So I’ve been playing warthunder for about 210 hours and i unlocked my first jet, the A28B (swedish tech tree 7.7) and idk which plane to choose next, i mainly do dogfights and i love good turning planes.
J29 is your only other option if u want to stay away from missle meta.
Missle meta starts 8.0 with the sea hawk and dogfights get less and less from there on upwards in br.
A32 is a bus, not especially good turn, but fast and strong engine, u will need the guns very often, as the 10G missles at 9.3 are a bad joke.
But thats not really dogfighting as you know it from the vampire. Very rarly it still happens, when both teams are mostly dead u sometimes dance with the last one. But usually it dosnt matter, if the last enemy is in smt faster and not braindead, he will just outclimb/outrun you for the rest of the battle and there is nothing u can do.
J35 is very nimble, but missle meta and the instand insane energy loss kills you if u want to dogfight 8 of 10 times.
Get the A21RB, it’s just an A21 with a jet engine. It’s overall a good early jet.
The J29/A29 aren’t that good, and they require a specific playstyle to play right. Plus, the MM/balance at 7.7 is not very good either.