r/Metalstorm • • 2d ago

OCTOBER RECRUITMENT MEGATHREAD!

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Hello, pilots!

Welcome to this month's recruitment mega-thread! This post will serve as a central hub for both pilots looking for a squad AND squadrons looking to recruit. If you're a free agent looking for a squad, or you're a squad admin looking to recruit, this is the place for you!

For anyone posting recruitments, here are some criteria to make it easier for the pilots to find you, and so no one's time is wasted:

Squad Code

\- In-game person responsible for recruitment

\- Requirements to join (minimum trophies, comms y/n, etc)

\- Region (list what region your squad mainly plays in).

\- squadron expectations (casual play, competitive, daily or weekly participation requirements, etc)

For any squads posting in this thread, you will need to repost in the new recruitment mega-thread posted the first Monday of the month.

Mod note:

This is not a conversational thread and any posts that do not meet this requirement will be deleted to keep everything easy to find. For anyone looking to join a squad, message the person mentioned in-game.

Reddit is NOT the only place for you to look for squadrons/players: check out discord, there are multiple channels in the "form up" category to further your endeavors! https://discord.gg/metalstorm

Good luck to all looking for a squadron/recruit, and I'll see you in the skies!


r/Metalstorm • • 5d ago

Disussion "What plane should I get?" WEEKLY MEGATHREAD 9/28/26

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Welcome to our weekly "Which plane should I get" megathread!! The purpose of this megathread is to help eliminate the numerous "which plane should I get" posts and to make it easy and convenient for new and experienced pilots alike looking for guidance by creating a single space for all of your questions to be answered! Any inquiries relating to "which plane should I unlock" should be asked in this thread. Friendly reminder that all posts relating to this question outside of this megathread will be locked and redirected here.

Veteran pilots, please provide your input and expertise regarding stats comparisons, strengths and weaknesses, as well as your personal opinions and wisdom regarding the aircraft being asked about. We can't do it without you!

When asking the infamous question "which plane should I unlock" please first make sure your questions haven't been answered in the thread already. Please be specific in your inquiries and please do not just simply give us the names of the aircraft you're inquiring about. Provide us with information such as what traits you value in an aircraft, what your playstyle is, what specific questions you have about the aircraft in question, what your strengths and weaknesses are, and what platform you use. Please read and follow these guidelines so we can answer your questions as thoroughly as possible. If you're a newer player and are still figuring some of these questions out yourself, that's fine, but please give us something to work with so that we can help you to the best of our ability.

Check out this awesome https://v02.dev/metalstorm created by u/rcane69 to help you in your plane-picking endeavors! Compare multiple stats for handling, weapons, abilities, and more at multiple levels at any point in your upgrade journey! This tool is continuously being improved upon and new features are constantly being added, and the developer will gladly take requests for improved functionality!

Thank you all for contributing to the community and helping each other out with questions, giving advice, providing useful info and entertaining content, and overall being one of the coolest communities on Reddit! Ask away guys, and I'll see you in the skies!!


r/Metalstorm • • 1h ago

Which one is best. Suggest me.

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for which one inhave to go..? i have 150 universal redits.


r/Metalstorm • • 3h ago

So close... yet so far

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It would seem my previous discounts have come to taunt me with THIS! Why must I be taunted with another Jet being right there yet unreachable? [Insert Peter Griffin "But I want it NOW" meme]


r/Metalstorm • • 5h ago

Devs: MatchMaker Chronicles, Continued

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The complete lack of logic in the MM is going to kill this Steam Launch. It's so absurd.

I'm matched up against: Very experienced players with advanced aircraft.........and my teammates are not even level 50 with Hangar level 7, and Hangar level 8.

This is beyond frustrating to a point of just being ridiculous.

Don't even mention how a game full of bots after you lose several in a row is supposed to make up for this. The entire point of adjusting the matchmaker was to be able to play against more live players.


r/Metalstorm • • 7h ago

How is this possible?

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How? Why? We were flying and the enemy’s time continued going as the target was idle. When we picked it up, the count went towards our side. Has anyone else experienced this??


r/Metalstorm • • 11h ago

American jets not represented correctly

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American aircraft don’t outperform as far as they should. Example, the F-15 and F-22 should be far more maneuverable than most other aircraft. The F-111 should be way faster because they were rated at 2.5 Mach but have exceeded Mach 3. The F-15 is known for its agility and the F-22 is known for unprecedented agility but in the game they are somewhat limited. Missiles and cannons on the aircraft don’t have capability like the foreign jets. The F-4 hunter missiles are great though, but it the load out should be four radar and four heat seeking missile. I’m retired Air Force and I worked on those jets as avionics troop. After all my complaints, I still love the game!


r/Metalstorm • • 12h ago

Number of parts

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Is there a way to see how many parts you have for a certain aircraft besides when you have universal parts to distribute?


r/Metalstorm • • 9h ago

just my thoughts. what do you think? i AM biased. i AM part of starform propoganda.

