Nuclear Thunder!

[Thodin]

OSA should be also nerfed. This nighmare^^

[simsimkek]

The event is very poorly made, very crowded map with very poor layout of spawns and targets, it would have been more playable if it had arcade reload mechanics for weapons and air spawns, or was less crowded with a larger map and small teams. But instead we get this awful map that is so crowded with sam you legit cant fly above 100m without having missiles come at you from 10 differen OSAs, and on top of that no reloading and land spawns that make playing as an attacker such a bore.

The devs just keep proving they have no clue how to design fun coherent gameplay with the mechanics they add, they just know how to shove things in sideways and leave the playerbase to try to squeeze some fun out of things…

[H_ngma]

@KhorneFlakez1337

I can imagine that they let people bring other vehicles to allow them to earn more research points

Which is a good decision from Gaijin, the rewards with a premium look really good. But it should have been so apparent what a balancing nightmare it would be and how unfair it is for people that didnt grind US or USSR.

[more_bid]

agreed but we take what we can get when a US aircraft gets something better

[KhorneFlakez1337]

Yup and the queues reflect that as well lol

The amount of players that own US premiums or the IRIAF massively inflate the US player count, there’s only one good USSR premium, the MiG-23ML. Neither the Su-39, Su-25BM or the MiG-25PD are worth bringing, so almost nobody bothers with them.
(well, I’ve been seeing plenty of MiG-25s, but I can’t imagine that people will keep spawning that after a while)

[ItsOnyy]

OSAs are intercepting Mach 3 AGM-88s. The map is covered by palm trees, which makes locking stuff through them impossible. TV-guided missiles are useless in this event.

[Kogure]

lmao, I said that after the first couple of deaths in my first game, but then everything suddenly clicked
flying extremely low, spamming flares, eventually a couple of enemies got close enough to launch missiles
after getting 250 spawn points I could consistently equip the small nuke, fly to a cluster of enemies, drop it, and get enough spawn points for the next one
try to use the side bases where there are no enemies
got 5k points even though it was my very first game flying top tier jets

[SilentTracker]

EDIT! AWESOME!!!

Nuclear Thunder!

Hello everyone. It’s been a while since I last posted on the forum, but this seems like a good occasion. We’re glad to see such a lively and positive response to Nuclear Thunder. It means a lot to us: we put a lot of effort and time into it, and it’s rewarding to see our work highly appreciated. This time, the April 1st event is really no joke; it’s a test of new ideas, mechanics, and a new game mode. We’ve seen quite a few sad posts, and even videos claiming that this mode is temporary and w…

Original Message:

@TheSlyfwor

The gamemode is GREAT. It literally fixes ARB, this should be something that stays forever.

@Twisted_Oddball

I love the idea of the gamemode, and ARB badly needed this.

@YABOITWERKBOOTY

PLEASE keep at least the larger map with respawn like Enduring Conflict for Realistic Battles even if you get rid of the nukes! SO MANY people are tired of what top tier air RB has become. it is just unrealistic fox 3 spam from 16 people 20 seconds after everyone spawns in the air. Matches last about 5 minutes on average, it is horrible for people that want to actually play somewhat realistically.

@YABOITWERKBOOTY

Even without the nuclear stuff. WE NEED an Enduring Confrontation mode for RB! Top tier air is HORRIBLE right now. its like Ace Combat just tiktok brain combat. spawning in the air, within range of each other, 50 fox 3’s get launched. notch, get back to fight if your team isnt entirely wiped yet and then 5v1 some plane and match ends after like 5 minutes on average -- they better add parts of this permanently.

I 💯 agree. The biggest reason I do NOT play ARB is because of ONE SINGLE SPAWN. I hate it. It makes players behave like ravenous dogs because they want to get at least ONE kill before they are sent back to the hanger.

I LOVE this combo of RB controls + models etc, with the SL spawn of SIM/EC (idk which it is, I do not play SIM or EC, so I am not versed on how they work.)

I would play this type of mode a LOT if it is made a permanent thing. Especially if it is made into a combined arms mode where we could also spawn our tanks in.

I absolutely ADORE this event / mode!

@Smin1080p_WT @Stona_WT PLEASE ask the devs to make this a regular game mode 🙏 Thank you!

Quotes from MANY other users:

MANY users who want this to be a permanent game mode too:

@Bloodpörne

@Smin1080p_WT could this potentially be a permanent mode? im really enjoying it, i would play this event over enduring confrontation

@TheSlyfwor

@Stona_WT @Smin1080p_WT Will be there direct feedback to the devs about how GOAT the gamemode is compared to base ARB? I sure hope we will have a permanent similiar mode to this.

