I can confidently say the XF5U has not been seen as nearly as much as the other DCT vehicles sturmtiger has a 38cm howitzer who doesnt want that and KV 7 as much as i didnt expect it, it has 3 guns both have unique game styles, compared to planes that litteraly just turn in circles until one out turns the other in a ww2 setting.
Im not saying a plane should’nt be the DCT but they gonna need to pull something from deep within for it to be worth it.
It’s a cool plane that is off meta. Not every DCT needs to provide a new way to kerb stomp lobbies, fun and whimsy is allowed you know
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A-5 or B-58 are the only good DCT bombers, B-47 could work as a TT bomber better than event
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WW2 event - random cold war bomber would be a good for this.
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I’ll quote a comment I made over in the predictions thread:
The most wacky/strange/unique examples from among such candidates were chosen from the Big Four nations because these nations have many such options. However, given that the direction of DCT, as I understand it, seems to be granting a long time wish of each nation before repeating nations (hence the assumption of no repeated nations), then I believe it is possible that the wacky/memorable requirement is secondary to the “requested for a long time” requirement.
On this basis, I believe that for nations without something as memorable or unique as the XF5U-1 or the Sturmtiger (since, truly, such vehicles are difficult to come by outside of the Big Four), a DCT candidate will still be found in the form of a unique prototype/limited production vehicle that has been long-requested by the nation’s players. This reasoning is why I still hold to my prediction of the Kawasaki Ki-64 as Japan’s most likely DCT candidate, since it is by far Japan’s most highly-requested prototype (except the O-I, which, while an arguably better DCT option, was hard-denied). I also predict it as the most likely option for this year overall, assuming no repeated nations, as the event schedule surrounding DCT suggests it will be an aircraft.
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Imo the XF5U was a poor choice, cant be that fun when they were targeted every game in arb and since they bled speed like crazy when they turn they were free kills
I see similar kinds of reactions to the pancake as i do to the tog in games, no idea where youre getting that from.
not quite how skilled prop battles go but sure go off. I know people keep trying to turnfight the spitfire/zero but thats not all there is to it
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Unique plane when no other nation has something close to similar and was highly requested for about a decade. Idkkkk seems perfect for it.
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I just hope vulcan doesnt suffer the same fate as the bear or that model of buff. such vehicles deserve to better than being unobtainable relics of an old event
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I’m just glad there is still potential for both earlier and newer versions of both bombers to come as tech tree
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Wouldn’t be dreams come true. Irrelevant to this topic.
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I mean when i first test drove it i knew then and there than other then it being a cool design it was going to be a coughing babay vs hydrogen bomb experience, thats why i didnt get it
why wouldnt the avro vulcan be? Cant wait to hear the reasoning why such a requested and well known bomber doesnt fit the criteria
Has it been requested for years?
Because it’s a modern ish bomber FOR A WW2 EVENT.
Been requested since the game moved into the late cold war lmao
I disagree. The XF5U was the perfect choice for USA, as the thing is unforgettably wacky. Even if it’s hard to use, it’s the ideal candidate due to how unique and long-requested it was.
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Fair enough i think that playability should be taken into consideration when addding DCT candidates