| 1 | I think that the appropriate anti-air cover is pretty situational, and sometimes your air player can't help you very much. | 1 | I think that the appropriate anti-air cover is pretty situational, and sometimes your air player can't help you very much. | 
                
                    | 2 | \n | 2 | \n | 
                
                    | 3 | If 
            your 
            army 
            is 
            a 
            bunch 
            of 
            Minotaurs 
            and 
            Goliaths 
            that 
            want 
            to 
            dive 
            into 
            enemy 
            positions 
            and 
            even 
            behind 
            enemy 
            lines,
             
            and 
            the 
            opponent 
            has 
            a 
            decent 
            amount 
            of 
            ground-based 
            AA,
             
            you 
            cannot 
            really 
            expect 
            your 
            air 
            player 
            to 
            follow 
            you 
            in 
            and 
            get 
            all 
            their 
            Swifts 
            killed.
             
            You 
            have 
            to 
            either 
            bring 
            your 
            own 
            AA 
            or 
            just 
            absorb 
            the 
            damage 
            from 
            the 
            bombers 
            in 
            that 
            case.
             
            Even 
            just 
            dangling 
            a 
            Lance 
            or 
            something 
            a 
            bit 
            too 
            close 
            to 
            the 
            front 
            line 
            can 
            result 
            in 
            a 
            Likho 
            strike 
            which 
            your 
            air 
            player 
            cannot 
            do 
            a 
            lot 
            about 
            - 
            the 
            Likho 
            is 
            just 
            not 
            exposed 
            for 
            long 
            enough,
             
            and 
            chasing 
            a 
            Likho 
            deep 
            behind 
            enemy 
            lines 
            to 
            shoot 
            it 
            down 
            is 
            often 
            not 
            a 
            winning 
            proposition. | 3 | If 
            your 
            army 
            is 
            a 
            bunch 
            of 
            Minotaurs 
            and 
            Cyclops 
            that 
            want 
            to 
            dive 
            into 
            enemy 
            positions 
            and 
            even 
            behind 
            enemy 
            lines,
             
            and 
            the 
            opponent 
            has 
            a 
            decent 
            amount 
            of 
            ground-based 
            AA,
             
            you 
            cannot 
            really 
            expect 
            your 
            air 
            player 
            to 
            follow 
            you 
            in 
            and 
            get 
            all 
            their 
            Swifts 
            killed.
             
            You 
            have 
            to 
            either 
            bring 
            your 
            own 
            AA 
            or 
            just 
            absorb 
            the 
            damage 
            from 
            the 
            bombers 
            in 
            that 
            case.
             
            Even 
            just 
            dangling 
            a 
            Lance 
            or 
            something 
            a 
            bit 
            too 
            close 
            to 
            the 
            front 
            line 
            can 
            result 
            in 
            a 
            Likho 
            strike 
            which 
            your 
            air 
            player 
            cannot 
            do 
            a 
            lot 
            about 
            - 
            the 
            Likho 
            is 
            just 
            not 
            exposed 
            for 
            long 
            enough,
             
            and 
            chasing 
            a 
            Likho 
            deep 
            behind 
            enemy 
            lines 
            to 
            shoot 
            it 
            down 
            is 
            often 
            not 
            a 
            winning 
            proposition. | 
                
                    | 4 | \n | 4 | \n | 
                
                    | 5 | If 
            the 
            other 
            team 
            has 
            a 
            Chainsaw 
            or 
            something 
            covering 
            the 
            front 
            line,
             
            your 
            team's 
            bombers 
            may 
            be 
            able 
            to 
            get 
            in 
            now 
            and 
            then 
            but 
            it's 
            not 
            terribly 
            practical 
            for 
            your 
            teammate 
            to 
            fight 
            a 
            pitched 
            fighter 
            battle 
            there,
             
            unless 
            you 
            also 
            have 
            substantial 
            ground-to-air 
            assets.
             
            Similar 
            story 
            against 
            a 
            gunship 
            player 
            with 
            a 
            bunch 
            of 
            Tridents. | 5 | If 
            the 
            other 
            team 
            has 
            a 
            Chainsaw 
            or 
            something 
            covering 
            the 
            front 
            line,
             
            your 
            team's 
            bombers 
            may 
            be 
            able 
            to 
            get 
            in 
            now 
            and 
            then 
            but 
            it's 
            not 
            terribly 
            practical 
            for 
            your 
            teammate 
            to 
            fight 
            a 
            pitched 
            air-to-air 
            battle 
            there,
             
            unless 
            you 
            also 
            have 
            substantial 
            ground-to-air 
            assets.
             
            Similar 
            story 
            against 
            a 
            gunship 
            player 
            with 
            a 
            bunch 
            of 
            Tridents. |