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[trikke]

oh, it's really good for that

 

the rockets respawn quickly and it can take a beatdown and squeak on by

 

[losttwo]

Was playing the Tier 5 Yak-7 M82 Premium Russian. 

Grinding towards specialist. 

24 battles 70.83% win rate. 

3.98 avg. aerial per sortie          total  219

0.25  ground targets per sortie               total 15

[Dennez]

just got the hawker pv3.my first premium and im very happy with it. a very turny plane with all the guns around the nose of it.

[pedro1_3]

Poped up a full set of XP points to train my pilots.

 

Plane	N° of Players	PP	Result	Credits Earned	XP Earned	Comentary
Antonov M	1 V 1	14.990	Loss	265k	27.414	Vs GAA on a 2 Mine Map.
Antonov M	2 v 2	12.610	Victory	278k	75.694	Top tier vs 2 LFs on a 4 Garrison + Airfield map
Vampire	2 v 2	9.890	Victory	203k	61.854	Enemy GAA on a 3 garrison 2 Airfield map could not keep up
Vampire	2 v 2	5.530	Loss	76k	21.897	Bottom tier Vs Me P.1092
Vampire	3 v 3	9.990	Victory	201k	42.294	Denied enemy of their Plant and CC
Vampire	2 v 2	17.725	Victory	292k	52.158	HotS, Marseille, Ace, Death in squall
Vampire	2 v 2	17.290	Victory	301k	60.777	HotS, Die one time from each of the enemy teams players
Vampire	2 v 2	9.835	Victory	212k	38.184	1 plant 2 garrisons 1 Airfield, Bomber hunting + Air superiority
Spit. V DB 605	5 v 5	10.785	Defeat	83k	18.802	Gut punch map on airfield side
Spit. V DB 605	3 v 3	11.225	Victory	118k	29.924	Rush Central Plant, P-51 still thinks it can turnfight me
Spit. V DB 605	2 v 2	16.605	Victory	155k	23.416	Same P-51 pilot, Hs 129 B speced wasted his attacks on the middle airfield, I spun in the middle to farm as much points possible
Spit. V DB 605	1 v 1	16.160	Victory	140k	25.924	HotS, Marseille, McGuire. Mirror Match, the other spit wasted their time in the middle airfield, while I got the second Military Base, only one encounter whit him, he died from one burst after a hurricane damaged him in a turnfight
Spit. V DB 605	3 v 3	12.145	Victory	111k	32.055	2 Military + 2 Garrison. Friendly bomber did not conect, had to carry, it come down to me capping the garrison before the enemy team could form an attack in my teams garrison, died shortly after to the Me-410 that carried their team.

 

[WhoaBlackBetty]

KI-8, tier 2 Jap plane with a little turret gunner.

 

Period 1 dailies are slapped on us vets and we are accused as being evil for obtaining them, and I do look for planes that help to get them as soon as possible. The seals ..... Anyway....

 

I rediscovered the Ki-8, a Jap fighter with a beebee gun turret, and a new little plane to get some period 1 dailies done. Specialized in the hands of a non noob, it is great.

 

WBB

 

 

Edited by WhoaBlackBetty, 23 October 2021 - 07:13 AM.

[CorvusCorvax]

WhoaBlackBetty, on 23 October 2021 - 07:11 AM, said:

KI-8, tier 2 Jap plane with a little turret gunner.

 

Period 1 dailies are slapped on us vets and we are accused as being evil for obtaining them, and I do look for planes that help to get them as soon as possible. The seals ..... Anyway....

 

I rediscovered the Ki-8, a Jap fighter with a beebee gun turret, and a new little plane to get some period 1 dailies done. Specialized in the hands of a non noob, it is great.

 

WBB

 

 

I have sold that plane ten times.  Tell me, how do you equip it to make it worthwhile?  Other than having your huge amount of experience, so it doesn't matter what you fly...

 

IOW, at T2, why would I pick this plane, over my Ar-68?

[Captain_Rownd]

CorvusCorvax, on 23 October 2021 - 10:18 AM, said:

 

IOW, at T2, why would I pick this plane, over my Ar-68?

 

Because variety is the spice of life.  The more variety, the better.  

 

And the Ki-8 is a pretty plane, IMO.  

 

  

 

[WhoaBlackBetty]

CorvusCorvax, on 23 October 2021 - 02:18 PM, said:

I have sold that plane ten times.  Tell me, how do you equip it to make it worthwhile?  Other than having your huge amount of experience, so it doesn't matter what you fly...

 

IOW, at T2, why would I pick this plane, over my Ar-68?

 

The 68 is better in all aspects, number-wise, except survivability. The Ki 8 is one tick tougher.  No reason, really, to pick it over the 68 except for the following:

 

Captain_Rownd, on 24 October 2021 - 01:35 PM, said:

 

Because variety is the spice of life.  The more variety, the better.  

 

And the Ki-8 is a pretty plane, IMO.  

 

  

 

Annd there it is. 

 

I don't do observably better in the 68 than I do the Ki-8, perhaps because of that experience thing you mentioned.  It is a good enough plane that's tough for a Jap fighter and it looks cool with that beebee gun on its back.

 

WBB

 

[Blaster_63]

WhoaBlackBetty, on 23 October 2021 - 07:11 AM, said:

KI-8, tier 2 Jap plane with a little turret gunner.

 

Period 1 dailies are slapped on us vets and we are accused as being evil for obtaining them, and I do look for planes that help to get them as soon as possible. The seals ..... Anyway....

 

I rediscovered the Ki-8, a Jap fighter with a beebee gun turret, and a new little plane to get some period 1 dailies done. Specialized in the hands of a non noob, it is great.

