War Thunder "Storm Warning" - Changelog

[General_Soul970]

Still missing the IR seeker Mica

[bananomet]

Oh and purple trees are a thing apparently now.
You rushed the update to cash in on Xmas, didn´t you?

[Michael-IR]

cyberpunk themed update

[DarKBird]

I swear, thats up with Gaijin and putting dwarfs and halflings as pilots

[bananomet]

If you can, try to get into JH-7A cockpit. The worst offender in this regard… Literally feels like I am 5yo in a bathtub.

[DarKBird]

Oh yeah, I know

[Real_K_Soze]

@Stona_WT

Air Realistic and Air Arcade Battles:

• Tickets for ground vehicles are deducted from the team only if the vehicle is destroyed by a player. If the ground vehicle is destroyed by bots, victory points are not deducted.
• AI attackers (that appear 4 minutes into the session) now prefer to attack tanks (leaving easier targets for players) rather than attacking everything indiscriminately as before.
• The death of an AI attacker now takes away victory points only if it was destroyed by a player. Death by anti-aircraft guns, crashing into the ground or being shot down by a bot does not affect victory points anymore.

Excellent change!

AI planes decided way too many very tight matches at prop BRs.

Regarding AI attacking tanks:

Are you really sure that you covered all maps in the rotation? I mean on old (but revised) maps tanks fulfil certain mission goals in Air RB - destroying them prevents those tank columns to capture A -C points (which are mission goals) as the escorting armored cars and flak trucks run as easy prey into enemy positions with pillboxes. A failed mission goal reduces tickets…

Examples? Chalchin Gol, Sicily and Hokkaido…just to name a few.

[Goofiedoofye]

Will the Tornado ids Wtd 61 Still be effective for researching the Ef 2000? Im not too sure about research penaltys.

[warhead_beast]

Biggest meme:
Rodney magazine according to plans

Rodney magazine according to dev server:

Rodney magazine according to live:

[F-16D_Barak_II]

@LightningMoon33

My guess is Israel not getting any of its domestic weaponry might be a copyright issue with rafael and elbit

1. It falls under fair use
2. Gaijin could have just licensed them (if they cared)

[Imaflyingturkey]

@Stona_WT

Tor-M1 — the Battle Rating in all modes has been decreased from 11.7 to 11.0.

Tor-M1 lower BR than the otomatic great succes!

[FROZEN_GAME]

Pls add top tier Spaa for israel plsss

[KhorneFlakez1337]

@Stona_WT

Tornado GR.4 — the ability to carry BOL countermeasure pods on the underwing hardpoints and a corresponding modification have been added. (Report ). The ability to carry Brimstone (SAL) missiles on underwing hardpoints has been added.

Heck yeah, very nice

@Stona_WT

The max Battle Rating limit for all Air Battle modes has been increased to 14.0.

14.0 definitely is not enough

@Stona_WT

A separate mechanic for punishing an attack on an allied nuclear-armed aircraft has been added. When any damage is inflicted on such an aircraft, the player is awarded penalty points in the amount necessary to disconnect them from the current game session. The awarded penalty points will not only lead to an immediate disconnection from the session, but will also be used in calculating the need for longer-term automatic bans.

Why not just disable friendly fire from/against the nuke carrier if team killing is such a big problem?

[oom1992]

F-15I Ra’am used domestic israel precision-guided munition only (such as AGM-142F Popeye, SPICE 2000 & 250)

I think domestic israel precision-guided munition to replace AGM-65 Maverick

[iMatty01]

Can confirm that you can literally see what’s behind an EFT seat with absolute ease while sitting,this mechanic of theirs is pure nonsense

[oom1992]

@Stona_WT

The max Battle Rating limit for all Air Battle modes has been increased to 14.0.

@KhorneFlakez1337

14.0 definitely is not enough

F-15C MSIP II, MiG-29SMT (9-19) and Su-27SM increase to 14.0 next month before add new infrared & medium-range Air-to-Air Missile for the first major update 2025

Gajin decompression max battle rating to 14.3 for aircraft top tier in next month, my guess

[bananomet]

Well the thing is, 14.0 was not enough even 2 years ago.
14.0 is what F-16 should have been introduced at.

[Strafenhoernchen]

@Stona_WT it seems to miss that the PS-46/A radar now has a datalink for 4 targets

[sigma_zero]

• New vehicles for top tier are cool and all, but no new stuff for low or mid tier aviation other than copy-paste for Japan is disappointing.
• FAB-3000 UMPK is an unexpected choice, but a welcome one.
• Nerfs to the Komet fuel consumption are terrible. It already had very low loiter time on small EC maps even with throttle on low setting. It’s going to become even more useless than before and that’s saying something.
• Max BR set to 14.0 isn’t enough. There needs to be more decompression at high tiers.

Edit: I forgot, but map moving and SPI setting on map are one of the biggest QoL changes I’ve seen in years. That’s actually a great change.

Also, no dancing elves on the hangar? Sad.

Edit 2: Never mind, I found the elves.

[bananomet]

Found another bug yeeeey.
The upper texture of wings is now made of glass and is projecting/reflecting underside texture on the upper side. (DLSS, RT, AA - off)

Upper side

Under side

The projection shapeshifts depending on camera angle. Happens with all aircraft.
Made a quick video, where it´s much more noticable.

Storm Warning update upper surface glass surface bug