I sold mine yesterday and bought a volatol instead, that crap cant even fly straight if i start to dive for a bombing run, the tail just starts to glitch and turn by itself randomly, plus the yaw barely does anything, while the volatol atleast has a better yaw and doesn't glitch. It doesnt have a lock on sound for some reason, but atleast it can outrun missiles and jets
They just rushed it out so they could make a quick buck from some poor guy who hasn't learned from all the other shit rockstar has pumped into this game
Not to mention, Rockstar actually COULD'VE gotten away with it blowing up in 1 RPG by saying "with this size, it's payload is large and fragile" BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A LARGE PAYLOAD TO BEGIN WITH
@@toucan6109 because that's what game developers advertized as product. Advertizement should describe the product well otherwise it becomes a string of useless and irrelevant text.
I honestly think it would be cool if the Alkanost was a glass tank and actually *had* a "payload to take down a mid-sized island" But no. We're stuck with a 50:1 copy of the starling without its weapons
@@Muhanoid look at Rockstars sense of humor. And their beratement of corporate culture. And I think you'll find our why the description might be played up BS, That's how it is IRL. Every vehicles description does pretty much nothing to describe what the car/plane/boat is actually like.
At least I can have fun putting my friends' cars in the back of the Bombushka and dropping them off at the top of the map. The Alkonost just has nothing going for it.
@@dmkmn4612 it is only blocked if you add bombs or better weapons to it, if you just repaint it and upgrade engine, armor and handling you can still put stuff inside the back. Also you can use formation flying to have it fly as fast as a Hydra making it even more fun to fly.
Imo the plane size small, medium, large, extra large should also affect bomb explosion radius. Like the current bomb radius could be for small planes medium could be x2, that large can be x3 and extra large can be x4 the explosion radius.
Or the Alkonost could immediately drop 3 bombs in 3 rows, increasing the area of destruction. I think he should have more weapons. Guided bombs, missiles like on KOSATKA, Countermeasures. It would be interesting if you could buy a jammer for him. Which, in a certain vertical radius for all players, disables the minimap. Or other effects. At the moment, this is the most beautiful large aircraft, but the most useless price / utility.
This is probably too far fetched, but when I first saw the Alkonost in the trailer thumbnail, I thought that in addition to finally getting a variable wing aircraft, maybe it could carry a nuclear payload too just like the real Blackjack (I mean they put an orbital cannon, I figured a nuke bomber wasn't too far out there) Instead we got something that drops the same bombs a tiny desk fan kit plane drops.
@@oblitergaming9817 Nuclear bombs would be a cool addition. But either they should have a long recharge time, or not a very large radius. And they also need to work out the mechanics of the explosion. Because blowing up behind the building shouldn't kill you. Although, I would indulge in this every day, helping friends on missions by launching nuclear missiles from orbit destroying packs of enemies to dust.
Just lemme load a fat man in the back.1 bomb with a radius going from the casino to the pacific standard bank. At least it’d be useful. (Don’t take this seriously).
i would not want yet another superweapon in GTA but I think having a choice between the regular bombs and a player-controlled guided bomb like what the video describes would be cool. In the case of the regular bombs, it obviously needs a way higher capacity and drop rate, and should spread out after being dropped to cover a large area. This would create a nice tradeoff where you could bomb from really high up to stay safe and stealthy but leave room between the bombs to evade the bombs, or to fly low for more guaranteed kills, at the risk of being shot down and/or missing the target if your flight path is off. And then the guided bomb could be passenger-controlled (perhaps optional?) to make the plane more conducive to (and effective with) teamplay
Rockstar not allowing us to retract wings in it is just beyond embarrassing. This plane could have been so much more... could also carry some new bigger bombs but of course not...
Was it so bad for them to just ad an F117 or a B2? No, it's this useless thing, it even isn't fast. The real life counterpart is a damn supersonic jet and this thing just goes as fast as my damn bombuska. At least that thing can be used as a transport plane, the Alkonost is propperly useless.
The moment I saw they were too lazy to even get the wings to fold back i flew it right back to the hanger and sold it. Let alone it being slow, lack of bomb sight and bombs not being able to hit the ground at stealth height. Imo it should have had cruise missles that a 2nd player can control. An updated type of bomb or something or maybe even missles that can lock on from behind like the Russian off bore sight missles. Oh let us not forget update the speed like wtf.
Rockstar had there slow cousin program that plane it's worthless absolutely worthless and this from a player that likes planes like the alpha z1 the alpha has no real use but at least it's fun to fly and you can escape a mkll.
@@monoskill4059 sell a plane? Get in the plane while it is in your hanger then go to modify the plane right on the d pad on ps4. There is an option to sell like selling a car in Los Santos customs.
Best way to buff the alkonost: - stealth mode at 1000 ft - 200 bombs - 10 bomb carpet bombing run - 15 guided bombs (switch out by pressing “x” or “square”) - XL flares that shoot out 8 flares - hold left stick to engage the folded wings making you go faster but losing some agility - 12 homing rockets & 6 rpg durability - 20 carrying capacity
No they aren't, rockstar knows that as long as they make cool looking, unrealistic, overpowered vehicles, idiots will continue to buy 100$ shark cards.
I still don’t understand how this community constantly let Cockstar fuck them in the ass. This is so pathetic. This community is the WORST in every department.
