GDI aircraft: Three times the same?

The Orca Bomber is that "good against infantry" unit you were looking for at the end there. While I agree that orca and mohawk compete for the same spot and mohawk just does it better. The bomber is quite different allowing you to get it out, smash their front line, and take it for yourself.

It's not quite at the same spammability as the inferno where you can just hit a critical mass and win, it does give the gdi air a somewhat needed punch. Besides, HH and talon absolutely smash air, mohawk, orca and bomber smash ground and talon and drone swarm together smash infantry.

At this point, all we are going to get is alternatives to what we already have, kinda like how the rock worm is NOD's vehicle anti vehicle unit, but now they have the centurion who is a specialized vehicle anti-vehicle.

Once the gaps in the armies are filled, all you can really do is another unit that does the same job but different. At least the bomber does one thing and does it in a new way instead of the mohawk just being a better orca.

Orcas are hunter-killers and Mohawks are brawlers. Orcas cant go toe to toe with tougher targets because of their reload time but can quickly finish off or badly damage a target that needs killing. Mohawks are great at holding points though and can back hand tanks like puppies as long as they are defending.

Hm. I guess, roughly, Orcas are for attacking and Mohawks are for defending.

On paper you got it. But when you lose an orca, you are down 70 tib. When you lose a mohawk you are down 50 tib. So lose 2 orcas and you are at the same point as having lost 3 mohawks. =/

And like you said, mohawks can hold a point, orcas are quite poor at it. And at the end of the day, whoever holds the pads wins.

Talon (Air) Damage 293 HP 909
Banshee Damage 345 HP 1210

1 talon almost cripples a banshee and costs half as much. So 2 talons will take out any laser squad or banshee and lose nothing. Talon is pretty damn good at it's job, and infantry and banshees are not among the things it fears.

Yup, @xrmiao4 has it. If you are playing GDI without pitbull, you are making a grave mistake. pitbull is quick and with raider gets those last min steals, and together with a talon can reliably earn their keep against banshee spam. Not to mention, talon BLOCKS banshee. So if the missile is going critical, the banshee has to fly AROUND the talon taking shots the whole time and actually loses the contest.

Again, talon isn't a must pick, but writing them off against NOD because of banshee is a huge mistake.