War Thunder: Ground Forces - Now In Open Beta!

[Nefaro]

I tried setting up my HOTAS to use in the Air Forces side of WT a few days ago.  Again. 

For the third time, I just can't get the damn joystick sensitivity set properly.  I tried all kinds of crap but the flying just felt off.  I'm beginning to believe part of the problem is their flight model.  Flew a bit on the 'Realistic' difficulty and it felt a bit odd.  It was always suspect anyway, but at least it's a half decent attempt.  Not like the completely artificial thing in WoWP.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Setting up the HOTAS was a pain but it's doable.  I've got mine dialed in now and I find the flight models quite good.  You need to isolate each axis and then go in and fiddle with the non-linearity, correction, and multiplier sliders and try out a test flight to see how it performs.  Takes a while but it's worth it if you want to fly SB.  RB is a mixed bag between mouse and joystick.  Mouse aim assist gives mouse pilots a huge advantage in head on passes as they can get their guns on target much more quickly than joystick pilots.  Joystick users have an advantage when flying at the edge of the envelope as they can adjust trim, mixture, and prop pitch (and use selective throttle for multi-engine planes) so they can pull manoeuvres that a mouse pilot simply won't be able to.  They can also nurse a badly damaged plane back to base whereas mouse pilots will end up crashing as the Instructor assist can't cope with excessive trim imbalance.

[Nefaro]

This is what I like to see for my first (bonus) victory battle of the day, in Simulation mode with Premium active:



If I could only do that every time..

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Our team probably would've lost if two of the opposing players hadn't bailed after their first death, but respawned and covered the remained couple teammates as they should have.  Even with only two spawns available, some assholes still bail after their first death. ::)



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Note:  I think the damage modelling in Simulation mode is also more deadly than the others.  I one-shotted the majority of the enemy players I hit in this match (7 out of 9 or 10?)  and likewise was one-shotted once from the side. 

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[Nefaro]

Any of you Gentlebeasts gonna be playing some WT tanks this weekend?  Look me up (Nefaro) if you have some Tier 2 tanks you want to team with!  I've been doing Realistic level battles, but I may do some Simulation ones soon too.

As for the current state of the Ground Forces side, I think it needs a couple things ASAP:

1) More Maps!

There are only four right now, although they're pretty large.  Still need a lot more variety.  There's at least one on the Dev Server beta right now.. maybe more. 

2) Revised 'Battle Ratings'

The BRs (the value for use in matchmaking) for some tanks need to be re-evaluated.  I see some models with pretty much the exact same equipment & stats being given higher BRs just because they're next in the research line.  Pfeh.  There are a few others that are a bit off in the grand scheme of BRs too.   It's doable right now, but could use some tightening.


As a late addition, here's #3)  I think they should remove the mini-map sighting indicators for spotted enemies from all game modes except Arcade.  It wasn't too bad when the little squares were so faint that they were difficult to see but they recently turned them into big bright ones. 

I just don't see how it can be fun constantly staring at a mini-map to find enemies when playing such a game.  I think this Mini-Map spotting style of gameplay has ruined shooters in general.  :(

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There's still an lot of content left to be added, but the gameplay for WT: Ground Forces is still a blast.  This is the kind of tank modelling I had hoped it would be.  Less Arcade-ish. 

[W8taminute]

^I'm with you on all your points, especially the mini map finding enemies cheesefest.  But as a somewhat casual/grognard player I'm really digging War Thunder over World of Tanks. 

The game runs beautifully on my PS4 and I noticed that there are a lot of battles featuring cross platform players.  I can tell who's on the PC when they smoke me really fast during a dogfight.  They must be using calibrated joysticks whilst I'm struggling to do a barrel roll with my console controller.

[GDS_Starfury]

with the dead pc and 8 month break I can say I'm really happy with where WoT is at now.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Really not enjoying the tank portion of the game.  I think I`ll just stick to the flying.  Shame that they`re porking full real sim battles....

[W8taminute]

Sorry to hear about that.  What in particular is turning you off to the tank game?