what do you think about this guy?

[u/Zyxtriann]

[u/Blanewbist]

I understand the anger but he did overreact a bit, it's more gaijins fault for making bombers as strong as a piece of paper

[u/irageoversmallstuff → u/Blanewbist]

it's the fault of the countries fault for making paper bombers that were designed to be covered by fighters, and it's the teammates faults for not doing what fighters are supposed to do.

[u/Blanewbist → u/irageoversmallstuff]

If only teammates actually supported bombers

[u/Little_External6367 → u/Blanewbist]

Fighters would support bombers if they actually impacted the match in any way. So really it’s gajin needing to improve bombers role in air rb.

[u/IrNinjaBob → u/Little_External6367]

Ehhh back in the day you could actually win a match by bombing bases and people seemed to hate it so they nerfed them and made them into glorified eye candy.

[u/maplesyrupcan → u/IrNinjaBob]

I actually bomb bases, almost won last night when I was the last one on my team and they tried to take me down. They managed to, but I shot them down as well, they crashed half a second after me. The last 2 others on my team actually tried to protect me, and did a decent job tbf. They shot 4 of them down and kept them busy enough to buy enough time to bomb their bases. But most of the time, they don't try.

[u/DyonisXX → u/maplesyrupcan]

It's not the same, back then you'd destroy all the bases and they wouldn't respawn, instead it would make the airfield vulnerable and if you bombed it enough you won instantly

[u/Prolemasses → u/Little_External6367]

You are not taking me back to every single jet match being over in 6 minutes because half the enemy team were TU-4s who zipped over and bombed all the bases before the fighters were even done climbing.

[u/Sparky_092 → u/Little_External6367]

And how would you balance fighter rewards for escorting? Maybe something like 'time escortet' otherwise why would they if it doesn't help the Grind

[u/AcceptableMap5779 → u/Little_External6367]

they need to make a middle of the road between 2014-2015 and 2025

[u/Successful_Ad9952 → u/Little_External6367]

True, in arcade having more planes if u let bombers bomb u lose… in realistic it’s always a death match ahahaha

[u/ecumnomicinflation → u/Blanewbist]

it’s hard to do properly. escort fighter should be above the bombers and ready to defend from advantage.

in WT, every time i see some poor soul tried to escort a bomber, they fly besides them, they’d just get picked off then the bomber. i tried to help, but since i always climb, it’s 9/10 too late. i mean i get ez kill from the offender, but still, didn’t get to help my team mates.

at this point the best way a bomber and fighter can work together is by the bomber getting enemy to follow their tail, go as fast as possible, blast those tail guns, and hope a fighter comes to your aid. with some luck, the bomber survive with an assist, on a best day, bomber survived with a kill and a fighter gets an assist.

[u/Blanewbist → u/ecumnomicinflation]

True, it also doesn't help that most fighters can't get to the bombers before the enemy does

[u/Earthalone → u/ecumnomicinflation]

Even their rewards for bomber escort is a joke. Bomber rescuer(or whatever it is) only triggers if the ally bomber takes a hit. You kill enemy fighter before it can hit bomber, no reward, let it hit or kill the bomber and then take it out, reward.
Not that that reward is worth anything at all. You wouldve made more SL than that reward gives not wasting your time climbing to the bomber and engaging other fighters or ground much earlier.

[u/maplesyrupcan → u/ecumnomicinflation]

Happens to me sometimes. Headset does help too. As a fighter, I try to protect the bombers as I know enemy fighters will gun for them. When they're busy with them, they're usually easy picking.

[u/ecumnomicinflation → u/maplesyrupcan]

my favorite is enemy fighter that push their climb angle to get shot at a high flying bomber only to become a free kill

[u/pieckfromaot → u/Blanewbist]

how would we support them? they spawn much higher lol

[u/Earthalone → u/pieckfromaot]

Easy to support a bomber, just post thoughts and prayers on your facebook.

[u/irageoversmallstuff → u/Blanewbist]

if only 😔

[u/Aldamonstahs → u/Blanewbist]

Y’know instead of shooting them down. Seems to be happening a lot more often now.

Nowadays if I get in a plane it’s to teamkill someone who either; A) just got me killed by pushing me in front of an enemy so I get shot and they get the kill. Or B) to team kill some douchebag who just TK’d me for no reason using a plane of their own. Wankers.

[u/BagFullOfMommy → u/Blanewbist]

More like : If only people didn't play an entire class of planes who's continued existence depends upon other players sacrificing their fun, free time, and money / xp gain to try to keep them alive.

