Kiwi_Kebab, on 10 February 2020 - 05:19 PM, said:
I don't intend to push too quickly towards tier X, although apparently it's a profitable tier?
THIS. Most of us rush up too fast and really do not learn to FLY THE PLANES. For example, the 109B after you learn how to B&Z in that fighter, and I mean LEARN IT, sets you up for every other plane in that line (and it is to me the best all 'round line to go up). Also, the 109B teaches you to have trigger control, so very important. Pull, release, pull release, pull release, and your enemy explodes. Learn well in lower tiers how and when to T&B and B&Z in the different planes. (More on the rush up tiers below.)
CorvusCorvax, on 10 February 2020 - 06:10 PM, said:
I have not flown against a really good P-38F pilot yet, so I can't tell you anything on one of them, except horizontal turn. Your turn is just better. Everything else you just flat run away from. I would power dive to extend, then zoom climb to recover potential energy, wait for your boost to rebuild, then attack again from on top. Don't turn with anything except bombers and heavies. Everything else is using your outrageous speed and energy retention advantage. Mine is set up to run at 750kph under boost. Nothing is even close.
I put engine guru on my energy fighters, along with aerodynamics expert. I often run a pilot with both of those plus engine guru II. ALL THE SPEED.
I learned early that when you are in a fighter and a heavy is diving on you, you turn toward and under the heavy. It cannot dive down fast enough to hit you usually, and if it does, it knows it is gonna crash. I assure you, the heavy pilot knows that terrain in this game is WAAAAAY OP. I agree with Corvus in all else he said.
SpiritFoxMY, on 10 February 2020 - 11:41 PM, said:
Join the discord. There're a few really good players there and more importantly, they're pretty active so you should get answers quickly
https://discord.gg/BKNYxbb
DO THIS. Joining a clan is great, and I hope you find the best fit for you, and joining WP discord and asking questions is a great idea. (Gonna tell you right now, ALL of us, pre and post 2.0 are elated you are asking and are interested.)
Jenko1957, on 11 February 2020 - 04:51 AM, said:
Take your time, don't be in a big hurry to push up through the tiers, at 200 games you're just getting started. Have fun and fly it like you stole it.
As I stated above, most of us need to stay low to learn and then progress up. There is another way to look at it, however, put forth by one of the most irritating pilots in the game by the name of DityBoyCom. He was also, as I recall, a pretty dang good pilot. His outlook was that if you wanna learn how to fly at upper tiers, then FLY UPPER TIERS. He said just plow and research through the lowers, sell them as you go up, and only fly higher tiers as you acquire them.
I guess you could, say, research through the tier 4s, acquire tier 5s and above, and make tier 5 your new tier 1 (except for a fave tier 1-4 or 2 to complete grade 1 dailies.) I totally ate him up on that outlook back in the day as did many other pilots (when we had many other pilots.) "NOOOO," we all exclaimed! "YOU MUST LEARN LOW TO PLAY HIGH!" I am not so sure now, and I will say it is up to you to decide how you wanna go up the tiers. I can see the logic in that IF that is how you wanna play it. It worked for DityBoy.
Booze
Edited by Booze_Morgan, 11 February 2020 - 07:25 PM.