Strafing Run or V1?

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[[AB]RikiRude]

I ask because I always felt that a giant bomb would be the most devastating thing in the game, but to my surprise it really isn't.

I've seen strafing runs instantly take out vet 2 and 3 squads with ease, they also have the ability to take down any vehicle that isn't a tank. This includes cloaked AT guns. Strafing run is also near instant, while a V1 gives the defender able time to leave. Although the V1 does have the ability to destroy tanks.

I also ask this because I've seen a V-1 drop on top of a vet 1 rifle squad and 1 sad suppressed guy lived, it wasn't my V-1, but seeing that guy survived pissed me off because I've lost SO many units to those blasted strafing runs.

[Thtb]

What units are on the leaderboard?
Tanks, not inf.

V1 in terms of vet killing.
However v1 needs more ... tactical placement (luck) than a strafing run.

[Akranadas]

Both Weapons are used for different things.

[TheYaxisOfEvil]

It saddens me that a V1 will always flatten a howitzer, but I always crack up laughing when a guy v1s a building I have a MG crew in and the building as well as the MG survives.

[Aggamemnon]

Church on crossroads is V1 Proof 
(and satchel and nade etc etc etc)

I've been using strafing run lately instead of aerial advantage, and I'd have to say I'm pretty dissapointed with the results.

I've seen a double strafing run not take out any men as well, when I had just got mine and we were doing a 3v3. I called it in to deal with a sniper, MG and some stormies and my team-mate (who had more than one) called it in from another direction, didn't kill any of them (pinned all tho).

[muha]

Strafing runs are the most random thing in the game. I had strafing runs kill entire squads coz 1 of the squad had a bullet hit the ground near him. And Ofcourse I had strafing runs do nothing.

V-1's, just like most off-map's are used to hit stationary targets, but intead of smoke we get the sound. So nobody knows were it will hit, therefore, we have to move our entire frontline if we do not want to lose anything, that is what the V-1 is for. (it can also take out howies and triage, too bad it doesnt kill an 88.)

[Thtb]

Dont think v1´s where meant to destroy flak88´s

[muha]

Ive seen it dropped directly on an 88, and take out like 80% or so hp.

[Flack]

replay or it didn't happen!

[Thtb]

If you have to v1 a flak88 the enemys most first have taken it from you. Therefore it shoud already be damaged since the crew does not retreat by itself ;P. So the v1 shoud do the trick, or at least clean it up so you can overtake it.

[muha]

we rushed it with infantry, took over it, then a few seconds later a V1 landed on it. I think it took more than 80%, but it was still capable of taking a hit or two probably.

[[AB]RikiRude]

replay or it didn't happen!

Are you telling me you've never been hit with a V1 or a strafing run? I use specific examples, but I'm talking in general, so are you being such an ass as to say without providing a replay that no one will believe that strafing runs will annihilate fun axis squads or that a V1 can land on a building and not harm those inside?

useful post or gtfo.


Anyways, I to have seen V`s land on buildings and do nothing, in fact a few games ago I had an MG in the chateau in abbeville, i heard a v1 coming in, and was looking for the blob on the map, thought it was going to land on my allies howie only to my surprise see it land on the chateau, and what surprised me even more is a direct hit on it did NO damage to my MG team. Though he was easily killed by a sniper that came by.

Also to those of you that use strafing runs and don't get a single kill are you using it correct? Strafing runs are best used (correct me if I'm wrong) when units are in the open (yellow or red cover) and you have to line up the yellow line on the units, not have the units between the lines.

[DerangedFerret]

They're right. It's happened to me a lot more than it's been effective. For example, strafing 3 squads of volks, and killing 1 man. Other times, while playing Axis, I've had a single strafing run take out 20 or so pop.

Strafing runs are very, very random as far as damage done goes.

[Flack]

Are you telling me you've never been hit with a V1 or a strafing run? I use specific examples, but I'm talking in general, so are you being such an ass as to say without providing a replay that no one will believe that strafing runs will annihilate fun axis squads or that a V1 can land on a building and not harm those inside?

Jeez man i was refering to the V1 not taking out a captured 88.