Difference of arcade and realistic battles?

[Darp]

I've never understood the difference, and before you say "ThE dIfFeReNcE iS tHaT rEaLiSm MaKeS tAnKs HaRdEr To SeE aNd SpAwN pOiNtS eXiSt" yeah yeah everybody knows the obvious, I'm talking about hidden features, like does realism give more research or something?

Also this is not a troll post, don't berate me that I have 400+ hours and I should know this stuff.

[DoomsdayDuck555]

Yeah it changes the modifiers and repair costs. sometimes lower, usually higher in realistic

[Black_Fox]

The vehicle behviour is also different, in arcade the tanks are faster for example

[Jerroser]

Playing realistic mode does increase your research and SL earnings per match. But it also can increase the repair cost for some vehicles as well.

The BR's also change a bit, with some going up and others going down. As well as some slight changes in turret rotation speed and reload rates for some tanks.

[256_Swerve]

key point is in arcade there is a roughly 3x modifier for crew research points

if you want to build crew skills quicker, build yourself some presets for air arcade and play a few matches every day.

[Black_Fox]

Originally posted by 256_Swerve:

key point is in arcade there is a roughly 3x modifier for crew research points

if you want to build crew skills quicker, build yourself some presets for air arcade and play a few matches every day.

Also a good way to stock up on lions

[Der Lachende Mann]

RB potentially gives more RP, as far as I'm concerned SL rewards are better in AB.

I quite prefer AB over RB, I play mostly planes, and I prefer a full lineup over a singel plane that may rip its wings and has to land to reload. For tanks I prefer AB because it plays faster, and I can see opponents, which in RB may not be the case, and I frankly lack patience for ground RB. Naval as well I prefer AB, for similar reasons as ground battles.

[Darp]

Thanks for the info lads, now I finally know why i get tiered as 5.3 and not 4.3 in french tanks.

[Black_Fox]

Originally posted by Darpmasta_gaming:

Thanks for the info lads, now I finally know why i get tiered as 5.3 and not 4.3 in french tanks.

Yeah, if you select the game mode first you can see the BRs for the mode you selected

[SouthernSoldier]

Originally posted by 256_Swerve:

key point is in arcade there is a roughly 3x modifier for crew research points

if you want to build crew skills quicker, build yourself some presets for air arcade and play a few matches every day.

I’m back to the game starting Swedish. For tech research is it higher in realistic or is this just for crew points being higher in arcade?

[256_Swerve]

Spade vehicle modules and grind RP in realistic

Build SL - again realistic, but you need to consider the higher repair costs and the potential for maintaining a higher score per minute in arcade.

Pure crew skill gain - arcade. It's not even close

[xCrossFaith]

Reserach points in the end are fairly similar, yes, realistic may give a little bit more, but when you keep into account the matches duration it evens out

In the end it sums up in preference:
Do you prefer fast pacing and reflexes? Go arcade
Do you prefer slow pacing and think better about positioning and camping spots? Go realistic

I prefer arcade most of the time for low/mid ranks but realistic grew on me on higher tiers tho simply due to not having the limitation of only 3 spawns and being able to use my own air vehicles (not to mention CAS spawn location in arcade lacks any sort of common sense)

[Gjeaneman]

Originally posted by xCrossFaith:

Reserach points in the end are fairly similar, yes, realistic may give a little bit more, but when you keep into account the matches duration it evens out

In the end it sums up in preference:
Do you prefer fast pacing and reflexes? Go arcade
Do you prefer slow pacing and think better about positioning and camping spots? Go realistic

I prefer arcade most of the time for low/mid ranks but realistic grew on me on higher tiers tho simply due to not having the limitation of only 3 spawns and being able to use my own air vehicles (not to mention CAS spawn location in arcade lacks any sort of common sense)

realistic gives WAY more if you know what you're doing

[Darp]

Originally posted by Gjeaneman:

Originally posted by xCrossFaith:

Reserach points in the end are fairly similar, yes, realistic may give a little bit more, but when you keep into account the matches duration it evens out

In the end it sums up in preference:
Do you prefer fast pacing and reflexes? Go arcade
Do you prefer slow pacing and think better about positioning and camping spots? Go realistic

I prefer arcade most of the time for low/mid ranks but realistic grew on me on higher tiers tho simply due to not having the limitation of only 3 spawns and being able to use my own air vehicles (not to mention CAS spawn location in arcade lacks any sort of common sense)

realistic gives WAY more if you know what you're doing

I've seen somebody get 40k rp once do you think it was on realistic? (yes they were using a premium vehicle and account)

[DoomsdayDuck555]

Originally posted by Darpmasta_gaming:

Originally posted by Gjeaneman:

realistic gives WAY more if you know what you're doing

I've seen somebody get 40k rp once do you think it was on realistic? (yes they were using a premium vehicle and account)

yeah it was 100% realistic

[xCrossFaith]

Originally posted by Gjeaneman:

Originally posted by xCrossFaith:

Reserach points in the end are fairly similar, yes, realistic may give a little bit more, but when you keep into account the matches duration it evens out

In the end it sums up in preference:
Do you prefer fast pacing and reflexes? Go arcade
Do you prefer slow pacing and think better about positioning and camping spots? Go realistic

I prefer arcade most of the time for low/mid ranks but realistic grew on me on higher tiers tho simply due to not having the limitation of only 3 spawns and being able to use my own air vehicles (not to mention CAS spawn location in arcade lacks any sort of common sense)

realistic gives WAY more if you know what you're doing

Asuming average and doing the same in both... I'd say is fairly similar, realistic may get more due to the matches lasting longer tho and the more variety and more spawns.. I would like to see the same spawn point and CAS in arcade as in realistic, just for them to be easier to compare

Or that they add that Advance mode they tested a while back and completely forgot about.