Gunner AI?

[Sybreed]

I was wondering if there was a way to change the gunner's AI with PWCG, or what was its default setting?

In the 2 missions we made, the bombers' gunners tear us to shred and seemed to be better than their career mode counterpart.

[PatrickAWlson]

9 hours ago, Sybreed said:

I was wondering if there was a way to change the gunner's AI with PWCG, or what was its default setting?

In the 2 missions we made, the bombers' gunners tear us to shred and seemed to be better than their career mode counterpart.

 

The gunner AI follows the general plane AI.  It is already set to Novice for every plane with a gunner in PWCG, so it can't go lower.  If PWCG gunners are somehow more effective than career mode I'm not sure how.

[Sybreed]

33 minutes ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

The gunner AI follows the general plane AI.  It is already set to Novice for every plane with a gunner in PWCG, so it can't go lower.  If PWCG gunners are somehow more effective than career mode I'm not sure how.

meh, that's what I thought. I think our mistake was to slowly approach the bombers from low altitude. I usually have an altitude advantage.

[Yogiflight]

What I often notice is the difference between my squadmates attacking enemy bombers (from dead six with low speed advantage) and me attacking bombers. If I would fly such attacks, the gunner would shred me to pieces in half a second. But my squadmates rarely get shot down by gunners, no matter how stupid they fly their attacks.

[PatrickAWlson]

18 hours ago, Sybreed said:

meh, that's what I thought. I think our mistake was to slowly approach the bombers from low altitude. I usually have an altitude advantage.

 

In Bos that's usually a bad idea because most bombers have a ventral gun.  My favorite is to fly parallel and above and then dive through ... when I have the patience to do it