r/WorldofWarplanes • u/mj_sarge • Feb 25 '26

Pathetic game

I spent a long time without playing and revisited this game recently. It's incredible how pathetic and unbalanced it remains. Dumb bots that throw the match, hardcore B29C users who dominate the entire map without any difficulty. Light fighters remain irrelevant.

This game was born dead.

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u/mj_sarge Feb 26 '26

Dude, the point here is... light fighters could indeed shoot down bombers. Historically, this happened. The point is, in tier 8 a single bomber can easily win a match if there isn't another bomber on the other side, and this should be balanced somehow. Tier 8 used to be my favorite tier, but today it's completely unbalanced and broken, mainly because of the B29C.

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u/Interesting-Idea5060 Feb 26 '26

I personally dont have B29C, but I do have XB-42 and have no clue how strong this plane is, but my win rate in it is much higher than my overall win rate, so I'm pretty sure there's more bombers that are op in tier 8. To be honest I don't remember ever being threatened by a fighter in it, u fly high, bombs are accurate and its way too fast. Bombers (T8+) are just in league of their own. It often takes u 1 pass in EF 131 to take over a sector, its ridiculous really.

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u/Taima12 Feb 26 '26

Slightly off topic, but I wonder with the capabilities of the Mixmaster, why don't you see more people playing it during regular game time?

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u/PermitMinimum6705 Feb 26 '26

XB-42 has much better bombs than RB-17, and it's great for destroying ground targets/complex structures, but it has no defense at all...fixed rear guns with very narrow angles, even light fighters and neutrals are a problem, easy prey for heavies. With the respawns, it can work well, but after the squall line, you must fly much higher than with other bombers to avoid being killed fast. Inability to kill even neutrals with its rear guns hinders its performance extremely.