Clouds have got to go

[Zyranovos]

I have died because of clouds, SO MANY TIMES, who thinks it’s a good idea to put clouds in mountains and pillars? I CANT SEE WHERE IM GOING! This has to be changed, it’s utter BS and a waste of time and SL.

[山_田_凉]

New day, new weather complaining thread. After one was just locked recently…

[Zyranovos]

Well some people get tired of it.

[USA_PilotsAreBad]

Maybe because it’s a huge issue with the game right now, crazy thought you weren’t capable of coming up with.

[山_田_凉]

There are about 3 Gaijillion threads already open about clouds. Maybe original poster could have used those instead of making a new post.

[jaded_sakura77]

Yeah like pick a struggle, shit gameplay or shit weather, but they implement both

[USA_PilotsAreBad]

Maybe gaijin could also fix it quicker than they do

[山_田_凉]

You do not realise this practice is against the forum rules?

Also, I highly doubt Gaijin would change something in-game just because many people complain about it on the forum.

[USA_PilotsAreBad]

@山_田_凉

Also, I highly doubt Gaijin would change something in-game just because many people complain about it on the forum.

Goes to show how little faith you have in gaijin’s ability to develop lmao

[山_田_凉]

@USA PilotsAreBad

Goes to show how little faith you have in gaijin’s ability to develop lmao

It is the reality of the situation, sadly.

[Uncle_J_Wick]

@山_田_凉

Also, I highly doubt Gaijin would change something in-game just because many people complain about it on the forum.

They react as soon as their economy is touched in a negative way within days.

A few forum comments about some clown farming RP with Harriers by taking off and landing in infinite loops on the main airfield - gaijin fixed it within days…

This cloud issue is at least 13 months old (September 2023):

New Weather in AirRB is bad for gameplay

The new weather means that, depending on how many clouds there are, you can only fly on the ground to have any chance of seeing any opponents. And when there is fog you don’t see anything, no mountains and especially no enemies, which means that even though you’re constantly looking around, someone suddenly appears behind you and shoots them down. The use of IR missiles is also very limited depending on which aircraft you have. Your greatest strength is missiles. Since you neither have the optio…

But it looks like that gaijin increased the number of cloud matches significantly since then.

[БЕИ]

As a ground main, I hope they put more clouds in ground battles bro, to discourage CAS spam that ruins the fun of ground mains. And you can have your clear sky in air battles

(lol)

[Zyranovos]

More crashes = lost SL + lost RP = impatience + pissed off = PROFIT

[Uncle_J_Wick]

@Zyranovos

More crashes = lost SL + lost RP = impatience + pissed off = PROFIT

You might consider adding lost boosters to your list…

But imho this cloud issue has multiple dimensions and if you like alternative views you might find this worth to think about:

@Uncle J Wick@live

The “bad” weather just adds another factor to their efforts to make the outcome of a match a random event as the resulting furballs in case a poor soul gets spotted first.

I do agree that clouds (correctly implemented) add a lot of fun and immersion, but (at least for props) i see just 2 player types gaining any benefits from clouds in Air RB:

1. The imho very rare battle-hardened veteran in a fast single engine fighter - able to read a match and able to use the clouds to his advantage.
2. The hordes of untrained rookie pilots (mostly tankers) farming ai ground units early and late game as more experienced pilots won’t sacrifice position for a strike aircraft / ground pounder if enemy fighters are up and it is unclear where they are.

In other words:

It becomes easier for both player types to score points - whilst the rookies are in the absolute majority. I am really tired of losing matches which were decided by ground pounders whilst you fight “real” threats like enemy fighters high above the clouds…

Regarding this view:

@БЕИ

As a ground main, I hope they put more clouds in ground battles bro, to discourage CAS spam that ruins the fun of ground mains. And you can have your clear sky in air battles

This might be actually the most convincing reason why we have this weather / cloud topic.

Why? I learned some time ago that the weather (and weather effects in general) are not tied to specific game modes. In other words you have more or less the same weather in Air, Combined and Naval battles.

Based on what i have seen Combined/Ground matches attract the majority of players - majority means also the most profitable part. So if you are gaijin and you would be tired of thousands of anti-CAS threads (but you are not willing to give those guys their TO mode) you might think about adding more difficult conditions for aircraft with fog and clouds to kill more or less helpless guys in tanks.

The impact for Air RB looks like a side aspect as the mode is (depending on BRs) reduced to a pure SL & RP grinding tool (base bombing) for the majority of players - or they just want to spade their aircraft for other modes. Base bombing looks outside fights vs enemies with LD/SD radars not really hampered - besides the challenges to take off with fog ahd to avoid crashing into a mountain on their way to bases…