I’ve never seen a simulator battle where the Swedish T80 U doesn’t get team killed
I would very much like this change.
I have already experienced this style of gameplay both with WW2 machines and contemporary tanks in Simulator Battles and I like it.
It takes from 5 to 10 matches to get used to the new position of the sights (for some tanks it is easier and for others it is a bit harder) but you’ll get there.
This system would finally give meaning to the modelled sights on all tanks and would also keep in check the abuse of bushes, since at least the front of the gun sight must be clear.
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play simulator,
Realistic mode, not true realism. Simulator can keep the forced realism features.
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It’s better than tanks like Tiger 2 or Jagdtiger being completetly impossible to damage with tanks like Jumbo
I mean Tiger II’s and Jagdtigers were designed and produced to deal with both the logistical problem of heavier armored or better-equipped cannons.
Doesn’t mean they should bully Jumbos in Warthunder. Jumbo should never have been moved to 5.7
Barrel damage has nothing to do with balance of a specific tank. Gajin just decided to screw the Jumbo over for 0 reason.
Realistic needs some changes anyways, no clue how we have realistic when there you can see through the smoke with an MG or how it marks a target for everyone, even planes 5km out.
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I don’t know, does anyone actually like that? I think I benefit from it a lot by paying attention to the mini map but it wouldn’t give away your position to the entire enemy team to be hit with a single piece of artillery shrapnel.
Not many i would say,we didnt had em either before and lived.
I would quite enjoy if they were removed. No more getting focused because someone machine gunned you or failed to pen you and then half their team launches rounds blindly in your direction and kills you.
I’d be in favor of forcing the optic to be gunner only in RB, it makes armor useless 99% of the time.
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After having my barrel one shot all the time, and that weakspots are much easier to hit, I’m starting to agree. I think quite a few tanks would still need to be rebalanced.
I feel like it would balance out a lot of issues with top tier tanks like the Abrams turret ring weakspot, although it would make T80s and 90s much harder to hit at point blank ranges but playing a few top tier sim battles it’s not that big of a deal or different from RB.
I dont mind it as a concept, but given the overall scheme of AB/RB/SB it doesnt make sense imo.
Its also an accessibility issue for new players, which is why they most likely wont do it. RB is already less popular then AB, this would likely push more players back to AB.
Ya if only it didnt have 5 minute ques, if only you could play whatever you wanted, and if only you couldnt first spawn CAS and even worse helis. If only one nation didnt have a complete upperhand on spaa at top tier.
Sim need to just put a blue chevron above friendly tanks when you aim at them. Population would quadruple overnight, and majority of headaches gone. If we cant have this why the fuck is post penetration camera ok as well?
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True, accessibility is an issue.
It shouldn’t be added to AB imo.
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Even in RB its going to drive people away, especially since SB is generally the only mode with such things. Simply for that I am against it tbh.
I’m mostly thinking that the Panthers, some high tier Russian tanks, and tanks with weak guns would need to be rebalanced.
It also wouldn’t be impossible to hit a barrel, hitting one in 3rd person is totally doable.