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2035

Gaijin had mentioned a lot of things that they could (or at least played with the idea) add things like construcatble camo nets and shelters and more complex mechanics around the ammo boxes.

All we got at the end were small crates built by individual players. The only interaction those crates have with other players is that they can be destroyed.

When they introduce new mechanics like that, they always start out with big ideas and what they deliver tends to be extremely shallow and basic.

Expecting cargo aircraft to be any different is setting yourself up for disappointment.

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2036

Oh yeah, I forgot that they were talking about doing that, adding a lot of constructable parts. Shame that was never added

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2037

Not even mentioning the MICA NG IR ;)

2038

Yeah I was more thinking of helicopters. I don’t know wether a NH90 could do cargo drop for example

2039

Where did they say that?

2040

here fixing airfields and AA which cant be done by landing

2041

That doesn’t mention anything about landing/not landing

2042

but unless using a heli landing to help Broken AA isn’t possible

2043

What the hell do you mean?

You can land near AA sites, they aren’t covered by trees all around.

2044

C-5 is bigger than b-52 which is already hard to control currently planes like b-52 and tu95 are the closest weight and size you get of cargo planes so landing cargo planes on AA fields with little space wont end well

2045

You do realize there are much smaller cargo planes, right?

2046

like V-22 and CH-47 yes

2047

Ch47 carrying the AA dropping off at AA fields = peak

2048

Yeah but in general you’d need to add several hundred meters long strips next to all AA/depot… position for even just a C130 to land and take off. I just don’t really see planes having to land to drop cargo. Maybe helis tho, but then you’d have a balancing issue compared to cargo planes which would be faster, with more cargo, and not needing to land

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2049

256x256 BVVD has said so that means space for bigger air ports maybe a full sized airport

2050

They’ll probably have you land on airfields to help repair them after they take some damage, or perform airdrops onto destroyed airfields to repair the runway to then land and repair the rest of the airfield.

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2051

We’ll have to see what they do to the maps and how they plan to implement cargo aircraft. Larger AA sites could have STOL strips next to them in the future.

Well, we don’t know what cargo aircraft they plan to add in general or how they are going to work. If they are just AI vehicles, there is very little that has to be done to implement them in a functional way.

2052

But you’d still need to place strips next to every asset that can be reloaded. It’s not really a matter of map size, just of the sheer number of assets on the map. Also, for overall balance, having cargo planes landing every time would make them highly vulnerable to a low penetrating jet, especially with IIR missiles which probably will be added this year, which will become huge threats to those unarmed and landed planes

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2053

They said there will be two maps, not that the current one will get expanded

2054

I could see this happening, especially for the long range SAM sites and the EWR sites too.

But the shorter range SAM sites and maybe depots you’ll likely need to use helicopters or airdrops.

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