A7M2 out climbs D28 to 6000meter
what BR would you have it?
Using speed and your firepower,50cal is pretty good in head-on, if you want, we can have a solo later, compared to Ki84 or J2M1, A7M is pretty easily, basically it is a larger Zero
If we wanted maximum balance, yes it’s a bit too low. However there’s monstrosities like the LF Mk9 and Yak3U at 5.7 so I don’t actually think it’s that dominant.
Well I would expect a lighter aircraft to outclimb the Jug, which isn’t a dedicated fighter as we all should know.
Unless you have a massive energy/position advantage, you can’t do anything to the A7M with a good pilot. It turns like a zero, while being much faster but with a worse roll rate.
So the only way to fight them is to outclimb them, which is easy in most fighters around that BR, but if the A7M player is good, you will have to do many BnZ passes to bleed its speed with the chance of getting yourself killed in return each time you overshoot. Depending on the plane and how you conserve your energy in the BnZ, the A7M might even start gaining energy advantage even while defensive
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The whole issue is that the A7M can actually hang at high-alt. So you got essentially a faster zero that traded some of it’s turning performance for:
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Faster top speed
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faster climb speed.
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better guns
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better high altitude performance.
And like what you said, the aircraft will be able to recover that energy easily from dodging due to it’s better performance. 1 cannon is enough to make any plane have a bad day. Wing mounted is actually better on props due to your likelihood of of striking wings, the weakest part of the plane in the game.
The plane was built first as a fighter. it was the literal backbone of the U.S. Airforce, the ability to carry large payload was mostly due to it’s surprising durability. Attackers existed for a reason.
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Yeah the N1K feels like a bus. In reality when flown by elite 343 海軍航空隊 pilots it was anything but
You can’t in most practical situations, unless you want to receive reports for “passive play” by running and flying to the space.
The P47 “playstyle” is to kill as many ground targets as possible, or head on someone before you inevitably die.
This plane is better played in arcade where it’s decently manuverable (obviously don’t turnfight too much) and can slaughter furballs.
The N1K’s should be 5.7 or atleast 5.3, The Ki-84 otsu has the same armament and engine as the N1K2J/Ja, but the former performs better than it. Even the A7M2 with its wide ass wings roll better than the N1K’s. Sickening!
My dude, .50 cals are completely fine. Even four .50s on stuff like the P-51C have absolutely no problems crippling enemy aircraft in short bursts, the P-47s 8x .50s absolutely shred anything that gets in front of them
real talk? fuck the LF Mk9, literally playing the game on easy mode when you fly that PoS.
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This covers some misconceptions.
Notably - how to dive/extend away.
Differences of what top speed, a good diver and all that mean.
It’s aimed at sim, but some of it is transferable to RB.
I am not sure if this is relevant to OP though alas, as Navy fighters are… quite a bit more versatile than thunderbolts. Even mustangs I feel are more versatile.
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I’ve already seen this video, and more or less it boils down to the same problems as other videos (basically it capitulating that you’re almost always going to be in a worse position than a turn fighter and that you’re very vulnerable when extending regardless of speed).
4x 0.50 cals against 2.7-3.7 planes is very different than 8x 0.50 cals against 4.0-5.0 (or higher) planes. Especially when comparatively 4x 0.50 cals at 3.7 is much better than 8x 0.50 cals at 5.0.
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Too true lol, it completely ruins balance at that BR. Yak-3U is also a huge offender, being faster with better energy retention, able to keep 500kph+ in dogfights.
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Idk which one is more cancerous, i havent flown the lf mk9 yet but the yak3u i have and its a joke how easy the 3U is to play with, but i still shit my pants when im forced to dogfight a spit mk9 because its able to follow me in a vertical
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I’d say LF is worse just because so many 3U pilots don’t know how to play and immediately get reversed super easily because they’re keeping too much speed. LF doesn’t do that.
oh uh that totally didnt happen to me numerous times uuuuh nope, no sir
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Like what @SpeclistMain1 said. Early aircraft are entirely weaker compared to 5.0-6.0 aircraft. I’ll have my P-47 strike the wing of a Bf-109 G/6 or A7M multiple times and it does minimal damage or damage that still renders them capable of getting away or fighting back. and I’ll still have to do 3-4 passes depending on how slippery they are and most of the time. I’ve used half my ammo, or I’m down to at least 1200 rounds. 1 20mm and 1 hit can completely decimate an aircraft at any BR unless you have a particularly weird DM.