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Bombing factories with Raven

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4 years ago
For some factories, a unit being built is able block Raven bombs, while for others, they do not. Is this intetntional?
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4 years ago
I think the raven should probably be good at bombing factories and less good at things like precision bombing fast moving airbourne targets
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4 years ago
If the factory is not in los you can target one of its exposed parts. So fly away, target those parts and then enjoy destroying it with no units in the way.
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You can target exposed parts of the factory within los by attacking with Alt+Fire (which becomes force attack ground, even if there's a building above that ground).

I commonly use this with Impalers so that they don't start doing weird/wrong things when the target disappears from los/radar.
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4 years ago
EErankAdminAnarchid share that Impaler secret with our playerbase pls. Unmicro`d Impaler-spam (17 or more) is serious spreading cancer atm.
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4 years ago
Though I agree about Raven vs other fliers, that is for another topic. Same for Ravens being able to change height depending on target, while gunships cannot, rendering them unable to attack other aircraft from lower ground.

I mainly brought this up for balance reasons. Multiple bombs may be blocked, if the attacking bombers are far enough from each other. Of course, other units are associated, but Ravens are the most prominent example, since they always attack from a vertical direction.

Using ground-fire introduces unnecessary micromanagement, and though you might see the marks of the target's explosion through the fog of war, stopping your units from attacking ground requires additional micro again.
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4 years ago
Since Ravens are perfectly accurate versus stationary targets (I think), maybe they could be given a special targeting point on factories? Aim for the back rather than the dead center. I guess it could be the side for ship fac.
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4 years ago
It isn't intentional, but it is hard to stop without new factory models..
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