@gamerman01:
As in your example, in previous games damage was limited to IPC value of territory. Um, PER BOMBER!! Really the only point I was trying to make was that in earlier games you could bomb an enemy’s money to smithereens - even if he had 50 IPC’s. THAT’s “taking someone out of the game” as you say. By comparison, now the most damage you could do to Germany is 20 and anything above that is wasted.
To be fair, most players utilized the Larry Harris Tournament Rules for Revised that altered the out of the box SBR rules you mention. LHTR DID limit bombing to max of the IPC value of the territory per country. So IF USA was conducting the allied bombing campaign on her own, she could only take $10 from Germany. UK would be forced to do her share to get to the $20 limit that now exists in AA50.
In AA50, USA alone can do the bombing while UK builds her navy. To me, that is a huge difference. Also, bombers are $3 cheaper, AAA guns cost $1 and are less effective (only defend the territory they are in, no longer shooting at planes en route to target).
All of these factors indicate to me that SBR’s are a bigger factor in AA50 than in Revised.
In classic, well with weapons, that game turned into a bomber fest. Best leave THAT version of the game out of the SBR discussions.