Defending Stalingrad- No Enemy Ground Units

[Thot Be Gone]

I was playing as the IL-2(1942) In 3.0 RB air battles and there were no enemy ground units to kill. Is this some kind of joke? Why would I even be allowed to spawn as an attacker if there are no ground units to kill? There is no way that my IL-2 is going to be any competition for any form of enemy fighter at that BR. If there are no ground targets to destroy then the point of being an attacker is just obsolete. Does War Thunder really think that an IL-2 can actually fight planes, the turn is horrendous, the climb is even worse, and any remotely competent pilot won't engage in a dogfight like the IL-2 requires. They will all either dive on me or just get behind me. Is War Thunder ever going to update the roles for attackers in this game, or at least update every map so there are ground targets to kill?

[MaDeuce]

Happens all the time. War Thunder game modes are the worst part of War Thunder.

[P1tzO]

Originally posted by MaDeuce:

Happens all the time. War Thunder game modes are the worst part of War Thunder.

Bruh
the gamemodes are the worst....wait that means

[Scheneighnay]

Just like playing any kind of bomber as Japan when nations were still locked to (mostly) historical maps.

Were you going to get a Pacific map with your medium bomber? Probably
Were you going to get a Chinese map with your naval bomber? Also probably.

[MaDeuce]

Originally posted by ∆ωⓅ①ⓣⓏⓄω∇:

Originally posted by MaDeuce:

Happens all the time. War Thunder game modes are the worst part of War Thunder.

Bruh
the gamemodes are the worst....wait that means

That means the mass amounts of unique vehicles, the physics model, the damage model, the graphics, the sound effects, the cross platform capability, and the engine and server stability are what keeps War Thunder from losing players. The game modes are an archaic broken mess, and serve for nothing more than space to enjoy what's listed above.

[SotvānZander]

Originally posted by Drktronic:

I was playing as the IL-2(1942) In 3.0 RB air battles and there were no enemy ground units to kill. Is this some kind of joke? Why would I even be allowed to spawn as an attacker if there are no ground units to kill? There is no way that my IL-2 is going to be any competition for any form of enemy fighter at that BR. If there are no ground targets to destroy then the point of being an attacker is just obsolete. Does War Thunder really think that an IL-2 can actually fight planes, the turn is horrendous, the climb is even worse, and any remotely competent pilot won't engage in a dogfight like the IL-2 requires. They will all either dive on me or just get behind me. Is War Thunder ever going to update the roles for attackers in this game, or at least update every map so there are ground targets to kill?

Ye but you can kill enemy planes with IL-2 so use it as fighter.

[Pak0tac]

when you see a tag on a plane (or a ship) it doesnt mean that its main role and sole role.
It just tells you what it fits best for, so a dive bomber can easily be a fighter, a fighter can take out ground targets, an attacker is like a fighter, but with less agility and more fire power, and a turret which is awesome for that moment when someone sits on your none agile butt, and a bomber is a cool plane to use to both bomb targets, and fly low and fast with guns blazing (also its sturdy enough to cap enemy airfields)

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by Ambient:

when you see a tag on a plane (or a ship) it doesnt mean that its main role and sole role.
It just tells you what it fits best for, so a dive bomber can easily be a fighter, a fighter can take out ground targets, an attacker is like a fighter, but with less agility and more fire power, and a turret which is awesome for that moment when someone sits on your none agile butt, and a bomber is a cool plane to use to both bomb targets, and fly low and fast with guns blazing (also its sturdy enough to cap enemy airfields)

Sometimes the tag is completely wrong, like how 2 Italian "attackers" historically were never used or intended for the role.

[Thot Be Gone]

To answer all of these in one, I even stated I was using an IL-2(1942) That does not have a turret on the back so using a turret is not plausible. The agility of the IL-2 is nowhere near that required to turn with a fighter. As I have stated above I tried using it, and while it does have really good firepower and can kill in one pass, no enemy player is stupid enough to try a dogfight with my plane. I don't know why you think I should be able to magically kill a fighter that knows I'm there, the IL-2 is not made for killing enemy planes, stop trying to tell me to use an attacker as a fighter.

[SotvānZander]

Originally posted by Drktronic:

To answer all of these in one, I even stated I was using an IL-2(1942) That does not have a turret on the back so using a turret is not plausible. The agility of the IL-2 is nowhere near that required to turn with a fighter. As I have stated above I tried using it, and while it does have really good firepower and can kill in one pass, no enemy player is stupid enough to try a dogfight with my plane. I don't know why you think I should be able to magically kill a fighter that knows I'm there, the IL-2 is not made for killing enemy planes, stop trying to tell me to use an attacker as a fighter.

You got to use what you have even if it is trash, so use it if there isn't any ground units and defend the mother land until the death!!!

[Pak0tac]

Originally posted by OstovarH☫SS:

Originally posted by Drktronic:

To answer all of these in one, I even stated I was using an IL-2(1942) That does not have a turret on the back so using a turret is not plausible. The agility of the IL-2 is nowhere near that required to turn with a fighter. As I have stated above I tried using it, and while it does have really good firepower and can kill in one pass, no enemy player is stupid enough to try a dogfight with my plane. I don't know why you think I should be able to magically kill a fighter that knows I'm there, the IL-2 is not made for killing enemy planes, stop trying to tell me to use an attacker as a fighter.

You got to use what you have even if it is trash, so use it if there isn't any ground units and defend the mother land until the death!!!

its always amazes me how self-centric so many people are
i mean, does the guy really assumed he is the only one to experience the pain of dogfighting with an IL2 since the game released? i think he actually does... the fact that we all went through it never crossed his mind, sad really

[SotvānZander]

Originally posted by Ambient:

Originally posted by OstovarH☫SS:

You got to use what you have even if it is trash, so use it if there isn't any ground units and defend the mother land until the death!!!

its always amazes me how self-centric so many people are
i mean, does the guy really assumed he is the only one to experience the pain of dogfighting with an IL2 since the game released? i think he actually does... the fact that we all went through it never crossed his mind, sad really

dude I use junker 98 :P with those two Pea shooters :P haha one time i killed a spitfire I was proud of myself. in my opinion you got to make the game fun for you no matter what sometimes it is hard but it is doable.

[Estone]

dude, that IL-2 has 23mm cannons, if you cant kill an aircraft with that i dont know what to tell you

[Thot Be Gone]

I really don't get all of you, I'm sorry the IL-2 does not turn, I'm sorry that planes will not dogfight me. Next time I'll just tell them to in chat cause that's such a great idea -_-. If you see an IL-2 as a fighter in game do you really dog fight it? I sure as hell don't, I don't know why you think anybody else in game would be different, or dumb enough to. I'm not saying I'm the first person to ever experience this either; I'm just saying something should be done about the roles of attackers in air RB, at least in most games there's ground units to kill for some silver/xp but on this map their was none.

[Thot Be Gone]

I have a feeling that people who answer these forms are only here to instigate, because all of you either answer like I should just use the IL-2 and do 10sec turns(impossible) or ask the enemy to dogfight me. IF you don't have anything beneficial to add then shut the hell up, honestly it's just annoying.

[Yolohamster]

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