Is there any particular reason they could not be added now? Neither Taurus nor Storm Shadow can hit moving targets, so they would essentially be GPS guided 1000 lb bombs in game, just with more range.
If anything, the Kh-59ME would be more useful in game (I hit a moving target from 30 km away on the dev server, Storm Shadow / Taurus wouldn’t be able to do that).
Now that Kh-59ME who’s in the game? I really don’t see a reason that Storm Shadow / Taurus could not be. They are longer ranged, but kh-59ME already has a range nearly as large as the largest map in the game, so the extra range is pretty meaningless. They also have a slightly larger Warhead, but as a trade-off cannot hurt moving targets.
in a post war / cold war setting sure, one in ww2 would be very boring as subs are reliant on people not paying attention and as the other guy said for DD to do ASW they would need to chase after them which they cant do when under fire from the entire enemy team
Yeah agreed. They keep padding the game with new vehicles with 0 consideration to what those vehicles are actually used in.
I play a few matches every so often but thats about it. Im bored. The vehicles are fun, but not fun enough to drop the same 5 bombs on the same target another 1000 times. Or fly in a straight line for 1-5 minutes and engage in the same boring dogfight, etc etc.
The longer range cruise missiles more pose challenges for other air modes more so than they do ground. In some cases, offering double + the range of KH-59ME.
Moving target acquisition has never really been a concern for them in the first place. KH-59ME is more of a gimmick than a practical weapon in a lot of cases for ground anyway.
Perhaps sometime in the future more advanced cruise missiles will come, but Storm Shadow / SCALP / Taurus are certainly not in the scope of this major. Thats for sure.
i personally dont think something being “just a gimmick” should mean that it doesnt need to be added. some things are just cool to see and that should be enough of a reason to add stuff, and not locked behind paywalls
also either missile will currently happily hit the other side of the map and since gaijin seems to not grasp the idea behind making larger maps the range argument doesnt really count (not exclusive to the storm shadow, just other reasonable missiles like that)
