Best way to intercept AI air raid

[777]

What is best way to intercept AI bombers; fighters or flaks?

 

[oldStatesman]

Bomb their airfields before they can bomb yours.

 

[searcheagle]

Bomb their airfields before they can bomb yours.

In Civ 3, the only reall way to end attacks by air is through capturing a city. Although, since you have have flak, you have Civ 3 Conquests. With conquests you have the option of attacking and destroying the bombers on the ground. This is the only way to ensure destruction. Fighters, SAMs, and Flak are all to risky. They really need to fix it in Civ 4.

(Post # 500. YEAH!!!)

 

[vmxa]

What is best way to intercept AI bombers; fighters or flaks?

As to the odds, I am not sure, but flaks are better. This is because fighters can be shot down or bombed to destruction, whereas flaks cannot be shot down and are harder to bombard to death.

I would put flaks in the city and fighter on air in nearby cities. Only put 4 or 5 flaks as only the first 4 are used in the calculations.

 

[777]

I haven't actually used fighters or air defence untill now so I don't have any kind of experience with them. Fighters shot down by bombers, doesn't sound too good...

 

[Tomoyo]

Flak to defend a city from bombings. Fighters to defend the countryside.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Fighters in cities are useless. You need an Airfield next to it.

 

[Tomoyo]

Fighters in cities are useless. You need an Airfield next to it.

Fighters in cities when you have no airfields and need some recon are good...

EDIT: And have complete control of the air already.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Nitpicker.
Yes, Fighters in cities are okay for recon. If that city cannot be bombed. And is not coastal (since even ships will target planes first).

 

[ForbiddenPalace]

Having about 10 fighters in every city and set all them on air superioity. Also defend cities with mobile flanks and sam missile. Defend critical resources with lots of mobile flanks.

 

[vmxa]

Man if you can crank out all of that stuff, you should have won. I seldom can get a sam site nor would I. Only in special circumstances.

Skip all those fighers and flaks and make offensive units and take them down.