We all know the problems with Heavy Bombers. you get a high spawn but a fighter will inevitably climb and kill you because of how squishy and big you are and also how slow you are. basically a bomber is a free kill for everyone who wants it. Most AI gunners can maybe help but it’s just frustrating to play Heavy Bombers. One solution. The game has this ability already but have any 2 engined or 4 engined bomber spawn in a squad of 4 planes
Now to make things not be instant base destruction make it so that you must swap between planes to use their bombs, however at the same time if you have 4 bombers with AI gunners then that field of fire is less appealing to fighter players who maybe get 1 kill before their plane is completely ripped to shreds. In real life bomber formations used numbers to protect themselves due to the sheer number of guns pointed at enemy fighters and especially watching videos from creators like TheCodMineMan where he does this in ground battles and takes a large group of players in heavy bombers, it’s usually somewhat effective to at least get to the combat area and for a decent chunk of players to survive with at least a bit of damage but still they made it through.
Essentially the idea is that the more planes you have with you, the better chance of survival you get and the better chance of swatting the single enemy fighter who just wants to shoot down other players out of the sky. as well as not getting just crapped on because you’re basically defenseless as a single plane.
Gaijin isn’t going to give players bot planes to control/jump too like in the single player missions.
You’re expecting too much of this player base for them to actually collaborate and work together when thrown together randomly.
Sadly.
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Don’t like bombers, but the ones I use are capable of defending themselves…The B7A2 Nippon Empire can take out a base with 3 passes and is armed with 2 x 20mm wing mounted cannons…I can maneuver with all but the best turn fighters…The T18B, my fav, is fast and can climb fast enough that fighters generally won’t follow me up but if they do, the T18B is a great energy fighter with 2 x 20mm and 1 x 13mm…With a custom load it can kill a base in 1 1/2 passes…Both are 3.7 in AB…I have talked with multiple bomber pilots who rave about the G8N1 being the best bomber in the game due to a combination of weapons, speed, and 4 engines, although they wished it had a heavier load…All the rest of the bombers are pretty much food for me and I hunt them because bombers win games if they are given a chance…
One of the problems is that they really do not have a place in the game. Unfortunately due to Gaijin wanting some record of having the most vehicles in any game and how the game is structured with its objectives and goals a lot of vehicles have no place in the game and are more of a gimmick and even a hindrance to the team that plays them.
Apart from a few rare instances heavy bombers were used to bomb static defence lines and urban areas both of which are absent from the game and are not in the games strategic objectives, it is a short shoot em up game not a prolonged campaign where these objectives matter and can be incorporated into the game.
Yes I fly them occasionally but the smaller strike and light/medium bombers suit the game and its objectives better, if heavy bombers where removed it would not alter much in the game, you generally get a game where there is nothing for you to do or as you have said get to do nothing or very little before being an easy target for someone.