why did you quote me?
Oh whoops, I forgot to type that being the fastest prop doesn’t do much for you when your armament is weak. BnZ needs strong armament to do well.
Despite you are on my “special” list:
The 3.3 Hellcat outturns any Yak (so including 4.0 and 4.3 Yak-3s) in the BR range. You don’t have to trust me - just deactivate the instructor you can do this too:
And regarding vertical maneuvers - I wrote that you need some brainpower to use Hellcats:
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Yes, it outturns a Yak. The P-51D-30 also outturns Yaks. But wanna know what those planes can’t do? Go verticle even heavier fighters like the P-47 can beat the F6F by going verticle.
XF5F Skyrocket, are you intending to derail the topic?
There are massive time gap between the first flight of XF5F and F8F.
Nobody calls Spitfire Mk.III and Spitfire Mk.22 are the same Spitfire; the technology used on XF5F or F8F are different
And F8F-1 came out on the FINAL STAGE OF WAR, as you know, for Christ’s sake.
stop quotemining fr
F8F-1 is 5.0 material. not 4.3
Oh wait, I mean XF5U, stupid NAVY designations.
it gets full API-T belts for its four .50 cal machine guns, that rounds damage output is tremendous.
its by no means amazing but thats still not awful with that belt choice
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Well, it’s certainly the weakest armament found at 4.7.
Maybe the G-6 with high drag rounds is also a contender. Yak-9U armament is simply much better.
even the weakest spitfires around that BR at least have two hitsparkos. true.
russian guns around that BR do considerably more damage per round compared to .50 browning ammo too.
ngl. the MG151 hits like a damn truck (even tho its underperforming, like all non russian canons are), the velocity just sucks.
so much time has passed since the last msg here and the bearcat still sits at 4.7
and still is totally busted
nice balancing
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but ig ill just say my exp flying AND fighting this thing
firstly flying it
its super hand held
yea you should do mec but thats not too hard to do
the guns are ehhh but 4 50cals are still nothing to laugh about
the flight performance lets you clown on yak3s and literally everything you face with no problem
i have won some dogfights against yak3s in this thing
now ik they prob didnt play it good but even then it needs to actually have some performance to win
your climb is insane and is still alr at higher alts
your top speed is not beaten till 5.7
now from facing it
its a flying airbrake so if it dives on you and doesnt get piloted by a moron you are dead
players still manage to take the worst lines ever in it and lose dfs pretty often
and a lot of people just stay on the deck with gunpods
its definitely 5.7 material but like most us props the players flying it have no brain at all and keep dying over and over to the most stupid things
Let’s be honest, the reward structure for SL and RP is not really motivating people to play as planes did in real.
If the reward model is changed and you get a(n increased) reward for:
- escorting/staying near a friendly plane
- climbing (for example climbing to 80% of a planes optimal altitude)
- killing high flying planes (multiplier when you kill targets above 2000, 3000 4000 5000 meters)
- killing high BR targets (imagine that you get a 50% higher reward for killing the highest BR-plane, or get a
You would entice more players to play towards the strenght of the plane and winning the matches. Gaijin does have the statistics, which percentage of an average game is distributed towards bombing or attacking ground units, which percentage towards killing planes?
Now I do believe bombing should be the main objective in all air games since that wins you wars and gives all fighters their natural mission of protecting their own and destroying enemy bombers. TDM has nothing to do with any modern war.
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It’s still just a free kill at its BR.
Humor me, how is that?
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they are all dumb mostly, they love to drop into furballs and F8F isn’t as slippery as Japanese planes. So they mostly fly in front of you and die.
But it does have the ability to hold dominance over 4.7 and kinda deserves 5.0.
Warthunder actually has a tutorial for shooting down enemy aircraft. Seems you’d benefit alot from starting it.
Has zilch to do with the plane so it should not be brought up
See how that wasn’t an answer and how everybody can check both of our stats and see I’m a far superior player?
that barely counts as a tutorial
You’re the one who seems confused on how to shoot down an enemy plane.
Evidently, it still holds more knowledge than Normandy does.
I asked you why the F8F was considered food to you. You then said this stupid garbage, despite the fact you know I’m a far better pilot than you. It’s really funny honestly. You have no argument, just insults. Insults that don’t even have any basis in reality