something needs to be done as its quite unfair being a 4.7 facing it as it outperforms everyone in a downtier and can hold its own fairly well in up tier
props need a decompression these guys have been this range near unplayable
1 Like
Highest climb rate, but is the slowest in a straight line
2 Likes
to be fair no one plays a spit fire for speed most dogfights are lowspeed anyways wont really matter
No, but if you get in over your head, you can dive and run away, then there isnt much the Spitfire can really do about it.
90% of my kills are because someone was stupid enough to try and turn fight me
yeah you can do that but then what same arguement is used for the YAK-3U as it has a low wing rip speed you can run but youll never be able to beat it if he plays right unless you 2v1 it
Most of the soviet aircraft have BRs from when their 20mm were really really bad. They are now some of the best, BRs were never corrected
props need more BR space they need to raise br cap to raise up jets
Yeah, they do, but I dont think the LF Mk9 would be at that different a BR to the things it is already at the same BR with
the weaker 5.7s stay behind while strongest 5.7s move up .3
Can we also adress this thing? It’s beyond busted. Like look at the curve, LOOK, LOOOOOOOKKK gordon ramsay voice
yes ive played that one its pretty good
I think pretty good vastly undersells just how insane this thing really is X)
last flew it a few months ago a bit fuzzy
F8F-1 going 5.0 where it was fine to 4.7 made little sense to me
1 Like
i grabbed the 3 biggest offenders if i listed every op prop id be here all day
please fly it again, it’s just brain off, the plane.
probably will when i continue my france tree grind
Only if when Punishing other OP props either.
such as F8F-1, P-51H-5
I mean… Spitfire LF Mk.IX is a decent prop for the current meta.
and Yaks seems like Yakovlev predicted the future with DeLorrian, and designed a prop for fitting War Thunder meta.
But well… some guys and Gaijin themselves want to solve those by ‘buff F8F-1 down to 4.3 for making her not see LF Mk.IX’
:|
I might be fine to nerf LF IX after decompressing the jets era bit, and nerfing other OP props.
But… I am a bit worried about ’ Rules for thee, but not for me’ type of balancing.
Doomposting the Worst-case scenario (example)
-F2H remains 7.3BR
-P-51H-5 remains 6.3BR
-but Spitfire LF Mk.IX goes up from 5.7 to 6.3
2 Likes
LF MK-9 probably wouldnt be higher than 6.0
In sim the LF Mk 9 is very annoying because it outclimbs 109s, nullifying the standard response to them (and the lack of markers and engagement ranges make it harder to avoid them in general.)
In 109F4 or 109 G6 vs Mk V or Mk II you can “easily” counter them through very steep climbs until they stall and drop down on them.
109 G-14 vs Lf Mk 9?
Theoretically the G-14 WEPS better but it’s very close and the spitfire having less fuel means it WILL beat you at the usual sim altitudes (0-4 km altitude.)
Now add Bf 109 F-4 vs Lf Mk 9 and the 109 F-4 has no way to contest it.
At 5.0, it feels as oppressive as the Ki-84.
5.0 top lobbies are very, very unfun trying to fly Fw 190s/109s into British spam OR trying to fly P-38s vs Ki-84s.
Hilariously, sim becomes utterly flooded by lf Mk IX and Ki-84s on 5.0 top days who promptly disappear on 5.3 top days and especially 5.7 top days (altho 5.7 has its own Ki-84/Lf Mk IX with the F4U-4B…)