War Thunder

[Leesin]

I see alot of people mentioning about planes performances, many saying Germans are UP, but seeing as I've never flown them myself I'm left wondering why are they UP exactly?.

 If the developers had any intention of making the planes fly similar to how they did in reality then how are you guys exactly treating the planes like the BF-109? is it all the German planes that suck?. I know that realistically, the BF-109 was more of a vulture, it was more of a hit and run fighter than say the British Hurricane and Spitfire, they were used to dive from higher altitude onto the back of an enemy target, spray it with MG, Cannon etc then fly straight back up, they were not best used in a  long dogfight, where they would lose too much speed and were not able to out turn the British fighter planes, thus they kept as much speed as possible, fired off what they could, then gained altitude again where the enemy plane couldn't reach them. The Russian planes were usually alot tougher than most other planes and had plenty of firepower, but were obviously slower because of this.

Now, I have a feeling the devs haven't really taken things like this into consideration, some planes seem like they climb way too easily compared to reality. I notice this where I have gained 500km/h+ diving down, blasted an enemy and shot straight back up, the whole time the only enemies around were all at low altitude with my target, yet somehow an enemy plane manages to keep up with me after my attack, shooting me from behind as I climbed back up. Realistically even the fighter planes that were great at climbing would not keep up with a plane moving that fast, it would still lose too much speed to keep up, yet somehow I notice some of these planes can and they do, staying behind me even when I've lost my speed and must level out at higher altitude, which worryingly leaves out a lot of strategy in combat at times.

Still, I'm enjoying the game, but I'm going to be sticking with the British planes because I'm an over-patriotic wanker and I seem to be doing okay in them. Altough I have noticed the Yak's seem OP, are the devs all Russian? lol.

[BD_SUPERBEAST]

Totally agree on everything leesin said in all his posts

Atm im using 3 aira cobras a havoc for bombing and some other planes sometimes,all below 10 rank of usa.

What i do with airacobras(at least on bombing maps) given that they have ok speed and maneouver and a cannon(which seems superimportant if u dont want to make >8+ hits on a bomber to take it down) is to start every map going a bit right or left from the middle and gaining 3kmter altitude minimum,depending on their bombers altitude and engage with em from behind as they into their first pass trying to not to chase any bomber diving too low on first passes.I mean i try to go from high altitude and big bombers first and only attack for a while high altitude objectives until i i clean some bombers out,then if i go near the ground it will be at 700kmeter or more and get out quick just to regain altitude again with high speed.

Buffalos seem very good planes for their cost also,only problem its low kg burst/sec

[Leesin]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting the Spitfire MkV for the cannons, got the SpitfireMkI but it uses just 8xMG, it's still pretty awesome though, managed to destroy a bomber earlier with just a few well aimed bursts, it exploded into fragments which is always nice. Though with a cannon those bombers will fall apart as easy as that everytime. One thing I'm dissapointed about is that their is jets at the high ranks, I really don't play WW2 flight sims to fly jets, sure they existed but they just aren't as cool as the propeller dogfighters, I guess I'll just wait and see just how OP they are ( or how OP the Russian Jets are ), but I won't enjoy playing a WW2 flight game where everyone is in a dogshit jet.

[BD_SUPERBEAST]

I saw some jets there but they seem not to be too overused,i guess the upkeep can kill anyone that wants to play for free with that planes if u want to use them too often. And even on premium account i dont think it would be easy to sustain them or overuse em too much. Anyway i dont like jets neither xD

[Leesin]

Yeah I guess the upkeeps for the jets is pretty damn high, I guess we'll see how that plays out later on, plus I'd be quite amused everytime a jet gets shot down because of that hefty repair bill lol.

[TheAppleSauceMan]

All I can say is Russian planes OP. Glad I went down this line. 

[Leesin]

All I can say is Russian planes OP. Glad I went down this line. 

Fuuuu, yeah man at first I thought it was just the luck of the rolls but I've began noticing really how strong they are in every area, the obvious over-patriotism here is pretty horrid lol, but I've made it a priority for myself to target the Russian planes from now on, the game is good enough that I can grin and bare it lol.

EDIT: Saying that, I just had my favourite run yet,  I shot down 7 planes and didn't get shot down once, all in my Spitfire MkI. I had a couple of close calls and had to land and repair once in the battle, was also getting shot at like nobodies business at one point but I kept maneuvering and managed to survive long enough for a team mate to spot me in danger and he blew the fucker off my tail.

Pic related, just so I have proof that I am indeed a Spitfire ace  .

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[Polobow]

Hearing you guys talk about it made me interested... but i'm not into the whole "solo hero plane" style. Which country has the best support planes?

[Leesin]

Hearing you guys talk about it made me interested... but i'm not into the whole "solo hero plane" style. Which country has the best support planes?

Support planes? lol, every plane supports their team by killing enemy planes and/or destroying ground targets. If you want to play more of a "support" role then you could try escort your teams bombers and attack fighters that try to shoot them down, or you could try being a bomber pilot yourself. And yeah Russia is OP.

[Tor!]

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[Leesin]

I literally lol'd when I saw what's left of your plane is actually 'repairing', just LOL.

[bilwit]

I tried downloading this but it was going for like 30 b/s for 13  hours. I tried the torrent and it was about the same. It also completely rapes the shit out of my internet to the point where I can't even use my browser while it's downloading. Why can't these assholes have their own direct host?

[Sarpton]

Really surprised at what a delight the American Peashooters/ Buffaloes are to fly.   It just fells good to get in a  turn fight and slide up behind a beufighter and shred a wing off.  But DAMN is there alot of ramming going on.

in game name is sarpton.

[bilwit]

Just started playing today and ran into a MIG-9.. he had 9 kills and 37 vehicle kills :/

[v/onMega]

Time to clean the dust of the x52...the trackIR and the CH Pedals....AND search and destroy.

I hope you guys dont play 3rd person arcade....zomfg

If you want fighter tactics...search for BigSilverHotDog.
Best pilot I ever winged with.

He is doing these with IL2...but War Thunder is based on IL2 Wings of Prey...so everything fits.