Arcade Ground Strike: How to Get Better / War Thunder 

Rewards for escorting bombers and playing them should be higher.

Apparently gaijin has never played arcade in a public server. Attackers get mauled as soon as they get close to ground targets due to map design. And fix the pill box and medium tank hit boxes. I’ve had direct hit bounce numerous times.

Fighters spawn on Air They are too high, bombers died easily Fighters spawn on Airfield They are too low, can't cover the bombers You can't please everyone Gaijin

Asking Teammates for cover?! Most players are not that kind.

Ehm. You're not fighting only with enemy team. You're trying to dodge your team mates while they are tunnel vision on someone and doesn't even care where its going, you're trying to dodge your team mates bullets because they are trying to "steal" your kill also finishing your life. Its way too hard then RB i guess. :D

Where have you been? Fighters wont cover you. They couldn't be bothered in WT to escort bombers or attack planes. Gaijin has pretty well made that impossible anyway. No plane spawns high enough and fast enough to ever catch a bomber to escort it. In IL2. fighters cover you all the time. The problem is, WT has gone out of its way to make it so fighters cannot escort bombers, and have perpetrated this philosophy that bombers and ground attack are useless. Gaijin even went so far as to lower the rewards for bomber and attack planes to the point where it is not worth taking them out because of the ridiculous repair costs and costs of bombs, rockets and ammo. Now we have it that not even 2X1000 kg bombs dropped on a pill box will do any damage. There is no splash affect. Planes can fly right through a bombs explosion and receive no damage (So much for the "surprise" award). Nope Gaijin has pretty much destroyed anything to do with ground attack and bombers. For escorting bombers, attackers and fun doing ground attacks and close air support, play IL2 Sturmovik.

So... let's see... I actually climb to my team mates bomber and escort him... no one dares to touch it... he drops 30.000 TNTs and gets huge score and rewards... emmm... and what do I get for escorting him? Oh... and speaking of high tier bombing... you can climb your ass off in a bomber but at high tier all the fighters can get you right out from their spawn... costs of bombs are rediculus high... rewards were nerfed... repair costs are rediculus high... yeah... good luck with the bombers... I'm so happy all the devs energy is going into ships now... and tier 6 tanks... with all the problems at all the levels this game has... that's so nice... R.I.P. warthunder...

How to play CAS in Arcade: You don't.

"Dont go near the ground targets" Me: Laughs in dive bomber

Kinda hard to be good in low br arcade since BF109's are better in every way than you...

Cut down on hypocrisy and give IL-2 it's 4 containers of 48 HEAT ПТАБ 2.5-1.5 bomblets? Oh, wait, that one is probably reserved to become premium later on:D

How to Get Better: A R T I L L E R Y O N L Y

so far I've been playing this game for about a year and in my entire bloody career I only have had 12 strangers escort me, I think that war thunders tutorial should include escorting bombers so that people with fighters are more likely to escort bombers because nowadays you need to rush to your bombing site say bombs away and get shot down by a high flying bf-109, or if you're lucky you can get away with all the bases destroyed but I've only had that a couple of times as well.

I like how he said " Ask a fighter to cover you" as if war thunder players work together when flying, from personal experience, Get some friends into a squad and jump on discord or Teamspeak and work together from there even then its a terror to get into a decent formation seeing how fighters spawn on the ground and bombers spawn 2 km above them and how if a bomber spawns on the ground it takes him ages to get to a safe alt before just being mulched by enemy fire, anything else is nearly impossible and pointless to even try, Seening how most players in random battles are self centered and only caring for him or her self.

I hate when you have played War Thunder so much and switch to another game that has tanks in them and you think "Does this RPG really penetrate that tank?"

How to get better: Realistic Battles

Not to mention anything under 500lbs does seem to do anything anymore. like if you drop it 1m away from a tank it doesn't kill it but in ground battles thats over kill. MAKE YOU BOMBS CONSTANT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BOMB MORE PRECISELY IN AIR BATTLES THAN GROUND BATTLES AT THE SAME TARGET WITH THE SAME BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:50 My longest Arcade Match lasted 30 minutes and I won by taking the Airfeild out and the 4 bases on my own without escort (I was at 20000 feet) and I got 14k sl for the Airfeild kill and won.

