the ki-44 -II has, when spaded, a top speed of 395 mph, which isn’t all that bad. i use it to a lot of success at 4.7
i’m not gonna lie i got no idea what ur even talking about or how this is supposed to be a valid strategy. i said the most likely thing that happened was the ki44 cooked his engine. this “tactic” ur talking of makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t even address the large difference in t:w that i showed.
Planes have a tradeoff between induced and parasitic drag. the ki44 accelerates faster at 360kmh ias and below so this is completely incorrect
And what do you even mean by “it does perfectly well against stuff like N1k2j, Ta-152 H1, Ki-94-II”? N1k significantly outclimbs and outturns it. TAH outclimbs it at <2.5km, is marginally worse higher and easily outturns the f4u with flaps. Idk what the ki-94 is. sure in an ideal world the f4u4 would probably be 4.7 but that clearly isn’t true is it? and unless there’s a difference with the performance of vehicles in sim which i asked about but you didn’t reply you are completely wrong. Because I have used the f4u4 and had a ki44ii on the same team, when i climbed to 3.5 or 4km he was already at 5km and cruising to the enemy team.
Any american plane goes that fast without even trying…
for its br right now its probably best plane amazing climbrate reached 20k feet well before my P51 C10
ive played both f4u4 and p51c10 and the ki44II i can say the best way to defeat it is tag team it thats pretty much the oonly way use superior speed to run making it 4.0 sounds fine but no higher
You forgot to mention that russian guns are currently meta as well. Shvak rules the skies, by far.
MG151 & Mineshells are not what they used to be. First the RoF, then the drag values / ballistics, now they selfdestruct after around 1km, which makes sniping impossible. Finally I’ve got the impression the damage has been lowered as well. Its like peashooting.
Mineshells always used to do alot damage, since they simply have alot explosive mass. But somehow it doesn’t feel like it.
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The self destruct ruined head-ons. It’s also broken as rhe shells explode at 1400m from firing position. IRL they exploded after 3s, so much further away if fired at alt and by a plane moving forward with significant speed.
At the same time, 1 HE shvak or even HE Berezin 12,7mm hit will.ruin your maneuvrability to the point that return to the AF is your only option.
Gaijin has really made the game so much worse with their decisions. And nowadays poor G.55 can’t even deploy combat flaps above 280 IAS and it was one of the few planes that could actually threaten Soviet dominance if it was allowed to climb to alt.
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Damage is fine. I used the Fw 190 A-5/U2 and scored quite a lot of kills.
Using stealth, since otherwise your stuck with 720m/s Mineshells.
It’s just that the damage doesn’t make sense in comparison.
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Why does everyone always want to nerf Japan or uptier us? We have J2M’s now facing jets, our Ki-84’s can face 60’s jets. Our planes are made of paper, even the 44 though less so, and we have a far few weaknesses.
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I mean it is just the Yak-3 which is a pain to fight if you are not in a JP plane. And there is imho no dominance - the superiority you describe is the result of way too low BRs combined with overperforming 20 mm ShVaks.
Technically seen the La-5 at 3.3 or the 3.7 La-5 FN are in the same league (benefitting from too low BRs with op cannons) whilst a contemporary LW fighter to the 4.3 Yak sits at 5.3 like the Bf 109 G-14 and both Lavotchkins saw service after the Bf 109 G-6 at 4.7.
Today I had the pleasure to watch a Yak-3 (4.3) playing like the usual rat and murdering 7 of my team (+ 1 assist). Ofc with one ammo load and enough ammo left before i had an undisturbed 1 vs 1 vs him.
A decent pilot using his plane to his strength whilst facing braindead opponents - he made just one mistake as he chased me and tried to turn & energy fight a B7A2 at tree top level - otherwise he just could have out energy me by running away.
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Is there anyone complains that Japanese .50cal is too powerful? Their HE shell is crazy
They are as powerful as any other, but they get belts with 3/4 for them.
Yesterday a Me 410 broke my B7A2s wing tip with its 13mm MG 131. Later I scored several Ho-103 hits on a Yak-9T and he was flying like nothing happened.
With realShatter and unrealistic damage models you can never know what is going to happen.
It’s basically a coin toss.
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I think he would be able to win if he decided to spiral climb and then tried vertical. I guess he didn’t/had not enough time :)
Japanese and Berezin hit harder than MG131, a lot harder, but 2 bullets from MG131 will rip the wingtip anyway.
Meanwhile I sometimes fail to do that with 2-3 MG151/29 M-geschoss, but the funniest thing happens when MK108 M-geschoss fails to do that too
He tried that but he stalled way earlier:
https://warthunder.com/en/tournament/replay/306900594692493586
Time 13:20 to 15:20. Decide by yourself…
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I mean, while my B7A2 Homare turns nicely, I know Yak-3 can outmaneuver it if given enough time as I’ve seen that happen, I mean, eventually something else killed me, but guy had the right idea.
Similar story with G.56 vs Ta-152H. G.56 can pull tighter at a wide range of speeds. But start just turnfighting while going up, and at one point he inevitably is much lower or much slower, and latter scenario is easier to exploit but way more difficult to notice properly. I am v. bad at it, but I sometimes manage to pull some ridiculous BS vs Spitfires while flying Ta/Yak-3, because most players don’t expect getting energy trapped with 80m of vertical separation haha
You fly Yak-3??? Seriously???
I mean you are imho way too good to need artificial help to get kills…
I killed some of them in my G8N 😉 We have similar rip speeds 😎
Edit: If you fly a Yak to increase the BR: Fine with me👍
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I like flying easy planes. Remember I play this game for fun. My definition of fun is squeezing highest efficiency possible out of a plane while minimizong the amount of brain use required. Hence I absolutely love playing Wyverns on good days where people just take head-ons and die, lol.
I would be flying BI if I could get my hands on one.
And I would whine and cry about it being OP every day in these forums, mind you.
EDIT: I used to play Fw 190 A5/U2 a lot when it was the best Fw 190 at 4.3, I didn’t know about stealth belt being best back then, but it was fun to win with a plane that “wasn’t exactly the best”, facing J2M2s, Mk IX Spits and Yak-3s. It was fun and challenginf.
But these times are long gone as A5/U2 flight model got curbstomped. So I’m just playing good planes in a brainless manner hoping one day I’ll learn to duel and properly dogfight…
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Okay but last I checked the datamines the G.55 has a fantasy FM where it’s wings have like 1.5 CLmax instead of 1.3.
And the Bf-109’s also have fantasy FMs
What’re they supposed to do? Not arbitrarily buff the FM and then nerf the guns? Impossible
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The instructor behavior on the 109s is more egregious than that. In a hard turn at any speed, the slats won’t ever fully deploy.
nobody goes higher than 5km without being completely useless