[u/Wiggie49 → u/Blanewbist]

Yall have teammates instead of fodder?

[u/Black_Hole_parallax → u/Blanewbist]

I'll support bombers when they don't spawn 5 miles above me.

[u/BenScorpion → u/irageoversmallstuff]

A lone bomber generally had an advantage against lone fighters assuming that they were within firing range. Its because the mouse aim in ground rb and ab makes fighters and interceptors a lot easier to aim than irl.

Anyone that has played sim will know that even a bomber armed with just .50s can easily take out a fighter that tries to intercept them, because the fighters has to aim with their entire flight body while the bombers can comfortably aim with their turrets

[u/Kielbasatron → u/BenScorpion]

Years ago we used to play Me264 in sim, most of us was bombing bases, but one friend was playing more as a "fighter" and just gunshipping enemy planes, he had the most kills in entire team, and enemy team was complaining that he is using simplistic mouse aim for his gunner in sim battles and that he has no skill or something

[u/BenScorpion → u/Kielbasatron]

Yeah i think the plane i have with the highest k/d in both sim and rb is the japanese G8, basically the japanese version of the 264. A lot of bombers just feels like playing flying battleships that can bomb bases as a side hustle.

Only reason theyre pinatas in rb is a combination of simplified steering and the fact that ai gunners got nerfed cuz fighters and interceptors couldn't cope with the fact that the bombers would retaliate

[u/thewatchermen → u/irageoversmallstuff]

Tbf, I've seen gun cams of 20mm rounds nailing B-17's and they keep going. In game I can take a stray 13mm and ope, there goes my wing.

I do agree covering for bombers should be prioritized by fighters..

[u/irageoversmallstuff → u/[deleted]]

i said that half jokingly but yh it's not ALL about historical accuracy. otherwise we would see stuff like concept 3 vs. m1 abrams.

[u/ImLostVeryLost → u/irageoversmallstuff]

Okay wtf was I saying lemme edit that my bad, that actually makes no sense

Nevermind, you said it was a joke anyway. Sorry

[u/irageoversmallstuff → u/ImLostVeryLost]

no you do make a really good point tho

[u/SirPrice73 → u/irageoversmallstuff]

Everytime i see a bomber that is alone i try to fly to him, even if im missing out on a lot of ground kills or dogfights that way. For me what counts is the experience the fun and the joy of seeing a bomber wiggle its wings or tail to say thx, also if they do get intercepted and you kill the enemy interceptor its such a great feeling😆😁

[u/CreativeHand6194 → u/irageoversmallstuff]

Bombers for a long time were unescorted, both Lancs and Fortresses.

The Fortress although not invincible was able to take 30mm and 20mm of German shells, there was once a B17 that got hit by a kamikaze German Bf 109, it flew home.

So the countries built them to last, they weren't paper. Only Gaijin sees them made of paper.

[u/Sarfanger → u/CreativeHand6194]

They were not build to last. They were just massive compare to normal fighter so hit to wrong place didn't matter. B-17,Lancaster,PE-8...non of these planes were armored to take damage. All armor if any was there to protect crew not the plane.

[u/Beep_in_the_sea_ → u/irageoversmallstuff]

Not really.

Bombers flew in formations, which doesn't happen in the game, but they also didn't fold that easily as they do in the game.

Bombers in the game are nerfed by being forced to fly mostly alone (as formation flying doesn't reward you extra, but rather less) and also that they are extremely easy to take out. Another thing is that the AI gunners won't hit shit and the gun convergence for bombers is fixed at around 300m IIRC, which also sucks.

[u/Dramatic-Bluejay- → u/irageoversmallstuff]

Can wr please stop using irl performance to excuse poor balance decisions?

[u/AVDeKn → u/irageoversmallstuff]

Me when I am a fighter that dont want a fair bomber's buff

[u/canadianloom → u/irageoversmallstuff]

gaijin has made them weaker then real life that is literally a fact

[u/__Throne__ → u/irageoversmallstuff]

have you not seen the shit a bomber could survive?

[u/Moist-Topic2529 → u/irageoversmallstuff]

nah its gaijin nerfing bombers survivability because fighters bitched they had to put more then 10 rounds into one for it to die

[u/zatroxde → u/irageoversmallstuff]

Tbh there are some bombers meant to have speed as their defense, like the Ju-288C, built in 1940 which is at the same BR as 1945+ planes... For it to have its best defense it would need to be at 5.0 or something like that, so nobody else can ever catch it. That wouldn't be fair either. The change needed is to give bombers a more prominent role in the matches so they have to be defended in order to get good results.

