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AA wise I think they are on par
Can you explain how you come to this conclusion TRC?
TBs - 2x AA4+ inside 15cm vs Barras - 1x AA4+, 1XAA5+. They both have 90 degreeturns on intercept so they're even there.
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Also the main way to bring down cautious fighters is with an intercept so here the 360 degree defensive fire is great
If it was more scary maybe but 6's to hit?? Putting BMs on those interceptors is great, but when your planes are dead....
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a Barracuada has a 5/6 chance of doing a hit on average vs a thunderbolts 6/6 at 15cm
Umm, sorry you've lost me TRC, how do you get to these results? i must be missing something in your post. With the above stats the TB will hit more often on intercept, and a Barra will only make 1 in 6 hits in defence at 15cm. On intercept they will hit less than a TB at 15cm due to the reduced burst cannon stat.
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Ground wise it is indeed trickier.
You have two set of stats currently for the 'cuda
And again, all I propose is that it would be easier to cost the Barras more fairly if there wasn't such disparity because of these differences.
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60cm Flak cover is far superior than many if not all other armies. This has to be considerred when having this discussion. Barras operate under a better curttain of defence (2x5+ and skimmer to boot) than any other aircraft for that price.
And we pay a high price for it too with the most expensive AA platform out there.... One vehicle is worth approx. 1/3 of an average cost formation....
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ML are not that hard to manage when skimmer units that have 35cm move and scout. So it is not unreasonable that Barras will most often have a 45cm shot at any vehicle on the table (now that is a nice ranged snipe) - while potentially being under their own flak protection.
Oh for sure, but I'm not arguing the ML ability isn't manageable and the possibilities of their use for aircraft - there's no doubt MLs help the Tau aircraft.
I'm arguing that the aircraft itself is fairly average without them so I'm just proposing to make barracudas more par for the cost. Don't forget most opponents like to kill the ML units poste-haste, let alone the fact ML units just aren't able to be there at all times - which only makes the aircraft worse for their points across an entire game.
I'm not proposing a super-plane here, just a bit more parity, or usefulness. I'm not against raising its cost if they work better.
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Drop them to 100 points? That's just silly talk
Yes. Yes it is
