Clarification needed on airbase crew ratings

[Ducimus]

Someone claify the following for me please:

Crew rating is one of the variables that effects aircraft spawn frequency, yes or no?

Elite crew rating is bugged, i forget what the issue was, but i remember reading elite crew rating for airbases wasnt working correctly. yes or no?

Thanks :up:

[Gizzmoe]

Moved to the Mods forum, maybe you´ll get an answer there...

[Salvadoreno]

I believe the elite crew rated liberators never dropped their payloads. They only shot their guns.

[booger2005]

IIRC, the issue was with aerial depth charges, and it's debatable if its a bug or an intentional feature.

The ADCs are (AFAIK) somewhat more effective when you are at about periscope depth than when you are on the surface. If you get caught on the surface, a vet. aircrew will drop its ADCs fairly accuratly and will ruin your day, but the damage will be more often than not survivable. The elite aircrew is a bit "craftier" (apparently), and seems as if its waiting for a kill shot. It waits untill you crash dive and are a bit deeper, then delivers an absolutly devestating ADC attack, instead of just a serious one. The problem is most people don't like this behavior, because if you just know not to crash dive, you can duke it out with the flak guns without fear of serious reprisal (other than the potential loss of a few crew to the .50 turrets), and this takes away from the realism. This was all discussed a while ago, let me see if I can't find the thread...

[booger2005]

What's up with the search function? This thread is going to be very hard to find...