We need to kick any notion that skill requirement increases with increasing BR in this game. Apart from knowing how to switch to TWS, HMD, having certain keybinds configured - it’s all the same. In fact, I’m more in awe of people who have the patience to play props in ARB. My sweet point for air is around 9.3.
Props are nice cause you get a longer grace period before the actual combat starts, though 9.7 feels the sweet spot for me.
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The hypothetical strategic skill and thinking is quite high at the era of top tier. But we never get to see that because of awful mechanics and huge team sizes with low rewards.
It really feels like we’re rats in a rat race and gaijin is just watching us from above.
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Yeah, I should note my comment refers to the current implementation of top-tier. It is nowhere near it’s actual full-potential. Edit: But then again, every era requires skill in its own way to master the available technology. It is one of the things I love about War Thunder, you play the era that most interests you.
Welcomed to modern air combat when better missile and avionics are king here
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Im glad we’re in a video game where i don’t have to die being shot at by a buk sam site as i try to shoot down a swarm of drones heading for my home city.
Balance and gameplay matters first
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modern air combat is mid in that case, why cant we go back to the better pilot or smth, give everyone a triplane and see who wins?
Rafale is perfectly usable, side climb and don’t go head on on F-15 because you will get shot down. If you are targeted while side climbing, just notch away and come back after. Sure you will not do many early kills, but you’ll most likely be able to score one or two later on, when everyone is belly on the ground and most high altitude threats are gone.
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Someone let Gaijin know this. In reality, money matters first to Gaijin. So they rush ahead and implement these modern jets and then try shoe horn them into the game. They’ll run a few dev servers here and there and try get feedback, might even put off implementing things, but they can’t say no to $$$ in the end.
That is one way to play the game yes. But gimping yourself because your plane can not do what it is designed to do, does not condone to fun gameplay that was intended.
Because it was how it supposed to be when you climb up to 14.0 you should know it before hand how 14.0 combat each other skill still matters here it just in different ways
Yeah but “It is what it is”
Complaining about it is better than pressing the button to go get fucked once again by the game.
ik how high tier combat works and it’s overrated, my point was that it should truly come down to one’s skill level over billy’s OP AMRAAM bus
Good luck to you, maybe they’ll listen to another random thread about the MICA missing range
I don’t have delusions that gaijin ever listens to its playerbase, im here because it heals the hurting heart to hear others with the same problems as you. The “you are not alone” with depression applies to this.
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Lmao you are taking that a little too seriously I think, maybe go play lower BR jets like the Mirage IIIE, it’s great fun.
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Yeah lower tiers can be more fun. 8.3 french ground is my go to right now, also because the top tier is fucked in ground.
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Still to be fair, top tier jets is about waiting for the right opportunity, that’s why you have tons of chaffs, so just be a little more patient, the long range joust is actually easy to escape if you are willing to play the long game, and since you play top tier it’s not like you have to grind anything. Anyway it’s how I see it…
I think it’s great, and GRB really is where it shines. Where you’re 1 on 2, maybe even 3 it gets hard, but totally manageable and much more fun. AirRB sucks, but I also think it’s more than that.
I think people just act like there’s no skill in top tier AirRB, because there’s plenty of dudes I’ve seen with 3-5kd’s at top tier in different nations. That doesn’t come from nowhere. Not even including the content creators who actually and regularly just dump on people.
I think it’s just upsetting for people that they don’t realize they just aren’t good at top tier air. Like me, I am not good lol, but hold my own in GRB. So it’s easier to say it’s trash and easy just fire aim120’s and switch your brain off.