If they’re going to buff bomber durability, then it would make sense to also adjust the game rules accordingly. Just buffing bomber durability without making any other changes would be proof of Gaijin’s incompetence. As it stands, ARB is overflowing with bombers.
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Okay? That’s not exactly what i was talking about, but thanks for telling me i guess.
Because it’s a twin engine aircraft, people often get the wrong idea, but the TIS MA isn’t that large of a plane. It’s roughly the same size as the P-38. Compared to the P-61 or Bf 110, the TIS MA is a considerably smaller and lighter aircraft.
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It is the HE shell problem. People won’t use the API shell against the plane in SPAA. While CAS will crash if their control freezes for 10 seconds
true that, besides great update
And Ground Target Belt perform better than Air Target Belt in killing bomber by igniting their fuel tanks
I’m unsure of what fighters you guys are flying, but even the fighters seem a bit tankier.
F2G-1
P-59A
A6M6c
And a few others have all been slightly more durable.
And I have had little issue downing any aircraft, especially bombers.
Just blow out an engine or two.
If your having trouble target the gunners first.
I hate to be apart of this crowd… but there really isn’t many premium bombers compared to fighters either. Just as a point.
So given that as well as suffering for years, it is nice to have it feel a lot more balanced.
That would cause most bombers not to be able to defend themselves, as they have 360° coverage sometimes and do not have a rear facing camera.
1 fighter typically downing bombers is a bit un realistic.
Perhaps you should communicate better with your team if it’s such an issue.
Also, sim maps are huge. Down an engine or two, it’s doubtful they’ll make it back if you don’t totally take them out right then.
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No…no no. There are plenty of cases where a single fighter took down a bomber.
And, SIM most planes already suffer the handicap of losing 360° vision. Therefore, giving bombers access to a gunner view while still restricting the pilot’s vision is necessary for SIM.
The original appeal of Simulator Battles was meant to place a reasonable emphasis on realism, foster high skill, and offer high rewards for it.
Allowing bombers to have full 360° vision is essentially the same as undermining what SIM is supposed to be.
Would FNIF CCTV POV from each gunner help?
HUH???
Five nights at Freddie’s closed circuit television point of view.
Basically having a first person pov from every gunner displayed on screen at once, rather than a 3rd person view.
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But bombers did have an almost full 360° view of their surroundings. With gunners at the stern, port, and starboard who would have called out if they spotted an enemy.
It’s not realistic for them to have a huge blind spot like fighters do.
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Since you can switch viewpoints with a single button press, it doesn’t seem like a major issue.
There’s a considerable amount of time between detection and engagement, so you can prepare your response as soon as you spot the enemy. Therefore, demanding a 360° field of view is pure laziness and a skill issue.
As I’ve said repeatedly, one of the joys of SIM is its high difficulty. Please do not deny the reason for SIM’s existence.
Besides, bombers already have AI gunners, so they effectively have no blind spots right?
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That viewpoint system might be viable. It would be convenient if you could control one of the Gunner viewpoints by clicking with the mouse as needed.
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Three remarks:
- Have you ever fought TIS MAs in Air RB? This thing is a nightmare to kill - as soon as i play in a 3.7 plane and see a full uptier against USSR i load 2 x 1,000 lbs bombs and wait until they rearm on their forward airfield. Imho the only reliable way to kill them. I tried this 2 times before i got one with this strategy. Bomb exploded ~ 10 meters near his plane - pilot snipe.
- Your Pe-2 example is misleading - the initial claim by gaijin that the this TIS MA would have been based on a bomber lacks any historic evidence. In other words: Days without Russian bias: 0
- Size of an aircraft plays no role - the P-61 was a US attempt to built a night fighter - not a bomber.
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irl TIS MA existed as two prototype project. Its designation was Heavy Escort Fighter. Its not an attacker and wasn’t ever intended to shot at tanks. What we have ingame is just a Gajin.
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this i do agree on, Tis MA was never meant to be a ground attacker, i do think that most strike aircraft should get a durability buff
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Maybe with a pilot kill.
If there’s so many, then present them.
I don’t think gaijin would’ve just magically buffed all bombers.
They took quite some time to study the damages and apply them.
- also fighters have significantly better awareness in sim over bombers.