@@longrangegamer1447 And it's sad that when you see comments criticising rockstar there's always that one person that blindly defend everything that they put out
When I saw this in the thumbnail for Cayo Perico I was like, "OMG is that a TU160 BlackJack?! Finally a variable wing sweep plane! And a supersonic bomber too! I can't wait to fly it! Then I got it for the heist prep and it couldn't go supersonic, wasn't fast at all and the wings didn't sweep back. (Low-key was hoping it could carry a nuclear payload too like the irl Blackjack, another disappointment)
i don't think the cargo bay is an issue because the plane is a bomber, not a transport plane, and its use as a cargo plane in the heist is itself kind of weird but ultimately acceptable for the heist. The plane in freemode should simply be a capable and effective bomber, cargo bay or not
So are we gonna talk about how a glorified Volatol has the price tag enough to make Bill Gates blush? Okay 😢 Edit: Congrats on 200k my man! Sad that GTA IV online is banned on PC, gonna be fun watching you guys relive the good old days.
Damn, I was so excited about this plane thinking it would be like a Volatol Mk2 that held 250 bombs, took 6-10 homing missiles and had some passenger guns but it turned out to be the most dissapointing vehicle in the update in my opinion Edit: the plane also could’ve had like some new bigger and more powerful bombs since the bomb bay is so massive
That's so easy to improve or fix certain vehicles in this game, but R* don't give a shit about it or just lazy. Alkonost - better armor, guided bombs - done. Stealth Annihilator - better armor, passengers can shoot sniper rifles, rpgs, etc. from a back compartment while being in a stealth mode - done. Nope, let's add more useless crap and forget about balancing older vehicles.
4:12 No, unfortunately it‘s even worse! It seems like they modeled it so it looks like the wings are inbetween the normal position and the fully swept back position....just Rockstar
They should have added a multi lock on missile weapon, that functions like the CFA-44’s ADMM from Ace Combat, where it fires a salvo of 16 missiles at ground and air targets.
Most bombers like this actually have what they call bomb deploy aiming, and most bomber like this one in real life they had that kind of tech back then, like a camera that tells them when objects are gonna be hit depending on altitude and speed. would be nice to see this add even if it was just a passenger thing
What the plane should have: cargo cold for around 10 people, 100 bombs, better armor, and swing wings that allow you to swing back the wings at high altitudes and fly faster. That would make sense for the biggest plane you can buy that happens to be a swing wing bomber plane with a cargo hold. The bare minimum.
I'm not going to defend the Alkonost, as it is literally a flying paper plane, but at 4:38, you were lower to the ground than your friend in the Volatol - is it possible that your friend was above the "speed boost zone" for planes and you weren't? I believe that the Alkonost's stealth kicks in at the same time it reaches this "speed boost zone".
I agree that he probably wasn’t in the speed boost zone as he wasn’t in the stealth zone either. We can see this as his blip was not flashing. For example see 3:07 (blip is flashing and in stealth mode) and then see 5:00 where the blip is not flashing
And, now everyone is calling a rudder turn LOL. I guess it’s confusing to me when I know what the term “yaw” means and I know rudders are for boats. Save the term “rudder” for the Kurtz 31 review, Ghillie!
Out of all vehicles in this update, this vehicle takes the cake in being the EXTRA LARGE disappointment, I am glad i set my expectations low this update, since I knew rockstar would yet again deliver a shitty update, this plane is the final nail in the coffin in showing that they dont care about making cool vehicles, and i feel that they truly gave up making cool vehicles after the After Hours update when they introduced the A-10 and the MK2 (on paper the mark 2 sounded cool, but it sucks)
Edit: The only redeeming factors of this update Female characters have had some restrictions in clothing removed The Kosotka is very cool and useful in pvp The toreador is also very good and a direct upgrade from the stromberg New guns (the shotgun and the rifle are my new main weapons) other than this though, the cons outweigh the pros
@@djtrac3r935 nah if you run with friends your increase your take by 1 mil per person you bring, also if you do the hesit solo you lose 80% of the potential take that is locked behind doors that require 2 people to open.
@@Abandonsoyciety TLDR: wrong, heist is mediocre at best if solo, disappointing with a group false, a full bag can only carry 450-500k if filled with gold/cocaine, that and the game has a pay limit, AKA you will never get more than 3.790.000 even with mods and 4 players with full bags, in fact you wont even get near the cutoff point, at most only 3.550.000 - fencing fee - player cuts, you get the point, also the "PoTeNtIaL TaKe" of $6 million is fake, the game makes it so that if you pass 3.790.000 (2p+) or 2.500.000 (SOLO) you wont get paid, both of these values CANNOT BE PASSED WITHOUT MODS/CHEATS. Lets say you got Pink diamond on hard, that means 1.430.000 + ~2.045.000 (4 bags with gold)= 3.475.000, but thats the full take, the actual take is 3.475.000-350.000(fencing fee)-70.000(Pavel's cut)= 3.055.000 PLAYER take, which in the end means that each player assuming they get 25% each will only get ~763.450$, as reference, casino diamonds + safety boxes could net you about 3.8-3.9mil with a team of 2-3, overall, cayo is only worthwhile if you have no one to help and casino is still the best money maker.
What I love about your vids bro is you definitely call it as you see it. We need more of the community raking on the shit that Rockstar is trying to shovel to us because I myself am done spending money on their broken game. I’m about to actually embark on a project to show their shoddy design work when it comes to the vehicle interiors and how you get a better interior gauge cluster with a POS than a multi-million dollar supercar which you can hardly even see let alone tell the speed your going and Zod knows it would be so hard to code in an on screen speedo like the RP’ers use. It’s going to be epic.
Wow they added a whole new velum 5-seater just to accommodate for the prison break heist but made a 2 seater Alkonost with a useless cargo bay, when it can hold 4 people on the heist.
It still just doesn't make any sense to me. Isn't the whole point of adding content into the game is to get us to spend money? So why does R* make these vehicles so bad?
