War Thunder Thread

[bobarossa]

Which Stukas are modeled in WT? IIRC, the later versions of the D series (and possibly the G series) had 20mm cannons in place of the 7.9 mm wing MGs.

They have the B-2, R-2, and D-3 (2x7.92MG), the D-5 with 2x20mm Cannon, and the G with 2x37mm cannon.  Haven't flown any as I've spent my first 10 days of WT driving tanks.  I have moved up to Realist battles now and even tried the Hard Sim battles a few times.  Great fun.

[endfire79]

Which Stukas are modeled in WT? IIRC, the later versions of the D series (and possibly the G series) had 20mm cannons in place of the 7.9 mm wing MGs.

B, r and G IIRC

[Staggerwing]

Why the R? Wasn't that a long range ship hunting variant with reduced bomb load and drop tanks?

[bobarossa]

Why the R? Wasn't that a long range ship hunting variant with reduced bomb load and drop tanks?

I think there are supposed to be ships to attack (there's a Catalina with torps).  Not sure if they're implemented yet. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Yup, ships are in there as targets and have been for quite some time.  You'll mostly find them as target objectives on the Pacific theatre maps but there are some on other maps.  Malta's got quite a few that you can blow up good.

I'm sure I posted all the Stuka variants before in a thread.  Can't be arsed to search for it though so here's the list again.

• Ju 87 B-2
• Ju 87 D-3
• Ju 87 D-5
• Ju 87 R-2
• Ju 87 G-1
• Ju 87 G-2

[Nefaro]

Get a Stuka, throw some 3.7cm cannons on it an revel in the fact that in AB, you don't have to worry about ammo capacity and externals like gunpods adding additional drag or inertia.
Hop into RB or SB and you'll see the difference.  A Stuka with a full bomb load or gunpods is a wallowing pig. An empty Stuka is still a threat though.  If they're unladen, they can turn on a dime.

The Stukas still handle like crap in Arcade, although less so.  The biggest difference is the almost complete lack of stalls.   You can stay nose-up for ages without going into a spin so the jackanapes with the 37mm Stukas can just blast away from underneath while nose high for a long time.

I'd enjoy Arcade more if they added a bit more stall effect to keep people from staying slow & nose-high.  Also ditch the aim lead cheat in it.  It would still be arcade but make these ridiculous shots less of an issue.

[BanzaiCat]

Downloading this now. Will try vanilla with no $$$ investment to see how much fun it is. Afraid I might get drawn into it though.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

They are going to add binoculars to the commander view as well as adding a view from the driver's position and they're going to make no icon, full real sim mode a full time thing.

Video of driver view:
http://coub.com/view/4tr41

Video of boniculars from unbuttoned commander's view:
http://coub.com/view/4tr64

[Nefaro]

They are going to add binoculars to the commander view as well as adding a view from the driver's position and they're going to make no icon, full real sim mode a full time thing.

Video of driver view:
http://coub.com/view/4tr41

Video of boniculars from unbuttoned commander's view:
http://coub.com/view/4tr64

Good.

Although I'm not sure why they're creating a driver's view since you can do so in Commander view.   ???

[BanzaiCat]

That's a pretty fun game! Played three rounds, did decent in the first outing, got my ass kicked the second outing, and destroyed 6 Panzers in a row before someone got me.

Do you guys play regularly?

[Dread Rlyeh]

That's a pretty fun game! Played three rounds, did decent in the first outing, got my ass kicked the second outing, and destroyed 6 Panzers in a row before someone got me.

Do you guys play regularly?

I try to do the dailys if I can, as with the premium bonus you are looking at 4x.  I tend to go in streaks with games, so I could see myself trailing off until the British tanks are released.

I vastly prefer the arty system of WT compared to WOT.  The bombing is kind of cool but can be a huge issue in say an 8v8 game where you don't have enough people who regularly send up fighters.  You tend to get a snowball effect as any unopposed bombing run is pretty much 2 kills minimum.  I do think they should add AA defense around spawns as spawn bombing is a bit of a turn off to most players I'm thinking. 

Anyway, glad you are enjoying it. 

[Dread Rlyeh]

Although I'm not sure why they're creating a driver's view since you can do so in Commander view.   ???

Only thing I can think of is if your commander is knocked out. 

[W8taminute]

I fly pretty much daily but on my PS4 account.  Haven't touched my PC account in ages.  I also play the ground forces once in a while as well during those times I'm waiting for my damaged planes to get repaired.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Well this sucks.  I saw this post over at SimHQ.  The video itself was bad enough but the fact that the majority of posters weren't annoyed by it but instead happy that their K/D ratios have greatly improved since adopting the exploit means the no icon sim mode will quickly become a waste of time.  Fucking losers.

[Nefaro]

Well this sucks.  I saw this post over at SimHQ.  The video itself was bad enough but the fact that the majority of posters weren't annoyed by it but instead happy that their K/D ratios have greatly improved since adopting the exploit means the no icon sim mode will quickly become a waste of time.  Fucking losers.

I knew about turning the grass off but there's a lot of extra foliage missing on that jungle map.. not just grass.  ???


The pop-up bubble in beginning of the vid says Gaijin is working on a fix for this.  I'm not gonna sweat it if I get the urge to go treadin' this weekend, if they do something about it eventually. 

I've come to dislike the jungle map lately anyway (maybe due to this exploit?).