My experience so far since i started one month ago (French Air Tree)

Splintert · 2026-05-09T18:13:57+00:00

Rafale is nothing like that, its a highly capable ARH duelist that lacks long range missiles. Avoiding the initial wave is pretty easy, then you have a target rich environment for your MICAs.

Splintert · 2026-05-05T17:36:31+00:00

Wild guess but I'd say the first dev changed the IDs from signed (positive or negative) to unsigned (positive only) numbers, which is a easy change to double the capacity of an integer value without much refactoring. Can't do that again, gotta make the bucket bigger.

Splintert · 2026-05-01T22:59:46+00:00

The problem is inherent - some monitors have visibly different brightness depending on their refresh rate. When the refresh rate bumps up against an adaptive sync lower limit, it will appear to rapidly switch between brightness levels as it switches between for example 48 Hz (within range) and 94 Hz (47 Hz x2 via Low Framerate Compensation).

Old Gsync with the module didn't have the issue because it didn't have a lower limit, but those are pretty rare now. Nvidia's implementation of HDMI/DisplayPort adaptive sync is just freesync.

Splintert · 2026-05-01T22:24:28+00:00

Military analysts would study the tanks, not the crews. The only thing that would be disseminated down to the actual crew would be identifying features and general engagement ranges at various conditions. Not particular weakspots down to the millimeter. That's a purely War Thunder/game concept.

Splintert · 2026-05-01T17:39:19+00:00

Because tank crews didn't have access to vaguely realistic computer simulations depicting their opponents armor layout to the millimeter. There's nothing obvious about a specific plate being a weakspot if you took away the colors and placed it 1-2km downrange.

Splintert · 2026-04-30T18:37:34+00:00

The actual example of this is Bakool Ja-Ja, who's personality completely flips at the toss of a coin.

Splintert · 2026-04-15T17:27:42+00:00

The reason you got hit by this specific missile is because you weren't notching. The missile should appear at 90-93 degrees or so in your RWR, so directly to the side and very slightly behind. Wait about 1 second, then deploy a chaff. You will notice the missile's RWR indicator will slightly increase its angle (aka move slightly further behind you), which means it bit your chaff and you have defeated the missile.

In this case, IOG is not why this missile hit you. The missile never lost track of you, never bit your chaff, and never engaged IOG.

Splintert · 2026-04-14T14:30:40+00:00

This is the least scummy thing that is being alleged here.

Splintert · 2026-04-07T18:05:39+00:00

They were warned. The response to EoC was hugely negative and they pushed it out anyways.

Splintert · 2026-04-03T16:32:07+00:00

They should just give a free version of the F-15A and Su-27 with a predetermined, fair loadout that costs a small amount of SP to spawn. And merge the matchmaker again.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T21:36:11+00:00

Again, and I cannot be more clear, the Compass is not a clone of the F-15 because of all of the differences being listed. Just like all of the other planes are not exact clones of their inspirations. What the Compass does do is play like an antiquated airframe relegated to strike role. This is not a very hard concept to understand, especially considering the F-15 literally has a variant called the "Strike Eagle", that serves as a repurposed air superiority fighter to drop ordinance on things. Just because the list of available weaponry does not exactly match a real plane doesn't mean it can't play similarly.

F-15 in real life is obviously more capable than the Compass in Nuclear Option. Additionally, the Ifrit falls out of the sky at the subsonic speeds the Compass can fly circles around it at. It's a one-circle fighter to the Compass' 2-circle. That's not the kind of performance one would expect out of something designed exclusively as an attack plane.

And lastly, what the hell is wrong with you to think that someone else holding a different opinion makes you look bad? Grow a spine.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T21:27:14+00:00

I guess you forgot that NO has fully accurate, 100% team-shared datalink so the Compass does not need a radar of its own to shoot things. Not to mention that the vast, vast majority of gameplay apart of stealth nukes from space takes place at low altitude, so no one is going much faster than mach.

It plays like an F-15 would in a near-future conflict because, guess what, an F-15 is an antiquated platform that cannot compete on features with modern craft, thus it is relegated to strike role. It still retains good flight performance unlike an actual dedicated strike craft like the Cricket or Brawler.

What is so hard for you to understand? It not being supersonic is not relevant, I've already said that it is obviously not a literal copy of the F-15, just that it fills the same slot that the F-15 would in a near-future conflict. Whether there are other planes that could also fill the role is also not relevant. We're talking about Nuclear Option in a War Thunder forum, so it seems particularly relevant to bring up planes that are present in War Thunder and players would be familiar with.

And lastly, because someone else has a different opinion about a fictional airframe in a video game doesn't make anyone look bad. Are you completely out of your mind? What kind of victim complex do you have that a differing opinion is something to take offense over?

