Don't do this!

[InclinedToRun]

Please don't be like this Kaga who killed himself simply because he was against a 3/0/1 Saipan,  This is not sportsmanlike, and even Kaga vs Saipan I'm sure you could be useful to your team somehow!

[Doomlock]

Indeed.

[RipNuN2]

Yeah especially with a team that has plenty of ships with reasonable AA to bait them over. It's not like the saipan is going to be throwing out a ton of damage with just the one db squadron.

[FayFay731]

Well you do shoot down 20 planes on average. I would avoid moving my planes near your fighters by tens of miles lol.

[crazyquest]

If you ever witnessed a Saipan bring 3/0/1 you will have seen that generally the captain is not too bright.

[Estimated_Prophet]

1 hour ago, crazyquest said:

If you ever witnessed a Saipan bring 3/0/1 you will have seen that generally the captain is not too bright.

 

That; or the overrated torpedo bombers have proven themselves to be next to useless because a) everyone knows how to defend themselves, (AA, WASD,) and/or b) their Saipan has been constantly uptiered and three plane torpedo squads are like flies under a swatter to T8-9 AA.

[crazyquest]

2/2/0 has never failed me even in tier 9.

[GhostSwordsman]

Looks like someone pulled a canadian.

[Estimated_Prophet]

31 minutes ago, crazyquest said:

2/2/0 has never failed me even in tier 9.

 

Then RNG hates my guts; I hardly ever start fires with things like Clevelands and Kutuzovs, and my Saipan torpedo bombers have never been worth a flip because they die, even attacking lone ships.

 

YouTube vids where someone just sashays up to a target with Saipan torpedo bombers and hammers them do nothing but make me shake my head is disbelief. Experience has taught me doing so is nothing more than an exercise in futility.

[InclinedToRun]

13 hours ago, crazyquest said:

If you ever witnessed a Saipan bring 3/0/1 you will have seen that generally the captain is not too bright.

Well I'm gonna take a bit of offense by that, as I was the Saipan.  I only take out 3/0/1 over 2/2/0 because ever since the kaga came out you can almost guarantee clear skies, and because even with 1 DB squadron you can almost always force a Damage control on any enemy ship, for your team to take advantage of

[Carrier_Lexington]

15 hours ago, crazyquest said:

If you ever witnessed a Saipan bring 3/0/1 you will have seen that generally the captain is not too bright.

AP Bombs.

[HBZK100]

On 6/29/2017 at 9:12 AM, Carrier_Lexington said:

AP Bombs.

Ouch a 9 plane squadron of 1600lb AP bombs!!! Yikes. I think that would be OP.

[Palladia]

On 6/28/2017 at 8:58 PM, crazyquest said:

If you ever witnessed a Saipan bring 3/0/1 you will have seen that generally the captain is not too bright.

Not really.  My 3/0/1 has carried or come close to carrying matches before,  both by preventing strikes and by dealing a decent amount of damage.  Those bombers are no joke and if properly utilized can bring in the damage.  The size of the drop circle makes them land about as many bombs as the three normal squadrons do,  and those 1000pders hurt.  

That being said,  2/2/0 can do a lot of work in the anti-air department and deal more consistent damage overall.  I just...really like those bombers.

[crazyquest]

On 6/28/2017 at 7:58 PM, crazyquest said:

If you ever witnessed a Saipan bring 3/0/1 you will have seen that generally the captain is not too bright.

Supplementing this with more information, 3/0/1 is generally indicative of a captain who is unable to gain air superiority with the 2 fighter groups of 2/2/0 and/or is willing to risk their damage source to being RNG based and susceptible to being quickly knocked out.

[crazyquest]

On 6/29/2017 at 11:12 AM, Carrier_Lexington said:

AP Bombs.

 

On 7/2/2017 at 11:25 AM, HBZK100 said:

Ouch a 9 plane squadron of 1600lb AP bombs!!! Yikes. I think that would be OP.

I will admit that since so far I've been having a great deal of fun in my Enterprise with AP bombs (and 10 torpedo bombers) I might use 3/0/1 just for 9 1600 lb bombs

[vak_]

On 6/28/2017 at 9:31 PM, Estimated_Prophet said:

three plane torpedo squads are like flies under a swatter to T8-9 AA.

 

Which is why you stack two TBs together. One will usually make it to the drop zone in full force.

 

On 6/28/2017 at 10:34 PM, Estimated_Prophet said:

Then RNG hates my guts; I hardly ever start fires with things like Clevelands and Kutuzovs, and my Saipan torpedo bombers have never been worth a flip because they die, even attacking lone ships.

 

Well yeah, you generally don't want to go near Kutuzovs. They have really good long-range AA, plus a lot of people build them into AA cruisers.

 

Clevelands are less dangerous, and can be dropped onto even through DF, but it's generally better to find easier targets.

 

22 hours ago, crazyquest said:

3/0/1 is generally indicative of a captain who is unable to gain air superiority with the 2 fighter groups of 2/2/0 and/or is willing to risk their damage source to being RNG based and susceptible to being quickly knocked out.

 

Yup.