As the title suggests - I am so bored.
I specify RB modes.
I have 12 years playing and still enjoy some aspects of the game.
High tier is frustrating as we are playing on the same maps as we did at 2.7 br . . . . . It is not suitable and results in uninteresting and stale matches.
Even at low tier - the maps are rather stale and at both high and low br’s - The maps (both castrated and normal ones) simply do not allow for much creativity or suitable application of your vehicle according to it’s role or strengths.
Air battles offer little to no meaningful actions or objectives.
I dont care about grinding (for many reasons) and outside of this, the matches get boring real quick with no purpose other than " rush, yolo, get kills".
I often think about firing the game up and playing vehicle X but then I instantly become disinterested when I think about how the matches will go and the lack of excitement or meaningful actions to conduct.
Give propeller tier (3.0-5.7) air simulator a try. Despite popular misbelief, you don’t need an expensive set-up to enjoy it or even do somewhat competently in the game mode. A proper M&K set-up with practice can make you decently competetive, although head-tracker cannot really be replaced in utility (but cheap options exist).
Biggest attraction is in “Playing vehicle X” - every plane model (at least major models, but sometimes even incremental upgrades) handles differently, requiring time and effort to hop into a new vehicle and famliarize yourself with characteristics you didn’t even have to think about in RB (you can take this even further with MEC and toying with HUD to force instrument use).
Just the airmanship of flying the plane will significantly expand the enjoyment of gameplay - when you get bored, just picking up a different enough model can completely refresh the mode.
And the mode itself, at prop tiers at least, has a decent balance of air superiority and other objectives (intercept a.i bombers/attackers, escort a.i bombers/attackers, escort friendly bombers going for bases or airfield carrier, protect friendly attackers going to town on ground battles). A few objectives are unfortunately bugged (SPAA in ground convoys has the accuracy of modern radar computer assisted guns even at WW2 brackets making historical ambushes impossible even in groups), and the game mode gets increasingly broken the more modern planes you try to use - but it works for props decently enough.