If they are intentionally crashing into bases, then they arent farming the EF-2000, or they are new to the gamemode and have no idea what they are doing, because doing that… will get them 0 RP.
The only thing that can be farmed using that method is score for events. So if the current event is still running that will be why.
Its difficult to nerf though, because events should be farmable for any aircraft and that includes bombers and strike aircraft. But the current economy system does prevent those tactics from generating any SL or RP.
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OP is grinding the Eurofighter, not the score farmers.
Ah you are right, misread it.
No. Suicide attacking airfield is not “nonsense gameplay”, but one of the fastest ways to get score for the event.
This is sometimes wrong. It depends on how zombers attack the airfield. Destroying airfield modules will contribute victory points, and destroying 2 of the 3 airfield runway modules will leave the enemy only ONE spawn, which is useful in some cases.
Of course, this is why the sim reward multiplier went to 2.3x from 3x, and the score from attacking airfield has already been cut in half. But after nerfing, it’s still one of the best ways - that’s why people still actively grind this way. However despite the nerfs …
… Gaijin’s employees said this gameplay is not against the rule, on the bug-reporting site several months before. You can only report for actions that violate the rules, such as asking for PvE in chat or teamkilling the guys who do PvP.
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it’s really sad that this thing is legit, it’s an absurd abuse of mechanics, 0 skill. but the thing I don’t understand is how they manage to identify the enemy base especially in those maps where there are clouds at a certain height and therefore it is not possible to see the base from high altitudes, but I saw them attack and bomb it with precision. Is there a ping that can be seen from inside the plane? to have direction and know where to go? because I very often struggle to identify the bases that spawn around the map, and it would be of great help to be able to put a marker where the bases are located
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What is the problem to find or create session where all other players play the game the same way you do?
These zombers usually quit PvP sessions. So, cooperate with other players and create PvP rooms, is it so hard?
Many players do AF bombing becuase there is no good gameplay in sim EC.
Players will always look for cheating and easy ways to get rewards. Gaijin just do not want to create proper gameplay for players who are looking for PvE and cannot use them to make profit.
Are you asking how they identify airfields or bases? Zombers don’t attack bases.
For identifying airfields: There’s a (glitch? feature? idk) that at the first time you spawn you will be able to see the location of all the enemy’s AF, for a very short period of time.
For identifying bases: it’s very helpful to bind the “set target for squad” command to a key. When you think you’re near the base, look at somewhere on the ground, press that key and compare the base location to where you pinged on the map. After a few tries you’ll be able to find the actual location of the base.
They are also in the same location every single match, so you can just learn their locations or look at a map online.
Also, once located they are marked on the map.
Finally, for more modern aircraft, you can use CCRP to target the Airfields.
that sounds exactly like how Wyvern botters used to be, although they were coded to land the plane on an airfield and AFK the rest of the match. RP grinding while they are at work (nobody that bots a game is employed lmfao) or sleeping
It is. I keep track of scores because I am grinding the event as well. I play objectives in a legit way. Bomb bases, sometimes go for caps or shoot down targets of opportunity (including the zombers themselves). As a result I’m rarely far behind them, sometimes I’m ahead of them. Not to mention I get a decent amount of SL (a good session with a premium plane and boosters can easily yield over 500k) while they go negative, zero SL if they have premium.
The only reason they do it is because it literally takes zero brainpower.
Zombing make 900 score every 4 minute plus the module destroying bonus. You can’t achieve this unless you are a very good player. And it IS also legit currently.
Not necessarily. You can get about 600 score per A2A kill and i’ve had 4 Zombers on tunisia line themsleves up nicely resulting in me making about 2400 score in about 2 minutes. They kept doing it
Well this is not reliably achievable for average players when they are not so good at A2A and the zombers leave after being killed.
In my experience I’ve only encountered one zomber hunter who get score much faster than all zombers. He was able to find everyone without radar. Lmao that guy turned out to be a cheater and was banned in last “fair play”.
Yeah, that I wouldnt recommend, but I often find the 11.3 bracket during events on Tunisia is pretty reliable in an aircraft like the Phantom FGR2/FG1. Especially as I can easily dump 8k of bombs onto an airfield using CCRP before going off and hunting players
Yeah, the average RB player can barely take-off let alone engage in basic A2A combat in Sim. But for the non-RB players in Sim. Farming the Zombers is by far the quickest and easiest way to do events. Though I personally only bother when there is a vehicle I might actually fly
There’s also a.i bombers/a.i attackers.
On Tunisia, there’s a constant stream of this objective.
Smacking them out of the sky with 4 aim-9Bs gives you almost 2K score for little risk and effort if you don’t linger. Pressing spacebar 4 times from behind a.i does not take skills.
You can get some more score if you do linger and shoot down the person trying to escort them.
don’t forget you could switch to RB view when landing… works well with CCRP switch target.
They do it becuase it is easiest way. In my opinion, Gaijin does not ban this method (I do not think it is hard to switch off the damage to the AF, or to switch off receiving points for this, etc) since it will result in significant decrease of SB online.
But they are not able to propose a replacement for this activity. In my opinion, good PvE is a perfect option, since it can provide gameplay instead of simple grind and some challenge, so not all players will be able to complete it.
Do you need a lot of skills to shoot down an overloaded bomber or attack aircraft?
Have you tried to shoot down a Ju-288 or B-25?
I tried to shoot down an overloaded Su-25, it was very easy. This is despite the fact that I play on a mouse and keyboard. I don’t like this kind of gameplay.