While the Nuclear Escalation game mode is originally intended for and currently tested with Realistic Battles in mind, the mode would also suit Air Sim Battles exceptionally well, and would signify a gigantic leap in attractiveness for Air Sim in War Thunder: It’s almost literally a collection of many suggestions the sim community has voiced over the last years.
However, so far I have seen no official feedback about whether the Development Team also considers adding that game mechanic in a Sim variant, even though that was repeatedly asked by the players in the forum with every iteration of NE tests.
Currently - and since a long time - the Sim EC game mode is in a very strange place, with only little improvement and only rare bug fixes over years, sadly: Maps, missions, targets, assets and AI Units have not been improved (with some rare exceptions like high tier airfield defenses, for example), mechanics available in AB and RB are missing or insufficiently implemented in Sim, and while War Thunder in general has developed massively especially also regarding the modern era, the Sim EC mechanics stagnate.
As a result, Sim community numbers stay low, and within the community frustration about the apparent lack of development is widespread, especially in the light of other game modes seeing such exciting additions like the Nuclear Escalation mechanic discussed here…
In that light, could we kindly ask for an official statement regarding thoughts of adding also Sim variants of Nuclear Escalation?
Is that maybe something that will be expanded upon, once Nuclear Escalation becomes an official Realistic Battle mode?