Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-33076004-20171008183017/@comment-32647310-20171022162131

Segou wrote: LBAS is a thing even is Small-scale events, Operation Hikari (a.k.a. Winter 2017 Event) was small scale and made use of LBAS, but no air raids were present (Participated in this event).

Fair enough, but my statement about LBAS being a thing is that, to my knowledge, they don't always appear in events. Personally, I have only been in part of Spring 2017 and I completed Summer 2017, I have always had LBAS in events, but again, I'm aware that that mechanic is not always implemented and I have no idea if there have been events that did not make use of LBAS even though LBAS is part of the game.

Segou wrote:

Autogyros and Liason Aircraft aren't usable on LBAS due to their ASW nature.

Good to know, thanks! I don't have them myself, so I can't test or know how good/useful they are as a general thing.

Segou wrote:

Also in terms of range he doesn't have much of a choice for the latter maps in terms of range, since he's going to need as much AA he can for EO, so Reppuu is the only aircraft with sufficient range that'll give him the edge against airpower, he can use the T0FM21 in conjunction with Type 96 LBAA and a Saiun to obtain a max. range of 8, but his LBAS air power will get shredded by enemy fighters. Agreed, but I think there are things that can be done to help out in different ways...but what that is, exactly, depends entirely on what the event has.

For example, he may have 2x airfields and the boss node be out of Repuu range, but not T0FM21 range. He could put 4x T0FM21 on 1 airfield, and his LBAS and other planes on the 2nd airfield. Hit the boss node 2x with the all-fighter node and follow up with 2x from the bomber one. This would not only do a number on the enemy's air-power when his LBAS planes made their bombing run, but also make it a lot easier regarding air power with his ships as well.

Either way, his question was, how many LBAS planes he should construct and whether or not he could/should use other types of planes to fill in, and my view is that given that he's new and probably doesn't have the resources to burn, getting 1 or 2 LBAS planes is probably about all he needs or can afford.