super good cannons amazing flight model at where its is super strong engine 2 12.7s and 1 supger good 20mm why is it still 2.3 its like braindead level easy to play honestly could honestly be 2.7 with zero issues
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The Yak-1 only has two 7.62mm MGs. Not 12.7mm.
But yeah. Pretty crazy having a hard hitting 20mm at 2.3 with some actual flight performance.
But none of the planes moved in BR after realShatter damage buff.
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those are still lazer beams that destroy everything
Real
Gotta aknowledge the fact that the ShVAKs have an absurdely fast rate of fire and the 20mm is really nice to have. For the rest idk, I don’t know very well how air performances compare at low tiers
It’s certainly not OP. It just has pretty good firepower for 2.3.
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Yeah, the thing at rank 1-2 is planes like the Yak 1 face planes that are slower and more lightly armed but way more agile, so that balances it out
i mean. the Morko-Morane is also 2.3 with actual flight performance and closely same armanment. There are not so many planes at 2.3 to compare it with Yak tho, but the Regianne 2002s are certainly outmaneuver it and have decent SAFAT MGs with HEs. Same with Hayabusa, tho it recently got moved to 2.7. So… Idk? For me it looks like it`s on its spot.
its also not just the manuverbility its the energy its got massive engine power allowing it to energy fight very well
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im not sure for which part of my message you answered, so i cant continue the conversation. May you make it clear?
The Mörkö-Morane.
ah, okay. Morane is definetly fast and maneuverable, but not as maneuverable Japs or the Regianne 2000s for example. So its basically fits the playstyle of Yak-1
i was talking about the yak 1 it can out turn almost anything it can fight and it can out energy anything it cant out turnfight
I’d argue the Yak-7B is even worse cause you can snipe ppl with its autocannons.
uuuuugh not so much tho there arent many 2.3s. And YAK may be less maneuverable fighter of them. the J20 easilly outmaneuvers it. Morko-Morane has same maneuverability. Idk…
hm… Well, YAK surely has great engine power. So it may be true
I would argue that for the average Air RB player at BR 2.3 the plane is op - players with little to zero game experience tend to perform head-on attacks - and the 20 mm Shvak is extremely strong and easy to use.
The fact that a plain BR 2.3 Bf 109 E-3 wipes the floor with a BR 2.3 Yak-1 is not widely known and requires an experienced 109 pilot.
But i fully support the OP that the plane needs like any other ShVak armed fighter a BR increase of one step.
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so its literal bias against USSR again huh?
Bias against USSR as in: their planes received huge firepower upgrade over the years (Shvak used to be vastly inferior to MG151/20 or Hispano, now it’s simply way better than either, and Berezin now destroys people with short bursts from ridiculous distances) with absolutely 0 BR adjustments.
I can deal with Yaks, but still, they are scary as hell.
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well its only natural to upgrade the underperforming cannons, no?
As much as i remember, SHVAK showed bad performance as recently as at least at 2020 (maybe even 2022, but im struggling to remember that info more correctly than that), and recently got buffed. So it has at least decent performance now?
it always did tho. Oneshotting pilots was its thing from the start
Accidentaly pressed delete and couldn’t roll it back.
Anyway, LMAO, no. You have to be peak delusional to consider current state of Shvak to be anywhere close to reasonable.
And Berezin took quite a bit of shooting. Now if you land 2 nuke bullets to the wing, it’s GONE.
Meanwhile Yak-9 tanks 2 30mm shells to the wingtip and it stays attached. Or 37mm to the wing and flies fine. And not every shot registers, because these affected by plywood bug 2.0 don’t deal damage and don’t explode, they just pass through, so I don’t even think they are counted as hits.
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Never heard of it tbh :/
Before realshatter both the MG151 and Hispano MK2 deemed to be superior in terms of damage, MG151 being the best by damage there is.
And the Shwaks slapped something something okay but nothing compared to Minengeshoss belts of the Mg151. Actually i remember some players using the AP belts on Shvaks just because HE delt no damage, and the AP actually could break wings and then penetrate some tank roofs.
And after realshatter?
As i know no one also said the Shvak became the king cannon there is >~<
tho i remember people saying the MG151 and the Hispano started doing poorly. So back then they seem to be bad. But playing the Bf109 and the Spitfire now? i mean they look fine to me.
if its a 37 from Cobra? even 109s tank that xD
Thats some joke of a cannon tbh, i dont understand why is it so bad