please never imply that the F4U-1C is overpowered ever again
think it might give me permanent brain damage
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f8f-1 is a obvious pick lol, p61c, p51c, p47d28 would all be at least .3 br higher in any other tree and that’s off the top of my head
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it’s perfectly fine for 4.7, try playing fw190a or ki61s, you’ll be missing the f4u
I meant the 2.7 F4U-1A. The 1C is trash.
Meh, not really. The F8F-1 was super overhyped. They’re very easy to shoot down in a Bf 109 G-2 or Typhoon.
The P-61 is only dangerous cause it faces noobs that don’t know how to fight it.
P-47? Undertiered? 😂
This is the only plane that you can really argue should move up, but it’s literally in 5/10 tech trees. It’s not exactly helping your case that U.S. planes are too powerful, especially overall.
It does damage. it very much does damage and does it very well.
P-51 vs Fw190 D9
P-51C vs Bf109F4, Ju388J.
P-51C vs La-5FN
In each case, the moment my rounds actually hit the enemy - it bursts into flames. It’s not even a long burst - you can see it in the F4 and Ju388 case where my nose is wobbly and I’m just spraying.
This isn’t even the late-war .50s, so it’s not performing to the level of a F4U-4.
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wow,
another person who doesnt understand API =/= I
they function completely differently in game, I am specifically talking about the M1 and M23 incendiary rounds
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Why do you insist on using naked incendiary rounds?
API/API-T is able to penetrate and kill the pilot, wreck the engine AND ignite whatever it touches.
.50 cals, as demonstrated in the above examples, performs quite well if you shoot the fuselage. The P-51C has probably the “worst” firepower too, to boot - only 4 guns, no late-war belts.
why do you insist on misinterpreting my point?
because I very clearly was talking about how gaijin should fix the bugged lack of damage for 0.50 cal incendiary rounds
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Incendiary rounds are just destined to forever underperform.
They only are useful for being able to light things on fire compared to AP but are otherwise useless.
In a belt with API, having AP over Incendiary would be a straight upgrade since API already has the benefits of incendiary while AP can deal additional kinetic damage.
Not to mention how pathetic cannon tracer or practice shells are damage compare to smaller caliber AP rounds.
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they cant even do that though. their fragment distance is too low
to light a fire the round needs to damage something flammable eg. engine or fuel tank
while 0.50 cal incendiary rounds fragment distance is so low they can only damage the planes skin
Theoretically. In practice I set quite a few planes on fire using 1/3 Incendiary rounds on early .50cal belts.
Including my famous He 111 snipe from 1.2km.
Set his fuel tank on fire and he burnt down.
So they can work but don’t work the way they should.
normal AP still has a fire chance too
and doesnt that get some API?
No, early war only has AP and Incendiary.
Pretty sure AP has no fire chance.
it does
every round has a fire chance, with mults increased for incendiary; heres ball ammo
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I see.
Probably the reason why default LMG belts are just as good at setting fires as belts with 100% Incendiary.
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yet again, no idea what you’re talking about lol
You of all people shouldn’t call anyone a noob.
I’m saying the vehicles you’re saying are OP are far from it. Also, I have over 4k hours. I reserve my right to call ppl noobs.
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4k hours and you’re still struggling to get even k/d with aircraft, grim. and the f8f is extremely op lmao and you’re still a noob.
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Buddy, if you are SOMEHOW struggling against the F8F-1 of all planes, then that is just simply skill issue. There’s nothing more to it, you’re just bad at flying.
With 50cals currently you would need continued and consistent hits, with multiple passes to shoot down even a single engine fighter.
That would mean you will have to spend so much time and spare your energy on a single target, which will make you lose the match sometimes.
Not trying to say 50cals are bad but currently they are definitely underperforming when comparing with 20mms. Yet the damage produced by 50cals currently reflects some historical performance, the 20mm’s ability to simply cut you in half with a single snap shot is totally unreal. I think the problem to solve and rebalance it might be to nerf 20mm HE round to the level that we see 5-6 years ago.
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