War Thunder - TOP 5 THINGS we NEED in AIR BATTLES!

[@Frost_x_NB]

We need different runway locations to spawn it so it forces things to be spread out and cause less of the “fly straight from the runway till your in a fur ball” mindset set if we had multiple runways like in sim to spawn off of it just makes engagements better instead of having to face 13 people all at once.

[@jessemiles754]

Been saying this since I started playing sims

[@sooryan_1018]

This

[@martinmasse2833]

How do you Guy do to play in sim ? With my mouse it's just unpossible to control the plane properly

[@Ki0hazard]

maybe make some larger maps for sim and use the current sim maps for rb?

[@sooryan_1018]

@@martinmasse2833 practice And use dampening mode in jets

[@henri2058]

when gaijin will add fox 3 and won't touch the air rb, it is going to be a massive clown fest. 16v16 with those missiles is going to be boring

[@darko277u5]

gonna be even worse than when the f14 was first added and people spammed pheonix missiles

[@adrian_ricky619]

Play sim

[@adrian_ricky619]

Air rb is dead sim is the new move

[@TheKingmanthe1]

So We should stay with old technology and never update the game because some cry baby doesn’t want to learn how to defeat Fox threes ? lol… let me guess you play arcade.

[@henri2058]

@@TheKingmanthe1 why are you so butthurt? lol. I'm guessing you didn't even bother testing the missiles in the test event when they came out.

[@ProdigalSisyphus]

Top tier idea: •EC Maps •EC airstrip layout •Airspawn for first spawn of the match •3 respawns (can be cut to two respawns through respawn point system) •spawn point system reworked for air battles (shouldn’t be too hard) •”keep destroyed vehicles” enabled so that the player can choose to use the same vehicle if they desire •give the player the ability to spawn other jets in their lineup (limit selectable BR to limit tomfoolery) •player limit set to 28 (14v14) •EWR reports every 5 mins starting after the first 6-7 mins of game time (disrupts afk bombers as they are easier to intercept) •marking system changed to mark within a range of 10km acting as a “tripwire” call to EWR (only visible to the player, not the team) •if 4 or more members of a team have a target marked, the enemy is visible to the entire team (encourages team play, heavily discourages lone wolf play style) • introduce a compass HUD element to assist in comprehension of EWR Calls -new bombing targets could include: •concentrations of OPFOR infantry/encampments defended by MANPADs (could be struck with napalm, flares defeat MANPADs, 2.5km range for MANPADs) •supply depots that aren’t necessarily hard targets (could also be struck with napalm, undefended) •motor pools with 1X CIWS defending (CIWS disrupted by chaff, 5km range) •emergency high priority bombing targets to simulate broken arrow calls (napalm use encouraged against soft targets; mass infantry concentrations) •yes I love napalm and wish it had a use Team play mechanics: •4-5 aircraft can opt into a “strike package” of 2 “strike” aircraft (strike monicker coming from the loadout selected (50% or more air to ground weaponry selected) with 2-3 fighters to support as CAP (numbers approximated for changes if needed) •an SOS radio call for aid Elements of the gameplay that need reworked or improved: •in game hud needs updated (could be improved upon greatly with some creative changes like; implementing a weapons system hud element in the bottom left next to the damage diagram to clean up the list format •could improve throttle and speed by clustering them together in the bottom right •updating the old air radar to something more efficient and easier to read, maybe front quarter oriented to increase the required awareness to stay alive •compass attached to the lower center of the screen •fuel displayed bottom left as well as a timer and a bar •score UI changed to show number of tickets per team as well as players per team •UI widget to show cost of tickets per in game element in the map screen •killfeed to the top left •crosshair customization (could be basic, I.e: color, size, outline etc; or inversely could create a new section for war thunder live for crosshairs on jets) •updated post FX selection I tried to be objective and think of things that would be applicable to top tier, along with other things yes but mostly focusing on top tier. My vision was to (if everything listed was implemented) make top tier something new and exciting, something that you truly “step into” in a way, going from 10.7-11.0 then making the jump to 11.7-12.0 you really feel like you’ve achieved the upper echelon of the game. Lmk what you think. Would love to get some of this sent to gaijin. Thanks for the content MatAWG!!

[@habooya]

Disable mgs for the first minute of every air game might help prevent team kills

[@sooryan_1018]

And missiles, and bombs and rockets. But one minute is too long. Make it 20 seconds at most

[@exonys3838]

i think a mechanic that would be cool to add in sim would be something like a buton to ask for an escort, for exemple you press the button and people will be able to join your squad directly in game, but the most interesting thing behind it would be that if your a fighter escorting a bomber, you would actually gain RP and SL by escorting and you would get a bonus by killing enemies fighter that attacked the bomber your escorted, you would also gain some RP and SL when your bomber destroy a ground target or a base, it would renforce teamplay, and you would actually have an interesse in protecting bombers, that could also be less suffering for bombers player, especialy high tiers one's

[@denzelgriffith7757]

Sound awesome, but sound like we players will get a good amount of sl or rp while having fun instead of the suffering and buy the way out that gaijing want

[@oort84]

Did he mention spawn on aircraft carrier for naval planes?

