Battle rating weirdness, add yours!

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This caught my eye in a recent ARB battle:

  • Wyvern S.4 and Ki-67-I Otsu are both BR 4.7.
  • Both get an airspawn (although Wyvern at a lower altitude)
  • Wyvern carries 1500kg ordnance, Ki-67-I Otsu carries 900kg ordnance.
  • Wyvern has 4x 20mm Hispanos, Ki-67-I Otsu has no pilot-operated armament.
  • Top speed: Wyvern 650km/h (sea level), Ki-67-I Otsu 543km/h (6.5km)
  • Speed limit: Wyvern 844km/h, Ki-67-I Otsu 650km/h
  • Climb rate: Wyvern 23m/s, Ki-67-I Otsu 6.9m/s
  • Turn time: Wyvern 32s, Ki-67-I Otsu 27s

So, Wyvern is a better bomber than Ki-67-I Otsu and in addition can function as a good boom-and-zoom fighter afterwards with its strong forward armament and high speed.
Ki-67-I Otsu is very quick and nimble for a bomber, but cannot in any way impact the battle the same way a Wyvern can, while Wyvern is also better as a bomber even if the player decided to never use their guns.
Which one of these planes is at least 1.0 BR off where it should be? Or does the Ki-67-I Otsu have some trick up its sleeve that goes beyond numbers?

If you have found other similar oddities, feel free to post them below. But remember to take into account that vehicles often have vastly different roles and abilities if comparing vehicles of different types. E.g. the comparison I made would’ve been moot if the Wyvern couldn’t easily surpass the Ki-67-I Otsu in its intended role.

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British Falcon, goes up to 8.3 for balance reasons due it being to good at ground pounding, Gayjin removes the APDS round…remains at 8.3 for yet again, balance. Britain still has 3x SPAA all at 8.3.

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Cant forget the classic.

Tornado IDS (1998), GR1 and ASSTA1 all being 11.7 because they have GBUs which of course, are very powerful in ARB (/s) compared to their non-GBU equivalents at 11.3

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  • 190 A-8+F-8 are the same BR as the 190 Doras despite being worse in every way that matters
  • There are A6M5s tiered the same, and some even higher than the better A7M1

Both.

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Ki-67-I Otsu at 5.7? What was the last time you saw a japanese bomber that isn’t the B7A or g8n1? Japanese payload SUCK, and their defenses can pack a sting but only covers mostly the rear, one side or frontal attack is death for them, also japanese 20mil velocity is very bad.

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wyvern should be 5.0 or higher
Ki-67 should be 4.0 or lower

most bombers are over BR’d

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