F-15DJ? if you count that as new
Unless they add Indonisia as a sub which is likely
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That’s a fair point, but then how do we address the issue of some vehicles wrecking the balance of top tier for several monthes because their equivalents don’t all come in the same update?
Because that level of balance is practically impossible.
Take the new rank VII battleships.
The only option for the soviets is so stupidly OP it should never have been added, at least not in its current state.
So even when you add something to everyone in the same major update, it doesnt actually gurantee balance
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Tbh most issues come from poor development choices and content quality more than anything else, so no matter what the same issues will remain. But in an ideal world where gaijin actually does the best, having less updates but bigger ones could work I think…
I mean a basic comparison of stats between vehicles would be a good indication of what will come from adding them. Also, adding all nations vehicle of the update in one update instead of spread out between two. I don’t understand why every nation didn’t get its new top tier AA vehicle in one update, that doesn’t make sense to me.
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Idk I don’t mind it too much as long as these vehicles are fun and work properly, but I might be biased as I have almost 9 ground trees and 5 air trees up to top tier.
I get why they do it, but it’s kind of sad that interesting stuff like the T58 is a premium, but boring stuff like the M55 gets plopped into like 5 trees. (Yeah I know this is opinion based).
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Not boring but downright annoying how blatantly obvious it is that they are just doing it so they can add filler to every tech tree so they can say that “x” nation wasnt left out this update. And it comes at the cost of actually interesting domestic options for certain nations.
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So Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works just announced a new project.
Vectis CCA, and the Agile Drone Framework.
https://youtu.be/FrAOBuskffA?si=QP6eVX3AhdZRjo-g
1:38 - 2:30 for Vectis.
In short Vectis is an unmanned stealth fighter meant to be deployed alongside current US fighters like the F-22 and F-35 as drone wingmen. It will be controlled by the pilot of the manned fighter and supposedly through AI systems it will engage targets.
I wonder if we could ever see anything like this come to War Thunder in the far (very very very far) future?
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Sounds like something that could work once we get advanced 5th gen, stealth, electronic warfare, long range missiles, etc. Especially since usa wouldn’t be the only one to get such support drones
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I think we should wait for improved implementation of MQ-1 and later MQ-9/MQ-20, then the XQ-58 as the first CCA type before going into more advanced ones like Vectis, YFQ-42 and YFQ-44
I wonder if CCA is how they manage to successfully implement the B-21 into future top tier
Of course a lot of things have to come before this, this is something we can imagine in several years, but time flies so it’s not that far away from now
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That’s possible, we’ll see I guess. But that’s an interesting possibility
Yeah, for sure. But I think CCA could provide the self defence stuff like the B-21, P-8, and others need to be added to a realistic BR, maybe in 2029
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I’ve said before, when they copy paste some SPH or really anything into multiple nations, they should also add a unique vehicle of the same class, so those who want the copy paste get it, and those who don’t want copy paste still have something to look forward to. T58 being a premium is outrageous, but not surprising. If they add any other US oscillating turrets as premiums or event vehicles, I’m gonna start a riot.
Speaking of M55, it sure as hell better come with its proxy round.
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I don’t mind a vehicle is copy pasted to multiple trees as long as it’s a vehicle with either an interesting history or if it’s a vehicle that offers interesting gameplay that the trees receiving it didn’t have access to before.
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Flashbacks from the Lighthouse War…
Did you enjoy your 10% booster? :P
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