I mostly play fighters. I go for kills but avoid kills that seem locked down by other teammates. I usually go for enemies that are a danger to me(moving to engage me) or ones that are distracted.
When i use the a10, i go for ground targets but i will also detour to engage enemies if they come within my range.
Thank you markimash…It struck me when you said you mostly play fighters,. LOL, Ive never flown a bomber since Beta. I do not have a bomber mentality, whew.
When youre in a slow plane you have plenty of time to look around, yes, I as well go for something that seems to be wanting me to die. And if you have been playing long enough, as you have mate, you can see that from about 3 km away developing.
I have taken my A10a to altitude since I got it. I bought it for 50% off on the holiday sale, and so I was like you know what, this is like a jet Zero. At that BR, the Aim 9ls are fire…and I try to make it to the furball, when I can drop down and turn them into fireballs…gotten good with with its cannon, out to 110m Im good with it. Its a plane I have fun in occasionally, and a go to when I have a Silver Bonus engaged.
Thank you, your comments are always well thought out and welcomed. Have fun dude.
Luckily, I dont grind or care about RP and such, I just play for fun…But dont get me wrong, I understand it, I had to do that to get where I am.
Depends entirely on what plane im using.
If im in a fighter, ill try to cause as much violence as possible.
If im something like the F111, i will nail objectives and then try to get air kills. Even if i fail to take down other players, there is some ticket impact left by my bombs.
The a10s can hold their own pretty well in 1v1s. It surprises many people when they expect an easy kill then watch me dodge them and swing until tail quicker than they can fly away.
markimash, you might be interested in a video I watch on YouTube occasionally, its Interview with Saburo Sakai, Interview with an Ace.
I put his emblem on every one of my Zeros, subtitles, but a true modern Samurai, in their tradition.
Warthunder has seemed to model the Zero very correctly,…I have to say its my favorite plane when it comes down to it,…A10s are like that, just different. LOL
The two pretty much go hand in hand. Playing for kills results in more victories. Only exception is if you are flying with a squadmate and one is purposefully acting as bait while the other takes the kills. But in some sense you’re still playing for airkills.
Playing for kills also implies avoiding death. Going for the first enemy or every easy kill you see may result in an early death or getting less kills overall. So prioritizing your targets and not taking every engagement can still be labeled as playing for kills.
Current ARB is just Team Deathmatch anyway.
I seek positive SL (high tier repair cost be like f-86 15000–>F-1510000) :(
my a-10 when my enemy decides to try to roll fight my a-10 ):D
If grinding then victory and time are better, else I go for kills
ima be honest sometimes (a6e) I take no A2A weaponry (unless you count CM as A2A for some reason)
I fly to spade my plane and get as far away from ARB as possible for the rest of my time in WarThunder.
These days I mostly fly ARB for:
As such, I’ve taken to flying rather aggressively. I know that the proper way to fly would be to take it slow and methodical, keep altitude and engage enemies in order of threat/impact.
However, going for vulnerable (but low impact) enemies means much easier/faster progression, so given my goals - I started doing this.
Classic case is full afterburner crusader towards a blue base, throwing my 4 missiles at the premium napalm bombers and RTBing. This gives me some very nice silver lions for basically no effort but barely helps my team.
I do this because it gives me the SL/planes/modules to play my preferred game mode with minimum effort elsewhere.
Air kills first, win later. It’s all about the grind.
I go after whoever is presenting the biggest threat to me. Diving out to go after some nigh useless attacker instead of fighters at my altitude is just not something I do. So I have to say I want a victory first and foremost.
Well said mate.
Lol RunaDacino…you know exactly what you’re doing for sure.
Well put mate.
Also, even for someone that is playing for strictly airkills, diving after the first attacker you see is one of the first noob mistakes…decreasing their chance for kills throughout the whole match.
Often, if you were to dive after the first attacker, every noob on the planet is going to be firing over your shoulder, making you the kill LOL.
Thank you mate.
In air RB I’m generally good enough at most BRs to get a lot of kills and simultaneously help team mates so by getting kills it’s indirectly towards victory but sometimes I’ll be fighter escort for bombers depending on the BR as that can be pretty lucrative too with how target fixed bomber hunters are.
Now in ground RB I’m not that good until fairly recently so I’ve always prioritized gathering intelligence so my team mates who are good can clean up. As of recent I’ve been getting better so I’m transitioning more towards getting kills and securing parts of the map but I still like the support role.
Kills.
I just don’t have fun if I can’t get player kills because I had the audacity to use tactics, while the enemy team lawnmowed and all died before I could do anything. And having to fight my own team over who gets kills is one of the worst experiences in WT.
Prop RB is dead because the players aren’t good enough, and don’t care enough.