I mean, I was shot by a-a missiles (1-2 missiles were enough), I shot enemy bombers with g-a missiles and one-shot them with Bravy, I was 50-50 destroyed/survived in naval and air battles on bombers…
I find them pretty well balanced now, as a first iteration of bomber rework. They said in the future there will be more, so, I want to see what will be there.
In Ground Arcade bombers spawn more frequent and they’re immune to ground fire. SPAAs can’t shot down bombers anymore. They spawn, fly over the ground battle map, tanking everyone, dropping bomb series and reach the exit zone on the other side of the map. Ground players are at their mercy. Sometimes B-29 even tanks three fighters on their tail and several ground players at the same time.
Sounds like ground arcade should not have bombers at all, why are they there, why not just attackers?
In a Me 264 I got pilot sniped by a Yak because he slowly climbed close to me while my rear gunner was reloading. He carefully aimed and killed him. I’ve been killed in a Ju 88 by a Yak 1, he cut my tail off. I’ve been killed in a Do 217 be an American plane because he blew my tail off with a rocket.
Dunno, cause heavy 4 engine bombers zooming over the battlefield are cool? With that new damage model they’re almost immune and 2000lb bomb carpets clear the map very efficiently.
Because ground battles are the only place where bombers can attack real human targets. It’s even worse when a few attackers have the new damage model making them extremely powerful
I saw an impressive kill by p-40, Iirc, after spending all ammo he rammed my tail and cut it in half. We both crashed.
A spitfire lit my engine on fire in a Do 217. He then crashed into me, broke his propeller and then proceeded to crash into the ground. I crashed later because I couldn’t get to the airfield in time with one engine.
Is there a list of planes which might be used in a fighter role and have this new DM?
Something like a Mosquito with guns, TIS MA and stuff like this.
I kinda wish enemy planes that ram you could stuck to your fuselage and weight it down even after being killed. It would be sick, trying to RTB with a spitfire partly stuck in your fuselage.
Someone could argue the Do 217s but those handle horribly, fly like a brick, engines ignite easily, they’re very slow, and have a horrible turn time. Do 217 is the only one I know of tho
Pe-3, Do-217, A-20, Ki-109, Tis Ma, Tu-1
I’ve landed with my engine entirely burning and it is very cool.
No, not Do217, they can’t be used in this way.
Well, yeah, they are quite bad, destroyed them on my pe-3
From what I can see looking at the list in the changelog (War Thunder "Sky Odyssey" - Changelog), basically any bomber with offensive guns is there, and anything derived from a bomber has the new DM.
I mean I’m so slow and bombers spawn so high up I kinda have to lol. I just head on everything since it has great frontal armament and bullet proof glass. So not for dog fights but rather head ons
I’ve landed without one engine and half a tail’s surfaces, iirc. It was a hard landing. One screenshot I saw from a guy who said that his bomber ripped in half just above the airfield, so he landed half of the bomber and had to wait 1:30 until repair.
From scanning the list I’d say:
Pe-2
Tis-MA
Swedish T18 bombers
Was flying the low-rank Do217 fighter versions last night to get them respaded, they were quite tanky. Only deaths were collisions.