I mean ARB is fine until there’s one player left playing spaceship and you spent 15+ mins chasing him for him to just crash and for no one to get the kill, or landing and not switching to a new plane, etc…GRB is fine tho.
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They absolutely need to keep this mode permanently, its such a nice break from regular ARB.
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it doesn’t? they’re very vulnerable to chaff…
We need at least the core gamemode (EC) to become permanent and the rest of nations to be added.
Playing the event has put many people (including me) in perspective on how stale ARB has grown over the years—even when Gaijin has made efforts of varying degrees to revitalize it—, this new gamemode has been a huge breath of fresh air, and the word in bold cannot be understated.
Balance can be addressed on the way, but I’m having a blast to the point I already grinded both nations marks just this past afternoon.
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V bomber when? preferably not lost to event or gamemode specific
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nuclear option did that to me
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Me too
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vulcan will be an event plane
gaijin said that strategic bombers are going to be collectibles if added
I think this should replace ARB and use this as a template(with obvious balancing and minor adjustment) as a new template Air sim battles. Air Sim is on life support. Given that infantry was a teaser last year and it now actually a new feature gives me a bit of hope that changes like this are quite possible
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Due to the length of these matches, I do not believe they can “replace” Air RB outright, unfortunately.
Would be a great permanent mode to have with other nations integrated as well.
Sadly though, as it also happened with the WW1 mode, I doubt they will let it stay :/
If enough ARB players demand it, the odds are much higher. Yes, a lot of people wanted the WW1 mode to continue, but it really wasn’t a large part of the player base.
If the majority of ARB players want this, and demand it, Gaijin would not have to worry about “fracturing” the player base.
About the only possible issue I see is the length of battles. But I think they should allow those of us who turn on the “join active battles” to join one of these ongoing “RB+EC” modes for something like the first 30 minutes, or even an hour. I wouldn’t care. I personally have not cared during this event being thrown into an ongoing battle. MAYBE it could be tied to score, so something like after 50% to 75% of the tickets have been burned stop new players from joining the match.
Yeah, actually I think score would be a better metric. Figure out a reasonable cutoff % to halt the addition of new players to the match. Better than time. Some of these battles can go 30-45 mins before even half the tickets are burned.
I personally keep the join active battles option turned on almost all the time. That way, those who HAVE to leave in the middle of a battle for IRL can be easily replaced. Thus keeping the current match going, and relieving pressure on those who don’t want to, or can’t continue playing a long term battle. Let people come and go as they please. Maybe not to the degree that SIM does, but I honestly do not think it is a deal breaker. (I have played ONE SIM match in 10 years lol, so please feel free to add/correct me on any details. I am NOT knowledgeable about SIM stuff 😉 )
This is the first update/mode/test in…maybe in my 11 years of playing War Thunder that I have felt so enthusiastic about a new potential game mode. I LOVE this. So many options. I LOVE playing my fighters. I LOVE playing my strike aircraft, and would LOVE playing my bombers if they had a useful job to do.
And I would LOVE bringing in my Tanks and/or Botes into the mix as well. Especially for the US, I have a full lineup for Land Sea and Air. And I would be ecstatic to hop into whatever vehicle is needed for one of these matches. I also have the entire Ground and Sea trees unlocked for Russia, and pretty close to completing the air tree there as well. I could switch to whichever side is lower in the queue to help get matches going, or support an ongoing battle that is short one side.
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