Not everyone who plays War Thunder is willing to play Air.
A CAS option for pure ground players is an interesting idea. The implementation of drones has been an abject failure. In their current state they would be modestly useful if they spawned at an altitude that doesn’t immediately put them in range of enemy SPAA. This would give said players the ability to see what playing CAS is like even if it’s the most watered down version possible.
Drones in their current state are completely useless
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Sure, remove them.
Not everyone who plays War Thunder is willing to play Air.
Don’t play air if you don’t want to, and then you don’t get CAS, it’s that simple.
I don’t think we need to further encourage buying a top tier premium and do nothing else than spawn in once, do whatever and see if you can spawn a drone afterwards for some free kills before leaving.
Certainly, remove them then.
Thats the consensus, most of us still remember when drones stomped hard in the 9.0-10.0 BR range, where there where basically no AA that could touch them. IMO a better solution would be to have an option for a random attacker/bomber spawn like they have in Naval
Drones should remain useless.
Sure, remove them.
I don’t think this is a feature players want / would ask for. The drones had a limited payload and as an introduction to CAS were well enough when not placed at 9.0 where SPAA can’t engage them.
The drone’s issue can be fixed by lowering the altitude so that SPAA isn’t able to immediately kill them.
Shouldn’t have been added.
Certainly not in their original state and in the current state they are in now. If Gaijin is unwilling to improve their performance they should be removed completely.
Honestly just remove them. Accept they were a bad decision and let everyone move on with our lives.
There are only two options wich will occur regarding Strike Drones:
We got the first as of release. It was cancerous, nobody could do smth against them.
Strike drones weren’t a good addition at all to the game. They are slow as F while carrying Hellfires.
Yes, if Gaijin is unwilling to fix the mechanic it should be removed.
Yes, at lower BRs where they outrange available SPAA they were abused as revenge killing although most CAS is.
They are useless at their current BR range because they spawn at a high altitude where SPAA is able to instantly fire and kill them before they’re even in range themselves.
You can change this by bringing the available spawn down to a more reasonable altitude that allows maneuvering to offer counter play.
Even if they would spawn at a lower altitude, their design limits them in maneuverbility and speed.
Try to dodge incoming AA Fire at ~220km/h on a modern Battlefield.
Strike drones just don’t fit into the current game environment.
That’s a whole different story IRL, where mainly the US of A could “deliver freedom” by a button press to small arms carrying people or wedding party’s on the ground, while flying at 6km altitude with complete air superiority…
The only defense a drone has is its small size and its ability to launch from distance.
At high altitude it can’t do this, at low altitude it has a chance to catch an unsuspecting SPAA.
If they can’t be spawned closer to the ground the mechanic should be removed as it serves no purpose in its current state.
Roughly 8m length, 15m wingspan and 2m height isn’t really that small…
relative
the point remains
I undersrand the general idea you are trying to get across. However, you are acting like you are being forced to play them which is odd.