I keep reading everywhere that the biggest most significant weakness of the Xp50 is its pilots, rookies, etc. That’s total bullshit, I’m seeing a lot of XP-50s in almost every battle these days and they’re all piloted by level 100 players. I’m now flying a Japanese Ki-44-II (3.7 BR) and XP50s in the hands of these experienced pilots are my pain. Yesterday I lost a rolling scissors dogfight against an XP50 or in another game was shocked by their energy retention. I am constantly shocked at what the XP50 can do. I started running from them normally. I hate to say it. I am afraid of them, no matter how much I climb (and Ki-44 is a very good climber), they always appear at least a kilometer above me. I’d expect that if I headon with them and successfully avoid and turn behind them, even using flaps, and he spins as well, that I’ll win in the Ki-44 turnfight, but no, no, I won’t out turn the XP50. And it’s not enough to say “skill issue” here, I’m level 90 and I use the keyboard and free view, MEC, flaps etc.etc. and I’m not a rookie, I know how to fly. XP50 in the hands of 100 level pilots is really a bane.
Since yesterday I don’t give a damn about the increasing deaths number and I try to face them because I hope I can discover how defeat them, but whatever I try as if XP50 has the answer.
I will be glad for any advice on how to counter them, because playing as Ki-44-II is suddenly not fun anymore because of XP50.
All I can say is, you don’t lmao. You could try personally messaging DEFYN for tips if you can get a hold of him (emphasis on if).
It’s the same experience I had, except I was looking forward to flying the Spitfires for the first time in game as a fresh level 10-20 tank main. Of course, I got mauled by Level 100 “God of War” players in Yak-3s, Lavochkins, Fw-190As and even the air spawn fighters like Potez.
It still leaves a sour taste in my mouth to the point where I even prefer flying the Sea Fury and Hornet to any Spit, but that is the hierarchy of the game.
Your already doing what i would have done, run away. The thing is at a stupidly low br and is actually a good example of something thats op. At high alt nothing is going to be beating it, in a dog fight or energy fight. Best thing you can do is bring it to the deck where your engine will have more power and his would stay the same, the thing is a monster and theres not much you can do apart from dive, extend and run as at alt its going to catch you no matter what.
I can try to find it when I’m home and at the game, however I remember I was swapping scissors with the XP50 a few times and feeling like it was going nowhere, then my “fear” of the XP50 kicked in and I gave up, didn’t continue and took a retreat. I used both combat and takeoff flaps but the XP50 probably did too and I didn’t gain any advantage. I rather felt that the XP50 was closer to getting me in the crosshairs. I admit that maybe I could have controlled the throttle better. I do not know now.
XP-50 is not something really threatening to me. Ki-44-II is.
if there is really something you should say “broken”, it should be ki44-ii, VL Pyörremyrsky or XP-55
you see it, even if you were right, the result is that the XP50 pilots see it the same way you do, because I feel like in every game one or more XP50s choose me, me. i.e. Ki-44-II
You can delete this post, or lock it, thank you all for your replies. I realize this: specifically with the Ki-44, I definitely have room to do something differently and better and be able to deal better against the XP50, on the other hand, if there is an experienced pilot in the XP50 and he has an significant energetic advantage (mainly altitude) and he doesn’t make a mistake as if he won’t, then probably I am done.
And maybe I just have an unnecessary fear of XP50 and it tying my hands.
PS: And I’ll try against XP50 not to do vertical manouvre but instead horizontal manouvre.
that’s why you failed if you had turn fought him you would have won most us planes in my experience have better roll rate than japan but they have worse turn time
In a slow to medium speed turnfight the Ki-44 will lose against a XP-50. The roll rate of the Ki-44 is actually better, same as the manoeuvrability >600 kmph and the Ki-44 has a much higher dive/rip speed.
You mean a defensive diving? And then at high speed ~650 km/h, if XP-50 follows me down, start maneuvering and somehow get behind the tail of the XP-50? because you can’t really aim with Ki-44 at this high speed, the Ki-44 rudder definitely doesn’t work at this speed anymore.