Air RB sucks

[Storminox]

Does anyone else absolutely hate how Air Realistic Battles work? You get one life - you die, and you're out. I can't stand having to spawn in, waste 5 minutes flying 8 kilometers just to maybe get 1 kill and then die and go through the same thing the next match.

I think it would be much better if it worked similar to Ground Realistic Battles, where you get spawn points for contributions you've made during the match which would allow you to use another one of your planes. I truly do not understand why Air RB is how it is right now, and how Air RB mains survive this torturous waste of time.

I don't care if they would have to decrease rewards slightly to balance this, but grinding aviation sucks because of this. I would love to hear what everyone else thinks about this, because there is no way I'm the only one that thinks this.

[Jaes]

I fundamentally enjoy the theme of Air RB. You spawn in and see how your skills and decisions match up with the enemy team in a once and done scenario.

However, this makes flying anything other than a fighter very painful. I do think RB at this point needs a major overhaul given the current state of the game and wouldn't mind seeing a spawn point system introduced and tailored objectives for certain roles.

[Bear]

I find it boring as ♥♥♥♥, im just a main tanker

[Storminox]

Originally posted by Jaes:

I fundamentally enjoy the theme of Air RB. You spawn in and see how your skills and decisions match up with the enemy team in a once and done scenario.

However, this makes flying anything other than a fighter very painful. I do think RB at this point needs a major overhaul given the current state of the game and wouldn't mind seeing a spawn point system introduced and tailored objectives for certain roles.

I can definitely understand your point about Air RB being a real test of your skills and decisions, but I would have to say that practically only applies to higher BR's which have long range engagements as an option due to heat/radar missiles being available. However in lower BR's around tier 4 (where I am currently stuck) you're typically in close quarters engagements with head-on (air jousting) battles, which end up with one person dead or both dead, or you've just been surrounded by 5 enemy fighters shooting you.

I do like your thoughts on how it could be improved for plane specific roles and tailored objectives, that would make matches much more enjoyable.

[Storminox]

Originally posted by Bear:

I find it boring as ♥♥♥♥, im just a main tanker

I'm also a tank main, but I hate CAS so much that I desperately want to unlock tier 5 and above jets so I can counter these bastards in my ground matches

[mogami_99]

I only fly bombers in air RB. and yet I never pay any attention to how long it takes to get a match or how long i live. I only care if my team wins and I achieve my mission objective.

[Bushi Mac]

Then play air arcade then if you don't like air realistic.

[Storminox]

Originally posted by Bushi Mac:

Then play air arcade then if you don't like air realistic.

Yeah that's what I typically do, however I dislike aim assist, as well as people that love to crash into you whenever they have the opportunity since they can just respawn

[Neko]

I think you should get one life in tanks. Only get to fly if your good

[Tankoslav Tepyatdesyatpyatovich]

It's only a bit better than GRB with its horrendous 'the sky is for heroes' system with spawn points. Nevertheless, both modes suck bad, they are meaningless, designed in the least fun and most frustrating ways with no changes to the better for the last ehm...7 or how many years already?...and attract practically the worst part of the community, who however invest the most money as whole (An average player still loses to my wallet which bought 100+ premium vics for me, but that's an exceptional case, and my personal investment is like a puddle compared to a lake of all the money from all RB habitues).

Arcade (including naval) and simulator are my choice. Let there be so-called 'realistic' (with little to no realism in it) so that the project doesn't close due to financial cuts, and rare people can continue enjoying actually good modes.

[Aqueox]

ARB literally just needs to be like sim BUT with RB characteristics. Third person, RB controls (mouse aim), etc.

[֎]

I like both Air Arcade, and Air RB. It just depends on my goals in the moment and what aircraft im flying.

The XP-50/55, Ayit, MiG-21S, T-2 Early, Sambad, F2H are just a few examples of aircraft that I love to play in both Arcade and RB.

But something like the Sa'ar, Yak-15P, MiG-15bis, F3D-1, etc. are aircraft I ONLY enjoy in arcade.

If you are still playing props, arcade is 100% better imo. For Jets, it really boils down to your opinion of the aircraft and how it flies compared to the enemy. In Arcade your aircraft becomes a lot more flexible, allowing you to make use of niche vehicles that may otherwise be outclassed in RB. RB allows you to CAPITALIZE on meta vehicles, and really get a grip on a specific play-style for a certain vehicle, at least thats how I see it.

[GaijinRuskiHacker]

idk - the best air battles are in ground

no tags or rangefinders

The combat changes from

My aircraft out climb yours therefore l win

to

I see you and u dont

+

Anti Air - sometimes you get to play with worm free brains that actually help friendly CAS



Ground pounders are usefull , even bombers with their large bombs that clear objectives are usefull


P.S -l dont speak about jets - that changes whole tactic - at that point ARB is just better

[Yukimak キマク]

i just hate the repair cost.

[z__frog__z]

air rb , isn't about skill , its all about skill crew , so until you level your crew at a required state it'll be a one go ; move to target , destroy the target or get destroyed :)

to be honest ( imo ) , i feel air rb more faire balanced than groud rb
usually on low level rb , i love close combat dogfight

[TERRORIST]

Originally posted by Даниел:

Originally posted by Bear:

I find it boring as ♥♥♥♥, im just a main tanker

I'm also a tank main, but I hate CAS so much that I desperately want to unlock tier 5 and above jets so I can counter these bastards in my ground matches

Literally my same reasoning. Playing British and encountering pe-8 every game at 5.7. At this point I'll grind out a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fighter and lancaster. See how the enemy team likes getting a 12,000 pound bomb on B.