Thinking about HVAR spam

So all this week I have been playing with the Japanese Army BR3.
I encountered numerous HVAR spams there. In particular, whenever the Japanese are on the defensive, there are always US aircraft flying in at the start of the round, spraying HVAR, or M8 rockets.
So when the game started I first built an AA with my engineers and sat there the rest of the time.
As expected they would fly in, but always in a straight line from the respawn point towards us, so my AA was always pointed right at their noses.
And they would be shot down before they could get close.
To my surprise, they would immediately come flying back on the exact same route in another aircraft. Then I shoot it down again and their rocket does not reach the CP.
There were several matches where I just sat in AA for the entire match.
The Pacific is a strange campaign, where the aircraft spawn point is often directly behind the spawn point of the opposing team’s ground troops.
So when I set up my AA at the starting point, I have a full view of the ships and airspace where they spawn.
Just sit back and listen carefully and the score will come from the other side.
Sometimes I shot down over 10 aircraft and that alone would put me in the top my team.
What I don’t understand is that, again, they always fly the same route.
They come in on the same route to a point where they were shot down by AA a few dozen seconds before. Why don’t they divert and bomb them?
Rarely, there were more sophisticated pilots who could locate the AA and strike back or successfully evade and bomb them repeatedly, but such people were extremely rare.

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In a nutshell, players who repeatedly spam are very unskilled.
I do not believe that aircraft or HVARs themselves are spam, I think they are fun toys when operated properly and those who use them well are not easily shot down.
However, players who use them to spam, such as those who cycle and spam several aircraft, are usually not very good at it.
They have become more of a piñata than a bomber called out over the radio.

There is no need to be overly fearful. imo.

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Effective Low skill floor plane. Will always be popular :slight_smile:

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Don’t expect too much from the disgusting little rats because all they ever care about is just bombing the objective and getting lots of points.

But if you’re bumping into a skilled pilot then you’re screwed so overall this thing needs to be addressed and not ignored.

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HVAR is no brain, a good pilot only needs 2 rockets to wipe a squad so 10 is obviously an overkill, more than enough to clear half of the map.
All BR5 aircraft should have effective ground support weapons, but not as much as P-47 so people use other aircraft too. Spamming just one aircraft is cringe.

Toy spammers are usually noobs or trash anyways. Trash mostly.

Don’t care about HVAR spam. It doesn’t save them from losing anyway.

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They think the AAA guy is stupid enough to get off his gun. I’ve racked up so many vehicle kills in LF like this.

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i imagine the guy who always cycle plane to HVAR spam is the same person to say “you all are noob” which i wouldnt be surprise tbh (i mean i havent seen that on my team yet so i wouldnt know but it definitely look like a toxic person stuff)

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Ah, but thats the funny part!

I hate pilots more than tankers, tbh. Back in H&G too and other games. (Like War Thunder)

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Japan have 2 prototypes if I remember well, one guided and non guided rockets who are in WarThunder

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AA is literally my favourite way to get score in LF matches alongside with at cannon.

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I like those spammers.

Because I’m often in a fighter plane in the opposite team :slight_smile:

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Considering Japan’s recent numerical advantage
It seems normal for the US military to be negative
Rockets can’t save the gap in morale and numbers.

All an excellent airplane needs to do is
Drop rockets where needed and destroy planes along the way
As long as the benefits are higher than the costs, death is not that important to them

right so that why they resort to suicide bombing to end the game faster thank for that tbh since playing defense take too long

So as already said by the comrades before:
HVAR Rocket spammers are aiming for just one purpose: killing as much as possible without any thinking of the team or strategies. Therefore easy targets for AA and other pilots. It is frustrating from time to time yes, no doubt, specially when you spawn and get instantly killed 1-2 minutes later without even shooting once.

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Nothing A wild pz1 aa gun can’t handle :eyes:

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In most cases, the so-called cooperation and strategy have never appeared in this game.
The only text that can be seen that is close to the meaning of command
They are a few monkeys that repeatedly brush the text that requires rebirth points or marking enemies.

Everyone fights in the way that suits them best (whether it helps victory or not)
Someone chose to conduct a so-called strategic ambush on the plane
Some people choose to use sniper rifles at super long distances
Some people choose to set up firepower points in black areas
Some people choose to use flamethrowers and explosive weapons
Someone chose to build anti-aircraft guns to ambush aircraft
Some people choose to complain about the enemy’s weapons and teammates’ incompetence

but
from the environment
There are a lot of monkeys claiming to be experts and normal players
Establishing a better command environment and considering the strategic environment than propaganda
They preferred to learn the Germans protesting trench shotguns
Because they just want to ban anything that gets in the way of them being in their best interests