0:11 "you probably never had any problems with those" me, a new player: *heavy breathing*

how to use a bomber in tank rb 1. spawn 2. get shot at by everything in the air and on the ground before u can even get high enough alt 3. get shot down and return to hanger

One solution to the Ground Strike problem: rework Fighters into Interceptors and Escorts. Like in real life, fighters would intercept or escort the bombers to targets and back. Interceptors get something like 1.5x rewards for a bomber kill, Escorts get about 2x rewards for killing Interceptors but lose points for their assigned bomber dying. That way, it’s more realistic and fun for bomber players.

"Just do it. Do it a lot." _Yeah I'd be broke far before that there mate._

When he said get a fighter or two to cover you I laughed

6:38 *"Thats a lotta damage"*

Do Artillery only!

I just felt like adding this. Yes while the point of air battles is to destroy/capture the objectives, the majority of the fun is in crazy dogfights.

4:43 double messerschmitt bf-109😳

You need to do something with bombers: they are really too easy targets because nobody protect them. I suggest to improve the damage caused by bombers gunners or to reward who protect a bomber

the best show for me in a while

My personal advice if your bombing a stationary location like for example a base set a timer delay then drop bombs and run to protection of your fighters

As an arcade player, also see what planes your enemies have. Big thing is to avoid Japanese aircraft, or extend if your first strike on them doesn't kill them (low BR mainly, I'm not to jets yet)

I mostly play German dive bombers and focus on flak guns(AAA) and it is pretty good for taking about them and most other targets around them

maybe give more incentive to fighters to actually cover attackers and bombers, especially in RB where we are exceedingly vulnerable

The premise of trying to fight while carrying bombs (ex: P-47) is right, IF you try that. Most of the time I bomb then dogfight or, if enemy plane is too close, I ditch my bombs and engage the plane. RARELY will I try to shoot other aircraft (usually medium bombers or low-maneuverability planes) while carrying my bomb load.

How about dynamic BR when equipping bomb onto fighters, most of those have skewed BR because of this. Make an option that lower the BR before the match if you choose not to have bombs available in-game.

This narrator is pretty great. I'll have to watch more videos to see if he shows up again.

Thanks for telling gajin!

I've once made 36 ground kills with the rockets of the Hurricane mkIIB

Top 10 of best prenium tanks/planes

please bring us the arcade maps and the Ground strike mode for realistic battles these maps are way more interesting because of the hills and multi targets etc.

well, maybe if you gain something scorting a bomber it will be easier for them, like a medal for each target a bomber takes while you scort it

Look for team mates being tailed by red, just casually fly past like yer on a different mission, then circle around behind the 3 reds who are cutting your team mate ap art, and make the kill. Many times your able to disrupt the enemy by popping off a few rounds between them... Ok, time to go play...

Me in a bomber: types in chat ” can someone cover me Team: No thats so unnecessary Me after 4 mins: Dead

In realistic battles do you regain maneuverability in a fighter after dropping your load?

GAIJN! we must talk.., we need some higher spawn areas but i guess its possible to get a good fighter up to altitude but that takes ages

hey do you mind reviving high tier planes first and then make a guide

Sorry I'm a bit late to the party guys as I had stopped playing War Thunder exactly for this reason (plus the maddening repair costs). However, if any of you bombardiers are interested, the is a really simple and practical solution for bombers to get guaranteed cover. If you're interested, you're welcome to join this squadron and see the difference: warthunder.com/en/community/claninfo/Long-Range%20Fighter%20Escort facebook.com/CoverMe.WT Squadron nick is [COVER]

5:03 When there is 3 other Ju 288s on the team

#ArtilleryOnly

You don’t play close air support in air arcade but I you want to play attack aircraft and bombers do it in air rb. I have found the community in air rb to communicate and sometimes cover you.

where did the in-game loding screen music go?

I'm pretty sure he wanted to say "victory will be ours" but no references are allowed

Better plan, b-17 flying at 300 ft for tank and billbox removal

“Escort your bombers”, by the time you get to their altitude he’s already 25Km Out And “Naval Fighters” which are bassicly just Fighters already have killed 75% of your bombers

Asking your random teammates for cover is like asking a hippopotamus to write the script of a new blockbuster movie, it just isn’t happening.

Make flying within .5km of a bomber give SL based on time spent in vicinity. there problem fixed with escorting.

What if they plane on your team don’t come to support you?

1:52 real footage of spitfire (British) firing at b24 (American)

What is that music in the beginning?

