With so much public outcry—from bombers to YouTube videos to forum threads—are we actually getting any results? Like the only “feature” that will come to bombers is fuel dumping which is a buff basicly but it doesn’t fix any of the real issues.
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It is not gonna happen because it is a waste of resources.
Because nobody plays bomber.
So, Gaijin will give no focus on any improvement to bombers.
Just like the introduction of bombers’ cockpits.
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No and hopefully never.
Bombers are already painful enough to deal with and turrets are OP if you aren’t garbage at aiming.
Call me toxic fighter main i don’t care, bombers have no place in air RB.
I disagree with you, but you make a valid point: bombers really have no place in Air RB anymore, since it’s become a glorified deathmatch.
Man, I wish Norway actually had a chance to show up in-game.
I understand where you’re coming from, and while I disagree, I’m not going call you a toxic fighter main — because you’re not being toxic. You just want to dogfight, not use strategy or play around terrain like bombers do. That’s your playstyle, and that’s fair.
But historically, bombers were much more structurally sound, so the current state of the game is pretty unrealistic. The cherry on top? There’s no firefighting, no repairing, no medkits — unlike Ground RB — which could allow bomber crews to survive longer or even recover, which they currently can’t.
So I ask: do you want to play a deathmatch, or do you want strategic, teamwork-based gameplay?
If you want the second, you need to understand that bombers play a crucial role in that kind of experience.
And remember — War Thunder discourages teamwork.
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Yes
Because of this
perfectly reasonable
According to the current status of ARB both strike aircraft and bombers are useless
And the current bombing meta on jet era which only F-111F goes faster than shameless MiG-23ML gangs
Or some worthless jets like F-117
While there are quite a lot of toxic fighter mains, who want to stay strikers and bombers as nothing but manned bot which does nothing but gives higher rewards for the frag.
I really think banning all of the bombers and strike aircraft from ARB and forcing them to be GRB-exclusive will have a higher chance than getting ANY kind of fix from Gaijin. :/
I think We have three choices now
- Shut the f- up and keep suffering.
- Fly with fighters instead.
- Quit playing WT and remove the account.
Because no fix will ever come
i Just want to AC-130 in peace dude not for just a fighter to go one shot my left wing with a 37mm (Tu-4) and for a uptier for me to be hitted by a AIM-9
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At least both AIM-9B and 37mm are somehow resistible and 23mm NR-23 is good for resisting against an interceptor with a 37mm gun
Cutting the engine power can help buy some time against 9B before it has a lock
But Vautour’s R.511 is the real problem.
Bro i have Done everything to make the Tu-4 a viable option, Problem is you shouldn’t expect the average player to dive into the settings to dig out the Optimal settings to try to dodge strafes run while shooting back, I could do that, But that shouldn’t be the standar the Tu-4 has no reason to be fighting 9.0 material
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YES.
I also suffered a lot when I tried to spade both Tu-4s :(
But maybe lesser than expected thanks to NR23 compared to B-29[7.3] with bullshit 50cal.
At least Engine cutting worked pretty well against F9F :|
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Like, I have 186 battles with the Tu-4, and even with all those battles, I can’t reliably shoot down jets. I’ve only had about three battles where I downed three jets, but that’s pretty much the limit. You can’t repair, and EFS only counts for the engines, which most of the time you’ll be watching it slowly burn. Then you have those goofy modular plane damage models that always break in one spot, like the Lego Titanic. And you wonder, ‘Why are things like this?’ I, too, wonder, because Gaijin hasn’t added a more complex damage system for planes.
Maybe we didn’t produce enough profit and were not important to Gaijin :/
Maybe that is why we can get nothing new or any kind of fixes
there are multiple Tu-4s?
Chinese version and the soviet one
At least 5 bombers have detailed cockpits.
Off the top of my head: He-111, B57A, Yak-28, T 2, Canberras. That’s 6.
I’d have to test fly all. Yeah they’re slow but that’s largely due to how expensive it is to completely fabricate cockpits. It’s easier when there are existing cockpits to visit and scan to then create one in modeling software.
Or cockpits with enough photographs and diagrams easily available.
Exactly what would a fighter jockey tell.
AFIAK, B-57A and Canberra Mk.2 share the same cockpit, just like the AV-8A/GR.3 case.
Maybe I need to check it again in the game, though.
Average skill issued fighter supremacist:
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Major Skill Issue Moment