B-1B Lancer and Tu-160 - the next event bombers?

GRB obviously.

But the question since its addition is NE.

A2G was basically irrelevant for aircraft in AAB, ARB or ASB (and still is) but NE changes that equation quite a bit.

and so that renders the question of whether or not something like a Strat bomber, with massive numbers of even GNSS-only bombs, would have a BR also higher in air modes because of their performance in NE, and if so, what kind of impact?

Its an interesting question.

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Gaijin bases their BR changes on a lot of things. If a bomber with long range/GPS/stand off munitions start earning SL too easily you bet they are going to move it up asap.

Yeah it would, but how much is the question.

Because something like a B-1 being 11.3 would probably still be able to kill loads of ground targets in NE and thus farm a load of SL/RP with decently ranged GNSS weapons (and the ability to properly use them)

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I absolutely wouldn’t be suprised if we se 12.0+ or even 13.0+ for a B-1 depending on the type of GPS ordenance it gets and how much it gets of those.

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It is possible.

Ive been thinking about this the past couple of days, especially in regard to them finding a different way to balance aircraft in GRB that doesnt involve artificially nerfing them in Air modes, and the more I think about it, the more likely I think we’ll see aircraft getting their own NE BR.

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No.
Tech tree.
The reason B-52H & Tu-95 were event was cause there are newer versions of each that can be added as tech tree vehicles.

No more bomber event vehicles, especially not the Avro Vulcan.

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The Tu-24 might be a better analog to the B-1 though

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i dont like bombers but the h-6 is prob one if not the pretiest bomber in the world, the b1 prob second

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Doubt it. I would expect SP changes to be the best way of balancing stuff. We’ve already got 3x sets of BRs, doubt we’re going to have a 4th

They could make loadouts SP cost based in NE, but I think it would entirely kill the gamemode, especially with nukes only 300 SP, if they made conventional weapons more expensive than nukes… then there would be no point ever bringing anything else

Blackjack is definitely the best analog to the B-1
Any other case the Tu-22M

Ah I did mean the tu22(m), yes

SOVIET should go as this: M4/3, TU-16, TU-95, TU-22, Tu-22M, TU-160
including variants so on

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The Tu-22M is interesting despite its bomb configuration being similar to that of the Tu-95M

No these two aircraft should be tech tree vehicles.

true and later variants of the earlier bombers i mentioned can carry missiles of some sort

I meant moreso for GRB balancing, not NE

Ah right

This is how I would do it:

I know, you linked the same post to me like a day or two ago lmao

Oh, woops :D

I chat to too many people on here :D

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