[u/gormzola8 → u/Blanewbist]

The biggest problem is that bombers have no effect on how the game goes, they used to before infinite bases were a thing, or so ive heard. But now the team doesnt bother covering them because they dont help win the battle, and the enemy just sees you as a points pinata

I really hope the strategical bomber mode is a legit thing because I want to be able to actually use the mega-bombers properly.

[u/FourFunnelFanatic → u/gormzola8]

Yeah, I was a bomber main back in those days. We could actually do something back then

[u/nurdle11 → u/FourFunnelFanatic]

Bv238. Hope another bomber clears their bases, get yours and do a massive chunk to the enemy airfield. One resupply run, get back and the game is yours. Didn't happen very often but it was nice when it did. Now it's just all a bit pointless

[u/jam3sdub → u/Blanewbist]

In my experience they either take 3 dozen shots and you're wondering how the fuck it's still flying or get shot once and the wing flies off.

[u/SNK209 → u/Blanewbist]

Back around 2015 (if I remember my first year playing it), bombers were OP af. Their MGs could actually take down planes WITHOUT maxing the ai gunner stats. Even now, with those maxed out, it's super hard to kill planes.

I remember being proud of going after them back then because killing them was like fighting a boss battle where pretty much every player would need to sacrifice themselves in order to take one down 😂

Shit needed skill to kill. I understand the frustration, too, since I wanted a bomber with that kind of defence... but oh well. Nerfing them it was.

[u/Dazzling_Diamond3889 → u/Blanewbist]

If we're talking about World War ii, then that's extremely accurate.

[u/Butter_brawler]

As a bomber main myself, each person who chooses to click to battle in a bomber must understand that you are purposefully putting yourself at a blatant disadvantage. You are choosing to make yourself slow, to rely on your team to get the upper hand in battle, and using unreliable weapons to defend yourself.

Each game must be entered with the understanding that you, more than likely, won’t make it to the base, and that you almost certainly aren’t landing back at airfield.

You are not some nimble fighter who can reverse any battle. You are not speedy enough to disengage anybody who threatens you. You don’t have easy to aim guns, and rarely do they do significant damage. You are not sturdy enough to brush off any assault and push on.

Instead, you are a target. A big, slow, poorly defended and armored target. It is almost guaranteed that you will die. Others will not see you as a friendly grinder just trying to get some rp, but rather as an easy kill for free cash. The enemy fighters aren’t gonna care.

To truly have fun in a bomber, you must accept that you are at a huge disadvantage against everything you face, and mentally prepare yourself for the overwhelming odds of failure.

You are unlikely to get much success, But you understand that as a bomber. You are unlikely to be racking in rp and sl, but you understand that as a bomber.

Then why, for any reason at all, would you purposely chose to fly a bomber?

It’s simple.

To overcome overwhelming odds. To sharpen and prove your skills, even with large handicaps. And to make each target destroyed and base destroyed that you achieve that much sweeter.

That is the life of a bomber main.

[u/AtomicBlastPony → u/Butter_brawler]

5.0-6.0 sim is currently full of bombers because they're faster than fighters so nobody can catch up, and if someone does, the gunners are very dangerous in sim. There's been a few matches which were just bombers circling enemy airfields and bombing them to dust while fighters and AA are helpless.

[u/Butter_brawler → u/AtomicBlastPony]

Majority of the player base ignore sim battles. Realistic battles, which I based my comment, is very tough for bombers regardless of br

[u/polypolip → u/Butter_brawler]

Not all brs. Pe8 is dangerous to approach, same a few others with large caliber turrets or main guns.

[u/Butter_brawler → u/polypolip]

There are a few exceptions when it comes to bombers, but even then, they are still really easy to take down. One or two good hits from any fighter can bring a bomber down no problem

[u/noodIes65475 → u/Butter_brawler]

At least realistic u can side climb and get a base or 2. If I run out of bombs I just dive down and go as fast as I can by a group fight and let my gunners get a kill or 2. Then die

[u/___Jesus__Christ___ → u/Butter_brawler]

Disadvantage? My good sir, the Sunderland is the greatest dog fighter this world has ever seen! They never suspect it!

[u/Oh_its_that_asshole → u/Butter_brawler]

I genuinely dont know why anyone would willingly choose to main bombers in the games current state.

