[For those who don't know, I play on ADSL' account..so I do know about playing with a CV, and with an AAA ship, kinda.]
When I first started playing CV, I thought that I should give fighter cover to all the BBs/CAs/CLs etc in the team. However, in one of my first games, I watched helpless as four of my fighters died to friendly flak. 390x4 = 1560 credits that I have to find someway. Given that i only have torp bombers, and I'm still not that good at them, 1560 credits is still a huge amount to lose from friendly fire, when they could almost earn their return in shooting bombers. Moreover, I was told it was my fault for letting my fighters attack the enemy..
This happened several times, even when I had fighters up the sky protecting the bb with no enemy around, stupid aa Z1 would still shoot at them.
When my fighters die to Friendly Fire, sometimes peopel say sorry. Sure, it doesnt' give back the 390 credits per fighter, but it shows a sign of respect and that the person isn't a complete asshole.
Then I realised, that the fighters would be better spent covering my ass because my team won't do it for me. Good escorts are few and far between and it REALLY sucks being attacked by four DDs with no friendlies around...
So if you aren't willing to scratch my back, I won't scratch yours. That said, I do still give fighter cover to some people.
Food for thought. Any other CVs agree? Anyone disagree? Find this is a stupid policy?
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