Major Update "Firebirds" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

Im persoanlly waiting for something like a Wildcat to be added. I guess we wont see the AH-64E in quite a few years as that will come with mmVs if/when we ever get those, but 20x Martlets would be fun to wield

Though, We need a gamemode where helis are fun without having to play tanks first

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Yeah, I have the same stance. Nearly every single SA vehicle could probably be replaced by a native vehicle or export variant without too much issue.

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looks in thread oop they’re at it again huh?

My 2 cents on this, Gaijin keeps adding lots of vehicles around the same BR that do almost the same thing, (a more recent example is the Fox and Scimitar, they will pretty much play identically with no real differences, an older one being the later Sarcs and Crusaders).
It’s leading to lineup’s where I can’t fit everything in, but still miss that zest that makes a line up you keep coming back to. Every line up is missing that one thing that would make it great.
There’s also some just weird choices, e.g. M109 instead of AS90, Fox instead of Scimitar, Stormer AD instead of Tracked Raiper etc etc.
Some people do blow it well out of proportion, but there’s a kernal of truth in it.
I’ll also add its kinda a shame about the subtrees selected, South Africa is alright, but India is kinda a slap in the face to both India and the UK, there’s not much good blood there (and the additions so far are pretty limited in uniqueness compared to other trees, something that is not lacking with South Africa)

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Yeah this too. Was the Bosvark and Skink at nearly the same time really necessary? Also was the ZA-35 Necessary alongside the Marksman. When gaps existed and still exist, patching those holes should have taken the priority. Even if they were patched with SA vehicles.

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M109 was not “instead of” AS90. Kings of Battle was focused on the M109, so naturally, the British M109 was going to come there along with all the others.

Its presence doesn’t stop or prevent any future SPGs just as the M109 doesn’t for any other nation.

Its never been said anywhere that the M109 was “instead of” anything else.

Best thing wich could happen is when they folder both, osa coming after rapier in folder would be perfect but other way around would still be ok since the rapier gets 50% RP off due to being in folder(but you still have to resarch the osa).

fair enough I guess but still doesnt change the fact it sucks that if you came for the UK your forced to research SA tanks to get some of the most well known british tanks / AC of the cold war

What’s wrong with everyone tonight, has someone tanted your tea’s ?

They seem pretty normal to me ))

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Same thing, but I went back to CoH3 and BG3. Chally not very fun.

It isn’t even just chally, the teams you get with Britain being stuck with the yanks is just horrible.

Anyway.

To get back to the point. Too many top tier vehicles in the British Tree have game breaking bugs/issues that were reported well over a year ago. Not one has been addressed yet or even a comment stating they are being worked on.

Things like SHar HUDs or CR1/2 ready racks or BOL fixes

I wouldnt say no to them not adding a bunch of Soviet C&Ps from India and instead see things like this addressed. I would have quite happily taken some much needed and long overdue SHar and Tornado TLC over the F-111C for example.

Even with the coming Tornado Gr4. still no work on their radar systems and we have yet to see if things like BOL will be given to it.

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Yeah, there is that as well

while we get that its still a shame for the UK to have 2 SPGs and neither of them were domestic options, compare that to Japan that has 2 domestic options, or China, it would just be nice to get our own domestic SPG for once, not to mention it should have the same crazy HE shell the japanese Type 99 has

I’d like them to honestly stop adding stuff for an update and unfuck minor nation kit. Leclercs, Arietes, Challies, Strv 103s (I want arguably my favourite tank to be good plz)

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I think every nation would benefit from that except maybe the soviets.

I have been summoned.

Soviets technically have some underperforming armour. But we also don’t know what the armour is to update it.

Dev updated:
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( War-Thunder-Datamine/aces.vromfs.bin_u/gamedata/objectgroups/dyn_sam_site_s_75_x6.blkx at master · gszabi99/War-Thunder-Datamine · GitHub )

As the name suggests, there 's six of these launchers on this map object:
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There 's also two named radars:
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No sign of the command post yet, and this doesn’t specify if the radars involved will be just the two added w/ the launcher originally a few months ago, or if one of them is the new Fan Song E which only recently appeared in this devserver.

Seems like static SAM sites might replace minibases, this is a similar file template to how those " dynbase " objects work.


Loading screens are going to be banger:


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The two do not corrilate.

As we have already explained (im sure also ive answered you on this before) multiple HUDs for several aircraft of all nations across the board are WIP. HUDs and MFDs are all being updated (as you can see in this very update).

This has nothing to do with the addition of new vehicles, especially ground ones that that like the Osa. Separate teams handle those matters.

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honestly letting people who are level 1 buy top br bracket premiums is such a terrible idea

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