Fix the spotting system

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For the 1000th time. FIX THE SPOTTING SYSTEM GAIJIN. There is absolutely ZERO reason why people should just appear directly Infront or behind me. I have an expert crew on nearly all my planes and people just randomly appear with allows for no reaction time. Good luck trying to win a game when this happens. This is a cancer to ARB top tier and need to be reworked. This is beyond ridiculous. I have a replay to prove this this happens nearly every game. Also stop locking posts, we all know gaijin takes forever to fix bug reports even if they’re accepted. I’m a long time player and this makes me want to delete the game.

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im a 95%+ so its not a skill issue before anyone says anything in that regard and yet on an expert crew the spotting system is so botched its to the point where when i get on the only thing i enjoy is jousting please fix this

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Even if you were sunset colors, it’s still not a skill issue. It’s a war thunder issue. I just don’t understand how I’m able to spot people 10+ miles away but as soon as they get close they disappear. It should be the opposite.

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I agree but the same issue is also relevant for prop Air RB.

I fly with lev 75 in amost all trees and fly mainly with (earned) ace crews and today i almost rammed a guy in front of me (slightly below) with an aced plane and a lev 75 crew. I heard engine noise and gun fire - just an immediate panic dive saved me.

We were the two last guys alive - in other words this bloody spotting / marker system almost lost me the match. From my pov this mess renders your experience and crew skill advantage on purpose.

Details

In this match:

Gaijin Entertainment - Single Sign On

  1. I faced two coordinated players in a P-51 C and an I-185 at low alt. I decided to wait until they might split up (happened) and went then for the last enemy alive - assuming that he repaired on his small airfield and i assumed a slight altitude advantage.

  2. The weather conditions: Dawn, a little bit foggy but clear and i flew against the low sun. If you skip to 15:00 in the replay you will see me me with ~ 500 m altitude advantage running into the P-51 without any marker.

  3. Out of nowhere I heard engine noise and assumed that the fellow player managed to outplay me (by ninja climbing instead of repairing and attacking from direct above) and initiated a “panic-dive” without any clue (no marker or dot) where he was.

After watching the replay it was clear that he spotted my dot (no marker) from at least 4 km away thanks to his altitude disadvantage and opened fire at around 1 km distance without having a marker (appeared later at around 0,5 km when i was lower) whilst for me his marker appeared just when i dove to his altitude at ~ 0,8 km.

I play on xbox and have subsequently way inferior graphics and settings to adjust - that’s one of the reason i don’t play SB as the Air RB markers are able to compensate for this platform disadvantage.