So from what I can see, there is about 6 map weather settings
Dawn, morning, noon, day, evening & dusk
So about 6 settings, however only 2 of these conditions give a fair and balanced gameplay
yet they are in the minority, noon & day.
The other 4, as pretty as they look are terrible for gameplay as the sun is always low and behind one team giving that team the advantage.
As well as this the spotting system, which is already questionable is shocking in these matches.
These settings are terrible for game play as like above, one team gets a massive advantage and engaging in dogfights or 1v1’s is just a coin toss as to whether anyone else is around.
The morning and evening matches should be the exception and not the rule.
Daytime and noon should be on a much higher chance of rotation with the others low.
We now have had Thunderclouds and storms added back into the game, which were taken out months ago when they got introduced through community push back. Not many people like these conditions and they are terrible for gameplay
If Gajin cannot balance the vehicles in this game, which is a daunting task, they should be able to do the minimum and balance the arena in which players play.
Only in low and mid tiers they’re cool
Once you hit 12.3 and get fox 3 missiles spammed in your face your safest option would be to fly low to the ground which is gonna end in you crashing into a hill because theres like a 300 meters tall cloud all over the ground and you can’t see shit while flying close to the ground cuz of the stupid clouds
Imho you might consider to remember the old times with pure axis vs allies set ups - axis teams flew always against the sun - iirc Operation Iskra and Operation Husky were the only maps with the sun behind the axis side.
Imho you underestimate the combination of weather conditions and clouds - even the very thin cloud layers kills the spotting and reduces your spotting range (markers appear) from ~ 9 to 5-6 kilometers.
So i agree that a combination of certain weathrr conditions kills your situational awareness - which is not good if you don’t maintain a significant alt advantage or if you don’t fly a very fast plane able to shake off enemies coming out of nowhere.
Whilst i agree that the sky is sometimes a breathtaking view (including special weather effects) at least at prop BRs the OP is right - the weather has a hell of influence on the outcome - way more than it should have.