But, the P63 lacks the Yak 9 performance and speed. The Yak 9 consistently beats a P63 in a one-on-one fight. The P63 also lacks the ability to withstand damage - any hit at all sets the wing fuel tanks on fire, which means you’re about the have that wing snap off, which means any hit equals a crashed P63.
Again, SB ensures console and PC have the same aiming potential, at least for planes. Tanks remain tanks.
GSB really could use improvements in matchmaker. I advise trying to make waves and push for it. Maybe one day we get critical mass.
Also no response to refutation that Yak-9k cannot fight other planes? Not a claim that “yak9k is OP and dominates A2A”, claim that “Yak9K is capable of defending itself using the right tactics and maneuvers even while disdadvantaged and damaged” which refutes that “yak9K loses against CAP no matter what.”
This is YOUR claim, back it up. Don’t be scared now.
I never said the Yak 9K couldn’t fight planes, and yes it’s a better turn fighter than energy fighter.
But the lack of people who can play it effectively is why I don’t get why it’s so hated. There’s maybe 3-4% of the whole player base whom are effective with it.
For example, playing my Tiger H1 yesterday, I got shot by 2-3 Yak-9ks. They fired more than 20 rounds. Only one pen’d and killed the commander, and injured the loader.
Scared of what?
12.7mm are quite capable at the B.R. of Hellcat but again this is not what the topic is about.
Against Pz IV:
Against Stugs:
Against T-34
And this are only few examples, You can check all of them in the game. There is no point for me to upload all the vehicles that can be destroyed as You can look them up in the game not to mention that it is a topic about Yak-9
Just because people can’t use it doesn’t mean that it is balanced.
So I guess the hellcat better go up in br then too eh?
It’s got more than capable guns according to you, and bombs. Super under br’d 😂
In GRB? Of course it could go up, if You want to discuss it make a topic about it and don’t destroy other topics
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Vehicles must be judged by players who have reached their skillfloor/have obtained a minimum competence with them.
Self-disparagement:
Example of this is if you look at my ASB/GSB results in spitfires. I suck at them. I cannot control them effectively without dedicating like 75% of my attention to fighting the plane. You should ignore my performance when it comes to judging the effectiveness of spitfires.
Just because I suck at spitfire does not mean the spitfires aren’t effective aircraft.
Yes, in GRB/GSB it could. Same goes for 4B. Normal -4 is prolly fine at GSB at 5.3, but could go up in GRB.
Also Hellcat is another example of a plane with a high skill floor. It’s a pretty good dogfighter, just needs adaption and mindset to pull it off.
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And how many of those are single engine fighters?
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You can cleary see the name of the topic “Yak-9 should be moved up to 5.7 in GRB” so talking about how other planes should go up too is just off topic.
Create a topic about other air units and we can discuss it there. If You don’t have anything more to say about Yak-9 there is no point in further discussion.
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Here I’ll be blunt for you.
The YaK 9K shouldn’t be any higher than 5.0
There are far better planes at lower brs.
Happy now?
It should as it has great anti-ground potential while having good anti-air capabilities.
There isn’t a single plane at that B.R. with the same capabilities.
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So you think raising it to 5.7 will solve the problems? Too naive… I grinding soviet tree right now and I still using it at 6.3-6.7 and it somehow still perform well, the only way to solve the problem is take the APHE back
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Theoretically, at higher BRs its flight performance becomes bad enough that it becomes a dedicated A2G platform rather than a multi-role.
I regularly see F4U-4s in my 7.7 Conqueror. They make pretty good A2G platforms even up there as long as there’s no enemy A2A to kill them (and they lack air cover to their job). However, I don’t think anyone claims the F4U-4 that remains a terror to tanks can put up a genuine fight against korean jets.
However, I do agree that magic nuke APHE being gone would be a better option, then yak-9K could stay at 4.3 where it’s a competent air-to-air platform.
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For air superiority I might just use yak-3 or I-183, the only reason I bring yak-9k is just for ground target
While I despise CAS in general, pure strike fighter that cannot as effectively defend itself and is vulnerable to SPAA is less of a problem than a multi-role aircraft that can and will.
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Played a bit of 5.3 recently and in downtiers while there were Yak-3s, there were also other CAS getting as many frags.
Though that’s not really relevant as that’s largely a skill citation.
Moving American planes up would be difficult. All but a select few are already outclassed by practically every nation in terms of low altitude dogfighting.
The only things American planes have going for them is very powerful A2G loadouts, which become almost entirely useless if there’s enemy planes.
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It got moved up to 4.7 now (good change)
I think 5.0 or maybe 5.3 would be reasonable though.
Its flight performance starts to become an issue beyond that… and it’s definitely worse than the Yak-9UT, so it should be at least 0.7 BR lower in my opinion.
Yak-9UT is pretty reasonable at 6.0, though it could possibly go to 6.3.