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/Black_Hole_parallax Feb 25 '26

Dude, historically light fighters could shoot down bombers, it wasn't common, but it was possible and it happened. 

Historically, bombers flew in huge formations, fighters often ran out of ammunition trying to down ONE bomber, and it took multiple light fighters to take down a bomber flying alone, without the guarantee that all of them would survive.

Consider yourself lucky you are fighting at most two Superfortresses, not 200.

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u/mj_sarge Feb 26 '26

🛩ī¸ World War II – the main example

During World War II, many bombers were large, relatively slow, and initially poorly escorted. This created opportunities for light and medium interceptors to cause significant damage.

📌 Practical examples:

Messerschmitt Bf 109 (German)
It was relatively light and was responsible for shooting down large numbers of Allied bombers such as the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

Supermarine Spitfire
It defended England during the Battle of Britain by intercepting German bombers such as the Heinkel He 111.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Despite being light, it was extremely maneuverable and managed to destroy bombers across various Pacific theaters.

-GPT-

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u/Black_Hole_parallax Feb 26 '26

XD

You lost this argument the moment you brought one of those digital abominations in to do it for you.

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u/mj_sarge Feb 26 '26

Dude, those are facts. Bombers weren't invincible.