Artillery Only Artillery Only Artillery Only

Can you please make the challenger tank 9.3 BR Britain the real thing like the same exact thing but in a game and era on the sides and front as my dad served in one

but... in WT the fighter dont cover you and allied bombers steal the base you selected

Is this a reupload?Warthunder Explain im now using the hurricanes with rocket now im so hard to use flaps because the speed

So as an xbox user how do i use the external camera

Will we Xbox players get to use custom skins with in the next few updates if so this would be so cool ?

Hey War Thunder Dev team when you gonna fix the BR on matchmaking? I can't play german tree anymore, because the king tiger is a WWII tank and evry other nation at the same BR have cold war tank. Make german tree Great Again!!!

How do we get the OS2U King Fisher?

i watch all your videos but i can't play the game as i don't have anything to play it on 😂 but i asked for a computer for my birthday

Can you add the f4 and the f104 please

just add a spawn for fighters at 4000m in the air,gaijicles,plz fix

After this video I can imagine all the Ace fighter pilots waiting for the new bomber pilots, to be easy targets.

Which is the best bomb nation?

I usually follow team commands since i Always Love helping a teammate but its Hard as the japanese fighters have very thin armor and My guns barely hit anything it feels like if anyone knows how to hit stuff easier pls help

here is what I do 1. go to airstrips 2. take out planes after bombing and bomb again once I have it again 3. when fighting take out bombers 4. repeat

If your a fighter and you get over an enemy base and don’t see any allied bombers there then don’t be surprised

I honestly am more efficient playing in Ground Realistic Battles as a CAS... And it feels right, somehow. But hey, this video isn't about this. Somehow this video makes me play Air Realistic more often. IDK why.

What about artillery only?

If my team is desperate like 1 enemy tank and 1 friendly tank usually i just kamikaze to the target

You should actually do a ground striking in rb, with all these changes to rockets and bombs and no virtual bombsite anymore. Also hope you lose that cold soon.

2:38 yes it is that simple

Why was this taken down he first time??

I Try it that some Players escort me but they dont help me. After 1min i died. I hatte this. I wish they becomme points or something like this then they help to make it more attracktive

Notice at 1:37 how easilly a vehicle can be spotted on ground (this is AI) from the smoke produced, in random battles can run around compleetly undetected, this is rediculus guys, fix it plz.

roses are red your energy is high the only problem is my opponment watched this too many times

Add more Italian tanks pls

The problem with PS4 is no one cares about the ground targets and go for aircraft kills instead and no one cares about team work especially on arcade

WT always call upon its real ness, but in real life, people in bombers could walk around and repair parts of the plane, also, fighter aircraft shouldn’t spawn 2 feet higher than bombers. I tried playing bombers in tier 2 and lost 200,000 silver eagles even though I bombed 2 bases to their full extent, also, there should be more of a reward for escorting bombers than just “bomber rescuer”, because my friends will spend half the match just climbing to help escort me as I slowly run out of fuel, and by the time I reach the enemy bases all my friends are dead or to damaged to fight, while im getting half the enemy team destroying my B-17 because all the enemy’s are in the dead zone somehow, I enjoy the game but it should be more fair for bomber pilots and the people who are nice enough to actually escort bombers

Gaijin please add ligth cause we can't see at nigth

How do I get a plane into ground arcade?

Meanwhile: arcade fighter pilots be like. "Time to spawn kill the enemy"

When sooo Xbox players have the ability to squad up with pc players? Also can Xbox players squad up with other Xbox players? (Very few people play warthunder on the Xbox) also I’ve noticed an issue it could possibly be at my end, but occasionally I meet players in battle who have mics, but I hook up my mic and they can’t seem to hear me, any tips ? Thanks

How do you join combined battles, asking for a friend...

What the hell is wrong with the trees in Italy? Is there steel in them

How do i get light pillbox kills using hvars? I counted a few direct hits, and it didnt destroy them? One even went sort of inside the gun window! And nada! Usually hvars were a one hit ko for light pill boxes and light/medium tanks...

Artillery only?

Looks like April fools came early....

Is this a reupload?

I dont understand,how do I win on it, its very hard to get kills even I am an starter,no one can get kills easily

Wish there were better game modes. Not too into the whole spwn points thing... just want to fly my planes !! Custom battles are no fun either. Help us !!

How can you miss anything in arcade?