[@Ki0hazard]

you can, in sim at least.

[@thepilotbob5624]

@@Ki0hazard u can in rb but i think its only in props and ofc there isnt alot of sea maps

[@oort84]

@@thepilotbob5624 u can, but chance of getting old historical map like pacific battles is 1 of 100

[@Ki0hazard]

@@oort84 def more common in sim, not super common. turns out you can land a f16 on a carrier and you get a mach 1 airspawn, pretty ridiculous if you ask me.

[@oort84]

@@Ki0hazard it shouldn't work like this lol

[@kolbybrown1775]

Larger maps with longer runways means strategic bombers can be added one day.

[@Ki0hazard]

Sim player here, i think it would be cool to have ai call outs over the radio, like a warning that your units are under attack. bases that are lost could effect resources, like repair times and such giving a reason for defending your bases. ai gunners shooting more but less accurately, like they are trying to predict not predicting. if they had a recon plane it would need to be a larger map. and with small maps high altitude is untouched or a death sentence, being spotted from the enemy bases on take off is unrealistic for top tier. one of the main uses for high altitude was for efficiency when traveling. i fell like sim is rb with harder controls rb is arcade, arcade is something ells. i dont want a easy game because it gets boring. im not sure if these ideas are good, i just want a dynamic fun and realist sim experience. imagine a warthunder game mode like planetside, large map tons of players working together, tanks planes and ships doing their part, battles lasting days, you can come and go when you please.

[@martinmasse2833]

How do you do to play sim? Planes are just uncontrolable with my mouse

[@Stardust_the_F-104C]

​@martinmasse2833 that's kinda the point. You need MORE then a mouse, you need to understand alot to really play sim. I honestly suggest figuring it out with a jet in a test flight because proper planes will yaw, mainly if they don't have engines spinning prop in opposite directions to counter act the force that gets created by a single propeller

[@Ki0hazard]

@@Stardust_the_F-104C I agree, hotas and rudder is the way, i started out playing sim all the way through the american tech tree. it gets to a point where it becomes supper repetitive. and for jets ill chase somone running away at mach speeds for a couple minutes, and ill find myself getting shot down by the base aa.

[@Ki0hazard]

@@martinmasse2833 practice, or hotas, being real i never tried mouse control, i had a cheaper hotas and upgraded later, and if you are flying jets not props look for SAS mode, it adds dampening. also there are some good youtubers that have videos going over mouse controls, then i recommend watching videos about energy retention and some basic maneuvers like the split s and the high yoyo.

[@patriktoth6258]

​@@Ki0hazardFormer mouse and keyboard sim player here. Its not impossible and HOTAS is not a must have thing. I have seen people completely destroying others with M&K in sim. Not with just missile,but with cannons as well. It takes time to practice on a platform. I remember having a blast with mouse&keyboard after i got my settings in place. Now i use an xbox controller. And have no problem at all. If i would change to HOTAS by tomorrow my stats would be bad as hell. Its all about practice. Not to mention HOTAS doesn't gives you skill instantly,but only offers a better control compared to mouse and keyboard or controller. Now with an xbox controller its much better i'm not gonna lie,but even tho i used M&K i had spent some hours in custom battles with a WW2 era plane (Fw190-D13,F4U-4B etc).

[@tonyibarra6325]

They should make sub modes. Realistic - quick match (full lobby) Realistic - domination ( big map) - kinda like have it now. Realistic - 5v5 where you have objects like dcs. 2 or 3 players are support for air Def. And the rest of the team go ground pound for the win.

[@tonyibarra6325]

Then with awacs, haveing limits to certain distance and altitude. So the vehicles who go ground attack, aren't seen as well. Spread out the basses in random spots And of course the air support are detected. And have something like briefings before take off.

[@Lulzwhat]

1. Airspawn (to all maps) 2. Respawn 3. Long range AA (PATRIOT/S-300) at airfield. 4. More unique and valuable ground targets. 5. AWACS (A-50 for red team, E-3 for blue).

[@thybonheng1485]

Less repair cost

[@พิตตินันท์จันทร์ศรี-ว5ฟ]

How about ECM jammers, be them built in or in pods? That will make the battles more challenging and will be the best thing to counter fox-3 missiles.

[@supreme9187]

Awacs is a good idea, you can abuse the spotting system so enemy only see's you at close range even within a head on engagement.

[@panchocazuelas6179]

We need more battle missions, like defend the carrier group, team 1 defends team 2 atacks. Another idea is, desert storm type of thing, like attack the sam sites (they could add anti radiation misiles) or etc etc etc. I think this game could be a lot better if gaijin sets its resources on improving the match/battle missions instead of adding new and modern planes.

[@sergiovargas6094]

Needs MiG 25 tbh

[@House_of_Schmidt]

Team size reduction and a new Air RB EC mode.