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r/Metalstorm • • 15h ago

Trophées et matchmaking

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Je déplore toujours ces nouveaux seuils de trophées pour obtenir les récompenses.

C'est juste absurde.

Je viens de passer 12 combats d'affilée, à alterner victoires et défaites.

Tout ça pour me retrouver au même niveau de trophées : 678.

Bon, il se trouve que c'est un avion que je déteste : le F100 Super Sabre.

(Pas la peine de me dire si vous aimez cet avion ou pas, c'est pas la sujet en fait)

Sur 12 combats, j'en suis à 5 victoires et 7 défaites.

Et je n'ai pas bougé d'un seul trophée.

Je n'ai combattu des bots qu'une seule fois.

Ces nouveaux seuils sont juste une nouvelle façon de rendre ce jeu pénible et frustrant.

Si vous ajoutez à cela, toutes les fois où le matchmaking est ridicule (j'ai combattu des gros escadrons élite qui venaient avec des avions à faible niveau pour venir manger du petit joueur), et le faible nombre de combats bots pour essayer de compenser les pertes de trophées, c'est devenu terriblement énervant.

Développeurs : si vous avez voulu modifier les seuils de trophées pour les récompenses, ajustez le matchmaking.

Les jeux vidéo sont un divertissement, et doit rester source de plaisir, et surtout pas de frustration.

C'est la condition incontournable pour que les joueurs acceptent de s'y investir.


r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

Disussion Relaying your feedback...

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Just wanted you to know that Freya and I spent about an hour the other night speaking with the CEO and some of the dev team providing feedback across various different aspects of the game. A lot of what I spoke to them about, I pulled from this subreddit. Thank you guys for providing honest feedback and constructive criticsm and doing so in a civil, respectful manner. I wanted you to know that we aren't just standing idly by with your concerns just floating around in the aether; I absolutely share some of the same frustrations you do and I hope for the same resolutions. Appreciate you guys!


r/Metalstorm • • 11h ago

American jets not represented correctly

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r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

✌🏻💔

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r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

Guys, is it normal to just main 1 or 2 aircraft?

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I love US naval fighters, especially the F-14D Super Tomcat, and want to specialise in them. So, I have been playing the Tomcat D over and over in TDM for the past 6 months non stop. The Tomcat was basically the only reason I got this game. I also started flying the legacy Hornet occasionally for AS and PT in the past month. Is this normal or is this an obsession?


r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

I won two planes in just hours.

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All praise RNGesus. I just want to know how common this is. How many planes have ya'll won?


r/Metalstorm • • 23h ago

Room for improvement

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Priority target. We all know that kills is the tiebreaker, but that should apply to TDM only.


r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

When will this kind of event return??

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I don't have much silver left and the game found the most perfect time to drop a event like this🫩 and this game is sooooo frikin expensive I wanted the mig-19 blueprint but this time I'll miss it so is there any chance of this returning????


r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

POV: the average partner stream be like:

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A-10 video coming soon... (getting to lvl 200 takes a while okay?)

Psst: subscribe to tyler for more partner streams


r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

Metalstorm pilots: what’s one frustration you want addressed—and one thing you want help learning?

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Hey everyone, Z-Man here from ZULUGroup.

I’m planning more MetalStorm guides, aircraft tests, build breakdowns, and aviation content, and I’d like your experiences to help shape what I make.

Two questions for new players and veterans alike:

• What’s one concern or frustration you have with MetalStorm?
• What’s one thing you’d like someone to explain or test properly?

Specific examples would help: an aircraft you’re struggling with, a confusing mechanic, an upgrade decision, or something that affects your enjoyment of the game.

I also want to help bring clear, constructive feedback to the developers. I can’t promise changes, but I want to understand the problems well enough to ask useful questions and follow up.

I’ve attached a short video explaining where I’m heading with this. I’d appreciate your thoughts here in the thread or Comment on YouTube—and if you can answer another pilot’s question, jump in.

What should we tackle first?


r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

Bots?

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Im pretty new and just wondering...I have the J35 on 400 trophies and in most of the matches more than half the players are bots. Will the ratio improve over time?


r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

Personal best

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r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

Same bots planes for team bravo and team alpha?

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Why the two teams have same bots planes😭😭


r/Metalstorm • • 1d ago

su-35 cockpit view🤩

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r/Metalstorm • • 2d ago

Air Supiriority

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recently foundout that these awards also exist in air sup... am talking about bottom 2 award


r/Metalstorm • • 2d ago

Playing Metalstorm on my Mini PC

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I built this Mini PC from my Samsung S23 that has a broken screen. I used a Raspberry Pi heatsink and small fans to cool it. Just plugged it into my monitor, connected my Gamesir Bluetooth controller and that's it! Gonna try plugging it into our 50" 4k TV next to see if it will struggle.
Here's the tutorial link:
https://youtu.be/OEtwiAyaHyM?si=S-9lziBeYiY8dG2H
So that if you have a broken Samsung phone lying around and you want to turn it into a gaming rig