Assault Ground and Air Arcade Modes Explained + Pro Tips and Tricks - War Thunder

I go over everything you need to know to do extremely well in both ground and air assault modes. These modes carry HUGE rewards and will help you get the vehicles you want as you continue to grind in War Thunder.
#warthunder #airassault #groundassault #arcade

[@Appletank8]

What's really annoying about Ground Assault is that the payouts are kinda shit if you mess up and don't win everything, and you only have once chance a day to go for it.

[@JCGAMING_Channel]

I wish the pve mode was more rewarding As am no so keen on PvP itself in any game at least make it optional to earn more SL and more research points

[@mynameismrmeow]

Same as me man

[@OrionEboncastle]

I have to agree with you there. also more pve maps and better cover on certain maps would be amazing.

[@ivanjovanovic3242]

2 years later... but il leave this here for new players. On ground assault, the most efficient hiding spots are outside of the "base". On almost every map, the base is Killzone where you will be shot at from all directions. Each map has good hiding spots outside of the base, where you can control at least 2 enemy spawn locations. Also, the main problem is what teammates are doing is detrack some tank and keep shooting at that 1 even if they can't kill him from 1km away, wile other tanks are caping base. Priority is ALWAYS the closest tank/s to the base. Even if you can't kill him, at least detrack him before he enters cap area and then shoot at something else till other target is dead or detracked at least. You will get assist for that, and you will slow down their advance so tanks that CAN kill, have time to turn around and come help you. And lastly, learn from what spawn location enemies come fastest to base and focus on those 1st.

[@Racconlord]

Are the arcade modes pve or pvp?

[@wesleycorrinofficial]

​@@Racconlord Arcade modes are PvP. Whereas, Assault modes are PvE.

[@Racconlord]

@@wesleycorrinofficial I figured it out soon after asking thanks tho

[@wesleycorrinofficial]

@@Racconlord I'm glad :) Thought I'd reply just incase you were still wondering. Add me in game if you like, CommanderWes.

[@thatoneguy8355]

Pretty decent video, but I do have some issues with your air assault advice. Firstly, I don't think you should "always" go for the targets closest to you. That may work in higher tier jet matches, but mid to low tier, where it takes time to climb, and the guns sometimes take a while to kill enemy planes, that is very poor advice. Go for the planes that aren't being attacked, if you're fighting IL-2s and some IL-4s spawn, and you were to be shot down, then you should go for the IL-4s, firstly, you spawn at the right altitude, secondly, your allies will be able to finish up the IL-2s. Thus making the IL-4s the bigger threat. Secondly, something that you didn't mention, but did do. If you're damaged, and need to get a repair. Just J out. Repairing on the Airfield, especially at lower BRs makes you a wasted player slot for 2 - 3 minutes. Not good. I would rather have a P-26 at alt trying to kill He-177s than a F-4e on the ground because he doesn't want to pay 1,200 SL for a new plane. And finally, "Taking your best plane" may not be the solution to getting the greatest reward. The Spitfire, for example, is a great plane, but it is a horrible vehicle for the task. It has low ammo and a low number of guns. It would be better to take, instead of the 6.7 griffon spitfire, the 2.7 Typhoon and 2.0 Hurricane, or instead of the 3.7 Cannonstang, the 3.0 A-36 with gunpods. Assault is a great place to get parts and FPE for tanks though, so there is that.

[@SynapticTransmission]

I use the USSR 2.3 lineup and win about 75% of the time while using very fast reload vehicles like the T-80 at 3.5 seconds. Often kill 40 to 50 tanks.

[@lastfirst5863]

If you’re winning (or losing) and you did right before the end of the match, don’t respawn and save yourself the silver lions.

[@stevenweller9413]

One difference for the lower BRs (I only have good lineups I am comfortable with at 2.3 and 3.7 so far) is that the respawn cost is so low it makes conserving your vehicle over rated. Low BR tanks often have trouble getting kill shots from the front. Attack the groups and flank. If you wait until the enemy reaches the blue square to respond to the group YOU WILL LOSE!

[@shyuugaheero2614]

This is great info and has helped me understand the game better

[@Jaystarzgaming]

You play assault Air arcade in jets you have the possibility to win if the team does well same with assault ground arcade. Everyone enjoys launching missiles at enemy planes and that wins a lot of rounds in assault air arcade

[@-m4nGo-]

Most important on whatever vehicle you choose for Assaults is the reload time. The steps to improve the reload time for ex. the F4E and 40seconds reload time with cannons. Get your crew pts up to when you can buy Expert Crew for SL, either by grinding or with Golden Eagles. Then buy Expert crew Grind Grind Grind Until Ace Crew after 1mn RP pts for the fastest reload 13,3 seconds with cannons. Doesn't seem long between but if you are at BR 6.7, one single bomber group can destroy your base completely, which is when everybody is reloading instead of J-ing out and start from the base at an altitude, sure it costs more SL but if you'd lose you get just a couple of peanuts instead.

[@ReviveHF]

Lol, the RP rewards back were far lucrative than nowadays.

