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Author Topic: War Thunder. Casual Dogfighting MMO.  (Read 214553 times)

ukulele

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Re: War Thunder. Casual Dogfighting MMO.
« Reply #135 on: July 07, 2013, 01:09:43 am »

I dont know it first hand as i usually dont use bombers and dont have a high enough crew for one, but i heard multiple times you really need to train the gunner crews for them to be usefull.
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« Reply #136 on: July 07, 2013, 01:48:14 am »

I've heard that even with ace training the gunners can't shoot for shit.  I think the guns themselves might be off somehow, even in manual aim I almost never seem to be able to hit anyone, though when I do it usually shreds them.

Speaking of skills, how significant is the boost from vitality?  Lately I've been losing a lot of planes to insta-KO lucky shots which is by far the worst way to lose a plane.
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Bdthemag

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« Reply #137 on: July 07, 2013, 01:54:21 am »

From what I've seen, either way a shot straight to the cockpit is going to kill your pilot regardless. I have never actually had a situation where my pilot was only injured, and not just flat out killed.
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« Reply #138 on: July 07, 2013, 05:21:24 am »

Bombers got nerfed by the recent patch. It seems bomb damage got reduced. And skilled gunners are notorious for missing their shots. I believe Gaijin will rebalance this going forward, but at this stage there isn't enough incentive to play heavy bombers.

I am still having fun with fast bombers like A-20 and Peshka, though.

Also, anyone else finding Aircobras to be amazing in arcade? I like it more than my Yaks and Spitfires and have been having more kills with it than any other fighters.
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ansontan2000

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Re: War Thunder. Casual Dogfighting MMO.
« Reply #139 on: July 07, 2013, 05:33:14 am »

I get on average 6 kills per Airacobra and Kingcobra I put out. 37mm cannons are just dirty.

Bombers have not been nerfed, rather rebalanced. Whereas before a bomb would do equal damage in its splash radius, it now just has the damage concentrated. As such, you can now destroy heavy tanks with 50kg bombs. You just gotta be accurate with your bombers :D
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BuriBuriZaemon

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« Reply #140 on: July 07, 2013, 05:41:55 am »

Bombers have not been nerfed, rather rebalanced. Whereas before a bomb would do equal damage in its splash radius, it now just has the damage concentrated. As such, you can now destroy heavy tanks with 50kg bombs. You just gotta be accurate with your bombers :D

Oh that explains why I have been getting less ground target kills with my bombers. Well, it is a rebalance indeed, I guess many players are too used to the old bomb damage mechanics...
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sluissa

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« Reply #141 on: July 07, 2013, 07:11:55 am »

I do well in my Airacobras, but not exceptionally well. About equally as well as I do in my Bf-109s. or my Yaks, when I play them. Still, I do much better in my Airacobras than I do in any of the US navy fighters I've unlocked so far, but that's probably more a comment again, on the guns, (damn .50 cals) than the rest of the plane.
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« Reply #142 on: July 07, 2013, 07:51:38 am »

16 kills. 2 deaths.
I really am loving the low tier Germans.
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« Reply #143 on: July 07, 2013, 08:09:42 am »

Really?  Most people hate them.

Also I just got the Beaufighter.  God damn that cannon is brutal.
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ansontan2000

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« Reply #144 on: July 07, 2013, 08:22:03 am »

Any of you up for a game?
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« Reply #145 on: July 07, 2013, 08:32:42 am »

Any of you up for a game?
I think so. What planes?
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« Reply #146 on: July 07, 2013, 08:35:08 am »

Any of you up for a game?

I plan to get back on this and play on the evening. What's your name in game?
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« Reply #147 on: July 07, 2013, 08:43:26 am »

Add MrCrazyman ingame. I've got anything up to tier 7 ready for battle, tier 8-10 planes are all repairing XD
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When a captain makes a mistake, a dozen men die.
When a commander makes a mistake, a thousand men die.
When an emperor makes a mistake, well, there is a game save for retry.

ukulele

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« Reply #148 on: July 07, 2013, 12:00:03 pm »

Add MrCrazyman ingame.
Added you and Elsior, im ukulele87 ingame.
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« Reply #149 on: July 07, 2013, 02:14:21 pm »

Popped on to add you two. For anyone else, I'm still Spaghetti7 in-game.
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