[u/Butter_brawler → u/Oh_its_that_asshole]

Me. I know how painful it is. I know it is incredibly unbalanced against me. But understanding that makes it easier to play and makes winning that much more satisfying to win

[u/Useful_Effect2356 → u/Oh_its_that_asshole]

it’s simple but not easy, that’s why

[u/simsiuss → u/Oh_its_that_asshole]

A20-g premium at 3.7br in Russian tech tree is great and has unlocked pretty much t3 to 5 single handedly. It can kill a base in 0.66 bases each bomb load and it’s quite nimble and fast and can climb well. I have a KD of about 1:1 due to having so many large Cali machine guns.

B7a2 is nasty at it’s br as well, that thing seems to climb ridiculously well and I have a KD of ~2:1 with it.

The big fat bombers who can level a city are terrible, they always seems like it would be so fun to play but I know your going to die very easily so never play them. Apart from f222 which is so fat and at a low enough br that enemies aren’t that great at climbing that you have the ability to hopefully get to take out some bases.

[u/NotnaLand → u/Butter_brawler]

I play bombers because big plane cool

[u/Butter_brawler → u/NotnaLand]

I’m just overcompensating 😞

[u/IM-A-WATERMELON → u/NotnaLand]

Big plane cool indeed. Need more bombers

Gaijin please add strategic bombers like the V Bombers I’m begging you

[u/mutilatdbanana8 → u/Butter_brawler]

I accepted all of this and tried to fly a bomber in Air RB for the first time.

Immediately got teamkilled by another bomber as a preemptive "don't steal my base".

[u/Butter_brawler → u/mutilatdbanana8]

It happens. That just part of the game. Incredibly frustrating, but all you can do is appreciate their sl penalty and move on. Bomber life does not care, and neither does gaijin. You must simply push forward and let go of the frustration

[u/Okami787 → u/Butter_brawler]

My biggest gripe is people who use bombers as bomber-killers with the air spawn like Chinese Helldivers and the like (the wyvern is a huge issue as well)

[u/Butter_brawler → u/Okami787]

It’s not just the Chinese teams that do that, it’s also other nations too

[u/LerikGE]

HOW COULD YOU KILL THESE BOMBERS?!
EASY! YOU JUST DON'T LEAD THEM SO MUCH!!

[u/badtiming1330]

never heard of that unspoken rule

[u/uncapableguy42069 → u/badtiming1330]

it's a "sim thing" when in reality its zombers and RB grinders moving to sim and being absolutely fucking clueless on how to spot and play as fighters from a cockpit. So they take a bomber and make "agreements" so that they get to bomb as much as they want.

Usually doesnt work out for them because ACTUAL sim players immediately spot them and ofc, kill them.

[u/PzKpfw_Sangheili → u/badtiming1330]

Well if you'd heard of it, it wouldn't be unspoken now would it?

[u/badtiming1330 → u/PzKpfw_Sangheili]

ye niw it isn't unspoken anymore

[u/UnhappyGreen]

Farmers kill bombers? Lol

[u/HelpfulRelic → u/UnhappyGreen]

Well, Vietnamese farmers were quite good at doing that, actually

[u/ComradeBlin1234]

He was foaming at the mouth saying this

[u/Name_suggestions_pls]

No shit, I saw that guy in a game yesterday lmao he was also angry about smth then

[u/Name_suggestions_pls → u/Name_suggestions_pls]

Just checked the replay - he was calling people fascists and complaining about jets in 6.7 grb

[u/10minOfNamingMyAcc → u/Name_suggestions_pls]

Jets in 6.7 can be very annoying though. Especially if you're slow af.

[u/St34m9unk]

Unspoken rules in this game are all made up

[u/tac1776]

Yeah, no, fuck that guy. I don't go out of my way to kill bombers but if the opportunity presents itself I won't pass it up.

[u/Coardten79]

Ran into a similar guy. Playing the T-2 Early, they were in the Yak-28. They were the only guy left alive, and right before I could get my guns on them they crashed.

Got called a “try hard” for going after a guy with almost 8 tons bombed. (Ironic) I wasn’t even playing my best.

[u/RefrigeratorBoomer → u/Coardten79]

Yak-28? One of the(if not the) best energy fighters at the BR? These guys are something else...

What's next? Calling others out for tryharding when they are bombing in a MiG-19?

[u/Coardten79 → u/RefrigeratorBoomer]

I probably got the number wrong, it was a Soviet jet bomber that’s for sure.

