User blog comment:Hayashi H/30 October Fighter Quest-chain/@comment-175.156.32.28-20151104080603/@comment-26486243-20151105171700


 * The losses of bombers in the event was the combination of fighters from the Wos, variable AA, fixed AA and AACI. In the absence of air supremacy, more bombers will be lost to fighters - and given this is a fractional loss (and usually something that occurred at least 3 times in a row in the event context), this amount would be reduced, which may make even smaller slots of bombers survive than expected. As I have no information on the precise strength of the Tsu AACI I cannot give you any definite numbers on the exact minimum slot size that will survive under AS+ conditions, but we do know it is possible to lose up to 8 bombers per node from fighters alone on AS conditions. AA calcs are in progress and easily the most annoying part of this equation.


 * Stopping the second AACI will definitely reduce the number of bombers killed by AACI, but it will come at the cost of increasing the number of bombers killed by takoyaki-fighters. It's not entirely clear at the moment which shoots down more.


 * Wiping out the bombers or not has no effect on the shelling of an armoured carrier. As long as the carrier possesses 1 bomber of any type, it will shell at full strength. Even dead slots still contribute to firepower, even though they no longer contribute to air power or intiial strike. It is currently unknown if they still contribute critdmg% or not.


 * This tactic is the exact opposite of massing bombers. Only one carrier carries a triple torp composition. Bomber-massing tactics usually carry 10 squadrons across the whole fleet or more.


 * There were three Wo Kai IVs, and they are all capable of taiha-ing any ship even in Diamond formation. Their firepower is 193 and their initial strikes can hit for 115, and 185x2 at full strength. Their initial strikes also ignore formations.


 * The tactic does not have to be used, but it is available.


 * The Iwai can always be converted later. The only thing that's a really bad idea is converting it without using it properly, because it would be a loss of a good Tier 5 fighter squadron - and there is no way to reverse the upgrade.