That is an interesting question. I believe that the after hours update was rockstar's attempt at bringing in actually good vehicles. However, because of the hate coming from the playerbase from the Mk2 they decided to keep vehicles underwhelming. Rockstar is a company that's for profit. They have a collective of people looking after development routes on every vehicle, which in turn, from another group of people who overlook and guide their planning. Typically, they use data from feedback and reviews, letting some other people study that to determine the most profitable and sustainable outcome. It isn't about creating good content for a loyal player base. It's about releasing bland generalised bs that only appeals to newer players purely because they themselves can't afford it, and people who do have it can't grief with it.
Some player started crying at me when i blew him up in one of these. I just said to not be in the biggest target in the game and he would have survived longer. Having said that; I would love to see The Red Sparrows do a formation with these planes.
The alkonost actually can dodge missiles while going in circles. You just have to hold the stick about half way down. (They will only catch up if your turn is too sharp)
Thank you for the in depth of this plane. Was really looking forward to get it once I saw it on the poster, but now I know it's a junker. So I can save my money. Hope this gets a buff. Thanks dude 🙂
I wish R* would stop making useless or deliberately underpowered vehicles, we have a great heist to grind but only 1 vehicle is worth buying so there is practically no content to grind for. I really want to know what the issue is when it comes to these vehicles. Is it an incompetent developer that doesn't have much knowledge of the product? Are the devs being told to add expensive vehicles that are purposefully weak as a manipulative marketing tactic? It doesn't make any sense and I wish there was more communication between the playerbase and the devs.
@@TaikaJamppa They knew what situation they were in, the fact they claimed it to be the biggest DLC yet, but released such utter disappointment, has no excuse. They couldve simply said "Due to the coronavirus, we have not been able to make the DLC up to par, but here is it so far" or something like that, not falsely boast about it being the biggest DLC ever.
@@TaikaJamppa and they did a horrible job, the island runs like shit on PC and is locked to 2 missions. The whole DLC are a new hesit and prep missions done in the city. Few vehicles, with the Toreador (a lazy design, mind you) and the submarine carrying the whole update from being horrible. It isn't arena wars level of shit, but it sure got close. Hell, this update makes the job that Ubisoft did on Siege all 2020 seem like a masterpiece and let me tell you, ubi made so many mistakes on 2020.
@@ok-70707 I don't even run MSAA (or in the lowest possible setting if it can't be turned off), and I lowered grass all the way to normal for...what, 10FPS improvement? I will say, I know my GPU is low end (a 1050ti), however that GPU gives me 90FPS on the city with my settings, or 75-80 if shit starts blowing up. Hell, it gives me even more on Paleto forest where there is a lot of grass like the island. Yet on the island it tanks all the way to 38 or even less. If the island was made on a new engine with new techniques I could understand. But it's the same 2013 game, why does it run like Cyberpunk on the island? I will get a 6800XT (if they ever exist), but I have no doubt that the margins will be the same, half of the city FPS or less.
@@fallshimjager1 yea the online as a whole is optimised like shit. Especially in freeroam with lots of people. It fails to utilize cpus properly and only uses like two cores. For what its worth also make sure your advanced settings are off as they tank performance. Storymode runs much better.
One cool thing is if u rudder turn when going fast enough when you pull up or down it turns almost instantly which is good for divebombing and dodging missles
Thing I like about this DLC: Solo Heist with excellent payout and easy preps, Weevil, Toreador, Guided Missiles, Fast Travel with Sub, Pavels stories and jokes. Things I hate about this DLC: The rest of it.
I instantly bought the Alkonost when I finished my 1st heist... I was devastated to see that the wings don’t sweep back, nor that it’s top speed and handling was horrible. However there’s ONE really funny thing, if you fly it upside down, it’ll obviously lose altitude, but if you keep R1 or L1 (on PS4), or (RT and LT on Xbox), you’ll somehow fly in a weird but fun wait without losing altitude
The Alkonost should be pegasus modified vehicle that spawn in Fort Zancudo and LSIA when requested. The only thing can modified that similar to RC bandito one
Players: Rockstar can we get a good vehicles for this update? Rockstar: Did you say you want an orb buff? Players: What?! No we asked for... Rockstar: Alright there you go. Enjoy your orb buff.
I honestly sometimes think the decision making process at Rockstar when it comes to balancing new vehicles is essentially just the headless chicken on a giant roulette wheel from South Park. The fact that the wings aren’t even retractable _reeks_ of laziness.
Speaking honestly.. i could forgive the weak armor, the terrible handlig, the joke of a speed if it had A: countermessures for jet defence. B: guided bombs or even an aim reticle on the mini map C: anything useful...
Even if it simply had the ability to retract its wings that would at least be kind of cool to look at if nothing else... but it doesn’t even have superficial things like _that._
The only way this plane would be worth the price is if: 1. It had Avenger armor where it can tank dozens of rockets and explosive rounds. 2. It can fold wings to go way faster. 3. It can hold a lot of people in the cargo bay 4. Stealth mode would hide you from orbital cannon 5. It had guided bombs or guided missiles. You basically drop a bomb or shoot a missile and the plane stays at the same altitude on autopilot while you control the bomb/missile and hit the target. Preferably the bomb/missile camera should have advanced display that highlights players (like the orbital cannon). Then you would be able to stay at extremely high altitutes (like top of the map) where no one can see you and you're off the radar and you can drop precise bombs on other players. Then this plane would be pretty powerful and players would need a jet to find it and shoot it down. If it worked like this it would be an extremely unique and interesting vehicle to use in pvp scenarios.
"Lazy" describes pretty much most of the content they've released. Not that it's not functional, and in some cases even great, but so much of it is just l...a...z...y. Thanks for the great vid demonstrating just one more example of this.
