Idea for air game upgrade

[Outlaw Josey Wales]

Howdy all,

For the powers that be, or Glenn as we all know him . I know it's dangerous, but I've been thinking again. What's life without risks anyway, right? :smoke:

The reason I started thinking about this is because of a couple games of Alamein I've been in or in now, where the front line is near Tobruk, yet suffering a lot of interdiction strikes in or near Alexandria. I'm just looking at a more realistic possibility without diverting too much attention away from the fact that PzC/MC are primarily ground games.

Anyway, interdiction is the same thing as ground attack to a point, yet it doesn't suffer air defense attacks, even against aa units. So this is what I came up with....

Another button that pulls up an air map, similar to the overview map, but with an overlay splitting the map into zones while still showing the units.

Air by squadrons like you already have, but with an air allocation for ground support, combat air patrol, interdiction or transfer to a different base. Air allocation in the same menu and once per turn like corp attachments. All units have the possibility of suffereing casualties and fatigue regardless of the mission.

Each squadron is assigned to one of the four missions or unassigned to rest and recover losses. Squadrons can only be allocated to zones within their aircraft range.

Depending on the number of squadrons/aircraft assigned to different zones plus enemy allocation to the same zones, some sort of percentage could be worked out to determine how many get intercepted or make it thru to attempt their mission within the zone.

I know it's basically a general outline, but I had to start somewhere. I also know this is PzC/MC, generally a ground game, but starting in WW2 on to present day, commanders have had to incorporate the air aspect more and more. Tac air is a part of the ground game. I in no way think strategic air has a place in these games, but I think tac air does warrant a closer look to see if it can be made better with a future patch at some point. I also figured if it was to be done and tested, North Africa would be the best place to try it as the number of aircraft involved would be less than the East or West Fronts.

Thanks for taking the time to read thru this novel. :bow: