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Fender posted:Post a replay so we can call you a pubby Woah now, pubbies don't seem to be having trouble blowing up my SU-122/SU-100 in the odd occasion I don't stab them with bullets first. That said, the SU-100 is a champion of tank-murder.
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Jun 10, 2014 05:05
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Oh man, the name of that pubbie seemed so fitting
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Jun 10, 2014 05:11
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Stevefin posted:Oh man, the name of that pubbie seemed so fitting He's a goon, actually. He mostly lurks but I regularly squad with him in War Thunder.
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Jun 10, 2014 05:13
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Thank you so much for reminding me the Gundam Wing OST was a thing.
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Jun 10, 2014 05:43
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Mr Chips posted:Nothing says fun like your BR 3.3 tanks getting reamed by P IV/70 from the other side of map! Not a fan of the IV/70 myself. Its gun requires relatively precise shot placement for kills and it drives like a loving barge to the extent that I feel the su-152 may even slightly outperform it. Panther is fantastic, the Tiger is ok but probably a bit inferior to the Panther even before factoring in the single life and lack of arty. The sluggishness, slow turret traverse, and squishier turret combine to make it a much juicier target for anyone with an 85-100mm gun. Warbadger fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Jun 10, 2014 |
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I've kind of got the bug now. Last night was, fly around... See people below me, flip, pull up, dive down, ease back on the throttle, angle my line of fire to cross their path, throw rounds, fly up, repeat. Occasionally it became, try to get people to crash while they chase me and the fine game of, "let's see if that rear end in a top hat will stall first." Ya ok, this game is fun.
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chairface posted:Until squadrons matter I'm not really motivated to do much about it. I'm open to appointing new leadership, making a new group or just folding everyone into other goon groups. Whatever people wanna do. Except that last I checked no one can leave squadrons or be kicked out of them. That might've changed. Yeah I dont care either way. MWO is dead. The Word of Lowtax is dead. If only Dongington's Office of Suspiciously Sticky Objects was still A Thing. Once squadrons do matter I will be happy to hop into a squadron where I will be useful (doubtful) or try to make Wings of Lowtax functional.
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Jun 10, 2014 06:46
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Sometimes when I start up a game, my rudder is stuck in maximum yaw position. When I forget to check for that and just accelerate, something like that happens. Oh, and since the last patch, my tanks sometimes forget that they have artillery. Next game, its suddenly fine again.
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Jun 10, 2014 07:01
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loving around with weebum recording/exporting, some sim play  That KingCobra flight is virtual mouse joystick and I was barely able to keep the plane in the air with the damage it took. Once the stuka was in front of me I just held down LMB and let out the warcry, it worked.
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Jun 10, 2014 08:55
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My friend used a key modifier once to have fire button tied to a voice activation. He'd sit all silent in Mumble but occasionally he'd go "waaagghhhhhhhh" to let of rounds. Since he was also using voice activation in mumble, whatever he said had to be so important as to be worth the ammo. He was also very brief.
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Jun 10, 2014 09:23
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Taerkar posted:Their forums are so full of Wheraboos it's amazing. For me, nothing will top the guy who responded to USSR testing of the Tiger's 88mm, which showed that it really wasn't any more accurate than other cannons of a comparable caliber with, "Well duh, of course Russians wouldn't be as accurate firing it as Germans.  " without a hint of irony or self-awareness. He literally believed that Germans were inherently better shots than Russians. It seems the Reich won the propaganda war.
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Subyng posted:Thank you so much for reminding me the Gundam Wing OST was a thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dnqGZNO44
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Geisladisk posted:It seems the Reich won the propaganda war.  "Shouldn't it be a horse?" once there's a Polish tank/s (in the Brit tree or as a premium).
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AceRimmer posted:Yeah, really looking forward to No lie, I'd play something like a horse-drawn cart with a comically oversized cannon on top.
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Perestroika posted:No lie, I'd play something like a horse-drawn cart with a comically oversized cannon on top. Late war German AA will be a Flak 88 towed by an overloaded Kettenkrad. Top speed will be 8km/h on flat ground, and you have no brakes.
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Jun 10, 2014 11:04
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Perestroika posted:No lie, I'd play something like a horse-drawn cart with a comically oversized cannon on top. Make it German horse drawn artillary and you've got me sold.
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Jun 10, 2014 11:05
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What the hell is up with no one playing? Never been this deserted before.
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MrOnBicycle posted:What the hell is up with no one playing? Never been this deserted before. About to ask the same thing, is there system broken or have people just jumped ship. Also there's a new update.... Flannelette fucked around with this message at 12:20 on Jun 10, 2014 |
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Jun 10, 2014 12:10
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Killing Tigers is probably the best thing about ground forces.
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YellerBill posted:He's a goon, actually. He mostly lurks but I regularly squad with him in War Thunder. Oh well  quote:What the hell is up with no one playing? Never been this deserted before. I noticed that too since I took a few weeks off, though the US team seems to be sky high esp for RB battles, can find 20 US jets waiting for a game
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chairface posted:Until squadrons matter I'm not really motivated to do much about it. I'm open to appointing new leadership, making a new group or just folding everyone into other goon groups. Whatever people wanna do. Except that last I checked no one can leave squadrons or be kicked out of them. That might've changed. I was finally able to leave WoL after WT patched a couple of times so I think it's fixed now.