Lol I have a modded one of these and there not that bad but I recommend if u want a big plane get a volatol it has weapons, armor, bombs, countermeasures I think, but the only downside it’s slow but also did he mention the big ass new plane goes off radar if u go high enough but it’s just a fun plane to play around with lmao
that RPG clip is what i expect every attack to be like what that thing basically its a death trap but if it was in the days of gta 4 maybe it could be a threat.
You know it’s bad when ghillie swears like a sailor the whole vid
Just watch his streams man ghille has a true sailor mouth and he's funny as hell
I sold mine yesterday and bought a volatol instead, that crap cant even fly straight if i start to dive for a bombing run, the tail just starts to glitch and turn by itself randomly, plus the yaw barely does anything, while the volatol atleast has a better yaw and doesn't glitch. It doesnt have a lock on sound for some reason, but atleast it can outrun missiles and jets
Its damn funny when he swears a lot lmao XD
@@turtlefan5629 just don't let Mr. Krabs hear it!. Otherwise, he gonna make you swab the poop deck.
@@Casperthegator that mother🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬
My god... remember how hyped this jet was when we saw it in the Cayo Perico heist Artwork? What a giant letdown
After this update we've truly lost all hope for cool military vehicles
Y’all were hyped for this? I was only hyped for the Annihilator, that was also a disappointment I guess.
like most of the dlc then
Pretty much most of the DLC aircrafts. The cars are definitely good tho at least.
@@BronsonFan111 The Toreador was an unimaginative reskin
I get the feeling that this plane wasn't actually finished, they clearly modelled it for the wings to retract yet you can't
They just rushed it out so they could make a quick buck from some poor guy who hasn't learned from all the other shit rockstar has pumped into this game
I mean, they made the whole dlc from home and they still needed to meet the deadline, i understand why the dlc feels so unfinished and dull.
The sweeping wings is why I wanted to get it. Welp
Not gonna hold my breath but it would be nice if rockstar could fix these new vehicles in the expanded and enhanced edition
@@nintenaya137 It can be finish by updating it. But clearly cockstar won't able do such a thing like any FUCKING company.
we went from having a useless large dorito to a useless extra large dorito
And the mini dorito is somehow the best with its glitched death ray
@@bluepineapples9947 wait which one?
@@speedstick8981 starling
@@corvidconfidential8826 oh
with a bite taken out of it
Not to mention, Rockstar actually COULD'VE gotten away with it blowing up in 1 RPG by saying "with this size, it's payload is large and fragile" BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A LARGE PAYLOAD TO BEGIN WITH
Y do u guys spaz out over vehicle descriptions
@@toucan6109 because that's what game developers advertized as product. Advertizement should describe the product well otherwise it becomes a string of useless and irrelevant text.
I honestly think it would be cool if the Alkanost was a glass tank and actually *had* a "payload to take down a mid-sized island"
But no. We're stuck with a 50:1 copy of the starling without its weapons
@@Muhanoid look at Rockstars sense of humor. And their beratement of corporate culture. And I think you'll find our why the description might be played up BS, That's how it is IRL. Every vehicles description does pretty much nothing to describe what the car/plane/boat is actually like.
Expandable wings? Sounds a lot like expanded and enhanced
sup trump
Noticed u got a Boston terrier like me :) they're so cute but Hella naughty
Like ur dog
Doggie
And no countermeasures either. What a POS
this thing makes the bombushka look like a masterpiece
At least I can have fun putting my friends' cars in the back of the Bombushka and dropping them off at the top of the map. The Alkonost just has nothing going for it.
@@oblitergaming9817 I keep forgetting the bombushka has a cargo bay, I do the same thing but with the titan
I thought u cant put anything in the cargo since there is or was a invisible wall to block it
@@dmkmn4612 it is only blocked if you add bombs or better weapons to it, if you just repaint it and upgrade engine, armor and handling you can still put stuff inside the back.
Also you can use formation flying to have it fly as fast as a Hydra making it even more fun to fly.
@@dmkmn4612 technically you still can apparently, but you'd have to get rid of just about everything... 😐 🙄
Imo the plane size small, medium, large, extra large should also affect bomb explosion radius.
Like the current bomb radius could be for small planes medium could be x2, that large can be x3 and extra large can be x4 the explosion radius.
Or the Alkonost could immediately drop 3 bombs in 3 rows, increasing the area of destruction.
I think he should have more weapons. Guided bombs, missiles like on KOSATKA, Countermeasures.
It would be interesting if you could buy a jammer for him. Which, in a certain vertical radius for all players, disables the minimap. Or other effects.
At the moment, this is the most beautiful large aircraft, but the most useless price / utility.
This is probably too far fetched, but when I first saw the Alkonost in the trailer thumbnail, I thought that in addition to finally getting a variable wing aircraft, maybe it could carry a nuclear payload too just like the real Blackjack (I mean they put an orbital cannon, I figured a nuke bomber wasn't too far out there)
Instead we got something that drops the same bombs a tiny desk fan kit plane drops.
@@oblitergaming9817 Nuclear bombs would be a cool addition. But either they should have a long recharge time, or not a very large radius. And they also need to work out the mechanics of the explosion. Because blowing up behind the building shouldn't kill you. Although, I would indulge in this every day, helping friends on missions by launching nuclear missiles from orbit destroying packs of enemies to dust.
