B-29 Should Be Lowered to 6.0 in Air RB

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The B-29 Superfortress is currently placed at 7.0–7.3 in Air RB, but in its current state, it is significantly up-tiered and struggles to perform effectively at that BR. At 7.0+, the B-29 is consistently matched against early jet aircraft such as the Me 262 and Yak-15. These jets have a massive speed advantage, allowing them to easily intercept and destroy the B-29 before it can meaningfully contribute to the match. Unlike earlier BR ranges, where piston-engine interceptors at least require time and positioning to engage, jets can climb and reach the B-29 with little difficulty. Additionally, while the B-29 historically had strong defensive armament, in-game this is far less effective against jet aircraft. The high closure speeds of jets make defensive gunners less reliable, and even minor mistakes by the B-29 pilot are heavily punished due to its large size and lack of maneuverability. Another key issue is the time-to-impact factor. At its current BR, many matches are effectively decided before the B-29 can reach bombing altitude or deliver its payload. This makes its primary role strategic bombing far less impactful than intended.

Lowering the B-29 to 6.0 would:

  • make it where it rarely facing early jets
  • Place it in a more appropriate environment against late-war piston fighters

At 6.0, the B-29 would still have clear weaknesses (large size, poor maneuverability, reliance on altitude), but it would no longer be consistently outclassed by aircraft from a completely different technological generation. Overall, a BR of 6.0 would provide a more balanced and historically appropriate experience for the B-29 without making it overpowered.

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6.0 is too low, it’ll be facing enemies that can barely climb to its altitude if even. Just being an annoying AFK bomber that you’re going to spend ages hunting down and killing.

6.7 is the lowest I’d go

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There are a lot of threads dealing with the BR of B-29s. Most people forget that B-29s were for years at 6.3 in Air RB and it was no problem for an experienced pilot to kill them with a plain 190 D-9.

Unfortunately the overall player quality decreased and gaijin reacted with higher BRs in order to allow easier kills for less experiencdd players - u will find on yt even the famous BO TIME vid with a 4 men squad burning SL whilst flying them.

A BR of 6.3 would be adequate - but gaijin sees this different…

This vid is from 2019 - the B-29s were 6.3 and were ez kills:

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6.3 would be a good Br !
6.0 to low.

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They want to make bombing miserable because it’s the laziest way to make RP and we can’t have none of that