Strategic Bombing of Industrial complexes rigged

[ssmith131]

Everytime I have tried to bomb an IC, the AA throws a 1 on the die, Everytime !!! This needs to be fixed. I have stopped bombing IC's because of this problem

[Lagavulin]

when i first started playing it happened to me too. If I sent one bomber it would be shot down at least 75 percent of the time. Now after a few months the rate of being shot down has dropped to the more statistically correct rate.
However I did send 4 US bombers to raid Germany yesterday and 3 out of the 4 were shot down. Crazy when the game is ruined with a singe role.

[SurferGuy2000]

I also have stopped industrial bombing with 1 bomber most of the time. They seem to be shot down more than 50% of the time. I have had better luck with groups of bombers.

[gbelle]

I too thought my bombers were getting shot down more often than I thought they should be, so I started to record the results of the bombings. I stopped after the 60th bombing. My bombers were shot down at the exact expected rate. Not only that but if they got through, the damage was nearly completely evenly distributed. No damage rolled was more than +3 of any other number rolled.

[regnar1194]

In a game now where I have lost over 4 bombers :( Another thing I am noticing when I succeed in bombing the damage is one IPC or two. Heavy effort but terrible returns

[FlaMiN_EliTe]

I feel like this is a classic scenario where you remember the bad ten times more than the good. I read about this when I first bought this and have tracked it every game and am just barely above the 17% mark, which is about right, and so have stopped tracking as of yesterday.

[regnar1194]

Originally posted by FlaMiN_EliTe:

I feel like this is a classic scenario where you remember the bad ten times more than the good. I read about this when I first bought this and have tracked it every game and am just barely above the 17% mark, which is about right, and so have stopped tracking as of yesterday.

I have been tracking bomber losses over the last 12 games now. I have lost now 10 Bombers in 13 attacks, most of those being attack by single bombers. I find in 3 out of 4 attacks by a single bomber you will lose your bomber. Like someone said above, I will not send a single bomber to strategic bomb anymore as it I will just lose it

[regnar1194]

K just finished a turn in a game I am currently playing make it 11 bombers in last 13 games, and this was on a multiple bomber raid of two bombers, lost one, the other did 3 damage. I am the only one losing IPC's

[kemarrow]

Hopefully, in the future, we'll have an option for fighter intercepts. I have NO luck with strategic bombing. My bombers score low hits or get shot down, while opponent scores hits on my IC round after round. Fighter intercepts would add a level of skill.

[DukeOfLight]

its not efficient to use 2 bombers, because there is a higher chance to lose one.
so use only 1 per faction, 1 english, 1 us, and bomb the hell out of Germany.
From the statistical point of view you have a 17% to lose a bomber. So if you can bomb germany and exced the ip cost of your bomber then its a good invetment.
But do not waste more then 1 bomber on germany, its a waste of resources.
Remember thet is very important to put pressure on Germany, otherwise they will defeat the soviets.

[Julius Borisov]

Originally posted by kmorrow1242:

Hopefully, in the future, we'll have an option for fighter intercepts. I have NO luck with strategic bombing. My bombers score low hits or get shot down, while opponent scores hits on my IC round after round. Fighter intercepts would add a level of skill.

Hello! The feature you're mentioning is not a part of Axis & Allies 1942, 2nd Edition, the board game which our game is based upon.

https://media.wizards.com/2015/rules/AA_1942_rules.pdf

[O Lucky Day O]

Originally posted by Julius Borisov:

Originally posted by kmorrow1242:

Hopefully, in the future, we'll have an option for fighter intercepts. I have NO luck with strategic bombing. My bombers score low hits or get shot down, while opponent scores hits on my IC round after round. Fighter intercepts would add a level of skill.

Hello! The feature you're mentioning is not a part of Axis & Allies 1942, 2nd Edition, the board game which our game is based upon.

https://media.wizards.com/2015/rules/AA_1942_rules.pdf

Interceptors and Escorts are an optional rule listed in that rule book.

[nicewolf64]

bomber bad luck is so easy to remember because the loss is so large. i sent 4 bombers, lost 2, scored snake eyes. next turn, sent 5 bombers, lost 3, scored 4 total hits. so i lost 60 worth of bombers for a measly 6 hits. after that, i just saved them for the actual attack.

[Julius Borisov]

Originally posted by O Lucky Day O:

Originally posted by Julius Borisov:

Hello! The feature you're mentioning is not a part of Axis & Allies 1942, 2nd Edition, the board game which our game is based upon.

https://media.wizards.com/2015/rules/AA_1942_rules.pdf

Interceptors and Escorts are an optional rule listed in that rule book.

We haven't implemented any house rules or alternate official rules into the game as of right now. We would like to explore them at some point in the future, but right now we're focusing on polishing up the standard play experience first.

[FlaMiN_EliTe]

I'm just so happy that evidently I'm one of the rare players where the dice program hasn't ruined any of my games, and worked exactly as projected. I didn't even pay extra for this special treatment! Maybe my mom rolls the dice for everybody behind the scenes...? I'll ask her next time we talk and get back to you... if so it'd explain a lot of this.