Sure. But only one indicates an intelligence on par with Cro-magnans when it hits.
No, but many would, and would you not prefer to be able to bring a Gripen A as a CAP fighter than an F4E?
Why not just grind both?
Handley Page Victor enjoyers crying in the corner be like:
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Do I like the Gripen? No so honestly no, also it doesn’t carry nukes irl so it wouldn’t work, the AJ would be the only one that technically can but that wouldn’t work for this or be good. People would also cry about the Gripen so not gonna happen
Please don’t let this mode die. It’s a strong foundation for something amazing.
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hopefully (haven’t had a chance to try) with the new MM the mode should be a lot more playable for non-lineup players.
I have a life an things to do that don’t include spending most of my day on war thunder, meaning I can only grind one
A mode like this will keep a LOT of people from playing less/leaving
I could talk about my 42 years of mil gaming experinece on PCs, I could talk about what I know about what a real battlefield…a battlefield what these beautifully rendered and moddled vehicles were supposed to fight on…from personal experience and a military history degree.
No one wants to hear that so I’ll just say this:
War Thunder is a peerless game that SHOULD go on a long, long time but it has several drawbacks. Chief among them? A lack of a well developed mode like this…minus the constant rain of nukes (it should be a big deal - a potential battle ender like GRB - something to brag about)
There are other things I’d add out of hand:
Target variety beyond ammo dumps: I mean the buildings just are a skin, but church them up: Power stations, bridges, factories, ports…the list is endless and modling is easy. Heck - you know how many people would LOVE to blow up that big hydro dam in Mysterious Valley (A nuke target if ever I saw one)
Figure out a way to have aerial refuelling - it doesnt have to be perfect - even if it’s just a ‘bot’ KC-46 or IL-78 etc…have it appear randomly behind friendly lines and have anyone who goes up near it, refilled. That automatically should make it a high value target.
My last and biggest one is…integrated game modes: Ships fighting off the coast, real player tanks etc. on the ground, and infantry if that all turns out. Instead of random NPC infantry, you can call in a batleship or destroyer to bombard an area…
Just my 0.02c
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Unlike the current AIR RB, this mode provides the capabilities for almost all aircraft to be usable, and the capability for combined forces, land, sea, and ground operations.
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The issue of maps is easily adjustable, as they already do currently; they just need to limit the size for prop planes.
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hmm, Maybe that wasn’t the best way to say this.
This modes META to conclusion seems to be shooting down other players(until you get nuke). So, the experience is essentially the same as AirRB, flying around notching and flaring missiles in air to air combat mode. Strike aircraft with a huge variety of munitions and guidance have essentially the same experience as before, with the addition of munitions being shot down by the AI SAM.
The main objective for a software company would be to drive additional engagement; I am guessing that would be through new players. Dropping new players into 10.0+ airRB is probably not going to result in repeat business.
If you now consider the existing player base, some of the current AirRB players are content to run strike aircraft and base bomb. In my limited assessment of the new mode this is a much more difficult task to accomplish than airRB mode. So, I’d say most of the existing strike players will stay in airRB.
My opinion is that this mode will only drive current air to air players to the new mode and generate almost no new interest outside of the current player base.
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Haven’t read the whole thread yet but I hope they can add some exclusive objectives for helicopters like cargo carrying (ammo, fuel and material for forward bases).
Also make it more clear what each objective (ammo depot, fuel depot) do and how their destruction affects the game. I am not sure what they do right now.
Also fix the obvious bugs like AA systems looking through the ground, not triggering RWR and having infinite ammo (the ones I have noticed).
Overall this mode is the most fun I had in years in War Thunder and I hope they continue to improve it and bring it to standard RB. I have been begging for something like this on the forums for years at this point. This fixes most of the problems ARB has.
Also please keep the nukes at least for the weekends as they are quite cool.
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I like the mode, but team kill needs turned off. I keep targeting enemy planes and my missiles change and kill my teammates after they are already fired. Then my teammates will fly in front of my missiles and I get kicked. It makes it not fun.
I 100% agree with you it fits the game future vision with the addition of stealth aircraft later this year this is hands down the best game mode/event i have ever played in Warthunder in the last 10 years. Please Gaijin make this mode a permanent one we are so bored of the normal game mode ( don’t get me wrong it’s still good but compared to this this is way better ).
A 6.7-8.3 with the b29 and tu4 would go hard. Then another bracket from 8.7-10.3. 10.3-13.0 Maybe from 13.0 to top tier too since the modern versions of the tu95 and b52 can be very useful and balanced.
Bombers now have a meaning in the game and not useless they can spawn 10km up and do the role they are supposed to do.
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Listen to your community Gaijin, we are tired of the 5 minute match slop. We need engaging gameplay in a world of brainrot.
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God please keep it in game, this mode is peak fun and the most fun i have had in wt in years
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It just needs more balancing. The SPAAs can be easily defeated with numbers; look at the Vikings on the Su-25s. Not to mention that the SPAAs won’t attack you if they see your missile first; they focus on the most dangerous weapons instead of the vehicles if there’s a missile in the air, for example. I noticed this works with rockets to a certain extent as well. You just need to think a little before criticizing the mode.
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Personally, I think this game mode could encompass everything if well organized: infantry, helicopters, IFVs, MBTS, SPAA, new transport vehicles, planes, ships, drones, and everything else.
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I will be very disappointed if gaijin doesnt make this a permament game mode.
Is it by far the best mode I’ve seen. It actually gives all airplanes a purpose. Be it a strike fighter, bomber, fighter jet, interceptor.
I was thinking, damn I should have grinded that mig-25PD, it would have been super fun to use to intercept nuke bomb tossers flying high, exactly what it was designed for.
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