More fighter/attacker plane bugs?

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OK so there is a known bug that the P-38G (attacker) is in the game as a fighter (wrongfully).
Since I have the P-38G attacker plane and 2 fighters in my selection, the game thinks I have 3 fighters.
So when there is already a fighter being used, I cant select any of my 3 planes (grrrrrrrrrr).

Today a new situation appeared to me.
A teammate is using an attacker plane according to the scorelist and there is no other plane in use:

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Since it’s an attacker plane, I should be able to select and any of my “3” fighters.
But I cant select any.

So I checked which attacker plane my teammate was using.
He was using the Hurricane IV (shot from replay):

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I would assume the Hurricane IV is a fighter, despite big cannons.
But as mentioned, the scorelist shows him as an attacker.

If the hurricane is not a fighter, as I assumed, but an attacker, then I should have been able to select any of my “3” fighters.
But I wasn’t.
So something more is wrong here.
The hurricane IV player was shown as attacker instead of fighter, I assume that’s the error here.

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It’s a fighter indeed, i’ll forward this one.

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Isn’t the premium one with the AT cannons an attacker though ?

Yeah I just checked the No 6 Sqn Hurricane Mk IV with the two 40mm Vickers Cannon is an attacker

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I cant check that in the game unfortunately.
But as mentioned, if it’s an attacker, I should have been able to select a fighter.

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The squad you want for the fighter is the No 73 Squadron with the Hurricane Mk IIB Trop.

Both are BR I, so perhaps someone can get them confused, although one is premium so not really, but whatever.

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Thanks, thats not what I mean.
I have P-40 and Hurricane (gold order) as fighters in my selection.
I should have been able to select any of those, since there was no fighter in use.

Unless the Hurricane IV is no attacker but a fighter, but then the icon in the scorelist is wrong.

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Not sure about that either, there are still some squad based hang ups as to which squad can control which aircraft.

Its more prevalent in tank squads, but air squads suffer from it as well.

Its a hang over from the way the squads were divided along with the corresponding vehicles amongst the campaigns. Not all squads can get into the respective Tier/BR of vehicles.

The squads from Normandy and Stalingrad are the most universal I’m finding. But this is probably the reason that whichever squad you have elected to fly with can’t equip the Hurricane MkII B Trop

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It is, hence why it’s bugged, because it should count as an attacker plane but it actually counts as a fighter

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Easy tiger, take your well intended finger off the bug trigger and apply the safety catch.

Its not a bug, that plane was much heavier than the fighter variant and designed to shoot tanks. Its fine where it is, just read a history book or something.

Relax its cool, the devs do get stuff right from time to time.

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OK…just let me summarize the problem then…

  • if hurricane IV = attacker → I should have been able to use a fighter
  • if hurricane IV = fighter → user should be shown as fighter in scoreboard, not attacker

I really do hope this confusion gets fixed soon.
Along with the other plane bugs:

  • P38G is seen by game as fighter but is attacker
  • Hurricane Gold Order is missing 700 rounds

Since I spend much time with planes, I have 3 in my selection, these 3 bugs really mess things up.