The G4M was designed for a long range and high speed at the time of its introduction. Consequently, several weight-saving measures were incorporated into the design, such as dispensing with self-sealing fuel tanks and armor, which caused Allied fighter pilots to give it derisive nicknames such as "the one-shot lighter", "the flying Zippo" and "the flying cigar" because of their tendency to explode or catch on fire from any slight damage to the wing fuel tanks after being hit by aerial machine gun fire or ground-based anti-aircraft fire. Similarly, pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy despairingly called the G4M the "Type One Lighter", "The Flying Lighter" or even the "Hamaki" ("Cigar").

after last night.. previous scenerio..attacking the AI's is pointless.. ive lost to many sticks...4 last night to AI's ..AE's will no longer attack AI's..

Bomber players have a high bufftuff and decent otto so they should be difficult to bring down. In the S3s bombers are attacked by groups of fighters and need the toughness to have a chance of survival. All bombers need to be attacked from the high port or infront and not from the dead 6 or rear beam. Player driven bombers are worth a lot of points and should be treated with great respect.

AIs are pretty stupid so it doesnt seem to matter much what the skill setting is but a high gunnery setting with a compact formation as the G4M1s had made it almost impossible for decent attacks to succeed. I did see lots of high 6 attacks but even the ones from the side and front were getting dinged mercilessly.
Its a bit of trial and error on my testing to get them right but we are almost there. I think they behaved relatively properly last frame but they still get stuck on hillsides and miss most of the targets.