Coral sea mission

[Starforce2]

Just curious what everyone used their 17's on?

[crazyhorse128]

17's?

[Starforce2]

Originally Posted by crazyhorse128

17's?

You get a squadren of B17 when the mission starts. I'm not sure of the historical accuracy of using such bombing tactic agaist naval targets (other than perhaps the fleet engagement of midway itself). I'm trying to think of how to best devide up my airplane targets. I figure since I have 2 carriers, 3 squads of fighters launch first to intercept enemy planes and while that's happening, each carrier launch 2 torpedo squadrens to go after escorts (sending my own DD's afterward) and a squadren of dive bombers to hopefully cripple one carrier to reduce enemy air cover. By that time I'd think I'd have them busy enough to risk the bombs to hit the remaining jap carrier.

[xgamerms999]

You do not get B-17s in Coral, yopu are thinking of a dif. map, I can't remember the name though...

[Starforce2]

hmm, right after I complete the tulagi mission set the very next objectives screen indicates a 4 engine bomber icon.

[Dogmeatz]

Maybe that icon is a the hidden objective, something like make sure b17's survive mission...

Just an idea...

[crazyhorse128]

on coral sea you do get a catilina which have the same 'large plane' icon on the tac map

[Starforce2]

Well, with 2 or 3 incomming squadrens of zero's that will no doubt be the first thing to get wasted...

[crazyhorse128]

no, not rearly, you send it on a flanking mission, for some reason if it is behind the IJN carrier group (not to close) it can sit there giving you good intel on the carrier group, but yes if it is found then 'im bailing out'
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-----> IJN FORCES

[Starforce2]

can the B17 machine guns be controled?

[M0n3y]

Originally Posted by crazyhorse128

but yes if it is found then 'im bailing out'

when i'm found i crash onto the carrier or DD...

Originally Posted by Starforce2

can the B17 machine guns be controled?

yes : zoom in and look : behind , in front , left ... and FIRE

[crazyhorse128]

Originally Posted by M0n3y

when i'm found i crash onto the carrier or DD..

lol but does it actually do much if any damage?

[M0n3y]

dunno bhut all pieces works eh

[crazyhorse128]

yuh huh

[VTROOPER]

I just fond out that one of the jap CV in the coral sea maltyplayer misson can have 5 planes in a kate sqadren. thats not good and i only thowt that the hornet cood do that.

[crazyhorse128]

build all fighters, use your catilina for recon and advance with the 2 DD's and the Cleverlands awsome AA blanket taking out all the enemy planes with your fighters, et voila

[Scipio65]

Originally Posted by VTROOPER

I just fond out that one of the jap CV in the coral sea maltyplayer misson can have 5 planes in a kate sqadren. thats not good and i only thowt that the hornet cood do that.

any carrier can put up to 5 planes in a squadron. It is the total per carrier that is limited. If you put 5 in a squadron on a jap carrier then you are losing two planes in one of your other squadrons. The jap carriers are still limited to 9 planes total.

[crazyhorse128]

but do they also have unlimited palnes?

[M0n3y]

in SP they do have unlimited planes

[crazyhorse128]

its so anoying

[Starforce2]

do you command any island forces in this one? I forget if that's this one or the midway missions, but one or the other, if the planes get too annoying I take a PT or maybe 2 (sucks that the shipyard can't lunch a few more) and circle around in their flightpath with a PT and AA the F*** outa the japs. Infact I made a successfull attack run on a carrier with escorts still active, but only 2 torps were on target, luckily however the B17 hit and it went under just before the torpedoes would have hit.

[M0n3y]

Originally Posted by crazyhorse128

its so anoying

that's why some ppl have amazing high points eh

[crazyhorse128]

Originally Posted by Starforce2

do you command any island forces in this one? I forget if that's this one or the midway missions, but one or the other, if the planes get too annoying I take a PT or maybe 2 (sucks that the shipyard can't lunch a few more) and circle around in their flightpath with a PT and AA the F*** outa the japs. Infact I made a successfull attack run on a carrier with escorts still active, but only 2 torps were on target, luckily however the B17 hit and it went under just before the torpedoes would have hit.

on coral sea there be no land aho

[VTROOPER]

never mind my qeston from 2 days ago terns out the US CV can do that to.