Talk:Combat/@comment-123.2.79.147-20150330174944/@comment-25730832-20150330185911

I'm not a pro in explaining combat stuffs but I'll give it a try:

Basic Attack Power for Shelling(Carrier) = (Firepower + Torpedo) × 1.5 + Dive Bomb × 2 + 55

Eliminating the obvious first; Firepower is based on firepower stat, and Dive Bomb is based on the Divebombers (red plane) "Dive-bomb" damage.

I think I know where you got confused and I'll try to explain it somehow. If you recall, Carriers do not have torpedo damage at all. That means the only way to gain torpedo damage is to use Torpedo bombers (blue planes) to support the torpedo-less stat of carriers.

Now concerning the "contribute" to the damage it depends...since it'll be based what plane you will be using and the based stat of each ship. Most of the time people will just use one of each (one red one blue) to gain stat from both variable but depending on some ship (some will have higher firepower so it might be better idea to use more torpedo bomber to help increase the sum of Firepower + Torpedo damage callculation)

Hope that helps.