Military Ratios

[Commander MAS]

I have searched for over a half hour and I haven't found one solid answer to any of the following things I want to know.

-What is the optimum fighter to bomber ratio? (assuming you have 85 possible aircraft)

-What is the optimum soldier to citizen ratio during regular peacetime?

-What is the optimum tank to citizen or tank to soldier ratio during regular peacetime?

Can anyone help me out?

[thedestro]

The bottom two is the least possible amount to get the lowest upkeep.

[Commander MAS]

That makes sense... any higher and I'm just decreasing the effectiveness of possible raids.

[SilverHawk]

You want 0 Tanks, the minimum 20% to population ratio for troops and you want at the most, 10 Level 9 bombers.

[Kung Fu Geeks]

your kidding right... 10 level 9 bombers. thats about 9 to many as 1 lvl 9 bomber can do max damage.

[Drai]

Yeah, max bomber damage is 9, which means 1 level 9 is capable of doing so.

level 9 = 9 strength

level 5 = 5 strength

level 1 = 1 strength

etc

[SilverHawk]

your kidding right... 10 level 9 bombers. thats about 9 to many as 1 lvl 9 bomber can do max damage.

A single Level 9 bomber does not do max damage possible and certainly not with Navy Support. You need 10 to account for all the possible variables when you attack.

[Choader]

Five level nine bombers will do max damage, with or without naval support.

[Adolf Von Sippycup]

Five level nine bombers will do max damage, with or without naval support.

Really? I was using only two level 9 bombers without naval support in the last big war and I was doing max damage.

[Count Rupert]

Choader Posted Today, 01:30 AM

Five level nine bombers will do max damage, with or without naval support.

Really? I was using only two level 9 bombers without naval support in the last big war and I was doing max damage.

It's not that less than 5 will not do max damage, they can. It's that 5 provides the optimum odds of doing max damage.

[stangad]

I have just one level 9 bomber and it is effective. No more bombers are needed.

[Trace]

A single Level 9 bomber does not do max damage possible and certainly not with Navy Support. You need 10 to account for all the possible variables when you attack.

Abuh? I'd love to see these variables, considering 1 bomber has been enough for ages (if not always). I usually keep 2 on hand, with 1 as a spare, cause I'm too lazy to continually rebuy 1 bomber.

But most military alliances will tell you that 1 is enough.

[Bob Sanders]

A single Level 9 bomber does not do max damage possible and certainly not with Navy Support. You need 10 to account for all the possible variables when you attack.

Umm, no.....

[Drai]

Umm, no.....

Haha, this.

See my post above for max damage with various levels.

[Gruthenia]

I'm with Trace. Two level nine bombers at most. And that's just me being cautious, because most of the time I heard you only needed one.

[kswiss2783]

I've launched just 1 before with fighter support and have done no damage.

Edited September 30, 2008 by kswiss2783

[enderland]

A single Level 9 bomber does not do max damage possible and certainly not with Navy Support. You need 10 to account for all the possible variables when you attack.

I prefer to send in 50 bombers and 20 fighters.

I've found that 2/5 fighters to bombers ratio always causes max damage with huge defending AF losses (well sometimes it causes double damage).

[Trace]

I've launched just 1 before with fighter support and have done no damage.

You'll find people who launch with 10 and do no damage sometimes. Thems the odds of the system. It happens.

[Delta1212]

I tend to stick with 3 bombers just out of habit.

[Choader]

I prefer to send in 50 bombers and 20 fighters.

I've found that 2/5 fighters to bombers ratio always causes max damage with huge defending AF losses (well sometimes it causes double damage).

Thank you for sharing some of your elite Gramlins secrets!!!

[Drai]

I prefer to send in 50 bombers and 20 fighters.

I've found that 2/5 fighters to bombers ratio always causes max damage with huge defending AF losses (well sometimes it causes double damage).

Do you mean 50 Fighters and 20 Bombers?

[Overlord Shinnra]

I'm surprised this topic has so much debate on it. 1 level 9 bomber will do max damage. I keep 4 and feel I keep too many but meh.

[Vladimir Stukov II]

Best is to send all bombers and maybe 1 or 2 fighters to escort them. This way if 80 bombers get killed you still have a couple left to do damage.

[Iamrecognized]

If you send all bombers, the bombers that get shot down will fall and explode, doing as much damage as one bomber dropping bombs. You may additionally have the wreckage hit enemy fighters on the way down as well.

[Overlord Shinnra]

Best is to send all bombers and maybe 1 or 2 fighters to escort them. This way if 80 bombers get killed you still have a couple left to do damage.

This is if you want to spend 2 mill + on one or two air attacks. I think this is counter productive really and it just lowers your opponents bills while doing little to anarchy your opponent.