Organising and assigning targets

[HoneyViper]

When flying some of the pre-loaded missions that come with the F/A-18C like Alert 5 and Sweep, the air-to-air combat turns into an absolute cluster after a while. Missiles from different elements going after the same targets, no organisation in who is supposed to target whom. I get a sweet shot on towards a hostile but in the replay I see that one of the ship-borne SAMs on my team get there seconds before my missile for the kill. Even in my own flight I don't know what they're targeting. How is targeting supposed to be organised? Can I at least tell the guys in my 4-ship flight who to target?

[Minsky]

It would've been easier if we had a bit deeper datalink simulation.

For now you can see what the other Hornets (and Vipers/Eagles, providing there is an AWACS) nearby are targeting, and command your wingmen to attack your designated target.

[HoneyViper]

That's pretty cool. I didn't realise the dotted lines were targets.

 

[MARLAN_]

Maybe one day we'll get all three: Commit, Lock, and TUMA (target under missile attack) lines, the TUMA line would be especially useful.

[WhatAmIDoingHere]

I hate wasting missiles on targets that were already fired upon but not destroyed yet.

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