Not to reply directly to Pacifica but I thought the argument for not nerfing CAS was because it was used to “dig out snipers”, if this is not a sniping game then surely we don’t need overpowered CAS?
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Maybe, maybe not.
The gameplay sucks ass now with the new map design at top tier. You can’t see shit. Like 80 % of the time you get cqc maps. City maps. Close combat crap. And i am driving a tank which is designed to fight at long ranges.
There are regulary matches where i need to drive in to a small town or small gap because you can’t drive anywhere else now. Where even the team of tanks don’t fit in and everyone is almost stuck in it because the street isn’t big enough. You drive half of the map because you can’t see shit and then you face the enemy again and again in close quarters. Its stupid. It feels stupid. It feels unimersive. It feels ridiculous.
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Like I said, it brought both massive improvements as well as some big downsides. I have had a MUCH better experience on a LOT of maps because I don’t get spawnkilled constantly anymore as a rule. 6 months ago literally probably like 20-40% of my deaths were to spawnkilling. Now it’s like 1-5%
Yeah cover in front of spawns are good. But the rest is ass.
Also, keep in mind that this is intended because otherwise many tanks SUITED for CQB in this game would be useless at their current BRs. Think Shermans.
I also find a lot of the maps (normandy comes to mind) that has FAR better cover throughout the map now. There are more “dead zones” to sit in to use to move around, less giant open useless death fields. I am not claiming every map was changed positively in this regard, but many were.
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Yes. some got good changes. I don’t say every map is bad now. I only say that the general gameplay at top tier feels shit. And the reason of this is because you get like about 80 % small maps at top tier. The last map changes made it even worse playing at top tier. because most maps got even more coridorred.
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That’s been true in my opinion for years before and after the changes.
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Yes of course it was shit before but now it’s even more shit.
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Do War Thunders mechanics prevent separate maps for top tier and low tier? I think this is the question that needs to be asked directly tot he Devs.
Why are all the Eras using the same maps? 12 years on same old basic issue.
Is the machine so old that we are stuck 12 years in the past and it can never change?
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If the mods wanted to hide the comment, it would’ve been deleted.
I can see why it was flagged (calling people stoopids) but it was probably not a moderator action.
Congratulations with the new update WT obtain another “new” urban map for GF.
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This is just beyond stupid. In the “NEW” map (min 3:09) add empty mall where tanks can hide and fight inside. I cant wait how legion of new players just ignore the 90% of the map for do the idiot inside the mall.
Really in Gaijin think this is a good example of maps for tanks battles???
Can we please revisit this? The maps are getting boring and one way. I get that some people just want to be in and done, but that’s boring to the rest of us. Some of us like to think and take a different approach. The maps are really starting to suck.
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Fighting inside a mall sounds super fun. Eastern Europe is tied for my favourite map, and per the devblog for this one, this is the actual overall community’s sentiment as well.
something something vocal minority
LOL… I’ve stopped playing Air Arcade for now as I prefer bombers and Gaijin won’t let me filter out the domination mode - which neuters bombers.
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I’ve swapped entirely to playing Air Sim specifically so that I can have a better gamemode for Mud Movers
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Never tried Air Sim.
Did some Air RB, and it was interesting. But my issue there was, after my bomber dropped it’s load, it took so long to get back to base and re-arm, the battle often ended before I was back in enemy territory. The need to fly at 5000m to avoid enemy fighters meant I would never have time for 2 drops.
Sim you still need to RTB to rearm, but the maps are 128km x 128km and matches can last 2 hours (though you can come and go as you please). So you actually have room to play a bomber properly. You also always have a bombing target in form of the Airfields, as well as bases and other PvE targets like naval targets and convoys
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Bro they flagged this tooo?!