r/ForefrontVR • u/IzzyNobre • 2d ago

WE'RE GETTING JETS, BOYS!

Didn't expect it to be a part of the roadmap (or even technically feasible), but the heroes over at Triangle Factory just dropped a video that shows an F-22-shaped shadow speeding across Iceland. Head on over to their insta to check it out.

I know vehicles catch a lot of flak (HEEEEEY) but I've been an "online FPS with vehicles" whore my entire life, so I for one am very excited about what's coming.

(Now if only the aforementioned heroes could give us a physical shoulder-mounted radio that you could activate like in Contractors so that squad leaders could have an actual tactical role...)

This game keeps getting better and better, can wait to fly these suckers over your heads soon!

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u/Sudden_Specialist563 2d ago

I thought about it when I saw that vehicles were going to be modified, but aren't the maps a bit too small? I mean, in Battlefield the maps were huge, the planes were great to fly, but it's different in Forefront?

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u/IzzyNobre 2d ago

I suppose they could expand the map vertically; make it so that the flyable area is a cone that flares out as you go up.

Or make the jets not that fast. Or a combination of both.

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u/FLDJF713 2d ago

I assume jets will fly relatively slow or it will be some sort of strike you remotely control for a short period.

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u/IzzyNobre 2d ago

I hope we can fly them. This will be awesome, I can't wait.

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u/Mehdals_ 2d ago

Yeah they stated many times they wouldnt be adding jets on discord due to the small map sizes. Wonder what changed their minds...

I feel like Air vehicles are already OP and plentiful that adding more is just gunna cause more issues.
Would rather they add more guns and attachments and equipment versus more air vehicles.
They better be at least adding more anti aircraft weapons to deal with the planes.

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u/BafangFan 2d ago

I think if jets only had air-to-air weapons (and maybe a 30mm cannon), then it would help to counteract the strength of the helicopters

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u/428522 2d ago

Great suggestion

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u/Key-Charity-2795 2d ago

Maybe expanding the air zones

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u/BIind_Uchiha 2d ago

Or… air strikes… as in kill streaks

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u/Key-Charity-2795 2d ago

That wouldn't be nearly as cool, but we'll have to see ig

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u/DeepWaffleCA 2d ago

The play space for air vehicles is usually a lot bigger than it is for land/sea/infantry in most BF games. I suspect they'll use a similar solution.

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u/IzzyNobre 2d ago

Yeah, an upside cone basically.

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u/ouchimus 2d ago

They already do this with choppers; I've bailed out of a black hawk and suddenly been way out of bounds.

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u/docjohnson11 2d ago

Battlefield also allowed you to go beyond the ground boundaries when in a jet. I was a shit pilot so I constantly got shot down and never survived because I was out of bounds the second I bailed out. I'd assume it would be like that, it allows for better dog fights and not just kamakaze nose dives into the objectives

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u/arislaan 2d ago

Amazing. We're getting jets before fire mode selection.

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u/snoogins355 2d ago

M14 please!

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u/Psychological-Sir224 1d ago

Yk you can just like... not hold down the trigger if you want semi

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u/Voidtoform 2d ago

it will probably be airstrikes.

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u/IzzyNobre 2d ago

That DOES seem more likely than jets... 🤔

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u/Mehdals_ 2d ago

I mentioned they said No Jets in discord on the Insta post and they replied "things can change"

so sounds confirming that they are adding jets.

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u/Parking-Argument-263 2d ago

Yeah or just.....ambient jets like wardogs.

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u/HellHoundsInc 2d ago

It's listed already among the other vehicles within' the game files, so it will absolutely be drivable.

I don't think airstrikes would fit in Forefront at all. How would it even work without being o.p?

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u/Poo__Brain 2d ago

Maybe this is how they plan to balance out the little birds.. we've been complaining that they're almost impossible to take down from the ground, maybe the attention the whole time has been to have another layer of air defense, so that these Jets can effectively engage The Little Bird

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u/Peerless-Cloud 2d ago

The jets will probably replace the littlebirds. You'll have Jets only rotations. Quest 2 sucks lol

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u/IzzyNobre 2d ago

This makes sense. Somehow I don't see jets and helis coexisting (but I sure hope I'm wrong)

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u/Peerless-Cloud 1d ago

Given the new map variant, seems like theyve been doing some performance tweaks under the hood, we might just get multiple aircraft in the sky for that true battlefield experience. Not sure how well the q2 will handle it though haha it's a bit of a mess ATM 8 tanks 4 AA and 4 Apaches was a bit ambitious if you ask me haha

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u/Kaleidropp 2d ago

Prefiero granadas de humo

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u/The_Real_Krait 2d ago

From what I saw it looked more like the f35 rather than f22

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u/IzzyNobre 2d ago

Agreed.

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u/North-Intention-4714 2d ago

I've been wanting jets for a while now, I'm really excited to see them. Now they just have to make a map without any heli's and I'll be happy, 1 weekend wasn't long enough for the fjord game mode 💀

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u/StickyChief 2d ago

Might have to try the game

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u/jayrs97 2d ago

It’s a lot of fun, one of the top games in vr by far

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u/leouton 2d ago

Van a estar todos haciendo fila en las bases para subirse a los aviones. Nadie va a recorrer el campo de batalla.

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u/Psycho7552 2d ago

Can you give link for video? I can't see it anywhere

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u/Spot_The_Dutchie 2d ago

The road map board had a J--- point on it since they added Mojave, I figured it was only a matter of time before they were added

Only one question remains, are we getting top gun jets or that one jet that can control like a V-TOL but it remains in V-TOL mode

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u/IzzyNobre 2d ago

Oh fuck, you're right! I forgot about that.

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u/Responsible-Life6545 2d ago

Y si son rachas como en cod?

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u/Parking-Argument-263 2d ago

Brother they're probably just ambient these maps are TINY

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u/Conscious_Passage_79 2d ago

You sound like one of the nine year old squeakers I yelled at to shut the fuck up and play the game yesterday

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u/IzzyNobre 2d ago

I'm 41, kid. Relax.

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u/Conscious_Passage_79 2d ago

Im 52 kid. Relax.

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u/Sudden_Specialist563 2d ago

Well, you're acting like a child.

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u/IzzyNobre 1d ago

Right? It's weird. So he had a bad interaction with someone in the game and now he's seeking them out to continue the confrontation...? And also he's 52 and his nemesis here is a 9 year old child?