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So I gave this a try today and like it, but I think I need some pointers. I chose Britain and got the plane that has 12 machine guns because that sounded like a great idea. I like it well enough until I miss a shot and a 1 on 1 type situation springs up. Dogfighting devolves into me and some pubbie flying in circles until one of us gets disoriented and crashes or they reveal that they're actually a wizard who can somehow lead shots accurately during my shameful dance. How should I be doing this If I don't want to dogfight? The most fun I had was chasing bombers and trying to survive their escorts long enough to take them down. I think I should be going for a heavy fighter? Maybe?
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Jun 10, 2014 14:32
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Stumbletron posted:So I gave this a try today and like it, but I think I need some pointers. I chose Britain and got the plane that has 12 machine guns because that sounded like a great idea. I like it well enough until I miss a shot and a 1 on 1 type situation springs up. Dogfighting devolves into me and some pubbie flying in circles until one of us gets disoriented and crashes or they reveal that they're actually a wizard who can somehow lead shots accurately during my shameful dance. Switch to the USSR and play the I(or maybe L)-16 win mobile. That thing septupled my avg kills per match during the D-day event.
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Jun 10, 2014 14:39
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does germany get anything like the SU-100's BR-412D shells? I am penetrating KTs in the upper hull at 800m. The penetration is working as intended, but the damage done seems unfair considering that I also get 2 lives. I wonder if the tank needs a MM adjustment. Im really glad I went back and spaded it. All the tanks after do about the same damage and reload a lot slower.
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Stumbletron posted:So I gave this a try today and like it, but I think I need some pointers. I chose Britain and got the plane that has 12 machine guns because that sounded like a great idea. I like it well enough until I miss a shot and a 1 on 1 type situation springs up. Dogfighting devolves into me and some pubbie flying in circles until one of us gets disoriented and crashes or they reveal that they're actually a wizard who can somehow lead shots accurately during my shameful dance. Hurricanes are bad, I would recommend trying out the Beaufighter series of heavy fighters. You'll have to play through two bombers to get to them but they're pretty good.
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Stumbletron posted:So I gave this a try today and like it, but I think I need some pointers. I chose Britain and got the plane that has 12 machine guns because that sounded like a great idea. I like it well enough until I miss a shot and a 1 on 1 type situation springs up. Dogfighting devolves into me and some pubbie flying in circles until one of us gets disoriented and crashes or they reveal that they're actually a wizard who can somehow lead shots accurately during my shameful dance. Lock on to your target of choice with the middle mouse button. Now press right mouse button to lock your view to him and zoom in. When you are turnfighting, its important to keep track of your target's position using this method. You should be maneuvering with WASD. Only use the mouse if you're performing a maneuver that requires its use, or you have a firm idea of the target's position. Other than that look up real life dogfighting tactics because they generally work in this game. Edit: ^^^^^ This man is very wrong. 12 rifle caliber machine guns just mean you need to get close to tear up the enemy. Also they can equip rockets.
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Alright, I read the OP and first eight pages but I feel a need to ask: I've been playing Realistic mode the past couple of days and having a blast, but I'm worried that I won't be able to play Realistic mode properly without a joystick; am I just being crazy? Also, are the Premium planes significantly better than the not-Premium ones?
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Beamed posted:Alright, I read the OP and first eight pages but I feel a need to ask: I've been playing Realistic mode the past couple of days and having a blast, but I'm worried that I won't be able to play Realistic mode properly without a joystick; am I just being crazy? The OP: quote:Do I need a joystick?
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Joystick is only needed for Simulation Battles. You're better off using mouse+kb in both Arcade and Realistic. Premium planes are generally just a more profitable version of a non-premium plane. e: Well, poo poo.
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YellerBill posted:
How does two kills get you this much of a reward in RB? Even when I can eke out a kill or two I clear like 1000 RP or so over the course of a long-rear end match, making it significantly less efficient than AB. What am I missing here?
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fashion, we won quite handily. I'm gonna have to play US more often.
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Bold Robot posted:How does two kills get you this much of a reward in RB? Even when I can eke out a kill or two I clear like 1000 RP or so over the course of a long-rear end match, making it significantly less efficient than AB. What am I missing here? Premium plane, premium time, and it was his daily double victory on top of that.
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Did a 75mm Ki-45 exist? I really hope so, and that it arrives as soon as possible.
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Joystick question should probably be the first thing in the OP and should probably be changed to say "This game is designed for M+KB, joysticks are secondary and mainly for Simulator mode."
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Mr. Wookums posted:The OP: Thanks; dunno how I missed the joystick bit.
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Does keyboard utilization really offer that much of a benefit over mouse control? Until now I've only been using the keyboard for secondaries/throttle/occasionally rudder. Should I be using it exclusively for navigation until I need mouse precision? Does it matter for anything but maneuvers?
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ChickenWing posted:Does it matter for anything but maneuvers? No. It's not that often you'll get use from the keyboard, but when you do it can turn a fight your way.
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Dezztroy posted:No. It's not that often you'll get use from the keyboard, but when you do it can turn a fight your way. Okay good, that's what I figured. Time to go muck about with binds. I tried farting around a bit with maneuvers the other day and it went poorly. Apparently a high yo-yo is a difficult thing to do with mouse+rudder.
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