James Chamberlin

I’ve been pretty supportive of War Thunder in my recent posts. It’s been a LOT of fun, but I’m afraid they made some major mistakes with their large v1.29.27.0 patch.

Their attempts at making bombing more realistic, forcing you into “realistic” bombing approaches totally ruined bombing for me. If your approach isn’t nearly perfect, the game disables aiming and even the ability to release your bombs. So even if you’re certain you’ll hit your target, you won’t be able to release the bombs unless your angle of approach is correct.

I understand the interest to make things realistic, but to totally disable bombing like that is simply ridiculous. Bombing was somewhat fun for me even though you don’t get very many points for it. After today’s patch, I think I’m done with bombers.

That just leaves fighters. I don’t know what they did, but the damage system they implemented doesn’t make them a whole lot of fun either come to think of it. I’m getting killed with one or two shots an awful lot now.

The patch does have some good things about it. I especially like the new sound effects. New planes look interesting, but I haven’t played with them yet.

All and all, I’d have to say this was the uber “realism” patch, but I have to say that realism doesn’t make for a whole lot of fun. Flight physics were also tweaked. Flying a lot of these aircraft is like trying to do doughnuts with a city bus. Turning is rough!

And by the time you get your plane turned around to make another pass at something, you get shot down with one or two rounds of ammo. v1.29.27.0 needs an overhaul IMO. As realistic as it may be, it’s just not as fun to fly these planes.

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