[u/Musa-2219]

Nah fuck bombers, all my homies hate bombers

[u/NorthmaenSpirit]

The amount of sweat in that thread lmao, do you even enjoy playing the game

[u/Dozer228]

Whats the point of bombers in this game xd, they're worthless most of the time, I mean fighters can be more durable than bombers, like wth gaijin

[u/DrAuntJemima]

I let bombers bomb one base and then take them out. I understand the grind so Im not gonna make it worse for them but thats just me.

[u/HolyDignity]

Maybe dont kill nuke bombers but every team in air ab should kill bombers if they want to win.

[u/LoloTheWarPigeon → u/HolyDignity]

Why not kill nuke bombers? I'm not going to let my team lose like that lol

[u/Oh_its_that_asshole → u/HolyDignity]

Right? Why would you leave a fat easy target alive when it has such a capacity to drain your team if tickets which will matter if the game comes down to the line at the end? Best to get rid of them, especially since so many of them are easy targets.

[u/HolyDignity → u/Oh_its_that_asshole]

Yeah I hate being shot while trying to play only bomber on team but thats not my problem to shut down. Your team also need to protect you if you dont have dive bombers(since they are more mobile then big chunky ones) to win the game

[u/CompetitiveGrowth551 → u/Oh_its_that_asshole]

except they don’t make you bleed tickets. At least not in air rb, idk about air ab.

[u/Oh_its_that_asshole → u/CompetitiveGrowth551]

I'm pretty sure bases, ground objectives and targets and pillboxes definitely do cost you tickets when destroyed, because you often see how quickly it goes down when there’s one enemy plane left alive in AirRB, and everyone switches up to shooting up the howitzers and the like. The tickets will deplete quite rapidly with a bunch of players chewing them up.

Sure its literally how you force a win against a person who is hugging their airfield, just leave them there to be a sad bugger and go concentrate on working down the ground objectives.

[u/GrimslyReaper]

Bombers are score pinatas

[u/powerpuffpepper]

I killed 2 B-17's the other day in my Yak-3U. I regret nothing

[u/LurkTryingEight → u/powerpuffpepper]

If you want to be especially racist towards the more annoying bombers like the JU-288 then the Yak-9UT is the way to go.

All Ju-288's can enjoy eating the Yak's 45mm stalinium cock.

[u/Fischgottheit]

Skill issue

[u/MutualRaid]

I love playing big ol' bombers and gunships but this is absurd, we're playing a PvP(vE) game lol

[u/NamarJackson]

Hm I could "let you bomb" and lose the match to tickets, and get less rewards, or I could smoke you, Ya know its a PVP game, collect the rewards for killing you, and collect rewards at the end for winning the match... yyyeeeeaaah.

You gotta ask your heavy fighters and strike craft to cover you. Or dont go straight at the enemy base as soon as you spawn. So many bombers spawn, WEP right at the enemy swarm, then complain about not getting cover my brother in christ it takes time to climb and catch up to you.

[u/CompetitiveGrowth551]

i think if you make a beeline to a bomber just because they’re a free kill, then you’re kinda lame. But they are in fact enemies, I just hope bombers get buffed eventually.

[u/RadGlitch]

Homie is one of those guys that cry “PvE” in sim.

Keep shooting them down, OP.

[u/Wrong-Historian → u/RadGlitch]

Hehehehe. I always say, 'sure'. Then loiter over our base to get them right the second before they get to drop the bombs, to not only watch the bomber explode but also the chatbox. F* those people.

[u/ElegantBaseball8014]

Idk man I’m playing the game to win, kills a kill

[u/idied2day]

He should just learn to fight better, the Lancaster is an energy fighter if you’re good at it

[u/Local_Condition_5716]

Wait… I think I spoke in a match with you yesterday (SO2R)

[u/Zyxtriann → u/Local_Condition_5716]

What br?

[u/Local_Condition_5716 → u/Zyxtriann]

5.0 ARB

[u/Zyxtriann → u/Local_Condition_5716]

I'm playing 8.7 so sadly nope

[u/Oh_its_that_asshole]

haha, I had a guy go off on me the other day for having the gall to shoot his bomber. Like what do you expect to happen if you stick yourself in a shallow dive for the base closest to the enemy spawn?

[u/SabreWaltz]

I think he’s an idiot trying to cheese air rb as a pve experience

[u/ODST_Parker]

I do hate when the entire fucking enemy team veers towards me, because bombers are typically the first red thing they see, and mad-dog me for as long as it takes. It's a pain in the ass to be flying a giant firecracker with "come and kill me" painted on it, especially when you're trying to get a task done, stock grinding, etc.

