Naval aircraft only gamemode (Carrier Operations)

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First thing, yeah I know about Japan vs US only maps but Im suggesting a different sets of maps. These maps will replace the runway for an aircraft carrier for both teams(of course maybe a little bit bigger), allow ALL NATIONS which have naval aircraft, this can be turned on/off like night battles for GroundRB if you don’t want to try to land on a floating plank everytime you fly a naval plane.

(flying boats can also participate in these matches and can land near carriers for rearming and repairs since there will be a pretty generous radius around the carrier)

However I do suggest 2 conditions before adding:

-Add a tutorial for carrier landings and takeoffs that must be completed before entering

-add multiple carriers per team (3 minimum)

I will however ask you guys for some changes that I have on my mind but I can’t quite decide yet so after being put on here they will be on the next section dedicated to voting.

AI Targets and mini bases:

Now AI targets were a bit of a piece of cake, since I don’t think a map with only a blue body of water would be interesting each map will have one or two islands to have somewhere strikes planes would go to, of course AI ships will still hang around in the water.

As for bases one could make either have islands with mini bases on them or make ships near the carrier task force be a replacement for these, battle ships or even the carriers themselves could serve as mini bases but the issue is that I don’t know exactly how tough ships are in this game because bases usually are easy for heavy bombers but navals bombers are smaller and don’t carry much payload compared to them.

Carriers!
Right now carriers… well they are there, I bet a lot of you didn’t know you can spawn on carriers on regular airRB if you have a naval plane and have a carrier on your side. However I realized something, Carriers don’t hang out alone, they have a battle group!, this battle group can act as airfield AA and prevent camping on this gamemode. Of course the carrier and it’s pals will change according to the BR, From Interwar carriers to more modern carriers with catapults.
Also don’t make the Test Flight carrier (WW2 one) the reference point for size, that thing is ˢᵐᵃˡˡ and can barely fit a plane and landing on that thing would be a headache.

Torpedo bombers that can’t land on carriers:
Now a lot of planes can carry torpedoes but that also includes planes that can’t land on carriers, these planes are in deep trouble if you want them to use their torpedoes on this gamemode. I can’t think of a way to add these planes without rendering carrier landing obsolete so YOU will have to think of a way to add them or just leave them out.

Now some decisions that I think we should vote before thinking of passing it to the devs:

Mini Base rework
  • carriers should replace mini bases
  • Other ships should replace bases (Battleships or various other ships)
  • Mini bases should be placed on islands behind enemy lines
  • One has to destroy one or many cargo convoys near the carrier’s battle group
  • No bases
  • I don’t want this gamemode
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Forward airfield/mini airfield
  • No mini airfield
  • Mini airfields should be placed on islands
  • Map dependant(Some maps may have them)
  • I don’t want this gamemode
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Should the carrier’s islands have collision (they do have collision in-game)?
  • Yes
  • No
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Should this gamemode be added?
  • Yes
  • No
0 voters

ANY possible tweaks that you can come up with are welcomed in the replies <3 just quote them and everyone can discuss about them. Thank you for reading this suggestion it took a lot of time to make

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Would be nice to give naval aircraft more spotlight. +1

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Would be fun I guess, + would give a reason to add navy variants of aircrafts like the Rafale M and J-15

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We could also include carriers in naval battles
Idea
for battleship floatplanes and possible future ship based helicopters, I think there are two options; either continue with the current system of the same player controlling both, or make it possible for other players to spawn as a floatplane on a battleship or a helicopter on a destroyer; for ship based helipads they could also be used to rearm and refuel

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Not enough here to be its own gamemode. Just a modification of the existing air modes

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well maybe gamemode wasn’t the right word, im trying to put this at the same level as night battles, just a twist that can be turned on and off

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I remember when back in the day we used to plan strategies in random lobbies to wipe out the enemy’s carriers for a quick win. It was plenty of fun

Gaijin remodeled a bunch of new carrier models to not use them at all other than test flight. I hope we get more naval combat instead of the cookie-cutter battles we get in ARB atm

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