Air Combat Losses

Bern · Post by **Bern** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:12 am

I'm a little confused on the reporting situation. To explain, I'm playing against Axis AI as GB only. It's June 1940 and France is in a bad way. To date I've used the RAF only sparingly - its main role to be defense against possible Sealion.

The only RAF air activity so far has been interception and from the combat results seems to have done well - approx twice as many Axis planes lost as GB over 3 or 4 turns. However when I look at the losses dealt and taken report it shows almost exactly the opposite - 30 something dealt and 50 something lost. I can't check this figure as there are no reports at all shown in Air Combat or Air Combat Defense.

Am I missing something?

Bern

Razz1 · Post by **Razz1** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:20 pm

Yes, you think looses dealt to enemy and losses you have taken.

Then you read left to right.

Now your confused.

I tried to get this changed.

You have to read the report thinking about the country you want to look at.

For example, Germany appears.

Click on Germany and read what Germany has done in combat.

Germany has dealt X and lost Y

So Germany has dealt 30 planes, and lost 50 planes.

Bern · Post by **Bern** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:44 am

Thanks. Now I'm really confused. When I select GB and Losses dealt and taken I assume the figure on the left of the slash represents the no. of losses I as GB have dealt to Germany and to the right of the slash the no. of losses I have taken from Germany.

These are the figures from two cols. - Men dealt/taken appears as 40/2.7k: Planes appear as 36/53. This to me means I've caused Germany 40 losses and taken 2,7k in manpower. I've shot down 36 planes and lost 53.

If this is right, then these figures simply do not accord with the combat results appearing during the turns. As I said before I can't check as there appears no air combat info. in GB reports.

For interests sake, I opened up the Germany reports. The figures are the same ie Men 2.7k/40 and Planes 53/36 but again I can't check as no casualty reports appear in the air combat cols re. GB. Do I take it that interception combat is not reported in detail?

This doesn't seem to sit right to me.

Bern

Razz1 · Post by **Razz1** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:14 am

Bottom left hand corner shows what the statistics are for that country.

Click on GB

The main data on the right is the stats.

Click on which country you want to see the stats.

In this case click on Germany.

Read what Germany has done in combat. Read from left to right.

Germany has dealt 36 planes, and lost 53 planes.

Now to see the losses for France.

Click on France in the bottom left corner.

Click on Germany and read left to right. Losses dealt by Germany to France/losses taken by Germany from France.

Bern · Post by **Bern** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:53 am

Still think this is just not right. Whichever way I look at it, the figures do not reflect the combat results in the turns. If I see the reports as Germany has dealt 36 planes and lost 53 then that would imply that in terms of manpower, Germany has dealt 40 and lost 2.7k which would be totally wrong.

I am convinced that there is something awry here but will shut up now and maybe keep a pencil and paper record for a few turns. Would like to know why there is no record turn by turn of interception air combat.

Bern

doomtrader · Post by **doomtrader** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:32 pm

Only part of the unit is being killed/destroyed in combat
Some of them are just wounded/damaged, and are going back to 'stock'

Also please remember that despite the equipment numbers for units can be historically accurate, they are for game flavor. The real essence is the strength points value.