Air combat as it currently stands is not very fun and has some flaws. one of the major flaws is that when you return to rearm you are open to be attacked by an enemy plane,but many times it is when someone just spawned which isn’t very fun. this problem is made worse by the fact spotting another plane is difficult if not sometimes impossible. another problem is the texture and ground pop in that come so late you have to pull away to not crash trying to see whats down below. players not marking enemy also don’t help the situation as you are blindly dropping bombs guessing to where enemy may be. something to also note is the glass windshields for the planes are not clear but off color/tinted which compound field of view.
possible solutions:make a safe zone around rearm points to allow someone a chance to engage fairly.
2: make spotting a plane easier while still making pilot perks useful.
3:see if engine can be improved to allow better view of ground from afar in plane.
4:add binoculars to radioman or another class to spot troops/vehicles for planes to attack with highlighted outline.
5.remodel glass to be more clear and colorless unless tint color was historical.
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you know that 4 is already in the game, by pressing V you create a red icon, upside down triangles are for last known enemy location while vehicles get their own icon
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Those markers can be spammed and be off target.
If the game highlights what you mark if you actually put the mark on something, other people have confirmation it’s actually an accurate mark.
These aren’t even modeled glasses. They’re just plates that were added to artificially reduce visibility. You can clearly see them not lign up with the window stills.
Next time you in a plane check how you get shootdown XD its one of the stupidest most dumb thing i ever saw, coming from war thunder i honestly have no idea how they f this up soo bad.
Legit 1 bullet sends the plane into a death spiral, one of my ai actually hit a plane once single bullet and i see the plane just spiral out of the air i also been on the other side of this dumb flight model, get minor damage to the plane and it becomes a death trap
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This has been made worse when for some odd reasons, The command for your Ai to watch a direct direction it’s the same button and system assigned to the v mark
i know but im wanting a more accurate and better targeting system.
Tint is a bug, this happens sometimes, I don’t know if you get a perk (really?) to see out glass but CBT you could perfectly…
On an aside to this, they should allow a fighter escort as well as a bomber to be in the air at same time. @Keofox (just a suggestion mate), with taking la more air to air role not ground attack.
I shot a p51 with all my ammo, and 1/3 of my entire clip absolutely hit , he didnt drop smoke no fire, nothing , kept flying like a champ, my 109 ran out of ammo and thinking he was crippled i went to restock , he turned caught me and shot me down in less than 2 seconds of burst firing, why didnt he explode in the first few shots from my plane like any plane realisticly would? why did he tank an entire magazine without taking damage?, rework this cause i completely lost all my interest in air combat in that one event. I mean, the damage model is completely broken, i hope you realize that. thanks