Hello fellow users. I come with a question, i started to grind UK ground and i want cas for it so im wondering which lines should i go for? i definetely went for spitfires to air to air but i want air to ground planes. share ur opinion i reallly need help. (also i want to go for only 2 lines maybe 3 max)
Depends on what br you want.
I would say the 2 lines on the right would be your best bet.
prob to 5th era like early jets
Uh… Britain has got a bit of a deadzone for half decent CAS at and around 7.0 ISH. A few of the meteors have bombs but that’s about it. You might get some success with the mega bombs on the Lancaster or Lincoln still though.
It’s not until 8.3/8.7 ISH that our CAS picks up again with stuff like the Canberra.
So I’d do line 2 and 5 until 8.0 for the Lincoln and sea meteor
But when you get to 8.3 line 3 , 4 and 5 come good with the sea hawk, scimitar and the swifts. Canberras are great fun too
As you get up to higher BRs the Buccaneer, hawks and Jags will be a core part of your dedicated CAS aircraft located in line 4 and 5
But as you approach top tier your choices are the harrier Gr7 line 4 or Tonkas in line 5 and then finally the Typhoon for top tier in line 1
Thank you for your opinion. I have just one question im pretty new to air since i grinded ground for what stats should invest in my crew?
First thing I always invest in is G tolerance ( I think that’s the right name) as it will make a huge difference in avoiding G-lock, say when pulling out a dive after dropping bombs.
The defensive tab is basically useless 99% of the time.
After that I’d stamina and keen vision (again, I think that’s the right name) are fairly good too
Also there is pilot and shooter and they both have G tolerance? does it apply for all of them or what?
I think so, or at least it doesn’t matter as Glock is your pilot, you probably aren’t doing hard pulls in a heavy bomber most of the time
really depends. I always take a dedicated fighter and then a strike/bomber at low tier but it gets funky later on
theres some really bad deadzones around midtier and the first really usable ones are flat out worse than options at lower BRs in other nations.
heres my lineups from 6.7-12.7 as my reccomendations.
6.7 the mk24 spit is a monster if you use it right. the bombs are about as much use as a soft potato but RP3 can occasionally work. 20mm hitsparko can really carve up ground targets and you will dominate the dogfights in the air
7.7 ww2 jet with bomb that kinda works, still worse than american options and another one as backup for cleaning out enemy CAS
8.0
same fighter but better and the canberra as its a bomber than can dogfight and make CAS mains rethink life after being killed by a bomber in a dogfight
8.3 replace the canberra with guns for the one with two 4000lb bombs
8.7 Red top and bullpups. you are king same for 9.0
9.3 hunter for cas/cap lightning for nuke denial
10.0 SRAAM with a couple bombs is decent
10.7 THIS IS THE FIRST GOOD ONE hawk is a rat and the bucc is great when theres no SPAA. even tho america gets an a10 at 10.3 with double the maverics as your hawk, and that number of the IR ones at 10.7, totally fair and balanced guys
11.7 Harrier T10 my beloved. PGM 500s are great, working towards them
12.7 dont even bother lmfao
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Thank you for this awesome guide i really appreciate it.
no worries, all the lower BRs involve a spitfire and the mosquito bomber for aircraft so didnt think of adding it
Oh another thing about spitfires. is it just for me but they are preety paperish like i just get destroyed by bullets, theres not a single time where i get hit and survive
It used to make a lot of sence to have both fighter and strike aircraft/bomber in lineup, since you didn’t get SP increase for another class after death.
they can do. russian bullets do a godly amount of damage and the .50 cal incendiary rounds are a nuclear bomb most the time.
youre more fragile than most but you can kill them a lot easier than they kill you.
I get that, i still take them for their dedicated roles tho. Sometimes CAS is being spammed and you need a dedicated fighter to cleanse the skies quickly and effectively, especially as the UK doesnt have a good SPAA from 3.0 until 8.3
sometimes the skies are clean and i can just lob cookies at anyone i so please. its also more valuable when in a squad as you can do more directed strikes due to callouts from your friends
also about the turn speed how does it work if the amount is smaller they turn faster or is it the opposite
the statcards arent really accurate. if its a merlin powered spitfire, you are almost garanteed to have the tighter turn unless its some japanese aircraft.
if its a later griffon one you will turn on par at worst but have the engine to win on energy/speed retention
because one play has worse stats and is rated higher for some reason
which one do you mean?
Spitfire mk IIB and Spitfire mk VB