Talk:Shinden Kai/@comment-1915363-20161211011254/@comment-107.199.62.209-20161212211253

Of course I would. I think everyone would.

1.  Presumably by next event, the Abyssals will have jets of their own. It appears that only jets can intercept incoming jets, so we a dedicated fighter jet would still participate.

2.  It's a question of preserving your air groups. A jet fighter is more appealing on EO maps with multiple combat nodes with heavy AA. Jets appear to bomb twice in the opening air phases - first in the jet phase then a second time along with with the other planes in the propeller-pusher phase. If this is true, that means that jets are exposed twice per battle to node AA fire from ships. This already means that fighter-bombers will be less reliable for computing AS numbers as they'll take heavier losses than other planes. On maps like EOs where you can run into multiple fleets in diamond formation with Elite Tsu-class, it's very possible ALL of your Kikkas and Keiuns could be shot down in a run before you even get to the boss node. A dedicated fighter isn't exposed to enemy ship AA so you can be sure to still have them at the boss node barring anything really terrible like getting Air Incapability on multiple nodes.