Gentlemen, I’ve been trying for a few years to understand what makes the TU-4 so different from the B29 that it jumps from 7.0 to 8.0. While in the game, the Soviet Union’s dropped to 7.7, the Chinese remain at 8.0. The big question is: How do you play against 8.0, 8.3, 8.7? You don’t even want a fighter to try to do something, like the old problem of Me 262, which was in the same situation. It’s simply incomprehensible. Not playable. Out of 10 matches, perhaps one of them will get you close to the base, which is the bomber’s main purpose.
They are not really that OP vs props + Tu-4 would face uptiers into 8.0 anyway most of the time. Tu-4 belongs in 8.0 matches, but not at 8.0 BR.
Prop players need to start realising a slow moving target like a Tu-4 can easily be shot 1km+ out especially in its blind/weakspots. Most people try tailing or climbing bottom-up onto them which always ends badly.
There is a reason why it is called a flying fortress. And worst of all it almost uptier every match and there is some jet being 6.3 already. you can’t touch it as well. and there is also the USSR BI
one undertiered plane you’ll see once in a blue moon isn’t an excuse to move others down.
Not to mention, the BI will be on your team.
and that’s the reason it’s not fighting other props.
unless you want to take off?
Props have to climb to altitude, and often will not make it in time to gun them down initially, forcing them to chase a bomber that isn’t too much slower than them, and also, in the Tu-4’s case, very heavily armed.
In other words, the Tu-4 becomes something props physically can’t shoot down and an absolute pain in the ass…
There are lot of aircraft that are better then the Tu-4 and they are able to intercept it. If the Tu-4 was actually very powerful it shouldn’t be shot down easily by aircraft when dropping nukes. Tu-14 and IL-28 being way faster then the Tu-4 can escape threat at there BR atleast however for Tu-4 it has no chance. The German jet bomber AR-234 which faces prop as well very hard to shoot down when it at full speed and it has a BR of only 6.3… L-39za an strika aircraft which faces prop at BR 6.7 and prop can’t shot it down because it so much faster. And all of this you are telling me that the Tu-4 is fair at 8.0 and it is very good aircraft at such BR being one of the best while being the slowest possible plane at 8.0. Putting it at 6.7 is better and most of the time is the entire team tryna shoot bombers down. It not gonna survie. at 8.0? A missile coming at mach 1 will kill it.
it can defend itself perfectly well.
The issue is, it’s given a very low altitude spawn or even a runway spawn.
Now, if it was to move down in air realistic, I’d want its airspawn lowered so propeller aircraft at least have a CHANCE of shooting it down.
I have no clue what you’re trying to say here.
The late props sure they’re powerful, but they won’t get to the Tu-4’s altitude in time, and will either have to fight other fighters or be forced to give chase, of which they can easily be shot down by the Tu-4.
These bombers should 101% go to 8.3. The genius from another post said that the F106 must face bombers since that’s it’s intended role and I completely agree with him.
nothing is impossible. It not that hard to shoot it down if you played properly. or probaly just spawn an interceptor or another bomber and shot it down. I have seen many many Spitfire shredding the B-29 in to pieces. And isn’t the B-17 very armed aswell?
