- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
In the upcoming economy update we will focus on the overly expensive repair of heavy bombers. Repair prices, awards for base bombing and costs for suspended weaponry will be corrected and all this will make flying out in heavy bombers much less risky and more affordable for average players. This will of course have an effect on any kind of bombing attack from all bomb capable aircraft.
In addition to the automatic balancing (manual adjustment being done regularly after major updates) of Battle Ratings in War Thunder, there is also an automatic algorithm that is responsible for the game economy. Among its tasks are also the adjustment of repair prices depending on the average earnings of the specific vehicles. Bombers possess base destruction as a unique goal which brings greater income, however, heavy bombers find themselves in a situation over time where prices for repair automatically increase to a substantial amount. This has made flying out in them an economically risky business for players.
Repair cost of some bombers will be reduced !
To solve this problem it would not be enough to simply reduce the award for base bombing and therefore the repair cost because even within one rank the aircraft may have very different carrying capacities which would result in a situation where lightweight bombers would receive a low amount of awards. We believe that the optimal solution is an algorithm that adjusts the award value for base bombing based on the current bomb load. This in turn will reduce the repair cost of some bombers and will not affect the total income of the vehicles even with a low bomb load in any battle result.
For example: a Tu-2S-44 (BR 6.0) with 2,000 kg of bombs will receive a decent award for successful base bombing and the B-24D-25-CO (BR 6.0) with 3,600 kg bombs in turn will not reflect twice the repair costs of the Tu-2S.
The algorithm will affect only awards for base bombing and will not affect other battle awards in any way. So bombers will still retain the ability to provide their pilots with stable Silver Lion earnings.
Full table
The data presented in the table is preliminary and may change during the development process.
We constantly revisit and revise economy changes and will look again at all areas. For now we plan to make these specific changes that affect all bomb capable aircraft at the beginning of October. We would be happy to receive your opinions and suggestions on this topic.
The War Thunder Team
Comments (380)
im not understanding this .. they SAY the are trying to help bombers become more used and enjoyable .. their solution is to make them worth a lot less and cost a little less .. it must be some strange logic i havnt come across before because im just not understanding it .. is it that secret quantum vodka logic ?? ......... wow 22 pages already .. seems we are not as easily sold any more
Reduce repair, leave the reward like that, everyone will be happy
so basically what im seeing is that if i need silver lions the ONLY way for me to get that is to buy golden eagles..... totally love it. Sure some people may not like bombers but why should those that do suffer from horrible rewards. i mean bombers are already a huge target. I cant tell you how many times i have been shot down in sims before i even get halfway to my target. if anything bombers should be making more or at the very least have to spend less to repair
NMSL
Please do not reduce the rewards for bombing, these are terrible changes... I already pay for premium as it is, I would want my money back for the ju288c I purchased. Why can't you simply reduce the repair costs without also doing something else that is a negative change? I don't understand.
Thank you so much Gaijin! Now there won't be a full team of bombers in Sim EC!
They cut the B-29 and Tu-4 SL gain by two thirds! Air SB is saved!
IcedVenom16, Unless these bombers will focus on gunshipping exclusively - the reward for bombers shooting down planes wasn't reduced, while repairs were.
This makes playing bombers less enjoyable. You will never notice that you spared some lions after a match with repairs, but you will notice that you didn't gain as much as before and that feels awful. What a way to push away your bomber community.
Is the G8N really so good that it has to be more expensive to repair than a B-29 in RB? The B-29 is certainly not incapable of defending itself while carrying 4327kg worth of TNT, 3.7 times the amount of base damage a G8N can inflict - not an insignificant difference when it comes to influencing victory in a match. Moreover, you are suggesting that the G8N needs to destroy 2.2 bases to recover its repair cost, while the B-29 can recover its own repairs with just one base destroyed.
One should also note that the G8N is not capable of actually destroying two bases in one trip..
My bad - talked about number of bases destroyed but obviously the reward listed is for the payload - doesn't change the fact that a B-29 doesn't even need to drop all of its bombs to recover its repair cost, while a G8N needs to rearm twice at the airfield before it can make a profit after being shot down.
Will this help Enduring Confrontation matches being over in less than an hour because the entire team is made up of bombers?
Why not simply remove bombers from the game ? Cause it looks like it's where you want to go, Air AB is already almost empty of bombers (like 3 bombers for 12 fighters). Was about to buy this vautour IIA/IDF, but no chance anymore now. GG