Except it does not, because you can fly within 5km of depots (which have Osas and Strelas) and they will not appear. Not to mention you can just get insanely unlucky and have a convoy spawn underneath you.
Ah yes, let me dump 6 AGMs on a single Osa (or FlaRakRad) because the Osa has the magical ability to see and take out every single AGM with perfect aim, and will not run out of ammo at any point.
Let me also close into Strela, BMP-2 or Shilka range, and let them join in because “uhhh gun the Osa” I’m sure that’s a fantastic idea.
If we take the Osa that actual people play it should be seeing and hitting AGMs once every blue moon. The radar is blind as whatsit (I will get a friend to sit in a Stormer AD to direct my fire because it’s that questionable) and the missiles, while they are pretty alright, are not good enough to consistently intercept AGMs.
The same is true of the FlaRakRad, which is able to hit manouevring supersonic jets.
I dunno what they did to it, but if it behaved like it did in Ground, it’d be the world’s easiest kill (not what I want)
So, there are spots on the map where light and medium tanks have only one SPAA and form a circle. This is basically the only target to be hit by strike aircraft. I’d send about 4 mavericks at once to overwhelm the single Osa, and when it is done, send 2 more on the light tanks which can also shot back to you. Only after that I can proceed with tanks.
If there are more than 1 SPAA, you cannot do shit with them, you need some other plane to distract them and only then you have a small chance to hit them.
IMO gepards and ZSUs should be the only thing defending convoys so its easier for strike aircraft to hit them and so you dont have the annoying thing where an enemy convoy gets behind your line and a missile hits you out of nowhere.
Its not exactly realistic but neither is having 6 airfields within 5-10m of flying
Oh no, I get how to kill them, but it should not be a death sentence to do so, particularly at low level where there is zero chance of their radar picking you up, but because AI do AI things, you are at the mercy of the Eye of Sauron.
Reference this entire paragraph - you absolutely can kill stuff (OSAs, I am more than happy killing) but it should not be in the same breath that you have to lob 6 Mavs and yourself at them to kill one OSA, only to see 3 Mavs get shot down by a perfect salvo by an OSA.
One more thing, the buildings and stationary radar sites should stay spotted once detected so you can have planned strikes rather than remembering everything or going to search each time.
I would suggest downloading from source make sure you get the 1 MB+ files. (I edited to embed directly from imgur, so should be full size. Imgur link below just in case. First file should be 1.28 MB, second should be 1.45 MB.)
You guys want to fundamentally change a game mode. The ONLY issue with ARB is the singular spawn.
GO ADVOCATE TO CHANGE SIM TO BE LIKE THIS EVENT.
STOP trying to change ARB into something that it never was!
YOU guys are trying to change a mode to suit YOUR whims, that hardly anyone else wants. YOU guys are the ones trying to turn a decade of a fundamental mechanic on its head.
EXACTLY! You want it for selfish reasons! Thank you for being honest, finally someone is honest about it.
Frankly, the only thing this mode really needs, is nerfed AA. Im getting sick and tired of being wiped out by HAWKs while in the Su-25 in my own airspace
If they nerfed the AA, removed markers like they did in the SEAD and deep strike events, and made a few more big maps like this event one, it would make playing air so much more fun and in depth than it is now.
i think its needed especially at top tier, and even more so when they add long range missiles like the meteor. would be great for stealth aircraft too eventually.
I hope that if/when they do that, they keep rewards the same as they are in the event. with how much SL everything costs at top ranks, being able to make 500K sl in a match like i did yesterday would be fantastic
I hope they add the ability to respawn, like in Simo, because the normal mode is just awful. The spawn point is terrible.
It works everywhere except in air RB, which is ridiculous.
PLEASE add it! I’ve been playing this game for ages, and air RB is terrible. The spawn point at high levels is awful; you can only fly in and hope for the best. If you play safely, you get punished. But if you could spawn more widely like in Simo, you could finally play properly.
no its just a good game mode that is fun and also makes grinding significantly easier. People can go do CAS, strike operations, escorts, and air combat all in one match with the control system people like, i don’t know what your issue is with people preferring this greatly to regular air RB which is monotonous because its been the same thing for 10 years.
