It gets detailed cockpit which is unheard of for bombers
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Apart from being actually able to kill enemy planes that is…
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about 66% weight of HE filling…
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What excellent flight performance from the IL-28… /s
I even gave Sea Hawk 50% fuel because it’s like 6 - 8 minutes on minimum.
In-practice, IL-28s in matches are among the weakest bombers if they’re caught near fighters.
Obviously not as weak as a Tu-4 against a prepared fighter position.
This is why when I fly IL-28s I have to be more cautious with my routing than with Canberra, B-57, or even faster bombers.
You said it couldn’t compete with Buccaneer S.1… I see the goal posts are no longer in the same city…🤓
The S1 is faster than B-57 and Canberra.
Including B-57/Canberra which itself is faster than IL-28 automatically refutes IL-28 being anywhere close to Bucc S1.
That and I was refuting the claim that IL-28 can do much of anything against fighters in air RB without major skill disparity.
It can do more to enemy fighters than the Bucc S.1 - I see the goal posts have actually emigrated now…
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Nah, those AGM-12s are super OP. Clearly should be 9.7 :P
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My posts have been identical since my first post.
Bombers are survival rate based, just as they should be.
He is only capable of being disingenuous and concern trolling. Mute and move on to massively improve the forum experience.
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Both offensively and defensively too. I’ve found it to be quite good in air RB if no Aim-9Bs are around. It’s not super slow, and it’s very well defended+it can actually kill things with offensive guns. The Bucc S.1 and Vautours need an airspawn to be somewhat good. The Interceptor Vautour at 8.3 has one, and no one complains about it being too good, so why can’t the actual bomber variants at 9.0 get one.
I still have not seen a single reason for the B-66 to not get an airspawn, or atleast a BR reduction.
Its part of the issue of all bombers, including the Bucc and Canberras being free food for Air RB. Not fast enough to outrun anyone, no missile defence, no serious defensive weaponry, and of course bombers are made of tissue paper.
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Yeah it is. How they are “balanced” is a total mess
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The B-66 feels like a slightly faster IL-28. Arguably better guns, but at a BR where it sees even more missiles, and much better missiles that completely invalidate its defensive guns, which are useful at 1km at best. For petes sake, it can see 9Ds and Js in not even a full uptier.
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I think bombers are only truly balanced up til around 2.0 or maybe 3.0. They have good enough guns to defend, have an altitude advantage, but the right player and plane can still deal with them. Past that, they start massively falling behind on their speed, altitude, and sometimes firepower.
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Yeah, there are exceptions, like the JU288C, but yeah
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