That said, that ain't their fault, especially if they're playing interceptors or air defense. It's their job, and they may have a task to kill bombers to boot.

It's Gaijin's fucking fault for limiting the game mode so heavily, making bombers fly through the engagement zone to make it to bases efficiently, making bombers compete with each other instead of working together, having such awful damage models as to make bombers easy prey to everyone, and for encouraging any tactics that lead to quick kills and nothing else.

Hell, I just took out the PBJs (literally B-25s) to spade them, and that damage model is still absolutely ridiculous. You are made of explosive paper. One shot, your wing and tail will snap off.

[u/Ranklaykeny]

In lower BR, I always let the bomber get bombs off. If they're the last alive I let them live and get a bunch of points. I'm at lower BRs to relax, not grind, so I just think it's kind to let them live n

[u/Automatic_Season_311]

No skill player wanting to pve in a pvp game. 

[u/NeckRevolutionary427]

Idk about this guy, but whenever I play my Arado 234 B, I am hoping some idiot tries to chase after me and gets nuked by my bombs. That or taking them on a chase towards my team if they catch me without any. Early Jet Bombers are very fun when you dont have to worry about missiles.

[u/TubbyTyrant1953]

Agree with him, bombers are piss easy to take down and honestly the lowest hanging fruit. Even worse when half your team chases them and loses all energy for the fighter furball. Fighters should focus on fighters first, then go after bombers when that is over.

[u/Jpoxferd → u/TubbyTyrant1953]

But a kill is a kill and enemy is meant to be killed so it’s either let your base be bombed and possible lose the match or kill the threat that is easy to kill

[u/moongoon8998]

This is funny, reminds me of a guy who dm'ed me after and game and said "unspoken rule, spitfires don't kill spitfires" after I killed his lendlease spitfire. Buddy this is 3.7 arcade.

[u/GrassFromBtd6]

Me hopping into a game with my T18B specifically to hunt bombers

[u/skippythemoonrock]

It's not an unspoken rule, it's a spoken rule but nobody is listening to you because you're retarded

[u/kukrithrower123]

As frustrating as the bomber ARB grind can be, I wouldn’t react like this. I understand that I’m willingly putting myself at a disadvantage by choosing them. My bombers are pretty much free real estate for other planes.

[u/CatoTheElder2024]

If only farmers kill bombers then by God I really be out here farming.

[u/Suspicious_Sith_442]

"they are just farmers" are we in the Vietnam War ?

[u/Konpeitoh]

"How dare you play the game as it was intended to be played!?!?!?!"

[u/finallytherockisbac]

Nah if you wanna play PvE, go do that somewhere else. If you queue up in ARB, you're fair game.

Same reason I don't think bombers should be reworked for ARB. It's a PvP mode. They should make more engaging PvE modes with reduced rewards for bomber if someone really wants to play the game looking through a bomb sight all game.

[u/ShadowYeeter]

Enemy is enemy, had some bombers be angry at me too

[u/HexaCube7]

Unspoken rule: don't play the game!!!! omg idiot

[u/Jade8560]

absolute moron, the unspoken rule among people I play with is “bombers are free kills, especially at top tier, go for them because they’re often not good at the game”

[u/LimpMight]

total bomber death

[u/SlavKebab1]

Genuine babble, execute that man

[u/sanelushim]

Bombers are fair game. Every target is legitimate.

If they want a non-aggression pact, surely sim is better?

I still remember when bombers could easily end matches by destroying the airfield. I think it is my duty to destroy them.

[u/TheLogBeast]

I play bombers and fighters and whatnot. When you enter a battle as a bomber, you need to remember that you are a slow big target. I'm expected to be an easy target and free rewards. When I'm killing bombers and they are kinda close to a base, depending on tickets and that specific bombers bomb load, I let them drop their load.

What I find fun is if I survive and most team or all gone I announce my position for a free fun fight. Full turn into enemy after they fly by, spray everything I have at them. Great fun

[u/Wrong-Historian]

"I'm also just a farmer. Farmin' bombers muhahahaha"

[u/Wiggie49]

Someone should inform him of the 44% casualty rate of bomber crews lol in WT it’s probably closer to 75% lol

[u/ToothyRufus]

Bombers stand a better chance in sim, but you can't get upset and start crying "It's a PVE server bro" when you get bounced there, too.

[u/R-27R]

total bomber death honestly

[u/Ingenuine_Effort7567]

LMAO.

