Why is it when I get on a fighter plane to intercept enemy bomber raids I spawn 1.5 km away in an old plane and I can never catch up to before they drop the bombs and when I get in a bomber the enemy spawns 0.7 km from me and from a side? In such a scenario u don’t last more than 3 secs and ur dead. I can remember when I was able to drop off my bombs last time. Only manage to when I spawn alone and no enemies intercept.
Please balance this devs. It’s very unfair.
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Only Gaijin doesn’t understand how this completely ruins this mechanic cause it makes people think that is all manipulated in order to favour a certain team or player. In the past, planes would spawn facing each other and it would be way more fair than as it is now, there was always the chance to intercept bombers/attackers and there was always the chance to dodge interceptors or to kill them. As is is now, it all depends on where Gaijin decides to spawn every plane.
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Yes, they changed the way that planes in Ground AB good while back and yes, this new spawning system is terribly unfair to anyone that dares to spawn a plane in a tank game . . . lol. Just last night I spawned in PB4Y, which spawns at an insanely slow speed(all sir spawned planes in any AB match should spawn at a minimum of 80% of their top speed) and the enemy spawned a Yak-15 JET at about 500 meters. Needless to say, I just “J’d” out and got back in my tank. Completely wasting a bomber spawn. This happens so often it is barely worth the trouble to spawn planes at all. If I spawn a fighter to escort a team mate’s attacker or bomber, a majority of the time you spawn so far back, you will never get within range (600 - 700 meters at least) to be of any help at all to your team mate. And they wonder why fighters just go after ground targets and lawndart into them . . . lol. It is hard to imagine that this new system was put in to play for any reason other than to severely gimp any planes in Ground AB, because it serves no other purpose but to do just that. I propose that if they cannot make a decent/fair spawning system for planes, then just remove planes altogether, give the “TANKS ONLY WHEN” crowd their wish and make Ground AB “planeless” . . things as they are, are just bad and it is not good for the game in any way. I love to fly planes, and yes, even in ground battles, but I could play without them as opposed to the terrible way they are currently implemented.
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I remember you well from Air Arcade, I loved that game mode but they also ruined it with their unbalanced changes. And I remember that in Ground Battles it used to be fun to spawn against each other cause that would create fighter duels between bomber escorts and interceptors. It was also fun when you were able to dodge the interceptors on your bomber/attackers. Now it just feels completely decided by Gaijin, not much different from their lootboxes, just a matter of “luck”.
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Then please by all means jump right over to Air Battles and fly to your heart’s content.
The ground battles player base thanks you in advance.
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lol . . . ok Sport, I will . . and I play whatever I want to play, as I expect most everyone in the game does. I notice you have never even flown a plane in this game . . that’s interesting. I don’t believe in elitism, as many in the game do, and again, I think everyone should play what they want and enjoy. And I do not tell anyone else what to play, nor am I a “snob” about what I play, because it doesn’t make anyone better or worse of a person/player because of these choices. No idea why you even bothered replying to my post, or what you’re trying to prove, but . . . whatever . . . enjoy your “ground battles” and . . Do not stand near the bomb!
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Joined this game to play tanks, my interests are land based hardware, have no desire to fly much less in arcade. If I did it wouldn’t be this game. Why would you find that interesting ?
matches ARE rigged, let’s face it. plane spawn is just one of the ways (and not the worst, RNG is definitely the worst) gaijin fixes players’ WR and stats - for reasons i don’t even try to fully understand, but i suppose are perfectly rational)