I had my engine off it had already cooled down by time I landed and magically somehow a AMX attacker got close to enough to missile me which makes no sense and the airfield SPAA did nothing my engine was 80F there should be no way he can get close enough to lock me the spaa didn’t even try
SPAA should make it near immpossible to die on runway to enemy fire
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stronger airfileds will just encourage camping as seen at lower br’s. ITO’s are strong enough to force someone defensive and provide enough cover to land.
if an AMX of all things was able to get close enough to launch at you, its more of the player using his brain to evade the AA than the AA not being adequate enough.
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Airfield SPAA is fine, WW2 era has a giant zone of death and top tier you have to approach at absolute ground level, at high speed, which makes you vulnerable to enemy fighters, the only time it really works is when you have one or two airfield campers.
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exactly this, no need to strengthen top tier airbase more, it does decently flawed but not overkilled as ww2 one
it is defeatable by flying low and fast with terrain cover, or simply disable rolands with mavericks (which I enjoyed so much)
It’ll still be futile to upgrade air defenses further more than now, as no matter what, they will still be outranged by fox 3’s and the funny R27 ET.
leaving the active engagement zone should be a risk, and not a get out of furball free card
just ground strike its not that deep airfield camping is not really a problem as long as your not silly and follow them to there airfield
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i think war thunder Air has bigger issues
airfield SPAA has been outdated for years
Fox-3 cant lock stationary targets as theres no speed difference for them to lock and aslong as your engine is off you should be fine from R27ETs
Nah, better airfield SPAA would encourage west taiwanese players to airfield camp even more often.
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fox 3’s can inface hit stationary targets on the Airfield. Through data link from the plane’s radar or through IOG
In most situations against airfield campers, giving them the time and space to gain not only the armament advantage against you, but also the speed and altitude is not a smart move, and will cost you the game.
The answer isnt to “just ground pound” as youre basically reversing the situation
What radar do you know about that is locking onto a static plane on a runway
It is literally what’s happening rn in near top-tier air RB with the ITOs
The amount of airfield campers is insane, just circling around their 10km bubble of death flaring/multipathing any missile fired at them
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Sometimes this is justified.
It never is. Airfields should only be there to allow you to rearm and get back in the air, not provide a 10km bubble of invincibility to anyone that sits in it
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Yes, it is? If I land to rearm, and people start launching on me in BVR when I haven’t even regained my energy reserves, why would I just head on you and die? I’m going to gain energy around my AF and defend from there, ESPECIALLY if outnumbered. Top tier airfields are very weak AA wise and are easy to avoid.
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should definetly make the new SPAA like the BUK or IRST
zero need for that
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why not exactly ?