Move the B5N2 to BR1

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The B5N2 is a naval attack aircraft that used to be BR3 for some reason, and while it is better at BR2 now, I belive that it can be moved to BR1 without much issue. The fairly large bombload of this plane is the reason it used to BR3 and is now BR2, two 250kg bombs, but there are many downsides to counteract this advantage. The most glaring issue is the complete lack of any pilot controlled weapons, due to it being based off a reconnaissance plane, meaning that if there is ANY enemy plane up, you will get shot down easily. Another big disadvantage is the fact that you have to take off from the carrier in pacific maps, which is a long and tedious process that further makes air-spawn planes much better since they start with energy and attitude. With these two major downsides, I believe that it can be moved to BR1. There, it would be a trade of of having zero offensive capability against planes and being quite fragile, but having a good set of bombs to make up for it.

Comparing this to the closest example on BR1, the Potez 633, this shows my point. That plane has two 200kg bombs, which are a bit weaker than the 250kg bombs, but still fairly good bombs, and has a machine gun mounted in the nose, making that plane able to combat others.

Should the B5N2 be moved to BR1?
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Seems like a fair trade to me, Potez gets 2x 200kg bombs, overall better flight performance and a forward facing MG (useless against bombers and most BR2 aircraft but it can shot down biplanes, giving you some free XP basically)

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Why do ppl never post the stats when they make suggestions like this

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Yes, maybe they should also move some br2 attackers with weak payload to br1 like the D3A1? Since current br1 attackers payload except Potez 633 are a joke, some br1 fighters have bigger payload than those planes.

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Maxxing out the Squad for the B5N2 was complete and utter pain when it was at BR3. The no front facing guns and the tail gun not being the best either, doesn’t really warrant much praise for it overall; even though I think it’s a beautiful plane. I think it’d be reasonable to drop it down to BR1 especially taking into consideration the Pacific carrier spawn mechanics.

On a note the few times I’ve managed to kill P47s and P38s with the tail gun have been some of the best feelings of triumph.

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Should really be a requirement for those posts.