Tow-able radar or radar slaving for high tier radarless SPAA and SAM systems

[LordBUM]

would it not be possible to add some kind of towed radar to high tier AA that don't have radar of their own?. or at the very least allow radar slaving which basically means if there is a player with an active radar then every AA on your team should see the plane or heli. because realistically if one AA system sees an enemy aircraft all other AA crews will know about it.

[SpiralRazor]

"You refuse to play the game properly and whine when people who are better at recognizing what you SHOULD be doing every match and cashing in on your return to hanger."


Hmmm...yeah this seems like a you problem.

[Blamite Delight]

Originally posted by Pyro:

Originally posted by Craftfaster:

He's not talking about vehicles, he's talking about sam systems. they are usually a 2-3 part system 1 towed part is the missile, second is the radar and third is the control guidance or whatever.
I think gaijin should consider adding the ability to spawn a mobile sam unit which has to be deployed to use. because with the ordinance that's being used now that FAR out reaches even the pantsir, cas is back to being almost uncounterable.

Yes, High tier ground is unplayable with CAS and Helicopters. Tank players now need to watch the ground and air and to say my 7.6mm on my Challenger 2 or TES etc can shoot down a moving jet 5km away is a joke in it self. most high tier tanks have ZERO counter to moving aircraft kilometers away and jets move so fast you have no change 1 vs 1. Were do we draw the line. Getting strike by a SU 34 or KA 50 that is 8km away is annoying as hell. And NO i dont want to sit in a SPAA entire game (GAJIN NEEDS TO BALANCE THIS) increase SP or limit number of flying aircraft or do something...

the issue is that is also has to do with how anti aircraft doctrine changed since WWII.
Basicly mobile SPAA's are now a thing of the past in favor of integrated air defense systems behind the frontline. Even then, things like the Pantsir, Tunguska, Strela-10 and Osa take targeting and radar data from a command post system with bigger longer ranged radars.

[Commander359]

Dude, I love how incompatant Gaijin is on this. Pansir is released: CAS players cry about being spawn camped, CAS gets updated: Now Pansir gets out-ranged and spawn camped by CAS.

Honestly, we all should have known this is what would happened. Gaijin have proven time and time again that CAS is their baby, and you only need to look at the past five major update focuses and the constant artwork of aircraft that has been on their page front since 2021....So no, the will not add anything that would jeopardize CAS, at least not unless they want to make a quick buck off of it. That was what the pansir was, after all. An easy way to make a truckload of money and game time off of the people that were sick and tired of CAS spawn camping, followed by a summery nerf once the profits started dropping to move the game back to where it was.

[LordBUM]

hey guys can we please stay civil and stay on topic

[Commander359]

Originally posted by LordBUM:

hey guys can we please stay civil and stay on topic

We are. The answer is the Gaijin are too afraid of changing the formula of their game to ever think about adding something as innovative as tow-able emplacements, ESPECIALLY if those are air defense emplacements. It will never happen, even though it would be an interesting idea.

Besides, even if they were interested, they would just nerf it into oblivion at release, just like they did with the new construction system and dozer blades when they first came out. Gaijin likes to hold the appearance of innovation, but they never want to actually change their games existing formula.

Is it an interesting idea? Yea, and it would add a new depth of gameplay that would pair well with the construction system. Would gaijin ever consider it? No, because then the game would change and that would mean they need to get off their butts and do actual work to improve things instead of making token stat nerfs while raking in money from their event and battlepass sales.