Just lemme load a fat man in the back.1 bomb with a radius going from the casino to the pacific standard bank. At least it’d be useful. (Don’t take this seriously).
i would not want yet another superweapon in GTA
but I think having a choice between the regular bombs and a player-controlled guided bomb like what the video describes would be cool. In the case of the regular bombs, it obviously needs a way higher capacity and drop rate, and should spread out after being dropped to cover a large area. This would create a nice tradeoff where you could bomb from really high up to stay safe and stealthy but leave room between the bombs to evade the bombs, or to fly low for more guaranteed kills, at the risk of being shot down and/or missing the target if your flight path is off. And then the guided bomb could be passenger-controlled (perhaps optional?) to make the plane more conducive to (and effective with) teamplay
Rockstar not allowing us to retract wings in it is just beyond embarrassing. This plane could have been so much more... could also carry some new bigger bombs but of course not...
And yes its Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack
Smigol just mig-23 in war thunder /j
I was standing AFK once and someone in an alkonst missed me 3 times with the carpet bomb
that may have been me, were you at elysian Island when that happened?
@@simonhornik9906 no i was on vesspuci beach near the rocks
@@thegrimreaper9951 I did that yesterday with someone.
are you surprised?
You could have just reviewed a dumpster with wings... Same same
At least the dumpster has a use and holds garbage, this just IS garbage
Dumpster is a lot smaller inherently, less likely to be shot down.
“In typical rockstar fashion”
they are is stupid.
What?
@@bonk4225 🤣
😂
@@alexvink8466 ik
I was teaching my children the word ‘ironic’ by showing them this comment.
I litterally asked for a working stealth bomber for YEARS. Guess I should have seen this coming.
Was it so bad for them to just ad an F117 or a B2?
No, it's this useless thing, it even isn't fast.
The real life counterpart is a damn supersonic jet and this thing just goes as fast as my damn bombuska.
At least that thing can be used as a transport plane, the Alkonost is propperly useless.
@@nielsmichiels1939 I'm pretty sure they'd fuck up the F-117 and B2 too, though the f-117 is at least a little promising
@@nielsmichiels1939 I thought the F117 was more of a fighter than a bomber?
@@robbae9307
God no.
It can't turn for shit.
It was allways just meant to be a first strike stealthbomber.
@@nielsmichiels1939 To replicate its RL counterpart the F117 needs to be countered by outdated Soviet Tech.
And now we wait for the Patrol Boat to finish him off
Almost 3 million for a dinghy that has an extra seat with a useless mg. Might as well make it an AI exclusive vehicle.
ok let's be honest who in their right mind would actually buy a weaponized boat, it's cool to finally have them but damn, they're unnecessary
The moment I saw they were too lazy to even get the wings to fold back i flew it right back to the hanger and sold it.
Let alone it being slow, lack of bomb sight and bombs not being able to hit the ground at stealth height.
Imo it should have had cruise missles that a 2nd player can control. An updated type of bomb or something or maybe even missles that can lock on from behind like the Russian off bore sight missles. Oh let us not forget update the speed like wtf.
Too much for rockstar
Because**its not rockstar fashion** :)
Rockstar had there slow cousin program that plane it's worthless absolutely worthless and this from a player that likes planes like the alpha z1 the alpha has no real use but at least it's fun to fly and you can escape a mkll.
😂😂
You can sell it? How?
@@monoskill4059 sell a plane? Get in the plane while it is in your hanger then go to modify the plane right on the d pad on ps4. There is an option to sell like selling a car in Los Santos customs.
Rockstar logic
Submarine car (toreador) takes 6 missiles but a stealth mammoth jet can’t take 4 missiles
Someday I'll be a RUclipsr too 😂
2 rc cars are worth more than a submarine
an rc car can take more missiles than a stealth bomber jet.
And is stored in a building that it could never squeeze into..
The Toreador pretty much made all boats, submersibles and amphibious vehicles obsolete (except the Longfin, that thing is crazy)
Best way to buff the alkonost:
- stealth mode at 1000 ft
- 200 bombs
- 10 bomb carpet bombing run
- 15 guided bombs
(switch out by pressing “x” or “square”)
- XL flares that shoot out 8 flares
- hold left stick to engage the folded wings making you go faster but losing some agility
- 12 homing rockets & 6 rpg durability
- 20 carrying capacity
"It can take 3 homing missiles..."
_disappointed groan_
"...3 explosive rounds..."
*_exasperated groaning_*
Their greed is adding nails to their own coffin
Which is why the game has made over $6 billion in world wide revenue, making it the second highest selling game of all time...
@@kirbyppg only because it has a story mode for singleplayer. Literally the only reason rockstar gets sales is because they are good at single player.
@@Abandonsoyciety Hasn't GTA made over $500 million from microtransactions?
No they aren't, rockstar knows that as long as they make cool looking, unrealistic, overpowered vehicles, idiots will continue to buy 100$ shark cards.
@@Apickleman Someone's a lvl 44
Lmao ghille went off in this video I'm dead
mans does it off and on stream
@@imfernando ya stream is helarious to
I still don’t understand how this community constantly let Cockstar fuck them in the ass. This is so pathetic. This community is the WORST in every department.
@@longrangegamer1447 And it's sad that when you see comments criticising rockstar there's always that one person that blindly defend everything that they put out
When I saw this in the thumbnail for Cayo Perico I was like, "OMG is that a TU160 BlackJack?! Finally a variable wing sweep plane! And a supersonic bomber too! I can't wait to fly it!
Then I got it for the heist prep and it couldn't go supersonic, wasn't fast at all and the wings didn't sweep back.
(Low-key was hoping it could carry a nuclear payload too like the irl Blackjack, another disappointment)
The fact that there is a cargo bay there but we cant open it just shows how lazy rockstar is
Just wait till the slamtruck released lol
@@childebinkamis9833 dude what a shitfest this truck is
Why do they do this???? And dont tell me shark cards,that's just stupid and you know it.
i don't think the cargo bay is an issue because the plane is a bomber, not a transport plane, and its use as a cargo plane in the heist is itself kind of weird but ultimately acceptable for the heist. The plane in freemode should simply be a capable and effective bomber, cargo bay or not
@@Luey_Luey the plane is unfortunately not capable or effective
The akula is stealth and carries 50 bombs and unlimited homing missiles. Much cheaper and a better buy.
