As the Gripen has FnF and GBU39s. It was my go to CAS. Though I don’t play top tier anymore
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How about low and mid-tier GRB like USSR4.7. You can now spawn another yak9k with default belt after the first 9k crashed without doubling SP. This game doesn’t only involve top-tier matches
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It’s become better balanced. This is a good thing. For 80% of nations, they did not have a powerful multirole CAS aircraft classed as a strike aircraft. This have those 2 nations a massive and overwhelming advantage
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I hope they set up exception for that and class that gun as a ground attack weapon. Likewise for things like the mosquito with the anti tank gun
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If you think that the new change can balance US and USSR,I’m fine with that.However the "80% of nations"will receive their multirole eventually.
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They might, they might not.
THere is no guarantee that something like the Gripen D would
A) be added to the game
or
B) be classed as a strike aircraft.
Sweden is going to perticuarly benefit from this change because the highest BR Strike aircraft they have at the moment is an 11.0.
They can now spawn in the Gripen A or C and respawn in the other with just pure CAP. This basically makes the Gripen A worthy to bring to a top tier line up.
Its a huge buff for CAP and balances CAS
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I think this could already be covered. Ground belts do increase SP cost on any higher caliber plane.
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It might, but would still be good to get clarrification on that fact.
I dont think ammo belts were mentioned in the blog.
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Are you sure this is balance? Then why not change the joint land and air operation to a purely land-based one.
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They were not mentioned and yes clarification is needed. I just don’t recall if they said A2G ordnance or armamanets. Anyway they have the system to make them more expensive and thus class them for this new system.
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Last time I checked, all the objectives were on the ground already. So it already.
But War Thunder has always had the ability to use multiple branches within a single gamemode and is marketed that way. So TO wont be added
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Since they have already taken this as a selling point, why do you still want to weaken it? This mechanism is simply forcing the players to engage in a land-based confrontation.
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i think this change is alright - although i do also think that it should be possible to change loadouts on the airfield like in ARB
currently j-ing out at the airfield requires you to pay the increases SP cost
also perhaps this change should only affect aircraft with a2g munitions, so you could second spawn with a2a loadout on a fighter for example
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Yeah, I agree with both points.
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I thoroughly enjoy CAS in GRB but this is a good change. You should not be able to jump in an Su-30SM (a fighter) with a full loadout of KH-38s, get a stupid amount of easy kills from a very OP missile, and jump into say an Su-33 (a bomber) with more Kh-38s and not see an increase in SP cost. This is a really good change.
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Did you know Air Arcade, Air Realistic and Air Simulator battles exist where you can spawn your aircraft first-thing and only use the aircraft?
Shocker, I know!
Prepestrous, call the constables!
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Less planes = Less willingness to spawn SPAA = More Slaughter on careless ground guys.
Also affects balancing of nations at ww2 brs
Also barely any plane is played at 8.0-11.0 already
Also CAP sp is not lowered.
When they say ARB is not the gamemode for the attackers and bombers lol
Edited, 2 more questions:
What about the Attackers who don’t have a place in ARB, and would be replaced by a fighter in GRB?
What about the 100kg/ rbs82 small loads of fighters? Less fun moment?
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Forcing players to engage in land-based confrontation in a GROUND combat mode? THE HORROR whatever shall we do??!
I know: Get into a tank like everyone else.
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This is an effort to appease the vocal minority of CAS Haters, aka people who get extremely salty when they die to a plane.
As a CAS enthusiast the current strategy is to spawn a fighter with ordinance, then a strike aircraft/bomber second. With this point cost change the plan will shift to spawning either a second fighter to run CAP or a plane that can effectively strike the ground with its guns.
That said I think SPAAs should cost more when using AP belts.
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You still got ASB where personal experience dictates that strike & bomb planes win games (to the point where I even strapped 2x 100 kg bombs to my G.55 Sotto 0 and went hunting cromwells just to ensure my team won during a narrow ticket finale) and AAB also exists where, according to forums, strike & bomb planes win games (no personal experience here).