 

WBB

 

 

i've been playing Ki-8 recently as well.  i am using it mainly to build skill points for the gunner, so i can put him in the Ki 45 if i decide to buy it.

[trikke]

Blaster_63, on 24 October 2021 - 05:33 PM, said:

i've been playing Ki-8 recently as well.  i am using it mainly to build skill points for the gunner, so i can put him in the Ki 45 if i decide to buy it.

 

you should decide yes       easily the mostly tossable HF in T5         i skipped over it to grab the 102, but went back and was so pleased

 

choose MM2 and maneuverability equip       it's a fun heavy

[Blaster_63]

trikke, on 25 October 2021 - 01:42 PM, said:

 

you should decide yes       easily the mostly tossable HF in T5         i skipped over it to grab the 102, but went back and was so pleased

 

choose MM2 and maneuverability equip       it's a fun heavy

Thanks much!  That advice is very helpful! 

[trikke]

about once a month, i'm able to help one person

 

i'm off the hook for 30 more days now!    whew

 

good luck, former clanmate Blaster!

[CorvusCorvax]

trikke, on 25 October 2021 - 01:42 PM, said:

 

you should decide yes       easily the mostly tossable HF in T5         i skipped over it to grab the 102, but went back and was so pleased

 

choose MM2 and maneuverability equip       it's a fun heavy

I spent very little time grinding mine.  Cranked through as fast as I could, then sold it.  I own a P-38F.  Nothing even comes close.

[Blaster_63]

trikke, on 26 October 2021 - 07:24 PM, said:

about once a month, i'm able to help one person

 

i'm off the hook for 30 more days now!    whew

 

good luck, former clanmate Blaster!

Trikke - Sorry to see you move on!  Best of luck with CWM!  GLHF

Edited by Blaster_63, 26 October 2021 - 11:02 PM.

[qu33kKC]

Yesterday, I took the Masha up.  Interesting plane, but getting used to the guns is going to take some practice.  I don't fly Soviet tech-tree planes, so learning the arcs was literally from scratch.  The overheat cycle is very unforgiving of my poor accuracy!

 

Due to Daily Missions, I was derping around with mid-tier US planes, and took the P-39N-1 up for a spin.  I don't fly this little thing very often, but had two very good games in it, second one Marsielle and just missed an Ace with 19 kills.  Had some decent games in the various Corsairs as well, enjoyable planes once Specc'd.  Some strictly air-to-air, others using the rockets to good effect as well.

[CorvusCorvax]

qu33kKC, on 28 October 2021 - 12:09 PM, said:

Yesterday, I took the Masha up.  Interesting plane, but getting used to the guns is going to take some practice.  I don't fly Soviet tech-tree planes, so learning the arcs was literally from scratch.  The overheat cycle is very unforgiving of my poor accuracy!

 

Due to Daily Missions, I was derping around with mid-tier US planes, and took the P-39N-1 up for a spin.  I don't fly this little thing very often, but had two very good games in it, second one Marsielle and just missed an Ace with 19 kills.  Had some decent games in the various Corsairs as well, enjoyable planes once Specc'd.  Some strictly air-to-air, others using the rockets to good effect as well.

The Anty M has a secret, and not in a good way.

 

The target plane health bar shows up about 200m prior to the tange where the guns really have any effect.  So, if the max range stated for the quad 23s is 750m, you get an indicator that the plane is in range at 950m.

 

Don't shoot at 950m, because you'll get no hits, and overheated guns.

 

Wait until 700m, then tap fire.  That's when you get a massive melting of HP.

[Dennez]

flew my xp31 tonight

 

and had fun taking down a pair of unflighted ar 68's

 

it wasnt easy,the 68 is a match but the pilots of them made some bad decisions.

 

i turned in circles so much it made me woozy, all in all a great night of gaming.

 

hope yall are having as much fun as me or more.

 

uh-oh ,, hope im not a seal clubber

 

 

Edited by Dennez, 03 November 2021 - 01:46 AM.

[qu33kKC]

Had a 25k Ace game in the Swoose yesterday, right up near a PB in the plane, but nowhere near the 28 kill game I had over the weekend.  Was a short session, so flew a few games in favorites, and then put in a pair of games in the Masha.  First one was dire.  Bottom-tier, red GAA bots were uptier, Military Base in the middle, and both the blue humans were in light fighters.  6 kills, died 4 times.  Just an awful game.  Mentioned in Clan-chat that the Masha was suffering. 

 

Next game, vs allbots on the all Garrison map.  21 kills, first Ace in the Masha, along with Akamatsu and Kozedub and the usual Hero and Legend that come along with such games.   Sometimes, the stars align, and the Sun shines down upon my empennage! 

 

Now when / if I can have those sort of Masha games with humans in the mix, I might be getting somewhere! 

[WhoaBlackBetty]

F7U Cutlass. I took it out for the first time ever last night.  Love the 4 500s bombs.  I also very much enjoyed going from a very fast GAA dropping destruction to heading straight up for heavies and bombers, which I could dispatch while grinning.  Questions:

 

I went for an all speed build (and yet I still try to turn on people, sheesh, my bad not the plane's).  All speed build desirable for this plane (as long as I try to stop turning/burning)?

 

One 500 bomb should take out any peripheral target, I would assume.  Will one also take out a target with buildings?  Will it take 2 or 3 bombs to take out the complex in the middle of a mine/military base?

 

WBB

[qu33kKC]

WBB, takes 2 of the 500lbers to take out armored buildings, all 4 for the Plant Workshop properly placed.  but see below for the real treat. . . .

 

Mary Loveheart in the Cutlass is a meme. . . . .