This plane is top tier 4 suffering, always seemingly competing in BR 6.0 matches where it gets outclassed by everything else, even in downtiers it still gets outclimbed, outturned and for some reason outran by other fighters, it cannot climb the same as a F2G so the statcard lies yet again and its always fighting against Ta 152 which seems to climb faster AND gets airspawn.
I’m not turnfighting in this by any means but how can I do BnZ or intercepting when everyone else can do that + turnfighting and they’re all 2km higher than me?
buff when pls?
Vehicles do not get buffs or nerfs in this game based on how well they do. These vehicles are supposed to represent the irl vehicle. The best you can ask for is a downtier to a lower BR.
I can give you a couple of tips for the MB.5 if you want since I play it quite often:
Use MEC for the engine to cool down during climb and while flying between encounters.
Use your landing flaps! They break at rather slow speeds so you need to manage your speed well but they give a huge lift increase and turn the MB.5 into quite the menace during a slow speed fight.
The MB.5 can catch pretty much any plane in a dive and is faster than almost all planes it faces but it’s acceleration is quite mediocre so make use of slight dives to gain some speed. It keeps its speed well as long as you push past the 400km/h IAS mark.
The guns are somewhat awful to use and I recommend the stealth belt with lots of practice, they hit slightly harder and your enemy doesn’t see you shooting from miles away.
Climb away from the enemy at first. It’s not a terrible climber but it does take some time to get up there. You will usually spend the first 6-7 minutes to get to an altitude of 6-7km at which point you can basically do what you want.
The only real enemies are the Ta-152H and the F2G, although you handily outturn the F2G and the Ta152 can be easily outmaneuvered with your slightly better roll and worse energy retention enabling you to force an overshoot nearly instantly.
I hope that helps a bit, I really love the plane and if you want we can fly some missions together if you need some more pointers =)
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