They have ground radar for low level
Yeah, TFR. Terrain following Radar
But the reality is you would not have airfields next to a battlefield against an enemy with simular capabilities
Yeah, you wouldnt. Though in a tank vs tank battle, you’d have aircraft already in the sky providing Close air support (at least they often did in Desert Storm). So I suppose air spawn is semi-realistic, you just wouldnt have instant turn around.
And it would be bad for most people who want to use air in GF RBs mode, while adding a checkbox like night battles wouldn’t change anything for people wanting to use air and would give people who want TO it.
If there was not enought players for TO to be formed, then TO people would not have a right to say something about it as it would show that there is not enough people for a mode.
People still forget that I’m using the air too.
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You would have to win air superiority first hence the next world war will be in the sky
yes and no. We’ve already seen in a certain eastern conflict that a lack of air superiority doesnt necessarily mean that air support cant be provided. Especially when you consider weapon Systems like Brimstone 3 have a range of 60kms when air launched.
though if an actual major conflict broke out, then yeah, NATOs first move would be to claim air superiority, main reason for the shell shortage, artillery was never the plan, no one thought it would be needed.
Im talking about ww3
Limited support likely still could be provided, even without total air superiority. Especially when you consider things like Drones
You would not use an airfield with in range of your enemys assets if he is prepared or able to destroy them is what i am trying to say. And gaijin is trying to make it work with out health bars
Yeah, and that I agree with, you may have assets airbourne already (i.e air spawn) but as I said before, you wouldnt have such a fast turn around. Unless you had replacement aircraft ready to come in, which they do do IRL (Book I read by a Sea Harrier FA2/Harrier Gr7/9 pilot, he was tasked to relieve French aircraft providing CAS to pinned down forces, and then was relieved himself by I think it was US F-18s.)
So whilst yes, you wouldnt have an FoB THAT close, you might have replacement CAS aircraft that close.
Not if your enemy is able to destroy them, ie he is as cable as you
Yeah, though that is what SEAD and CAP is for. (Like Tornados deploying JP233s) We could really do with some proper SEAD mechanics.
Way to complicated for WT
Fully yeah, but would love at least Anti-Radiation Missiles and proper SAM sites in the air modes.
(though we do already have modular, destructible airfields for ASB, you can actually destroy the runways and it stops the enemy team from spawning at that airfield. In theory, a coordinated team could win an ASB match purely via destroying the enemies airfields and preventing them from respawning.
Wouldn’t take much to add proper anti-runway weapons to it)
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You could not ask tankers to be cannon fodder though, which is kind of expected of them in the current mode. Which i think gaijin are insulting a lot of there players by doing so,
and everyone is wondering why there is so many ant-CAS posts, because there are young people spending money on WT premium tanks with out knowing what its all about, and that is because how gaijin is selling it
I’ve recently been out of War Thunder completely for the better part of a year (busy getting my real-world pilot certificate, how is THAT for irony haha) but came back and played quite a bit the past week or two and my opinion remains the same as what you were remembering.
Yes, there absolutely are some battle ratings and nation combos where SPAA is not quite up to the task, but I consider that the exception and not the rule. I get a lot of satisfaction out of shooting planes down with SPAA and I think it all adds to the quality of the experience UNLESS my entire team goes air and are not good at it!
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Does your plane go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt?
Theres already a thred somewhere on the forum in which the person is asking for cas to be removed from ground battles because it is ‘unrealistic’
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Would have been a 6 years certificate ^^"