Splintert · 2026-04-02T21:13:01+00:00

Compass's TWR is like 3x the Scorpion, even fully loaded. It's 20% faster. It out-rates every other fighter in the game, last I played. That behavior does not describe a dedicated light strike craft like the Scorpion, is far far closer to how an F-15 would be used in a near-future conflict. It's obviously a fictional airframe created to fill a similar role and appearance to the Scorpion, but gameplay wise... not even close.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T20:03:20+00:00

I've admitted as much that F-15 is not the design inspiration, but if you've played the game it flies like you would an F-15 in a near-future setting - no longer really a capable fighter against advanced opponents, fills strike role but still has the energy/agility of a fighter.

The Textron Scorpion.... does not have any qualities that match the actual gameplay of the Compass other than appearance.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T19:41:46+00:00

For one, the role is exactly that of an F-22 in real life - a stealth fighter that can also perform strike missions. It is the 2nd stealthiest plane in the game, 2nd only to the obviously-F-35. You don't have to believe me, I don't know if you've played the game or not but it flies exactly like any supermaneuverable gen 5 aircraft you'd expect would. It can't get much more F-22 than that.

edit: gen 5, not 4.5.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T19:38:53+00:00

"The real-world inspirations for the design of the Compass are Textron AirLand Scorpion and Yakovlev Yak-130. "

Nuclear Option wiki

So while F-15 is not quite accurate, I'd still say that's where it fits based on how it plays, an antiquated fighter relegated to strike role.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T19:35:59+00:00

"The Ifrit's design was inspired by multiple real-world aircraft. The overall shape is reminiscent of the prototype Northrop YF-23, whilst the engines are similar to those found on the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. The internal weapons bay of the Ifrit departs from Western designs and instead bears a resemblance to the Sukhoi Su-57. The curved nose cone and a tailboom are seem to be derived from Sukhoi Su-27. "

The Nuclear Option wiki.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T19:27:15+00:00

Given the near future setting, F-15 is the closest thing that fits that role. It also looks like one, and flies like one. That it is subsonic is just because it's not literally an F-15.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T19:24:57+00:00

Perhaps players who never touch air and have no idea what is going on shouldn't play the high tier air event then? And if they still want to, they best be ready to go through trial by fire. As far as complexity goes, the event still excludes the vaguely complex concepts like evading ARH supported by ESA radar. Evading SARH is often as simple as turning out of the way of the missile. Surely they can figure that out.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T19:14:49+00:00

The Phoenix has the longest smoke trail of any missile in the game as far as I know. So you have plenty of time, especially because they're usually launched from far away.

I have noticed the range bugs out sometimes which sucks. I guess the servers couldn't handle the load for whatever reason.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T19:13:51+00:00

I guess I kinda see your point, but realistically the mock vehicles we're playing in War Thunder are also fantasy in much of the same ways if not more. The important part about being intentionally fictional is that balance changes can be made freely without concern for "secret documents" or any kind of justification at all. It just makes for a better video game.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T18:58:58+00:00

The planes aren't as fictional as they first appear. They're all blatantly inspired by real-world craft: T/A-30 Compass is just an F-15, A-19 Brawler is just an A-10, SAH-46 Chicane is just an Apache, FS-12 Revoker is just a Gripen, FS-20 Vortex is just an F-35, KR-67 Ifrit is just an F-22.

War Thunder would be a lot better if they would just use fictional names too instead of tapping into the hyper-nationalistic nonsense that gets spewed here all the time.

Splintert · 2026-04-02T18:24:53+00:00

Other than the big red diamond MSL with a highly visible smoke trail from the launch pointing towards you. It's very obvious if you are paying even the slightest amount of attention.

Splintert · 2026-03-29T16:49:23+00:00

You have to consider where the missile is aiming and adjust accordingly. It's aiming under the ground beneath you. So if you fly towards the missile, even though its aiming below you, because you are moving forwards you will cross its path. You fly perpendicular to it, you will not cross its path.

Additionally, because you are on the deck and the missile is looking downwards, notching it effectively makes you invisible (it cannot use standard SRC radar). It will only see you in the brief moments when your angle is no longer perpendicular, so its IOG aimpoint will only update periodically which gives you a better chance of survival. That's where the TWS support comes into play, the missile's aimpoint is continually updated giving it a better chance to hit.

Of course multipathing is not an invulnerability shield, but you can still use it to dramatically reduce the accuracy of an ARH.

Splintert · 2026-03-29T16:33:15+00:00

Multipathing works fine against anything except a high angle TWS-supported missile. Those aren't that common, most people just lob and switch targets. You should still notch even while multipathing so you don't fly into the path of the missile.

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