Talk:Exercises (PvP)/@comment-33689222-20180126020748/@comment-28781449-20180126063037

The reason for large AA shotdowns in PvP, which newer players might be suprised of, are because enemy fleet is also technically is "players fleet"

If you look into Air Defence formulas, you'll notice that abyssal AA is calculated differently from player's (and is usually much weaker, to balance the fact that we go through multiple nodes before the boss). There are abyssals that can really hurt your planes (like a Tsu-class) but from player's side, most ships are pseudo-Tsu-classes (Especially destroyers with HA mounts).

That's why it's not adviced to bring bombers. Imagine every enemy as Tsu-class elite.