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- 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
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- 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
We’ve been made aware of many of your requests for smaller teams in Air Realistic Battles as 16v16 teams are sometimes overwhelming in terms of the number of missiles at once.
With the release of the upcoming major update, we’ll be adding an option to the Air Realistic Battles game selection window where you’ll be able to turn on smaller team sizes.
This mechanic works in the same way as turning on the option for night battles: if there’s enough players in the queue with this option enabled, you’ll have a chance of getting into an air battle with smaller team sizes.
When this option is enabled, you’ll have the chance of getting into a battle with smaller team sizes (min - max: 6 - 12) instead of a regular battle (min - max: 6 - 16). Further adjustments in the future are possible depending on how sessions go.
This will only be for aircraft with a Battle Rating of 10.0 or higher, where high-end air-to-air missiles are far more prevalent.
Thank you for your feedback on this and we hope that this option for smaller teams will make your experience in Air Realistic Battles more enjoyable. Be sure to enable this option with the release of the major update!
Comments (256)
Comments will be premoderatedI feel like making multiple airfield spawns would fix the issue better than decreasing match sizes, any chance we can see anything like that in the future?
Optional is kinda lame. Luckly I have like 6 top tiers, and I can abandon 16v16 and try again. Hope Its 1 in 6, or else I have to get more top tiers unlocked.
Can you guys maybe listen for once in your lives? ARH missiles are gonna ruin higher tier battles, not to mention lower tier jets are not going to benifit at all from this whilst they really need it hard. Dissappointing Gaijin.
Pretty sure this is the opposite of what should be done, 12v12 should be default with 16v16 as an option to toggle instead, what an underwhelming attempt to address the issue. What a joke
Please consider inverting this! 6-12 battles should be default with an option to partake in 6-16 battles. What's the point of adding this much requested option if we'll only get it on a small fraction of matches.
i feel like this is a step in a good direction, but im not a fan of how chancy it is. with how hard it is to get night battles, and this being basically the same style mechanic, it really doesnt do anything for the people who heavily dislike 16v16, as they still have to play it a ton. and from my experience, the majority of people ive spoken too are not fans of 16v16 in any capacity, i personally would also want to see it gone, but the direction here is good, just needs to go further
if this functions exactly like night battles: it will rarely happen unless literally everyone has it turned on
Awesome
Could we (just maybe) get 6-10 instead of 6-12? Pleassssssssssssseeeeeeeeee ^.^
This is a small little Band-Aid on the gashing bleeding wound that is air RB. Instead of actually fixing air RB you put on this little Band-Aid that only works on a paper cut.
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