When will Gaijin address the issue of dive bombers being abused as fighters with airspawn?

[pvwatermelon]

I agree, today I literally saw a guy with a 17 K/D in a B7A2 Homare with around 1400 kills. If that doesn’t show the vehicle is too good I don’t know what will

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@HexaN

imo planes like B7A2 or SB2C should have the strike aricraft spawn

imo the minimum requirement to get a bomber spawn is to have a bombsight.
B7A2 would still keep it’s bomber spawn but planes like Ju-87s (there’s a 3.3 one with 20mils), SB2Cs and many others and would give a little much needed breathing room for regular bombers that already have it hard enough.
I know that dives started from very high alt but in war thunder it’s more effective to start dives at lower alts.

[gfdrfgedg]

@dekot29981

They should make changes so that bombers and fighters reach the middle of the map more or less at the same time so escorts happen naturally.

maybe setting the bomber spawn further behind fighters would help
because I get “escort me pls” like dude, I need to climb to something that is speeding away
Also it may give bombers a chance to cross after the main fighter carnage is over and most of the cases everyone is at lower altitudes, where they would have to climb back and assure at least 1 base destroyed

[Real_K_Soze]

@gfdrfgedg

maybe setting the bomber spawn further behind fighters would help

I am not sure if you play often on the large Kamchatka (not the “East” variant) there is for one team the bomber spawn way behind the northern airfield.

I described it here:

Unbalanced Maps in Air RB - Feedback thread

8th entry: 1. Name of the map like mentioned on the official replay site [Operation] Kamtschatka 2. BR at which this design flaw pops up BR 3.7 to 4.7 3. Short description of the design flaw Bomber spawn for team spawning on the north is way too far in the back. Bomber spawns are on almost all other maps always in front of own interceptors but close to the own main airfield. On this map the bomber spawn for the team spawning in the north is ~ 11 km behind the main airfield - and behind ow…

So at least in theory the bombers spawning in the north have a higher survival and drop chance as they spawn 11 km behind their own airfield and they are far enough away from the center of the map allowing own interceptors to fight enemy interceptors.

The reality shows that the majority of current bomber players are unable to use this tactical advantage as they refuse to climb and even start slight high speed dives towards bases.

So with reference to the OP (who has stopped playing):

This map allows even B-25s to get above 6 km - and i reached 6.5 km in the US B-17 there. As these altitudes SB2Cs are no threat, they are slow like hell.
Even Sterlings can get there and have way better chances to get something done.