Hello and have a great Friday,
I want to buy some premium from Japan Tree to grind Japan Nation,
Which premium aircraft should I consider taking into account all its parameters? (radar, missiles, speed)
I have French, USSR and USA toptiers and just want to grind Japan too.
Thanks and have a great day!
Buying the A7M1 (or another rank 4) on sale and then talismaning the F-5E FCU is both cheaper and better than the premium Phantom. F-2 premium is not on sale so I wouldn’t even consider that.
Hey man, if you’re looking to grind Japan efficiently, I’d definitely suggest the A-7M1 or F-5E FCU like themadseventeen mentioned both are solid choices.
From my experience (been flying since 2015 and unlocked multiple top tiers), Japan’s tech tree rewards precision and energy control more than brute speed. The A-7M1 is fantastic for CAS and base bombing carries a ton, handles well, and earns great RP.
If you prefer dogfights and want to actually learn the airframe handling that’ll help you later with the F-15J and F-2, the F-5E FCU is a great pick. Small, agile, and teaches you how to think smart in a fight instead of relying on missiles.
And yeah, you just missed the 50% off talisman sale that ended about a week ago would’ve been perfect for boosting whichever jet you pick. But even full price, those two still give you excellent value for grinding Japan.
Fly smart and good luck on your grind, brother Japan’s jets hit different once you get the rhythm.
This is definitely controversial but I find the f4ej pretty good having played the tech tree one when you don’t have constant uptier matchmaking. There’s value in being the lowest rating plane with usually unchaffable missiles.
T2 early is good if it somehow happened to come back. I wouldn’t recommend their f86f40 though due to getting slammed in uptiers. Also avoid their harrier it has 9p which has less range than the 9g.
Best Premium Jet for an experienced player? Hands down the XF-2A. One of the best 13.0s, especially with the new BR Changes (no Su-30SM, Rafale or Eurofighter).
Its Radar is one of the best, being an AESA radar- meaning extremely quick scan and very long distance.
The AIM-7Ms aren’t the best, but are definitely still decent missiles. Just more situational compared to other Fox-1s at this BR (R-27s, 7P, etc.). The AAM-3 is one of the best IR missiles in the game, pretty much being a better 9M.
Its speed is not the best for the tier but still respectably fast. It goes around Mach 1.1 on deck, but can hit up to Mach 1.3/1.4 on a full load a few thousand ft up.
Its flight model is insanely good, with great dogfight capability and turning. The only downside is that it compresses badly past Mach .9, as it is a derivative of the F-16, but since you’ll be floating around Mach 1.0-1.2 when going to the battle and fairly lower afterwards, you will be fine.
Obviously as it only has Sparrows for its long range, it lacks the capability to do efficient BVR with the F-14s, Viggen, F-4F and other Fox-3 buses as the same BR, but you can still hit decently long range shots on them if you catch people off guard. 120CM also gives you plenty of room to defend.
Lacking a HMD is a downside, but not horrific. You can always supplement this with max vertical reach on the ACM, but its missiles aren’t really good for off-bore shots so you’ll be better off using normal ACM.
The F-5E FCU is also good, being like the standard F-5E but with Python 3s and AIM-9P-4s (basically 9Ls). Its a little high for a F-5 and won’t be as great as the F-5C is at its BR, but still respectably good. The F-5T is the tech tree equivalent, trading 9P-4s for HMD.
F-4EJ ADTW is decent, being a slightly worse F-4E. Identical to F-4EJ in TT.
T-2 Early the best Early/Mid Jet Premium in the game arguably. Identical to T-2 in TT.
AV-8S is practically the AV-8A / C. The 9P has slightly less range but slightly more Gs. Better RWR iirc.
JASDF Sabre is decent, but overtiered. Uptiers to 10.0 is horrific. Identical to the other 9.0 JPN Sabre.
Not squadron ones. Those are excluded from talisman sales so it doesn’t matter.