I just want it for looks lmao thats its main selling point to be honest
Same tbh))) I've always wanted a giant, supersonic russian bomber but NEVER IN MY LIFE expected R* to drop one on us)))
@@derpyallan1435 but it was shit
@@tobychaplin8741 it was
Why I bought it too
Ye
This plane could have been epic. It’s too bad they missed an opportunity with this one.
Ghillie: let's hope the vehicles are balanced
R*: how about N O
200k!!!!!! Congratulations Ghillbert
Thanks man!
I think you're underselling this thing. Finally, we have a bigger plane to kamikaze people with.
Man I don’t know why but I freakin laughed at this.
The plane is so weak that the person probably wouldn't even die when crashed into
So are we gonna talk about how a glorified Volatol has the price tag enough to make Bill Gates blush? Okay 😢
Edit: Congrats on 200k my man! Sad that GTA IV online is banned on PC, gonna be fun watching you guys relive the good old days.
Damn, I was so excited about this plane thinking it would be like a Volatol Mk2 that held 250 bombs, took 6-10 homing missiles and had some passenger guns but it turned out to be the most dissapointing vehicle in the update in my opinion
Edit: the plane also could’ve had like some new bigger and more powerful bombs since the bomb bay is so massive
That's so easy to improve or fix certain vehicles in this game, but R* don't give a shit about it or just lazy. Alkonost - better armor, guided bombs - done. Stealth Annihilator - better armor, passengers can shoot sniper rifles, rpgs, etc. from a back compartment while being in a stealth mode - done. Nope, let's add more useless crap and forget about balancing older vehicles.
"Let's add OP hoverbikes that are going to ruin the game and add shitty planes!!" -R*
The plane just staying their facing up in the middle of the runway is more impressive than the plane itself
Can't wait for that gta 4 stream! Gonna have a lot of fun especially since it's ballad.
Wait.... he's gonna play GTA 4??
@@pranavsai9669 yes he going to play gta 4. Once he hit 200k he going to do a special gta 4 stream
Bought it for a massive cool looking plane, got what I wanted, very satisfied 👍🏻
4:12 No, unfortunately it‘s even worse! It seems like they modeled it so it looks like the wings are inbetween the normal position and the fully swept back position....just Rockstar
They should have added a multi lock on missile weapon, that functions like the CFA-44’s ADMM from Ace Combat, where it fires a salvo of 16 missiles at ground and air targets.
Most bombers like this actually have what they call bomb deploy aiming, and most bomber like this one in real life they had that kind of tech back then, like a camera that tells them when objects are gonna be hit depending on altitude and speed. would be nice to see this add even if it was just a passenger thing
What the plane should have: cargo cold for around 10 people, 100 bombs, better armor, and swing wings that allow you to swing back the wings at high altitudes and fly faster. That would make sense for the biggest plane you can buy that happens to be a swing wing bomber plane with a cargo hold. The bare minimum.
I'm not going to defend the Alkonost, as it is literally a flying paper plane, but at 4:38, you were lower to the ground than your friend in the Volatol - is it possible that your friend was above the "speed boost zone" for planes and you weren't? I believe that the Alkonost's stealth kicks in at the same time it reaches this "speed boost zone".
They both were in the "speed boost zone"
I agree that he probably wasn’t in the speed boost zone as he wasn’t in the stealth zone either. We can see this as his blip was not flashing. For example see 3:07 (blip is flashing and in stealth mode) and then see 5:00 where the blip is not flashing
@@dookie3453 you need to be above speed boost zone to be off radar, he was def in speed boost zone but just not high enought to be in stealth mode
LB & RB effect the "yaw" of the planes, what you described as the rudder. Love ya, ghillie.
And, now everyone is calling a rudder turn LOL. I guess it’s confusing to me when I know what the term “yaw” means and I know rudders are for boats. Save the term “rudder” for the Kurtz 31 review, Ghillie!
Haha. Thanks Longsack. Hope you’re doing well!
Holy shit, 200k. You’ve gone a long way since I’ve seen you with 15k. Keep it up👍 😳
Congrats on 200k ghille ! 🥳
“Hey cool features! IGNORE THEM ALL!!!”
Dude I love it when I'm on the runway and I taxi backwards and just lift straight up it's awesome.
Thank you for showing me that Dortios btw.
Congrats on 200k!
Congrats on 200K. Well deserved
Out of all vehicles in this update, this vehicle takes the cake in being the EXTRA LARGE disappointment, I am glad i set my expectations low this update, since I knew rockstar would yet again deliver a shitty update, this plane is the final nail in the coffin in showing that they dont care about making cool vehicles, and i feel that they truly gave up making cool vehicles after the After Hours update when they introduced the A-10 and the MK2 (on paper the mark 2 sounded cool, but it sucks)
Edit: The only redeeming factors of this update
Female characters have had some restrictions in clothing removed
The Kosotka is very cool and useful in pvp
The toreador is also very good and a direct upgrade from the stromberg
New guns (the shotgun and the rifle are my new main weapons)
other than this though, the cons outweigh the pros
@@djtrac3r935 and the heist, which has a good payout and can be completed solo.
@@ok-70707 Still, i consider it a loss since the heist basically enforces you to do it solo, Casino heist IMO is the best heist still
@@djtrac3r935 nah if you run with friends your increase your take by 1 mil per person you bring, also if you do the hesit solo you lose 80% of the potential take that is locked behind doors that require 2 people to open.
