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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.
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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.
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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 premoderatedWould it be possible to get something similar to this but instead of reducing players it removes the ability to spawn planes and helicopters in ground battles? An optional thing like this or night battles, it might be popular for higher ranks.
"A chance". Just like "a chance" to get into night battles for GRB?
"option" just other dead gamemode like Night battle... good job gaijin.
Do the same for map size in tank rb please.
Great idea, but it should not be optional. It should be the standard for high-top tiers, and if people want to then they can enable 16v16.
This is annoying, option? The "option" should be a guaranteed smaller team every match, not just the "chance", this is a half assed fix for this issue
bro no one like 16v16
The snail has made a lot of changes we, the players demanded over the past year! Though I think most players would like even smaller team sizes, such as 8 vs. 8 or 10 vs. 10, for higher tiers. Maybe a poll would help gauge player sentiment better?
Can Ground RB players get an option for tanks only now, without the bullshit CAS that some nations get for just joining into the battle
Bellumn, No.
"smaller team sizes (min - max: 6 - 12) instead of a regular battle (min - max: 6 - 16) " is this a jok ? 2 players is not a change they most likely will crash at the start of the game anyway
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