Profile of Azurestrix

The thing what i font get is whats the point in making 3 types of buildings if the normal and strong is basically the same?

Sad that they in pub games dont even take the effort to pick zhem up :/

1:I think its fine as is. For me, the balance point for all off-map call-ins is that it should be possible to dodge them if the player reacts fast enough. Any call-in airstrikes/barrages where this isn't the case should be changed so that they aren't so punishing (this is kind of what you have with a lot of incendiary barrages - quick to land but they take time to actually kill stuff).


2:It may be frustrating that your opponent dodges your airstrike and it does nothing, but it would be downright game-breaking if he couldn't. As Katitof has mentioned, the key is combo it with things that impair movement, or to overload your opponent's micro in a large engagement so they get flustered and don't react properly.


3:I also think that these abilities aren't just about what you kill. Thinking laterally, a lot of these abilities can be used for 'area denial' - to control your opponents movement. For example, imagine your opponent has a tank that is taking fire from your AT guns. Placing the anti-vehicle strafe directly behind the tank makes your opponent choose between AT gun damage and strafe damage, and he may end up making the wrong choice. Another example would be placing the anti-infantry strafe to cut off an opponent's flanking route, keeping your MGs and AT guns safe. Basically, I think these abilities can win engagements without necessarily inflicting damage.

1: Yep thats acceptable but this ability is still 'easy to dodge", and in damage very random. I stated already that even if you are in the ( really small ) target area this ability can still miss you big time. ( Meanwhile the ability user needed tons of micro, ->luck<-, and unit leading to force the veh/inf into the area in his LOS, and 90 muni even with the resource change )

2: My oly problem here that basically all units got a distinct "Airstrike" quote, and thats one of the most informating part of the game in a big fight what can and will force out an overloaded palyer froms its trance.

3: I already wrote infantry strafe works wonders. ( even outside of its range )
That tank will have tons time to react/ move out ( little bit game knowledgedge, focus is on bit ) beacuse crew will notify you that it is a plane + currently circle + that even into own base plane will take a year to arrive.

So greetings everyone, i want to proclaim if someone can use that ability give me some tips maybye I am just that **** with it.
Back to the point i feel that all other abilities in that comamnder works out pretty well, but that one is a little bit lacklusters why:

1:Comparsion to the anti inf strafe: well that one also got smaller aim area but thats offset by the fact that it goes through everything pins everything in a much larger than the original "ability area" but i feel that balanced to offset the fact that the plane take lotsa time to arrive.
2:Comparsion to IL-2 SINGLE strafe: Much better "attack area", supression, and will loiter if no valid targets found (still 1 attack run).

Problem. No1: It has much smaller targeting cirle than the previous probably to "help it aim vehicles"?<- idiot conclusion
No2: That one also take a few year to arrive so most of the time it will only hit ground. ( couple these with the fact that it also drops smoke and the enemy palyer is alerted by the units and that the usability of this ability is only within LoS ->ps I know that i got recon run still)
No3: Too much "empty strike" ( cant hit anything )
No4: It will force attack the ground no matter what (maybye a little bit target locking but thats rly tiny) this coupled with the small circle makes too unreliable to hit tanks ( or atlest inf ).
No5: Both strafe got the same cooldown as the original ones however they are "weaker versions"
No6: AT strafe is on too high cp on its current performance ( dont mention with cost even with redisturbate resources ).
No7:With one of the recent patches plane attack range is indicated with circle. This will make it even more "noticable".
Solutions?:
1:Retain the original targeting circle+plane speed flare and everything but give it better dmg and target leading. ( Here the main problem lies in the fact that i noticed the problem is not with the dmg itself but the plane will most of the time with atleast 60-70% of the bullets will hit the ground ofc it got a bit AoE and the big strafe does the same but this will come more times + i think it does better job)
2(The wild but i still think balanced idea): Remove the flare from the 2 airstrike or atlest the anti tank (still voice alert)-> that would also give that commander an unique feeling+ yoou could still hear it and will se the plane.
3:Let the ability to be fired into FoW so that we can use it agains retreating vehs ( no other attack ability has that property so.. not likely will devs do it )
4:Make it a targetable ability so that the plane will hunt the targeted veh( thats the tricky one this would take away the current ability what is AI and At in the area but would bexome an "execute skill" but in that way it would maybye also need a little buff so that it isnt only "scratch" things and we wouldn't make it another Il-2 attack.
5: Make it cheaper or let it refound itself if it isnt done any dmg.
6: Let it loiter a few like the soviet counterpart.
Afternotes:
1: Other than tell me yout opinion on the suggested how do you feel about that ability?
2: If it just only me using it wrong tell me how to use it.
3: No i dont want OP airtsike, just i feel that this ability is a bit ignored.
4: I am speaking about the (i think?) 90 muni SINGLE strafe.
5: How much dmg possiblity this ability has i mean if everything goes right what can it kill in its current state. (Researched: Random cause this ability attacks ground and not target sometimes cant kill scout car sometimes does good dmg to tiger)
6: Dont troll, and dont feed it have a nice day.
7: One bit more well not actualy tweaking would be to give the recon run a "starting place signal" so the first use of it wont the just to identify the palnes entry angle to the map.
8: Thx Katitoff for the reply on org since that i adapted the fact that this is a support donctrine and not attack but i still find it sadly that I am reliying on luck with this high miss/ ->low<--med? dmg ability is not fun :/ today i will make some tests maybye so that i can see its kill potential.
9: Thats a revived thread from long time sry but i felt that this havent got enough spotlight. ( Only 1-2 meaningful replies )

Sorry about the dual post i just wanted to add afternote 5