@@Abandonsoyciety TLDR: wrong, heist is mediocre at best if solo, disappointing with a group
false, a full bag can only carry 450-500k if filled with gold/cocaine, that and the game has a pay limit, AKA you will never get more than 3.790.000 even with mods and 4 players with full bags, in fact you wont even get near the cutoff point, at most only 3.550.000 - fencing fee - player cuts, you get the point, also the "PoTeNtIaL TaKe" of $6 million is fake, the game makes it so that if you pass 3.790.000 (2p+) or 2.500.000 (SOLO) you wont get paid, both of these values CANNOT BE PASSED WITHOUT MODS/CHEATS.
Lets say you got Pink diamond on hard, that means 1.430.000 + ~2.045.000 (4 bags with gold)= 3.475.000, but thats the full take, the actual take is 3.475.000-350.000(fencing fee)-70.000(Pavel's cut)= 3.055.000 PLAYER take, which in the end means that each player assuming they get 25% each will only get ~763.450$, as reference, casino diamonds + safety boxes could net you about 3.8-3.9mil with a team of 2-3, overall, cayo is only worthwhile if you have no one to help and casino is still the best money maker.
What I love about your vids bro is you definitely call it as you see it. We need more of the community raking on the shit that Rockstar is trying to shovel to us because I myself am done spending money on their broken game. I’m about to actually embark on a project to show their shoddy design work when it comes to the vehicle interiors and how you get a better interior gauge cluster with a POS than a multi-million dollar supercar which you can hardly even see let alone tell the speed your going and Zod knows it would be so hard to code in an on screen speedo like the RP’ers use. It’s going to be epic.
Wow they added a whole new velum 5-seater just to accommodate for the prison break heist but made a 2 seater Alkonost with a useless cargo bay, when it can hold 4 people on the heist.
Congratulations on 200k subs! Keep up the good work 👍
it should be able to carry 100 bombs of each bomb type and have more armor
That would be cool being able to switch bombs like you do with weapons on other aircraft
It should have it least 175 bombs or 48 nuclear bombs like the irl one
I actually love this plane
It still just doesn't make any sense to me. Isn't the whole point of adding content into the game is to get us to spend money? So why does R* make these vehicles so bad?
That is an interesting question. I believe that the after hours update was rockstar's attempt at bringing in actually good vehicles. However, because of the hate coming from the playerbase from the Mk2 they decided to keep vehicles underwhelming. Rockstar is a company that's for profit. They have a collective of people looking after development routes on every vehicle, which in turn, from another group of people who overlook and guide their planning. Typically, they use data from feedback and reviews, letting some other people study that to determine the most profitable and sustainable outcome. It isn't about creating good content for a loyal player base. It's about releasing bland generalised bs that only appeals to newer players purely because they themselves can't afford it, and people who do have it can't grief with it.
Worst part about it is the fact that people do still spend money to get this stuff.
@@haywire_brox889 people will buy it no matter how trash are they
Congrats for 200.000 subs Ghillie! 🥳
You are one of the guys on RUclips who deserve it.
Oh my God I feel so sorry for the test pilot you're beating the crap out of, he didn't ask for this. but Man did he have the guts to volunteer.
Your rants are refreshingly enjoyable
He definitely held back a lot of swearing and raging in this
When you stood the plane up on its tail it looked like one of those ant eaters that want to fight lmao
K’mon kapitan it’s a work of art!
Thanks ghillie definitely saved me 3.5 cause the plane looks cool and was working to buy it! Awesome video keep it up
extra large disappointment
Facts
Some player started crying at me when i blew him up in one of these. I just said to not be in the biggest target in the game and he would have survived longer.
Having said that; I would love to see The Red Sparrows do a formation with these planes.
It definitely would be cool to see a formation of them
The stealth should simply be permanent with weapons enabled too. It’s a giant dorito so making tryhards looks around is the least they can do
Congrats on 200k ghillie!
Was waiting for you to take off at the end but nope :(
Discord faster then RUclips.
Facts
Hell yeah
Yup
The alkonost actually can dodge missiles while going in circles. You just have to hold the stick about half way down. (They will only catch up if your turn is too sharp)
End of the video: Main Selling Point? Alkonost reverse handstand?
Thank you for the in depth of this plane. Was really looking forward to get it once I saw it on the poster, but now I know it's a junker. So I can save my money. Hope this gets a buff. Thanks dude 🙂
I wish R* would stop making useless or deliberately underpowered vehicles, we have a great heist to grind but only 1 vehicle is worth buying so there is practically no content to grind for. I really want to know what the issue is when it comes to these vehicles. Is it an incompetent developer that doesn't have much knowledge of the product? Are the devs being told to add expensive vehicles that are purposefully weak as a manipulative marketing tactic? It doesn't make any sense and I wish there was more communication between the playerbase and the devs.
7:14 this is rockstar we are talking about Ghillie 😂
This whole DLC was the biggest disappointment.
Although it was the “BIGGEST” Dlc yet. More lies from Rockstar.
@@TaikaJamppa They knew what situation they were in, the fact they claimed it to be the biggest DLC yet, but released such utter disappointment, has no excuse.
They couldve simply said "Due to the coronavirus, we have not been able to make the DLC up to par, but here is it so far" or something like that, not falsely boast about it being the biggest DLC ever.
@@TaikaJamppa and they did a horrible job, the island runs like shit on PC and is locked to 2 missions.
The whole DLC are a new hesit and prep missions done in the city.
Few vehicles, with the Toreador (a lazy design, mind you) and the submarine carrying the whole update from being horrible.
