Helicopters MITL needs a rebalanced or Removed from the game

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MITL for Helicopters is absurd, this needs to be removed or a major reblance/rework.
I propose 4 ideas, if you have any other idea comment.

1. Remove the MITL from helicopters

The most simple one would be remove it from warthunder completly, I dont see this happening.

2. Remove MITL from Ground Battles

Since we can have different types of weapons banned from certain gamemodes, like cluster bombs, MITL should not be available in ground battles.

3. Move MITL helicopters to 14.0+

This is probably the one that Gaijin would probably accept since it would keep it the new feature. In my opinion it should even be 14.7 so people without CAS wouldn’t encounter MITL helicopters

4. Change what munition MITL will work with
Make MITL work in the reverse order, instead of the last missile getting access to MITL, make it like a queue where the first missile is the one that gets the MITL, instead of working like a stack

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The thing gaijin warned would happen with MITL, and was also raised by players when MITL was first tested… was in fact exactly what happenned lol

MITL is very powerful with current BR compression

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best option is probably to lock MITL ATGMs behind Nuclear Escalation as soon as helis are added to the mode.

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this just proves that the devs dont play their own game. no one with a brain would add this to ground battles

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or never have added spike NLOS as they knew what it would be if added proper. same for brimstone tbh.

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CAS, Helis especially, should not get unlimited rearms to begin with. Limiting the amount of ordnance they can spam from the helipad would at least be a start to reducing the oppressiveness of FaF helis.

If only we had actual ground battles instead of hide from missiles simulator.

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And SPAAs should get infinite ammo boxes, if it stays like that

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Not to mention “silent” buff on all IR slinging helos.
Now when they are 13.3 , and you bring 14.0 jet with you.
Spawn cost for IR slinging helos is only 618 SP… :D
And did it change at all what they faced before? Nope…

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And yet they were told it’s better not to add this to the game… they didn’t listen

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I don’t understand how they can mess up the game so much with an update that’s supposed to fix things and add good content.
MITL for helis is one of the most unbalanced things they could’ve added, i’ve used it and it’s extremely unfair and unbalanced for anyone.
While also being full of new bugs and messing up things they could’ve fixed, every time they add a new feature, they show proof of not playing the game at all to figure out this isn’t a good thing to add to the game.

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Not even a BR issue really, just this kind of tech will always be inherently unbalanced unless we see laser based air defense systems like the thing israel has started fielding.

Most top tier SAMs besides something like the FK-2000 or Pantsir, cannot reliably counter a MITL carrier with 16 missiles, especially when more developed tactics arise for the usage and exploitation of MITL.

While most helis still exist in a bit of a rough state, I don’t think MITL is the answer as it only serves to boost the current top performers like the NM and 64E and make tt ground even more unpleasant for the tanks themselves

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The issue is Gajin (for some reason) doesn’t like removing bad features. MITL can’t really be nerfed as Leviathans update SPAAs are far too strong to be facing neutered helis and planes made 40 years before their own time.

If Gajin simply removed the Leviathans and onward SPAA (and also Pantsir) then things like MITL could be nerfed or removed for both balance, and better overall gameplay.

But sadly, Gajin doesn’t wanna do that. They rather continue ruining toptier than remove a bad feature.

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YOu dont even need MITL, the FnF was already enough

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Ahhh, the solution to an unbalanced heli mechanic… is making all CAS more unbalanced…

Logic stat maxed out right there

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He’s not the smartest of individuals, ignore him.

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Nope. The solution is remove em both. I don’t agree with your idea of just buffing everything until the BR is complete hell.

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Said that MITL should get removed and nothing else, the alviswisla fallacy tactic doesn’t work bro

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The BR is already HELL, modern Fox 3 SPAA dont work because of multipath, and when they balance LDIRCM they add a feature that counters every Anti Air strats from ground and the only option is going into a plane in a ground based game

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Your words, not mine.

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Man encounters satire circa 2026

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