air attack by emergency (crash)-dive and observing the attacking aircraft in free-camera, the aircraft drops a bomb, then comes around for another pass and crashes into the sea. The aircraft is usually a single engine Zero type, although I'm not quite sure of the type or whether it is the same type every time I've observed this happening.
I have a save game for one of these type events. I saved before the attack started.
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Originally Posted by jldjs
Jan ‘45, patrol area Abuse(?) diving to avoid 3 escorts looking for me after sinking one of their convoy ships. While watching all this with free camera a Zero or Zeke, definitely single engine, dives from high altitude and drops a bomb in the vicinity of where I had released decoys. The plane climbs briefly, few hundred feet, then starts tumbling nose over tail, falls to ocean, large colorful explosion.
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That is an Artificial "Intelligence" problem. Most planes, when attacking, do not know how to properly fly their airplanes, unless they are set to "Elite" status, and even at that, will still occasionally "stall" their planes, as you guys have witnessed. Anything lower than "Elite", and the planes, besides not seeing things", have issues even staying in the air when they turn. The big problem comes in with planes attached to ships, such as CV or CA, etc., is that plane assumes the competency of the ship, such that a CV that is "Competent" (middle setting) "launches" planes that are also "Competent", and they have issues making the first attack run, much less turning and making a 2nd run. "Eets-uh Catch-uh 22-uh..." This is one reason that you'll see most of the CV and similar set to "Veteran" level. So, you can either have "Ducimus' Super-Evil Planes", along with a ship they are attached to that will be capable of dodging any torpedo you shoot, and able to shoot your periscope lense out at 2500 yards within 30 seconds, and / or send a volley of torps of their own your way -OR- have "normal" ship AI, and planes that will occasionally crash on attack runs (which did happen in real life)... ??
