WAR THUNDAH

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:50 pm

Viscur wrote:QUOTE (Viscur @ Mar 3 2013, 10:09 PM) I find war thunder to be fun.

Why do we not have a thread for this?

In open beta now so go grab it. F2P
boarder032 add me for some top gun @#(! yo

raumvogel · Post by **raumvogel** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:28 pm

Update is over 6 GB. Have to buy a new HD first.

Cadillac · Post by **Cadillac** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:32 pm

Is it like blowing @#(! up or do I have to wait half an hour before getting into one dogfight and dying.

Aint nobody got time fo' dat.

Spunkmeyer · Post by **Spunkmeyer** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:34 pm

Does this have a realistic sim mode or is it all arcadey?

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:58 pm

the most widely played is arcade mode, which lets you use all your planes for one faction. It has no stalls or spins, and has an "instructor" who basically flies your plane for you if you have a mouse, and all you do is point your cursor and it does the rest. People spawn about 10-20km apart in the air, so it takes about a minute to reach the front. Ground targets are varied and some different game modes where the ground vehicles play in as well. The maps and game types are chosen at random so you just select arcade and your faction and it does thte rest for you. It has external views, HUD (wonder woman view), lead indicators, and all that stuff. You can reload your weapons in the air but it takes a bit of time, like 15 seconds for MGs, 30 for cannon, a minute or more for bombs/rockets etc.

There is a full real mode which has none of the training wheels at all. And you only get to fly in one plane, if it gets shot down youre done. Rewards are way larger. There is no mouse aim either but you can still fly the plane with it, you just need to do like in alleg and roll and turn for yourself etc.

Historical battles is sorta the go between, you only live once and it has stalls and spins, you have to take off from an airfield a few minutes away from the front, but there is still wonder woman view and externals, dunno if mouse aim is there or not. The missions are more scenario based and you have to fly for one country or another, unlike arcade where no matter your side you can choose whatever country's plane you want, same as full real.

The longest you wait is for full real, usually 3+ minutes. Historical is about half that and arcade is half again

Viscur · Post by **Viscur** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:54 pm

<--- Viscur, because screw you guys and changing names.

Kap · Post by **Kap** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:47 am

Downloading now. Anything like Sturmovik?

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:14 am

I just got annoyed with the game after having 5 games in a row of Domination Airfields: Palau or whatever the name of that @#(!ty island map is.

The only Domination map I liked was the one where it is only one airfield and if you don't kill the ground vehicles then they set up so much AA fire that you have to fly at tree-top level, but I only got that map maybe 3 times in a week of playing.

If they change it so you don't get stuck with the same maps over and over or let you choose ones you can avoid (or choose ones you want to play) I might give it a go again, but I really don't want to be stuck on that @#(!ty tropical island of boredom.

Spunkmeyer · Post by **Spunkmeyer** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:21 am

Kap wrote:QUOTE (Kap @ Mar 4 2013, 07:47 PM) Downloading now. Anything like Sturmovik?

OK Kap, we are on the same frequency here. Let me know what you find.

Viscur · Post by **Viscur** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:29 am

I don't think I've gotten the same map twice in a row. Maybe once or twice? If so, its rare enough that I don't really recall.

Also, am I horrible or do jap planes suck?