It isn't arena wars level of shit, but it sure got close.
Hell, this update makes the job that Ubisoft did on Siege all 2020 seem like a masterpiece and let me tell you, ubi made so many mistakes on 2020.
@@fallshimjager1 you should lower grass. Grass combined with msaa runs abysmally.
@@ok-70707 I don't even run MSAA (or in the lowest possible setting if it can't be turned off), and I lowered grass all the way to normal for...what, 10FPS improvement?
I will say, I know my GPU is low end (a 1050ti), however that GPU gives me 90FPS on the city with my settings, or 75-80 if shit starts blowing up. Hell, it gives me even more on Paleto forest where there is a lot of grass like the island.
Yet on the island it tanks all the way to 38 or even less.
If the island was made on a new engine with new techniques I could understand.
But it's the same 2013 game, why does it run like Cyberpunk on the island?
I will get a 6800XT (if they ever exist), but I have no doubt that the margins will be the same, half of the city FPS or less.
@@fallshimjager1 yea the online as a whole is optimised like shit. Especially in freeroam with lots of people. It fails to utilize cpus properly and only uses like two cores. For what its worth also make sure your advanced settings are off as they tank performance. Storymode runs much better.
The b-11 is a tank, no wonder it takes that many misiles
T pose plane
T pose plane
This game is just a slap in the face and i still dont get how people still love it
Rockstar: LetS AdD SomEThInG nEW AnD IMproVeD!
One cool thing is if u rudder turn when going fast enough when you pull up or down it turns almost instantly which is good for divebombing and dodging missles
It's not a plane it's flying aluminum foil with engines
Oh hey it's YOU. BUFF THE PLANE
If it was it wouldn't be so slow lol
its a perfect plane to be escorted by a load of molotoks. so cool!
Its just like me. A disapointment😪
Antitryhards in a nutshell
Thats what she said
ur not a disappointment
Stop the cap your not a disappointment
Large?
Was so hyped when I saw a cargo hold but rockstar said no
Rockstar is it really that hard to make a decent bomber plane?? its been 3 years in the making lol
Yooo 200k subs congrats ghillie 🥳
Even if the alkonost had 300 bombs, you wouldnt last long enough to drop them all. 1 RPG? What a bloody joke
I was literally waiting for it this , flying glass jet in depth guide
Mostly everything in this update was a disappointment. But as per design it’s good.
The only good thing from the update is the heist and the toreador
At the end: "you can t-pose at your opponent in this plane"
Me: sold
Thing I like about this DLC: Solo Heist with excellent payout and easy preps, Weevil, Toreador, Guided Missiles, Fast Travel with Sub, Pavels stories and jokes.
Things I hate about this DLC: The rest of it.
Me too man
I instantly bought the Alkonost when I finished my 1st heist... I was devastated to see that the wings don’t sweep back, nor that it’s top speed and handling was horrible.
However there’s ONE really funny thing, if you fly it upside down, it’ll obviously lose altitude, but if you keep R1 or L1 (on PS4), or (RT and LT on Xbox), you’ll somehow fly in a weird but fun wait without losing altitude
The Alkonost should be pegasus modified vehicle that spawn in Fort Zancudo and LSIA when requested. The only thing can modified that similar to RC bandito one
Players: Rockstar can we get a good vehicles for this update?
Rockstar: Did you say you want an orb buff?
Players: What?! No we asked for...
Rockstar: Alright there you go. Enjoy your orb buff.
I honestly sometimes think the decision making process at Rockstar when it comes to balancing new vehicles is essentially just the headless chicken on a giant roulette wheel from South Park.
The fact that the wings aren’t even retractable _reeks_ of laziness.
you can tell GTA Online has turned into one of the mobile games microtransaction shit when the devs themselves cant spell the word "ordinance" right
Ordinance: an authoritative order or religious rite. Ordnance: artillery. They did spell it right. You didn't.
Speaking honestly.. i could forgive the weak armor, the terrible handlig, the joke of a speed if it had
A: countermessures for jet defence.
B: guided bombs or even an aim reticle on the mini map
C: anything useful...
Even if it simply had the ability to retract its wings that would at least be kind of cool to look at if nothing else... but it doesn’t even have superficial things like _that._
Congratulations on 200k
this thing could be an absolute monster but you know what rockstar are like.
The only way this plane would be worth the price is if:
1. It had Avenger armor where it can tank dozens of rockets and explosive rounds.
2. It can fold wings to go way faster.
3. It can hold a lot of people in the cargo bay
4. Stealth mode would hide you from orbital cannon
5. It had guided bombs or guided missiles. You basically drop a bomb or shoot a missile and the plane stays at the same altitude on autopilot while you control the bomb/missile and hit the target. Preferably the bomb/missile camera should have advanced display that highlights players (like the orbital cannon). Then you would be able to stay at extremely high altitutes (like top of the map) where no one can see you and you're off the radar and you can drop precise bombs on other players. Then this plane would be pretty powerful and players would need a jet to find it and shoot it down. If it worked like this it would be an extremely unique and interesting vehicle to use in pvp scenarios.
"Lazy" describes pretty much most of the content they've released. Not that it's not functional, and in some cases even great, but so much of it is just l...a...z...y. Thanks for the great vid demonstrating just one more example of this.
Lol I have a modded one of these and there not that bad but I recommend if u want a big plane get a volatol it has weapons, armor, bombs, countermeasures I think, but the only downside it’s slow but also did he mention the big ass new plane goes off radar if u go high enough but it’s just a fun plane to play around with lmao
that RPG clip is what i expect every attack to be like what that thing basically its a death trap but if it was in the days of gta 4 maybe it could be a threat.