In simple words - atomic bomb is non-essential, irritating, absurd and one of the most useless feature I have met for 12 years playing the War Thunder. I understand that playerbase get used to this situation and players like to flex how many nuclear bombs they dropped, but hey, it is such a stupid feature, that I “can not can”.
Reason nr 1 - it makes battles to end faster
You have interesting battle where MM did its job perfectly and both teams are equal in terms of skill and vehicles. You warmed up, have destroyed 3 enemies in one vehicle so far and of course you want more. Battle started just 7 minutes ago, both teams have many tickets, so you think that you are going to have a good time. HA! No nice things for you! You hear the siren and 30 seconds later you see atomic blast. The battle ended just because someone got enough SP. Just great, i enjoy.
Reason nr 2 - it makes grind more painful
You have nice battle, it looks like your team is going to win and you want to grind more exp, because more battle time = more exp? NO, YOU FOOL! Here is a atomic plane. Enjoy the super short battles, idiot!
You know why aircrafts are so much more pleasant to grind? One of the reason is that Air Battles don’t have this stupid instant win/lose mechanics. You can take your time when someone hides in space and destroy some ground targets/bases. You don’t have to worry that guy with 6 kills will spawn in atomic plane and just end the battle.
Reason nr 3 - it is absurd feature
I know it is only stupid game, but… In GF battles you have to fight for village, land, factory etc., so you have to drain enemy tickets by capping points and destroying enemy vehicles (so you hold positions) or just destroy whole enemy team - this situation is clear enough. But what is the point of destroying whole land with atomic bomb? Why does destroying everything = instant win for team which dropped the bomb? So what is the purpose of this ground battle xD? And why team which drops the nuke win? Idiotic and without a shred of sense. Shouldn’t the battle end in draw or something? You know - “ok we will lose this no matter what, so we will make sure that enemy will lose battle too”. IMO draw will make more sense.
Reason 4 - it destroys the will to fight and win
I am casual, average player, but most of the time i try to do my best. I try not to leave after first death even if map is shitty (like cropped Cargo Port) and when i see that my team and I will be slaughtered. But what is a point of fighting to the last vehicle from the set if I know that 2 minutes later some super-ultra-skilled boy or just lucky bastard from enemy team will drop a nuke? I liked long battles in this game but of course it can’t be because TikTok kids will be bored (however i suppose that War Thunder is not so popular among TikTok generation).
I don’t want to discuss, i just wanted to share my opinion about mentioned feature. Maybe there are more people who will not cry if this “essential” mechanic would be deleted from the game or changed to be more, IDK, fitted to the game?