I killed 4 spaa in that battle(mostly ostwind2)
Ah, Ostwind is the easiest one. Is there any Shrink/Kolian/Cold war spaas?
Much less than ostwinds.
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I came here because im actually performin better on the Ta-152 C-3, J7W1 is actually just complete ass in air battles.😭
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Only Gaijin will believe it is good XD
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It once took out a 164ft giant atomic-breathing lizard by kamikazing into its mouth ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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it’s an amazing aircraft
it’s probably one of the best japanese planes i have ever played including J5N1 and Ki-83, japanese interceptors are just so goddamn broken.
the climb rate is good, point 15º/20º up.
maneuverability is amazing while u’re going fast, which isn’t too hard with the Shinden’s engine.
4x30mm cannons is insane, especially cuz this 30mm cannons can actually bring APHE to pulverize any aircraft, and the muzzle velocity looks ok for me, i would even say it has good muzzle velocity, i don’t struggle too much aiming with them.
the fact it’s at 6.0 is crazy, it performs well even in uptiers against 7.0 jets.
it is good.
curiously that are some of the main preys i kill in the Shinden, there’s just so much of them lmao.
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You might try the B7A2, Ki-44 II or the A7M2😉
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Nevertheless i am always happy to see when players enjoy subpar aircraft - having fun when playing wt is essential, everything else makes no sense.
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If you play Air RB with “gung ho / all in” approach - and your enemies are dumb enough to commit to head-ons: Fine, you get kills but you die in in most of your matches.
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If you play Air RB with a more methodical approach (top down, focus on prime targets) the J7W1 is from my pov unable to create positional advantages and has to wait for basic mistakes / noob pilots - otherwise they are just food if played by a solo player.
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From an objective pov your anecdotal evidence & assessment has the same value than those of the majority of players in this thread - which are far less enthusiastic.
In case you are a fan of investing millions of SL in loot boxes - look for the next round when the Ki-94 is a prize. Even using a joystick in Air RB this thing is a brick - i even stopped playing it cause the 30mm are just producing hits, no matter which belt 😂
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All this sounds a bit like a skill issue from ur part.
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So u have a skill issue???
I mean, i have proven the J7W1 is good and how to play it properly.
Ofc, whatever you say man👍😂
I don’t want to judge too much, but K/D 2 is not good, to be honest. If you believe J7W1 is a good plane, then these are pretty OP
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i had a match with 8 kills in the french AD-4, btw.
it was one of my first matches on it, so it was in stock.
how is 2.0 K/D in a plane “not good”?
i can show u my 4.0 K/D in the A21A-3 if u need “good” K/D or smth.
any plane with a +1.0-1.5 K/D is good (with any plane with good K/D i mean in general stats/average stats for any player who plays that plane, global stats basically).
First - you have a 2:1 K/D ratio in the J7W1 - not 2:0, basic math😉
Second - that means just that for every 2 noobs u find u lose a plane.
Comparisons with global stats make zero sense as you play a game flooded with kids and tankers, they lack either experience or passion for Air RB.
K/D ratios in a shooter game are important for some people but they say nothing about quality as most top players fly either squadded or prefer simply op (under BRd) aircraft. K/Ds of the top players are often way higher than 25:1, therefore your subjective assessment regarding the J7W1 is nice to read, but it holds objectively seen no water.
A plane is then objectively “good” if an experienced player is able to fly it solo with a WR >70% and is able to play and win 1 vs 3-5. And for that you need at least one significant advantage (climb, speed or turn) and the J7W1 is mediocre in all of these categories.
That was the reason why i wrote:
I sit on 1776:70 kills (no head-ons, just BnZ or turnfight) in the C-3604 - based on your logic the plane is a killer. It is not, you turn better than most of your enemies but you are actually slower and have a worse climb than the majority and you have to invest a hell of time in identifying the most dangerous opponents and to get at least a good position - otherwise you are doomed - a JP Bf 109 E-7 or MB 157 has actually a better turnrate and is way faster, so you need brainpower to survive in oder to make a difference.
I used the C-3604 to max out my German crew slot but i am just at 72% WR simply because German teams tend to die like flies and I play every second match as last player in my team vs the omnipresent Yak-1B and MB 157 spam. The rather high WR is just the result of several hundred 6-8 vs 6-8 matches which reduces stiff opposition and allows you to play out your experience advantage.
In total opposition to my A7M2 - my teams were way too strong (=80% WR) and i had serious issues to get kills (35:2) simply because they tend to stomp enemy teams extremely fast. So i stopped playing it.
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First, aphe does not fuse 90% of the time. It only does it you already struck a vital area, tail, elevators, rudders and wings tend to survive at least 1 aphe round.
Second, the problem with these cannons is poor firerate, barely 500rpm.
Third, worst spread of said cannons, even with the “New 30mm cannons” modification unlocked.
Fourth and most important, firepower does not mean anything if you practically depend on your enemy not focusing on you for being an easy kill.
Will the J7W1 find sucess? Of course!, It is rewardin as hell with such a low repair cost.
Can the J7W1 find sucess somewhat reliably? Not so, It really depends if the battle is in has some rare conditions on it.
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So you should be proud of that, or what? I don’t get your point. Everyone could be lucky enough, I can even use some of the jets that got 10 kills
KD 2 basically, you played with Brains, not just simply head-on, and then exchanged. I don’t even know if you have farmed bots, but that’s off topic.
If you want, I can even show you what the really good planes are, which have over 30K/D and over 80% winrate. If you know how statistics work, you should know that it is not reliable, especially when you really want to comapre a vehicle is good or bad. The fewer people playing, the better the statistics tend to be, and the general stats will include all kinds of vehicle stats(bombers, strikers, premiums).
That’s why I prefer to look at the statistics of players with similar skill levels—for example, by analyzing all the vehicles they’ve played—rather than simply including everyone’s performance with the same vehicle in the statistics.