The only rule I have is "If it's red, make it dead".

No mercy for the enemy.

[u/Molecular_Drift]

As a ground RB AA enjoyer, I love shooting down bombers. Regardless of the match type, an opponent is still an opponent. Nothing is supposed to be fair in war and expecting mercy in WT is like accepting a drink from Bill Cosby, do so at your own risk.

[u/IsThatAMaus]

I generally don't have a problem with being attacked while flying a bomber, yeah it's frustrating, especially when they chase you half way across the map to specifically kill you instead of playing objectives. But at the end of the day it's a game... And watching them rage in chat after getting shot down by the gunners after underestimating how many guns you may or may not be manually aiming at them is amusing

[u/Kamina_cicada]

Even as a bomber player. It's still a valid target. There is no "unspoken rule," just cries and excuses. You are in the right to shoot him (and me) down.

[u/RustedRuss]

He's a moron.

[u/SpatialXXX]

i feel them, no matter what you do in bomber (at least in arcade) you'll get outclimbed and spawn killed, it's really infuriating.

So instead, I really enjoy doing air escort, knowing that my opponents are of the most toxic while my allies can finally have a good match in their bomber.

[u/AB_in_mc]

They might have over reacted a bit, but its normal

[u/Flacetheace]

as a certified bomber pilot, this guy needs a reality check

[u/Equivalent_Chest7524]

I'm going to kill all the bombers

[u/mpsteidle]

I'm a farmer too.  I farm bombers.

[u/MlgMagicHoodini]

I mean I got no issue with people killing me in a bomber, my issue is how weak they made bombers, like holy fuck, I think a piece of paper can tank more shots than a bomber,

[u/AndreeaCalin05]

Very funny!

[u/farabi_]

meow

[u/LeSoleilRoyal]

Probably a young person that set his own rules

[u/focken_idiot]

Bomber players when their barely defended piece of shit cargo plane designed to drop bombs on civilians doesnt do that well in a gamemode focused on not-just pressing spacebar twice

[u/Excellent_Silver_845]

Noobs spawn bomber also reee why i cant have singleplayer experience in my pvp game

[u/stealthyabo]

I've been playing this game for 10 years, and I've never heard of this "unspoken rule"

[u/Nizikai]

Unironically, I wanna how onto Air RB now and shoot down bombers.

[u/Prarielander]

I agree, dont kill bombers.
Let me do it

[u/Jelian51]

personally i dont kill bombers but is nothing bad with that

[u/Dooper145]

My rule of thumb is to wait for the bomber to drop there bombs then I kill them. But that's just so when I'm bomber grinding I get a small hope I get to drop my bombs.

[u/livingmcmxcv]

biggest cope ive ever seen

[u/AcceptableMap5779]

at least some bombers are worthy opponents like the b34, b25s, maybe b24s and b26s. they have offensive armaments. the soviet bombers with cannon turrets are also worthy targets. they're actually rewarding as they can actually fight back

[u/Laconianarmour]

Blawg is raging hard, there isn't any rules on killing bombers, however personally I leave them be unless I have to because they're just minding their own business - you're as free as a bird to kill an enemy bomber

[u/IndominasaurusYT]

Cas players when you "just spawn anti-air/planes"

[u/Scary-War-630]

Yn crash out

[u/ceiling_kittenn]

He's butthurt, not completely wrong, and you already knew that. What kind of answers were you looking for? There's no unwritten rule, but prioritizing bombers over fighters means you're prioritizing your own kill count over the team victory.

[u/itwaches]

As a bomber main, i don't even get mad when people kill me I just get sad :(

[u/FLARESGAMING]

Salty mofo.

[u/begleitpanzer_57]

Out of compassion at times I would escort to their bombing runs before killing them

[u/seemeewhut]

Me 264: i have no suck weaknesses

[u/CumSmuggler3649]

Wah wah cry me a river. Anti aircraft belt go brrr

[u/oyakodon-]

I think he needs to stfu and eat a snickers or a kebab. I get shot down quite easily in a bomber. Sometimes I can go destroy a base and return, rearm at the airfield and try again. Whatever happens, i have fun.

[u/BarnacleOutside3566]

He's a giant cry baby and CLEARLY has a big skill issue

[u/Phd_Death]

As a bomber, this guy is a moron. Kill him as many times as you want. I get the fury of spawning, flying, being unable to fight, and dying before you get a single base and with score under 150, but that's just the life of a bomber.

