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Originally Posted by Nexus7
according to the voice on wikipedia submarines will not be present in world of warships, without leaving room for doubts... so to say  |
Subs in war thunder could be a lot of fun (and hunting them too), but from a practical perspective, I'm not sure how well they would tie in to the game play due to the slow pace of most WW2 subs. Your average WT Arcade match is about 10-20 minutes. Realistic can be longer due to no Auto reloads, or shorter because it has no respawns either
Anyway that kind of match time could be a bit too short for Sub players to inflict much damage.
Subs would probably have to play a role like bombers do in the air matches, their would need to be AI merchants for them to primarily sink,
Some reckon subs would be OP because they are sneaky and hidden.
I believe they opposite is true, I think they would be abit of lame duck and a rather easy kill because:
1) Every player controlled surface ship is bound to outpace and out gun them on the surface.
2) Most WW2 subs were so slow submerged it would take forever for them to get anywhere in real time
3) On a limited sized map, locating submerged Subs wouldn't be too hard for Escort players, especially as they will know where their spawn/re-spawn point is, an roughly where they will be heading..
4) As per reality, in a mixed Air and Naval match, taking a sub in to battle will probably be suicide.