It’s absurd that Italy is being treated this way; lately I’ve been playing with ‘Reserve’ vehicles so I can be sure they don’t increase the vehicle’s BR… I’ll continue to play and win with the Italian reserve vehicles just to see if the developers have the courage to remove the “reserve” vehicles from the Italian nation just to avoid admitting that their balancing system is absurd and it’s not the vehicle that’s powerful, but the driver who drives it.
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A6M5s are now just as good (if not better, since they’re moving up!) than a Yak-3U!
It’s a mystery how japan lost the war.
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And G.55 S1 that has absolutely nothing on Yak-3U will sit at 5.3.
Remember, this is happening in a game where Pay2winnin’s Yak-3 is 0.3 BR lower than regular Yak-3 because it has 1 MG less!
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When I saw VDM I was like “Yeah, it’s better than the tech tree one…” but the tech tree one is a tad wild.
And P51H5NA still dodging BR changes.
Yak-3U isn’t quite joining P51H5NA in dodging, but it is dodging when Spitfire LF Mk9s are going to 6.0.
The saving grace is the Spitfires still have better dogfight performance, but you know who doesn’t have as good as Yak-3U? Corsairs.
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it’s really weird how the VDM dragged the TT 2005 with it, even by Gaijin terms and even previous cases with the same engines being swapped (Bf-109 G-2 vs Bf-109 G-6) it saw the weaker variant an 0.3 BRs below the top version.
Yak-3U and spitfire Lf Mk.IX were only 5.7 because they kept each other in check, any other 5.7 was basically in the sideline hoping they didn’t end the duel fast enough to come after them.
P-51H is just ignored for no reason just like the Yak-3U just was
And I guess the F4U-7 is 6.0 for no reason, its heavier than the F4U-4B but has the same engine and same spawn. And the CAS payload doesn’t matter in AB so that shouldn’t be a reason to increase the BR, since the french P-63 gets napalm (which fits better to AB since it can destroy bases easily unlike rockets) and it is still 4.0 BR.
super props are a mess in balancing and Gaijin isn’t very consistent with what makes a model superior to another.
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I walk back my statement about it not being too crazy strong. It is. It’s absolutely insane especially when comparing tit o other planes that moved up. What in the world are they thinking keeping it 5.8? It’s the same BR as A6M’s now, but has better guns, better energy, a better engine, climb rate, and its turn rate is still crazy good.
This is honestly ridiculous. They were ready to shoot the Spitfire Mk. 24 again before they moved the 3U up.
Insanity.
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They finally decided to hit little bonk on the head to the menace before it (4.3 yak-3), but any other yaks (except 45mil carrying ones) weren’t touched.
Don’t forget G.55 serie 1, G.55s, Re.2005 and Re.2005 (VDM)
Apparently they are that broken it seems, even if the most common italian prop is the Yak-9P and P-47.
Well now I’m curious, why did you change your mind? Did you unlock it?
Add the N1K1-J to the comparison and it also turns better ))) while going 100kph faster at low alt ))) at the same BR ))))
Still missing Yak-3U 😔
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and the 3e is still at 4.0 lolzzzzzzzzzzzz
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No, I’ve had it for a while and I flew it a decent bit and did really well in it.
Just kind of really thought about it, especially with these BR changes and realized just how dumb it is compared to everything else at its BR. The Yak straight up pulls energy out of nowhere compared to every fighter at that BR, and even though it’s a low altitude monster, nothing is preventing it from getting 5-6km up and wrecking 109’s that it can climb faster than and outrun while having better firepower and turning.
Rip speed doesn’t matter which I thought would be a huge drawback, but I never had a problem with it thinking back on it.
Going to play it again right now. I feel a little dirty playing it like a BMPT player almost (except not as obscenely busted) but I need to remember how this plane plays.
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Don’t forget the Mk. 24 too. Really big threat to the jets that are 300 kmh faster!
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Mk.24 managed to fend off the smily hand of Gaijin… for now…
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Just finished my Russia prop grind spading.
Yak-3 base is great. Yak-3P is buns and basically a F-4E
Yak-3U is great but at the same time I can easily defeat it in comparable planes at it’s BR so it’s 50/50 depends on the pilot
Now the yak-9s are truly the undertiered beasts. Don’t get my start on Yak-9U. Also I mean the La-5FN and La-7 are pretty damn good for their BR. Especially the 5FN.
I used to hate the Yak-3U, but it isn’t an OP plane, just a really good all rounder. You can easily defeat it in a LF Mk.9 and with planes like the Bf 109 or Fw 190 you just need a energy advantage and need to energy trap the Yak.
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I don’t think you can easily defeat a Yak-3U unless someone has no clue what they are doing.
It’s much faster than the LF Mk IX and faster or as fast as any other prop, which it handily out turns and out energies.
So how would you realistically beat it unless someone makes a mistake?
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This premise applies to a lot of planes though. In theory a lot of the P-51s should never die for their battle rating bracket because they are faster than everything else.
The reality is that even with Yak-3U being what it is…most players in props are not good enough at the game to even realize the performance advantage. Past the early climb stage most players are basically executing battle plan that is basically “hold cursor over other guy until he dies”. Something like the LF IX is apparently better at that. It probably shouldn’t be surprising considering the LF IX has a tighter turn radius and better qualities for that specific instance.
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What are these comparable planes?
It smokes any German or American plane, and while Lf Mk IX will win a turnfight, Yak-3U will start most fights with energy advantage, and if the pilot has any idea, he can ride that energy advantage for an easy win.
Currently the bane of 3U is Re.2005 VDM, because with 1830 HP at low alt, that thing is not going to get out-energied easily and it turns very well, and while it compresses quite early, it’s not enough for 3U to escape easily (although I did not have much trouble getting out of Re.2005’s range when we met).
But VDM is going straight to 6.3
3U smokes any Spitfire not named Lf Mk IX too.
Vs Lm MK IX it’s similar story to Pyor vs Spitfire F Mk IX, except 3U is way faster than its opponent, while all Pyor has is energy, since it’s hilariously slow.
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And Lf Mk. IX is going to 6.0 I might add
Yak-3U will have all of “opponents” at a higher BR, while it gets to club 5.7
And if the Japanese and Italian prop changes go live, the yak-3U will have even more easy prey to club, even at it’s own BR (Late A6Ms)
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But other than the P-51 H, P-51s have very poor acceleration and climb rate.
So a lone Yak-3U is much better suited to dogfight instead of playing for time and relying on team play.
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