@Smin1080p_WT may I ask if the devs are trying to make the Strike Drones more attraktive?
Because 750sp just to spawn an vehicle which dies often instantly and has only 2 Guided weapons is kinda meh
Maybe the costs should be getting reduced to spawn them?
+the Weapons givin are also quastable, like:
Wing Loong I gets:
AKD-9 6km
AKD-10 8-10km
Orion gets:
KAB-50L (GBU)
KAB-50TV (F&F GBU due to TV seeker)
9M133FM3 10km
9m133M-2 8km
MQ-1 gets:
AGM-114K 8km
they’re already a cancer, it doesn’t need to be amplified
they always seem to easily evade search radars (if you even have one that is), and MANY SPAAs round the BR do not have the missile range to attempt to engage them
Unless you get unlucky and have an SPAA that both
A) The Range to hit you
B) The Search radar to spot you / player gets lucky with “Air Alert”
they’re 2 easy kills given that unlike Heli-Launched ordnance, these all come from quite a sharp vertical angle reducing jank moments where they do nothing.
It’s also not helped that there is no penalty from Jing out after expending said ordnance as you can’t crewlock a vehicle you don’t have, so even if you respawn in an SPAA to shoot them down, you don’t get the kill because they either, J-out, pull hard at the last second (can often stop them being shot down), or get out of range of your missile entirely
the only good things about them is that they are not spanwed in every match (if you want to bring CAS you just bring your own plane, if not you usually don’t want to play CAS and just play a tank/SPAA)
Do we play the same game?
In my WT Those drones die allways instantly, The second an drone spawns, the SAMs launch there Missiles and kills the drone
depends, top tier ground and 10.7 (highest i usually go) and top tier at 12.7 are very different areas for CAS
at top tier they would be food with how SAMs are at that BR
Rolands, Strelas, Osa, Rapier, LAV-AD, Stormer all can have major issues engaging them, especially the Wing Loong and Orion with their 10km missiles, MQ-1 not so much
That explains it, because I am mainly playing 11.3-13.0, and there the drones are just food for any SAM
yeah, at 12.0-12.7 where SAMs can actually engage them properly an MQ-9, or an Orion with Vikhrs, or some later Wing Loong
but at the lower BRs where you can find Attack drones they are really annoying to deal with
Regardless i’m still opposed to attack UAVs in general, they provide nothing but annoyance, either you’re on the ground and die to one of 'em, you play one and you die quickly, or you play one and get 2 mindless kills
My face as I’m just about to enter 8.0 for Britain
Screenshot is outdated as I got the FV4202 last night
Vickers Mk.1 is great, one of the limited number of tanks i’ve bought an expert crew on
50 Kg bombs btw
ngl, I am glad those drones don’t get access to any better weapons, they are extremely annoying to deal with, as their heat signature is tiny (they are drones after all) and their radar signature is wonky as well
Their spawn cost is fine at 750sp
Well, I don’t have a expet crew for. It’s something I can also vouch for.
UK 8.0, get me my first nuke. And the Vickers Mk. 1 was my primary spawn for the BR, really good tank.
I’ve been saying this for a while now but give top tier new drones
don’t feel pressured to, recover ^^!
VECTIS AI stealth drone wingman when?
5.3 seems good
Is there a French ground discussion thread?
(I wanna ask if the mars-15 hull got any other turrets)
Wasn’t there some discussion on navigation lights for planes coming soon-ish, has gaijin made any comments on that as of late?
Never heard about that until now
I don’t think there was anything said about that. Would be great if they do come but I don’t remember seeing anything about them.
