G’day,
Once again I see battle rating changes & once again nearly all of them are terrible, This comment will first be a talk about the changes shown before making my first suggestion, which unfortunately at this point will likely be ignored as is the case for these past few years (I get it, I’m just one voice like many others yet it’s getting rather ridiculous for the lacks of suggestions being actually acted upon).
Lets start with GF (Ground Forces), while I don’t often play it I’ve been trying to get back into it.
Firstly the increases to France seems daft like really the AMX-13 to 7.0??? An the AMX-40 to 10.0 pah.
The Sabra Mk. I seems also odd from what I heard it isn’t overly that great yet all the 9.7 MBT’s are going up.
The decrease of the Rapier won’t change much, as it doesn’t address the issues with the missiles themselves.
Now onto AF (Air Forces), ohh boi WTH mate.
The Nanchang Q-5 series attackers, how are they back to essentially the original BR of the Q-5L?? are flares that powerful??? You might as well take what the bug reports are saying for years & give them both AAM’s with the Q-5A receiving PL-2 & the Q-5L finally getting PL-7 & a increased BR to be alongside the A-5C (export model).
Now I want to know something, after all these years why are the Petlyakov Pe-3 Heavy Fighters always a lower BR than their Pe-2 Dive Bomber equivalent? sure a nice change to the Pe-3(e) yet it doesn’t change much to what it already does now.
Grumman XP-50, airspawn removed… wowzers… took you lads long enough heh but I applause yous for this for how oppressive that heavy fighter could be, ntm it already had a good climb rate to begin with.
Westland Wyvern S.4, Honestly not bad although it could be higher to possibly its original BR which iirc was 5.3, now I should ask it has been what a year now but when are we getting further seperated BR’s for lower BR aircraft? This could be 4.0 in NF (I wanna keep my post WWII lineup, plus AA is insane at this BR) & remain 4.3 in GF imho.
Martin PBM-5A, Honestly it should just keep going down in BR to like 2.7, then the PBM-3 to 2.3 while the PBM-1 to 1.3.
Now onto NF (Naval Forces), Now we’re cooking although once again the lack of change is depressing & is a reason we should see BR changes changed from one time every three months to each mode gets their own post a month which would be an insane QoL change.
Courageous class Large Light Cruiser (Battlecruiser), HMS Glorious, ahh now it’s back to its original BR… unfortunately it might be a tad to powerful unless all these reductions as of late mean we’re to see 7.0 remain the highest BR & newer more powerful ships added soon.
It’s to soon to tell but maybe this should stay at 6.0.
I’ll not say no to either Baltimore class Heavy Cruisers going down in BR, this is a welcome change.
The Tribal class destroyer HMS Mohawk might just become the next powerhouse destroyer at 4.3 with this change, we’ll have to wait & see.
Marne class Aviso (Sloop), I don’t understand how this is going up in BR, while it’s a large ship it has some quite severe drawbacks due to the lack of any AA armament which makes it even worse than a Clemson class destroyer in that department (they’ve a single shot 3"/23 HAA gun), the three gun broadside is okay yet the speed, the size, the cost & the lack of a HE shell on either cannon type will make this less effective for BR 3.3.
It doesn’t make sense that it’s to become 3.3 when there’s already a few similar sized vessels that remain 3.0, take example the Project 2 Guardship SKR Groza, while it lacks a third cannon it makes up for it in torpedo armament even if 53-39 torpedoes, LAA in the form of two single 12.7 mm MG’s & more potentially three single 37 mm AA ntm it’s faster iirc.
So why does the Marne go up?
Now onto my first suggestion:
Realistic Battles
Mode: NF
Ocean Going Torpedo Boat Ghibli BR 4.0 - 3.3 or to 3.0
No surprises here if you’ve followed my comments & posts here or that one joking jab comment a mod saw in game… You know what this is able
The vessel is grossly over BR’ed, it’s insane to think they gave it a BR of 4.0 on release when it isn’t fast, has only two cannons when it should’ve been added with a third, the torpedoes are limited to each side & there’s no reloads, the shell selection is meh & the changes to shell penetration in water makes the Italian 100 mm/47 Model 1928 very meh & the exposed forward magazines are your doom.
How’s this ship a 4.0 when you’ve got the post war Impetuoso class destroyer at 4.0 or even the most terrible of the Soldati class destroyers Aviere also outclassing it.
Not to mention the most recent addition of the Maelstrale class destroyer Grecale is leagues better yet only at 3.7??? plus economics wises the three destroyers mentioned are Rank I & II plus premium all while the Ghibli is a Rank V resulting in a stupidity high research costs for the vessel & mods, a high purchase cost an high repair & ammunition cost (there are heavy cruisers cheaper than this torpedo boat & only 0.7 BR higher).
Yep that does this first comment, now onto further single machine suggestions that let’s face it, nothing will change as I’m a broken record at this point.