I know this is kind of “winners remorse” because recently I got the Buccaneer S.1(rank 6 BR 8.7) by complete luck, thinking “oh this is a strike aircraft, I’ll probably get to bomb bases, get back, and probably have to contest with aircraft”
To my surprise, a strike aircraft with no air offensive armament(not even a gun) gets an airfield spawn and gets picked off by the fighters stock it struggles to meet in the middle of the map just to bomb victory bases.
The comedic joke? The canberra gets an airspawn even though both of you are bombers.
I delve into this is a systematic issue that they created because they couldn’t fix it with some aircraft(primarily the introduction of the harrier) so they decided to ground alot of strike aircraft and bombers at a certain rank and BR no matter how it will affect the health of it.
If Gaijin can tell me the reasoning why the Buccaneer S.1 at 8.7 doesn’t deserve a air spawn or other aircraft that get shafted for this game balancing mistake.
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Above a certain BR there are no air spawns. Should be though.
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Ok thanks for correcting me
Strike aircraft with ata missles and air spawn is just too OP.
Unless youre swedish then gaijin gives you a pass.
you realize the Buccaneer S.1 doesnt have any of that
Its a Complete CAS plane for ground Battles. you can’t and should not use it in Air battles. No Offensive arms, No Counter measures, But a thicc load of bombs. But i agree with you more planes should get a pass to make the game healthier for air. Buccs, A10s, J32s to name a few.
by that logic then alot of bombers shouldn’t be in AIR RB; like the canberra and other bomb trucks. I think I’m basically saying that the only way some of these planes can exist happily is if they brought operations to lower ranks and Enjoy the idea of real world interceptors responding to bombing rather than AIR RB being like a 2 minute ride to the center of the map just to fight.
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My apologies i forgot to add. THe only Way Bucc functions in Air is Sim. It can go relatively Unharassed for the most part. Bombers have been in a terrible place for a LONG time and i doubt itll change any time soon. they are fodder for the Interceptors.
I mean I think you are right; ever since they were abused in the early days now they are just shells of their former self; don’t do much or don’t really have like alot of freedom AIR wise.
Air RB is just a dog fight simulator. Its all about supremacy and not about actual Control. Bombers just dont have a place other than to be turned into RP.
Bombers are apparently weird for the snail to balance. they either make them Overly OP or Fodder. after like 10years they still havent figured out what they should be doing and how well. without a change in the game mode its self i dont think they can do much.