The game is already free, but playing CAS right now feels like a paid suffering mode.
At this point, CAS players should honestly be receiving Golden Eagles as compensation. You spawn, get locked instantly by SPAA, and go back to hangar — that’s not gameplay, that’s a service you’re providing.
Feels less like combined arms and more like a full-on BDSM experience — except players didn’t sign up for that, and they’re the ones paying instead of getting paid.
Meanwhile, SPAA and tank players get a clean experience with minimal risk. So if anyone should be paying, it’s probably them — they’re the ones actually enjoying the result.
Jokes aside, the balance is clearly skewed. CAS is not interacting with the battlefield, it’s just being suppressed the moment it appears.
Air AB, Vautour IIB and Vautour IIA 9.7 → 9.3 (France and Israel) : abyssmal flight performance at for this BR you can’t avoid the fighters you face going mach 1, and dodging a missile is physically not possible in this plane.
Alpha Jet’s top speed reduced (FM nerf) (Bug Report)
Alpha Jet’s sustained G and thrust boundaries fixes (FM nerf) (Bug Report)
Reasoning: There are accepted reports that have not yet been implemented in War Thunder that would correct the Alpha Jet’s flight model, reducing its overperformance. It does not make sense to move the Alpha Jet up to 9.0 while also planning to apply flight model changes that would negatively impact its performance.
It would be more logical to correct the flight model first and then monitor its performance and statistics at 8.7. Revert these proposed BR changes for the Alpha Jets without the air-to-air missile capability.
Lmao no, spikes are not good at all, insanely inconsistent and you can avoid them with smoke
survivable? You shoot the turret and it can’t fight back, loses half its ammo and needs to re-arm a LOT of 30mm rounds in the rack or is stuck with 3 minute reload if unlucky AFTER repairing.
All the crew is in one place, it’s incredibly easy to kill.
It could probably go back to 10.7 without causing any serious issues.
These are not the stats of a good or broken vehicle
Remove the ability to have unlimited WEP (Bug Report)
Give the F-80C-10 its missing JATO units (Bug Report)
Reasoning: I fail to see the justification for moving the F-80C Shooting Star to 8.0, the same BR as the F-86A Sabre. The F-80C-10 is not comparable to the F-86A-5 or the MiG-15 in terms of flight performance. This proposed BR change should be reverted, keeping the F-80C-10 at 7.7.
In exchange, it should not have unlimited WEP due to its water injection system.
In reality, the F-80C-10 had a limited supply of water-alcohol fluid for its WEP system. I have provided excerpts from the F-80C manual to support this.
Ground AB & RB, MEPHISTO 8.7 > 9.0 with the addition of HOT-3 missiles it historically carried : really similar to the chinese AFT-09 which is literally a copy of it. Moving it also at 9.0 allows it to be a good support for the 9.3 lineup. There are already 4 ground vehicles at 8.7 at the moment and none at 9.0 in the french tree.
RB: Yak-3 4.3->4.7
Great armanent, speed, climb, maneuvrability. It outguns and outperforms Bf 109 G6 in many metrics, same applies to other 4.7 fighters. The only downside is rip speed. While it turns worse than Spitfires, it’s just so much faster and better at maintaining energy.
Switch places between the F-100D and the Alpha Jet E in the french tech tree, respectively a fighter in the attacker line and an attacker in the fighter line… Moreover it seems logical to me for the super saber to be after an other sabre and before the F-8 which is literally based on the F-100.
The french (dutch) sea fury needs to be moved in the benelux line of the tech tree.
Probably the biggest rise in perfomance due to a BR change in a single month. While American versions seems “fine” the stats on F-15J and Baz clearly show that the plane is overperforming.
The plane is not bad, never was. It suffers from compression as all non-Fox3 12.0-13.0 do, but it has the best high speed flight models that simply requires correct leverage.
Compression should not be fought with more compression elsewhere. F-15 at 12.7 creates unjust pressure one Premium Hornets and other 12.7 planes such as MiG-29 (9-12).
Reasoning: This is another unnecessary proposed BR change that appears to be based on player statistics rather than the aircraft’s actual capabilities. The Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 24 would face significantly unequal flight performance compared to the F-86A Sabre, MiG-15, and MiG-15bis ISh, as well as jet attackers with airspawn from the start of the match. Revert this proposed BR change, so the Spitfire F Mk 24 does not become another victim of BR compression.
Reasoning: This is another unnecessary proposed BR change that appears to be based on player statistics rather than the aircraft’s actual capabilities. The N1K1-Ja, even at its current 5.3 placement, is outclassed by its fighter counterparts. While the aircraft has decent maneuverability and strong cannons as its main strengths, it still does not warrant any further BR increase. Revert this proposed BR change.
Vehicle: T18E2 BR Change: 3.0 → 3.3 or 3.7 (GRB) Reason: The combination of armor, good turret, good reverse, and rapid fire cannon with APHE make this brutal against low tier tanks, though its poor h.p./ton, large size, and accuracy mean it should not be placed at too high of a BR either. Higher than it currently sits but lower than a Chaffee would be appropriate.
Reasoning: This is another unnecessary proposed BR change that appears to be based on player statistics rather than the aircraft’s actual capabilities. The A6M5 Otsu, even at its current 5.3 placement, is outclassed by its fighter counterparts. While the aircraft has decent maneuverability as its main strength, it still does not warrant any further BR increase. Revert this proposed BR change.
