How to play low tier air?

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I feel like i constantly get slammed by every other player (im at 5.0 rn) and the only reason why i’ve progressed was from the av8 that i got for free for a day as test drive from the warbonds. The experience at low tier air is painful (for me at least) because I always fly for like 5-10 minutes just to get shot down. I’ve tried boom and zoom, but because my aim stinks or the enemy dodges, usually they always turn around, catch up and now i’ve got 3 people on my 6. I just want the F-16s, primarily to help my ground lineup at top tier, but idk the best method to grind. Any help is much appreciated.

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I’m assuming your playing ARB. Maybe try AAB to practice planes since you can respawn and it’s usually much more fast paced

I’m not able to offer much else on advice though, maybe switch to a lower br plane if possible as long as it won’t suffer an RP penalty

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Oh. I always thought AAB was a shithole because others said it was, at least for ground it’s hella fun to go absurdly fast

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I personally really like AAB, I’ve grinded all the UK, Japanese and Israeli props there.

(Just don’t play a heavy bomber unless you are a certified masochist)

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If he wants to stay in arcade sure, but if he wants to switch to realistic later (which I find infinitely better, but that’s my view) then he shouldn’t. When I switched from arcade to realistic I had to relearn everything basically because arcade is so much easier…
Overall I’d say the best way to get good is to just keep playing. It took me a lot of dying to get decent at the game, but now I have a lot more fun that I ever did in arcade.
I should note though, that I prefer ranks 5-6 by far compared to props. For this reason I sometimes grind props in arcade when I don’t feel like bothering, but that’s purely a grind logic.

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The first time I tried Air RB some kind person told me to “firetruck” back to AB, and there’s plenty of bankers (maybe spelled with a “w”) in ARB - there’s no difference in the makeup of the population really - excerpt ARB players often have a broom up their arse and think their shirt doesn’t stink.

Lots of advantages in ARB - yes it’s fast, everything air spawns, multiple lives, reloads - it’s there in the name “Arcade”… as opposed to “realistic” which is a lie to drag you in…