It won’t take a new engine but it would take some work. They did AI development for Enlisted that works relatively okay.
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ARB EC seems to fix virtually all of the issues that ARB has,
… BR compression, usefulness of bombers, usefulness of attackers, usefulness of interceptors/ air defence fighters, buffing BnZ planes with mediocre climb rates, buffing pure BnZ planes in general if we assume that indicators are also gone…
And at the very least, the vocal part of the community, as evidenced by the overwhelmingly positive results of the poll, seems to agree that they want ARB EC.
I don’t think having the game mode start out as a weekend-only event would hurt regular queues that much, so I wish Gaijin started experimenting with the game mode again.
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I want this so badly. Sim is fun but gives me migraines to play that way. I just want my cozy mouse-aim controls and 3rd person POV, but ALSO want hours-long matches, a pay-to-spawn mechanic, no enemy markers, and way bigger maps. :( some day
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That. Count in the fact that with premium you can’t go negative in SL ( just like in SIM. hello, marketing department?) so win-win for even the devs.
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Some big content creator should make an updated video about EC while sharing the link of this thread, talking about this mode now became much more relevant compared to talking about it years ago.
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I dont think earning is that much of a problem here. We all Ask for this not because we’re bankrupt or need more sl, no, we want a New game mode that we find very good to play. And also most of person here have thousand games played and this mode would fit with top jet so xp and sl couldnt be a problem, and as you said there are still other modes to play if we need those.
Also for the grd targets, even if i dont agree with you, the fact is that even if there were more target (thing we cant know since we havent rb ec) u havent time to kill grd. It’s Always one team that vanish the other and games are down in not even 10mins if you win, if you loose younll get reduced to atom while cant do nthg
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Is there actually a cc aware or even interested ?
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I believe some of them like the idea cuz i remember some statements regarding EC in separate videos that talked about the state of air rb, as it was worsening with the addition of new tech each update, but never really focusing on the mode itself.
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This. I don’t care if RB EC is half as efficient as random battles air RB, I’ll still play it exclusively. What better way to finally fly your attackers and bombers? I NEED air RB EC for my Su24M!
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I would pay for a game mode like this, there’s nothing else I’m looking forward to for WT. The current gameplay loop is too limited and boring.
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Imo asking them about EC isn’t effective, the devs are very aware of this suggestion because it haunts them since like ~2018(he probably saw your ping but he won’t answer you, that’s because Gaijin is super comfortable with the current situation as they are still selling their premiums).
I think the only way to gather real attention from the devs would be to agitate the community, a small percentage of wt’s players use the forums and thus very few of us are aware of EC suggestions, that’s why i believe a content creator would be essential to the “cause”.
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Not only that, we are a minority.
Most active players want the smaller maps and as short as possible matches, preferably with nothing but middle map TDM furball and a few bases to play the base bombing race minigame against your teammates while you fly into the fight. The “big” EC maps are hated by most.
Most players, especially at higher tiers, just want to grind the next new shiny thing.
I would be surprised if we ever had anything along the lines of AirRB EC as suggested here.
I expect some SEAD objectives in a soonish update but on a similar small map layout with all targets condensed in the middle as always, with garbage rewards of course.
And yet many keep complaining how unplayable the high tier is because the map doesnt support it
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I disagree, for me the success of this thread shows that most people like the idea
If we had more players looking into the forums i’m sure most of them would accept this idea, EC maps sucks because they give the same rewards as regular maps with no gameplay compensation, if it had respawns, more airfields and objectives i believe people would love it.
Most of us also don’t want the regular RB to be extinct precisely because of the portion of the community that likes the quick battles, i think it’s perfectly possible to bring EC RB without removing the OG mode for those who like its chaotic environment.
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I wish that was true, but even the people who engage on the forums are a minority to begin with
It’s even a fairly common opinion on reddit, which means it’s popular with a wider area of the community.
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Sure, in the vocal one in the forum/reddit. My impression from game chats is the opposite. In a few occasions, I also partake in some chat conversations regarding this topic and people on average don’t like the idea.
I am for more options, even at the cost of splitting the player base and increased queue times, but gaijin and the casual player isn’t.
Are you talking about EC maps in air RB, or are you specifying that it’s sim but with RB controls?
Big maps, EC maps whatever. Casuals want the small ones like spain to get into the furball as fast as possible.
I’m not saying that people wouldn’t prefer a good implemented suggestion like OP’s after they taste it. But gaijin doesn’t have much incentive to do it, to begin with. Which is sad.
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