I don’t think there is just a defense that can counter 4 bombers and 7 sabotage.
Its too op.
I am space age i have 5 air defense and 5 sam batteries all max level.
My same batteries just cant take down all 4 bombers. They can max take 2.
Now with 7 sabotage and 2 remaining bombers attackers easily take the 5 air defense and all remaining tower and then clean the base. There is just no defense strategy, sabotage very big area, bombers very low cd. Without any skill just blindly a digital age can clean my base.
Hey man I understand your frustration. Especially if you’re defensive minded like me it can feel like a slap in the face to optimize your defences just for them to not work with an OP and overused war tactic in conjunction with any aircraft. I’m an advocate for it to get nerfed as well, but what I do to counter it is:
- as mentioned by others upgrade your air defence, towers, and SAM to the max
- position them so they’re forced to spend their sabotages (if you have a building you want to protect, place air defence in front and behind it so they are inclined to spend 2 sabotage per bombing run. While this won’t guarantee success, it leaves less war tactics for ground forces to use.
- make use of the other mechanics that provide bonuses to towers and air defence like the museum, the council, and the new manufactory which all stack.
- go to the drone age if you absolutely had enough of sabotage
Do keep in mind however that no matter how many bonuses your AD get, they can equally buff their aircraft as well, it’s all a game of hoping your buffs and debuffs outdo theirs. While this can be annoying, unlike sabotage it at least gives an opportunity to match up.
Overall, I feel your pain and I await the day the devs take a serious look at sabotage if they want to make defence relevant in the game. Hope this helps!