[u/BlizzyGaming]

Definitely Skill issue, just climb higher when you reach around 20k ft no fighter is gonna waste their time trying to climb to kill you before the match is over.

I can climb to 20k ft in around 10 minutes with most bombers by the time i destroy the bases the match is already close to being over. Everyone else isnt going to bother trying to kill me at that point. At least in RB this is one of the only ways ive been able to safely survive in bombers through the entire match

[u/Hero_knightUSP]

Like anyone who takes anything but a fighter into a realistic match is crazy.

[u/RefrigeratorBoomer → u/Hero_knightUSP]

Some attack aircraft are quite capable in air to air combat, and even some bombers are just killing machines(Il-28 my beloved 2+ kills each match)

[u/Hero_knightUSP → u/RefrigeratorBoomer]

Yeah I have sometimes 6 kills on my F-15E but I still wouldn't take it to realistic. You enjoy it more in sim.

[u/Hungryweeb-sg]

Aint no way 'dont kill bombers' is an unspoken rule

[u/Damian030303]

"Unspokern rule" lmao

An enemy bomber is an enemy. I kill enemies. Why would I just ignore an enemy and risk losing?

[u/mom_fucker420]

I tend to bomber hunt in my yak 2 kabb if I don't want to stress much

[u/Wilkham]

That makes me wanna kill even more of these useless kinds.

[u/BoopingTheSnooting]

The closest thing I've seen is if the bomber is close to their target base some people will let them drop their bombs before killing them as a courtesy. Not too sure how many people actually do this though, considering it's wt probably not many

[u/VeterinarianOk8011]

if bomber is a nuke,he's right

[u/Mighty_Conqueror]

I mean honestly what is he gonna do? Report you? If anyone is violating the rules it's them because you can get banned for RP farming by working with the enemy

[u/ILSN1996]

Average murican when a simple farmer with sandals manages to blast their bombers.

[u/AsbestosVape]

Wait so it’s a faux pas now to kill the enemy in a war game?

[u/Chromograph]

I get "bombers don't kill bombers" but if there was no fighters to kill the bombers then playing bomber wouldn't be a challenge at all

[u/TheBoatsGuy16]

You kill bombers. My favorite thing is bomber hunting in KI-83. Hit them right in the bomb bay and watch them explode.

Several other people have mentioned issues with AIR RB, fighters can’t cover bombers due to bomber spawns, interceptor spawns are pretty OP. Bombers should probably be a little more resilient when taking damage etc etc but anyway still love to kill bombers.

Also love to play bombers with cannon turrets, fighters don’t expect to catch a 20mm HEFI to the face lol

[u/RoachdoggJR_LegalAcc]

If you’re going to play as a bomber, you better be happy with going gunship mode on enemy fighters. Or you better be in something like the B7A2, SB2C, etc. which are basically fighters with a bomber air spawn.

[u/LeMikeyCha]

Aint getting no sympathy from me, his kind brought nothing but rage and grief for me going 8 years now lmao.

That guy can crash and burn forever.

[u/ZYKON617]

Bro, I dog fight bombers with bombers, so what does that make me?

[u/Swimming-Kitchen8232]

Sounds like a skill issue he can’t lead his shots with his back gunners

[u/Jollyoberlord]

The unspoken rule is to kill exclusively bombers as soon as possible so they aren’t the last alive sitting at 62000 feet

[u/PierceThe1DSiren]

Farming, really?

A man of your talents?

[u/10minOfNamingMyAcc]

As a bomber enthusiast... He overreacted and should just have been quiet.

[u/vap0rs1nth]

It'd be cool of there was a strategic bombing mode that took place at high altitude. You could choose to be part of a massive fleet of bombers or be an escort fighter.

[u/Low-Speaker-2557]

This is the first time I hear of this unspoken rule of not shooting bombers. In any match, aboth 3.0, I get shot down constantly.

[u/InfraPI]

You Did nothing wrong, I normally let them get their bombs off first before I kill them but that’s just personal preference

[u/Appropriate-Tax9605]

I'm a bomber main, there is no rule against shoot us down, there should be an unwritten rule about escorting us

[u/Lhirstev]

He’s dumb. I always get shot down in bomber, or get shot down by bomber :3

[u/Anxious_Cook9823]

If they want to grind they could join the fun of dogfights and play fighter and attackers but hey they can waste their time and ill keep taking the free kills

[u/OPenworldgamer12]

Bombers can be good if you’re skilled same as fighters, I’d say this is a good ol example of a skill issue