I’m a bit desperate. I have now spent 5 hours in simulator battles with the Lancaster, Strikemaster and H-5 of the Chinese.
All I got in that time was 8882 points.
I bombed airfields and bases. With the Lancaster I managed 4 runs without crashing in just over 2 hours. Air combat is not exactly my speciality. So I would be grateful for any tips on how to possibly complete the event without playing 20 hours a day for the next 14 days. Air RB is not really an option for me as I don’t like the gameplay there.
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try arcade, you can even go to rank3 if it is easier for you.
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I find the arcade furball much worse than Air RB.
GRB flying with a mouse is ok and works for me there because you still have to find the planes yourself. It bothers me massively that you are visible for several kilometres with your nick as ‘Here easy kill’ in Air RB.
I find it difficult to understand why I am penalised so harshly despite the point multiplier just because I chose the role of bomber pilot in Sim or Air RB.
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Sim score was intentionally nerfed to stop people from doing just this (Grinding events by destroying bases / damaging airfields etc).
Ik you said you don’t want to play AB/RB, but really, unless you’re willing to do A2A in sim, that’s all anyone can really suggest, because that’s where the reasonable score:time ratio is found.
Unfortunately the more off meta you go the harder it’s gonna be. Playing those bombers is as off meta as you can go. Sim is always hard during events because sweats farm players that think bombing in sim is easy score. Try ground pounding in RB I guess.
Did you managed to get F14 from that event? he will help you in arcade or realistic, you will get at least 2 kills per game and bigger multiplier so that would help you alot.
Thank you for your advice regarding the other modes. It’s my 1st air event.
My approach was to do what I’m good at. I did well yesterday and today in simulator mode with bombing. I was amazed at how many FP and SL you can get in that time. I only got shot down once. For the event, however, I’m a bit disappointed that the time you invest in a mode that is already underrated yields so few points.
I’ll have to face reality and accept that this event is not for me.
You are almost certainly better off in a light bomber or attacker than a heavy when faster, more consistent scoring is required but fighters aren’t your calling.
In arcade it’s fairly easy to avoid the inital furball which should give at least one opportunity for a bomb run every mission. Stay out the way and you may get more chances before you are caught. With a decent plane you can also take pot shots at other bombers you come across to eak out more score.
In events you do what must be done or lose out.
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I see you have a Tu-2S. Try that. You can reach bases to bomb them and do some air combat after. In ARB.
Fwiw, some ways to increase your score in Sim whilst not wanting to do PVP :
- If your friendlies seem to be doing well contesting an ‘A’ grid, fly in there and just loiter around to join in capping it.
- The ground battles (Where the tanks fight each other) yield decent score for destroying
- Taking down enemy AI recon / strike aircraft
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In events you do what must be done or lose out.
Good point. I have driven several GRB events so far and Naval once. There I always had the feeling that I could just play and the points would come by themselves. I was just shocked when
hours in the sim I got so little.
So I spent 3 minutes and 42 seconds in the Air Rb and got 1000 points for it.
In sim mode 2hours 13min and 56 seconds and 4347.
… I don’t know where the balance should be. I just bluntly held onto the base in Air RB and nothing else. No great effort … Pure bluntness.
I get more points for that than if I make the effort to take off my aircraft properly in the sim, find my target using the cockpit and navigation and then land again without breaking everything?
Seriously? …
Unfortunately the game design is that it rewards interacting aggressively (quicker the better) with other players (preferably enemy ones) and AI objects. Which basically precludes anything slow or that needs to stay away from enemy to survive (i.e. planes with no offensive armament).
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