WW2 BOMBER AGGRESSION LEVELS

[Rene Coulon]

Having built many WW2 missions using the bombers we have, they remain very very slow to defend themselves , fighters can all to often rampage right through Large formations and not even be tracked or fired at by the bombers. Sometimes enemy fighters literally can fly formation with 12 bombers,  ...and not draw any fire at all. This is my suggestion,

ED creates the following in the ME. Levels of Bomber aggression. 

1. LOW, Bombers will react to fighters as they do now

2. MEDIUM, Bombers track and then engage fighters at around 1 nm, using approximately half their capabilities.

3. HIGH, Bombers , start engaging fighters from over 1 nm, as a combined force using ALL their capabilities. 

The options that a formation can realistically use are , NO REACTION, and PASSIVE DEFENCE. Both of these are not enough and we need more detailed options. 

Historically Bombers fought like crazy to get to their targets and home safely, thats why fighters often waited for them to break formation...to pick off the stragglers. Attacking a massed formation of B 17s should be almost suicidal for a few fighters, Our Sim should allow Mission Builders to Mimic that reality., if they choose to do so.