Hello, so I got J-7E recently, and Im doing ok in the plane, but still feel like im not maximizing the potencial. My issue is, that I cannot often make the J-7 work in Air RB. The Pl-5B’s are nice, but they are only rear aspect, and from my experience, if the guy you are chasing knows about you, you have no ways to defeat him.
Also after the sales, I experience constant uptiers, and when playing against 12.0’s, this plane has nothing other than good manouverability, which is definitely nice, unfortunately there is high chance you get killed by second enemy who spawns out of nowhere, so generally, speaking, I think dogfighting is only suitable for late game.
So, is the best playstyle in this plane just be passive, and be really patient about choosing your enemy?
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Ding ding ding. You’ve just learnt how you should play the J-7E. Climb high. Dive on the fur ball while unleashing your lovely missiles on unsuspecting foe. You’re underrating its flight characteristics.
I just tried that, and it kinda worked, Tho it was mostly 11.3 game, Im not sure this will work so good in uptiers. Also, I have 50 flares and 22 chaff, should I adjust the chaff count little bit for this playstyle?
Edit. yeah this works not so good against 12.0
Always been, btw, J-7E WAS decent at 11.0, but at 11.3, nah, this thing with only rear IR missile, well, no matter how “strong” it is, it’s rear and that’s it, is just not that kindda playable.