Because it is rank VI, it will not have an airspawn, and without one, the B-66 will be forced to take off from the airfield, and at 9.0 that is a death sentence. It doesn’t have the speed/acceleration of any fighter jet, and other 9.0 attackers or bombers like the A32/Yak-28 are much faster with better flight performance. It doesn’t even have forward facing guns like the vautours either. It will also be facing Aim-9G/D/Ps from 9.7/10.0 planes, and it can’t even turn enough to avoid an Aim-9B.
I don’t see how it’s worthy of an entire BR higher than the IL-28, and At the minimum it should be 8.7 with an airspawn.
The B-66 has 4 3000 pound demolition bombs while being on a chassis that’s as vast as Vautour.
It can easily deal with rear-aspect missiles by not letting jets onto its rear.
It will be more than fine at BR 9.0.
Air spawn would make it OP even at 9.0.
Every single bomber at and below 8.7 is drastically inferior to B-66.
IL-28 can’t even compete against Buccaneer S1 let alone Vautour and B66.
Definetly looks stronger and faster than the Canberras and B-57s so 8.3 is definite no.
8.7… Maybe, but as we’ve seen with the Buc S1, doesnt mean it will get airspawn and if anything. I think the B-66 might be a little stronger than the Buc S1
Whilst one Vautour at 9.0 gets forward facing guns the other doesnt get any…
Its tricky. Without a doubt compression to blame for 75% of this.
I could see 8.7 without airspawn or 9.0 with airspawn, but even with 9.0 and airspawn, I do think stuff like the Vautour and Buc S1 would also have to get airspawn to be able to compete…
That is not possible when it’s subsonic with a sub 1100kmh IAS rip speed. It will very easily be caught by almost any fighter plane, and not letting jets onto your rear is completely impossible unless you play incredibly passively and hamper your own progress.
It will be an objectively terrible aircraft because it has zero defence against extremely common missiles found at it’s BR, let alone stuff on faster planes less than a full BR higher.
I do agree, but I fail to see how it will be too good at 8.7 with an airspawn. The main issues with that, is that there are other bad aircraft that lack.
I agree. It’s not an unreasonable thing to ask for, and it’s not going to make them OP. For example, the interceptor Vautour is 8.3 and the only people who would complain about that are Tu-4 players.
I have a 5km warning of anyone getting near. I know exactly where the enemy spawns.
I have all the knowledge to bomb two targets without ever being seen by anyone other than dedicated bomber interception players that also play bombers.
The fact that I have to plan my routes is the only reason bomber gameplay requires any amount of skill. Without that, there is no skill to bomber gameplay.
IL-28 to 7.7 I guess…
Vehicles are supposed to require skill.
At 9.0 you’ll see stuff with radar missiles and afterburners, slight uptier to 9.3 and your fighting one of the better dedicated interceptors ever made
At 9.0 I face zero all aspect IR missiles, which means I will rarely have any missile launched at me.
The biggest threat would be under-BR’d fighters, and mentioning those fighters is bad-faith arguing which is why I won’t mention them other than supporting decompression of 9.3.
dont try to argue he has none of the struggling bombers. Infact he doesnt even have the vatour which he references. I want to look at peoples stats but he actually has nothing to back up his claims nor experience
AIM-7C lacks maneuverabiltiy and range to hit even a slow F-104 let alone any of the bombers and strike aircraft.
And of course I say bombers are supposed to require skill, AKA provide some pushback AKA be a little difficult.
Apparently “difficult” means “easy” to some.
Of course Warturtle doesn’t have Vautour. Typical.
I’ve played all the bombers I mentioned except S1 because I already have the superior S2.
bombers are just sadly fodder bc of game design. The tu4 is higher br than the la200 somehow which will just slam it every match. Dont even get me started on the b29
Which is fine, because it’s fast enough to deal with matches. I know this because Buccaneer is fast enough to deal with matches and the primary reason it’s 9.3 is because of its bomb load and countermeasures.
@WARTURTLE09 Cool, I never called any of the bombers OP either. Glad we agree that they’re not OP.
There were OP bombers in the past, but air spawn removal made any of the OP ones not OP anymore.
If bombers were universally fodder my survival rate would be exactly 1:1.