@Bugblox

i love how this mode is basically everything the sim community has been asking for and then gaijin decides to lock it behind an event which we probably wont ever see again

@FlyingWarlord

Between this and guns only mode, we really just need to implement these and let them stay.
These are fantastic

@andrgysev0293747

This is the best gamemode test I have ever played, please, give us a feedback form/poll of some sort to show that we yearn for a gamemode like that, its nearly perfect balance between pvp and pve, and there are things to do for every type of plane… Even bombing is useful for the team as you destroy a sam site and help your fighters.

Spoiler to save space

There also should be naval AI targets and ships should shoot your anti-ship missiles with their C-RAM systems (ak-630, etc) and use their naval sam variants too.

I like it. Pls don’t abandon it as you did with previous tests for ground modes, pls…

You could even invent something similar for tanks and naval too, hmm.

@TheSlyfwor

Compared to the normal ARB, it’s a huge step in the right direction, and i don’t think that any ARB high tier player could think differently

@D4nger_CLO5E

Holy, people lose their Minds over this event calling it Bad ( Waste of time/resources)…WHAT -_- go be a stick in the Mud somewhere else! I completed my RU task and got 1500 points from a US match. Got work in the morning so done for now but this is hands down the BEST event Gaijin has EVER run!

This is what RB and SB should have been from the start for the higher BR’s and people are saying it’s a waste of time! Bro -_- just go away!

Prediction…the Air Warfare game mode BVVD talked about in the Q&A will bring these elements.

@MythicPi

This is easily the best “event” War Thunder has ever had, and should be what both Air RB and Air SB are going forwards.

@Apollo_1641

Other than the balance issues surrounding player vehicles, the mode itself is a breath of fresh air and another step closer to the mythical “Air RB EC” that many have been clamoring for.

I just hope the devs will take their experience from making this mode and put it into 1. a permanently available mode to complement air RB, 2. improvements in Air RB, 3. improvements in Air Sim.

Cheers!

@Tupikas

Overall: game mode is awesome, really a breath of fresh air, because current AIR RB, which hasn’t been changed since the game came out is getting stale. Community has been asking for a long time for EC mode and this could be it. I really hope devs consider making this mode permanent, if they outright refuse to do implement any changes to AIR RB

@Lt_Lettuce

I want to say that I am in love with this gamemode and as a sim player am begging, literally willing and have payed, that this becomes the new sim, if not the new rb. The community is focusing entirely on the balance and other nothings that are irrelevant and I’m praying gaijins takeaway isn’t that no one wants this.
I know Gaijin does actually listen, even with their reputation of not listening, If there was ever a time for them to not listen, its about not adding this to the game.
We need this.

Spoiler to save some space

That being said there are some issues and I think some probable fixes are:
Change it to Nato vs Warsaw, allow other nations planes to participate so no one is left out.
Make the game ending requirement be all enemy bases are destroyed, games are ending very quickly because people are rushing into the bombers, let everyone get a chance by extending the games.

@SandmanSix

I hate playing ARB but this event has actually made me better and enjoy ARB as well. Glad they added and hope they keep it regardless of people complaining to complain.

@Saros__

Overall a great addition and it needs to stay, ARB is so incredibly stale with just team deathmatch.

[KhorneFlakez1337]

To be fair, the US SAMs also intercept all USSR ARMs unless you spam multiple ones in close range at the same target

[ItsOnyy]

It’s all SAMs, it’s just ridiculous that these Cold War era SHORADs are capable of doing so with so much consistency and precision.

[KhorneFlakez1337]

FlaRakPzs and OSAs just casually swatting a bunch of ARMs and ATGMs out of the air lol

[H_ngma]

Yeah its actually crazy that they didnt think about stuff like that. Imagine if they allowed German GDR planes for the russian side, that would be at least some help with the one sidedness.

[RunaDacino]

Got the 16 streak!

[foxtrot19673]

omg this event

[Bloodpörne]

@Smin1080p_WT could this potentially be a permanent mode? im really enjoying it, i would play this event over enduring confrontation

[Thodin]

Wounder how not to nuke myself. From what alt should I drop for safety reasons?

[KhorneFlakez1337]

Lob them, don’t drop them

Throw em as far as you can and turn around to escape the SAMs

[BACKRAGE44428-live]

not really its rather unbalanced MIG 29s vs F4E or F15A vs MIG-23 MLD if you dont play america or russia also these bombers should have been tech tree no need for them not to be B66B should have been event instead honestly dumbest choice ever

[Pheonix_RX01]

Or even give players with said airframe a spaded vehicle that’s only available for export nation users.

Like if you have the Tyskland Mig you’d have access to a spaded version of the Soviet model. Keeps things on par with their current Soviet airframes, same for the F16, ect ect.

[KhorneFlakez1337]

That would be way more complicated than just adding all relevant planes as presets

(Also, this probably doesn’t apply to that many people, but I would get a whole lot of zero new plane options through that lol)