[@zvlad5984]

more simply than that ùore bases to bomb or make them respawn faster because it happen to have minus 4 teamates because of teamkill for bases and it will make the grind easier

[@roberttyrrell4216]

5 things we need should of just titled it 5 things gaijin wont add

[@ArcFire_Fox]

I agree, we badly need more to do instead of the same death match in one spot, give us tasks, objectives, bonus objectives, a living battlefield of AI & player units that let each aircraft shine. I would like to add one additional mode to your list, a one vs one duel like with what you see on Growling Sidewinder's channel, gives us pilots a chance to truly test our metal against an adversary. There is so much that could be done. ( I had once suggested a massive combined map that also had RB/Sim Ground battles taking place at the same time, on top of all the AI targets and objectives for us to sandbox in, this way the air support would be far more dynamic but not a guarantee ( or a constant harassment ) I really hope they just do something !!! ive played for years but am so burnt out

[@treyfloyd6003]

You should do a video on the mig 23/27 realism updated. Itll make the mig 23/27 more realistic in terms of flight performance

[@gustavofelix3433]

We need spawn points, like ground rb. We have several vehicles per br and we only use one. Even more so now with the Fox 3 missiles the matches will end very quickly. Bombing planes disrupt the game because they have the only life when they die or return to base to rearm, leaving the team completely missing. At least with spawn points we have more opportunities to play within the game with different roles without disturbing the team, with interceptors, bombers and fighters themselves. This range of options may increase in the near future with aircraft focused on electronic warfare, radar aircraft and air refueling mechanics.

[@lukaspilling1565]

more objectives would be nice and all but I'm sick of how alone in the current iteration at low AND top tier even with just regular bases you spend 10 minutes looking for that one or two guys that are jus flying around the entire map and back

[@-.-.-.-258]

3:10 maybe fox 3 missiles can solve this

[@kusugara]

If they just removed air rb random battles and replaced it with EC I don’t think anyone would miss it. It’s a fundamentally flawed game mode

[@patriktoth6258]

They would believe me. Problem with EC once its starts and everything seems okay for about 15-20 minutes. Then good players starts rising up and those who just joins the match after some time will just leave instantly without spawning a plane. Its not even a skill or mode issue (SB),but a lot of players don't care once the things are settled. An RB mode,but with more airfield,larger maps,and even maybe a spawn point system with line-ups would solve the problem and wouldn't make more in the same time. Also if you don't have planes lets say you got one premium F20,but you don't have a plane in tier 7-8 then that player would be able to spawn the same plane multiple times

[@Chronesys]

And not respawn for ARB? Is the only game mode without respawns

[@siett1335]

Ec is an ass mode and proves that a large map won't make players go for objectives. We need more objectives with better rewards.

[@bskshadowthebigdragonbsksh2273]

Less people in all games it’s will be more fun and more challenging

[@GingahJ]

they just need to add a RB EC gamemode... Make the rewards like 10% less then TIME EQUAL to normal matches on average not fucking low end.

[@patriktoth6258]

Would be a bad idea. EC has serious problems too. One of them is once good players gets their stats up and high the new ones who joined will leave without even spawning. I say RB needs a mode in the middle of the current system and SB. So its like ground RB with spawn points and line-ups. And those who got a premium plane lets say F20,but not a TT plane in Tier7&8 would be able to spawn 3 times

[@airlightshockZOV]

Matt, I haven’t watched the video to the end but what do you think of more advanced bombing and bomb targets for special sorts of aircraft and EW?

[@jaybabe7767]

Dont gold youe breath if there isn't a promise of more revenue and a way to make money from it, then giajin will not put in the work. They dont give a fuck about having fun they are purely a business and thier main concern is money and money alone.

[@Stardust_the_F-104C]

Ok how the F--K is playing passively a problem? I know your probably talking about PvE only types, like trait up complete runners, i will be honest i have been like that before. In my personal opinion we kinda need a helicopter-PvE like mode for aircraft and tanks. I would actually make it funner for those who just prefer PvE. Sometimes i don't want PvP because it can be extremely frustrating but at the same time i still wanna play war thunder. But it's hard to get a good amount RP and SL because of arcade assault matches are honestly just plain terrible for ANYTHING

[@Al_Basileus]

Actually, Gaijin company need more creative people...

[@Alisevenn13]

Hope gaijin bankrupt

[@Al_Basileus]

@@Alisevenn13 why ?

[@Alisevenn13]

@@Al_Basileus because they deserve it

[@Bf109F-4lover]

Romanian tech tree

[@oofdotcom420]

uh huh 😁

[@waleedbinhamid247]

Give us CFTs ! We need them

[@brunobegic3841]

Not really, since there's only like 5 planes that could carry them; the F-16, F-15, Bf109 , Spitfire and the F/A-18 assuming it gets added next patch.

[@johneriksson9356]

Nuh uh

[@aimesblack]

Prop air rb is some of the most boring gameplay in the game at least the firsst 5 minutes that are just wasted lifetime climbing.

[@douma_hayato7826]

First

[@dannycage8672]

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[@dannycage8672]

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