[@davidbiay5326]

I always grind on assault air arcade and i got f100d for a week

[@danielspillett5393]

Can anybody tell me why ai bot tanka can hit you when they cant see you why there shots go up and down following the contours of a hill like a cruise missile with ground avoiding radar and distance shots that are longer that todays world record

[@dacke13]

they are usinmg aimbot.. the game is broken and its pay to win.. if COOP mode worked more people would actually play it to earn RP.. The whole game is broken.. they need to fix it. But they wont since they earn so much money by people buying crap. So if nobody payed or if more people left the game they would fix the game. But as long as people are paying in millions they wont fix anything.. its the management who is the problem..

[@HeadsDisplay]

@@dacke13 very true but why thats not happening just think for a minute. Do you see any other game like warthunder? wot no il-2 no bf no and see why there never going to run out dumb people paying anytime soon and just look there paying youtubers to show up there game getting more fools into the game and the way of the uplocking way is just other way to make people try to play one more game if they could unlock said gear they do much better and not counting br or late to mid coldwar vs mid ww2

[@ro_joker6310]

@@dacke13 or they may let it die. They do a lot more now to fix things. For me 3.7 tanks and >9.x planes are the easiest to get most out of it. Russian 4.7 Thunderbolt is also good, but less SL than jets. With premium time (~35 EUR/year on sale) i rarely lose SL (I don't play tanks higher than 6.x - there you really lose money, no matter premium or not).

[@marksaunders1789]

I have quite a few issues with war thunder one of them being very toxic players stealing your kills because they want to get as many points as they can so they just block your line of sight so you can't shoot

[@adamkorzon2972]

when T90s Leclerc or M1a2a roll in everyone folds,it is a 50% chance to victory.Better to just go top tier,lower tiers you find you can not penetrate the enemy from the front when they roll in.You need a good gun and fast load.I did a 7.7 and i was fighting tanks a whole rank higher that was frustrating.

[@MrCcragg27]

all i want. is to hear the engines boom sound.

[@Turtle_Inc]

With the newest update I wonder how this will work out with the new bulldozer mechanic

[@elbarto9781]

This is the only game mode i made alot of SL i normally made 7k or 10k and 2.359 research points SL,in rb i normally made 5k 1k but just a few times

[@StephenShiell]

From the video, I got the impression that Boosters won can only be used Air=Air, Ground=Ground. A booster is a booster. It does not stipulate what mode it can be used in.

[@xXxCAN1B1SN0SC0PExXx]

Never even heard of this mode

[@Ryukuda]

Too many people play at tier 4 its irratating because you only get 1 kill

[@BVStar-hn9us]

I think the AI found this video to counter every bit of advice you said😅 lost 220k sl today

[@-m4nGo-]

I'm trying to figure out how to get SL booster instead of RP, If i use the F4E Spaded in Assault I a get RP-bstr, then yesterday when I used the F4C without expert crew and almost all mods, and got the SL booster, then I did the Air Assault today again with the F4C and got the RP booster. Tomorrow i'm gonna try with the A4E fully modded but on a sh!t crew. In Ground Assault if I only use a Tank I get SL and if I only use the Helicopter it gives you an RP booster, but sometimes the algorithm just decides to give you RP anyways whatever you choose, I don't know if this has to do with if you have a lot of vehicles without mods, hmm maybe.

[@kristianfagerstrom7011]

I think it's a straight 50/50 chance to get SL/RP booster reward.

[@Nobody-iv2ot]

Low tier air assault is ass. It's so mind numbing. Takes an hour to get to the target just for even more frustration in taking the bombers out.

[@nothingmarket5242]

how do i put it in realistic mode

[@31oannamphong66]

there 's only assualt arcade mode

[@geraldhuff7413]

Ok so i decided to start with air and only have the air pve mode how do I unlock the ground pve? oh also why am I not allowed to use my dive bomber!?

[@nothingmarket5242]

idk this guy dosent look a comments

[@geraldhuff7413]

I figured out how to unlock the ground pve mode. but still don’t understand why i can’t use bombers in the air pve mode when i’m allowed to use aa in the ground mode which is dumb

[@user-CB69]

@@geraldhuff7413 the reason is ur not absolutely going to need a bomber in air assault. Most bombers wont be agile and fast enough to dogfight with fighters. Hope i helped.

[@geraldhuff7413]

@@user-CB69 the could at least allow us to use dive bombers. Those are at least fast and agile enough (kye word being enough) to be useful.

[@user-CB69]

@@geraldhuff7413 hmm agreed😄

[@lukajalo8635]

ain't no way there are people playing assult air arcade AT TIER 6 OR 7

[@TinyBearTim]

They are at BR6 but not TIER

[@lukajalo8635]

@@TinyBearTim rank

[@PhanchaiSiam555]

Why you not put your mic to your mouth? It sounds very bad. Come on . . .

[@Tankenstein]

Look at my recent videos. I didn't reach 20k subs because I kept poor sound quality.

[@4funrc11]

Meh! Always general information, and never ever actual how-to's.

[@xYxColeTrainxYx]

Why not just pay someone else to play the game for you if you want everyone to just tell you some secret formula to win that doesn't exist in reality

[@4funrc11]

@@xYxColeTrainxYx Don't be ridiculous...