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BBJoey posted:e: also what the gently caress, has anybody had their key bindings change literally mid-game? One moment I'll be alt+tabbed and the next moment my throttle will be at 0% and my keybinds will be reset to (mostly) default.
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Roumba posted:Yep. Had some of my keys unbind themselves between dying in one tank and spawning in another. I had my up/down keys swap and zoom became lock view on target. Which was disorientating until I tried to pull up and instead smashed into the ground. Oh gaijin.
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Sard posted:I just had a 15 minute dogfight with an A6M3 in my Yak-9 and I'm pretty sure this is what it would feel like to be in that Paths of Hate animation.
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Sard posted:I just had a 15 minute dogfight with an A6M3 in my Yak-9 and I'm pretty sure this is what it would feel like to be in that Paths of Hate animation. Even had a moment where we rolled around each other in almost slow motion- engines at 0, flaps down- cockpits meters apart before revving back up. It ended with him flipping over on his runway and the game depleting their tickets, but despite critting him with a strafe as I flew over with my last rounds, I never got credited the kill, nor he credited me as AAA set my plane on fire and it burnt up with the screen fading. Getting sweet deflection shots on your first pass is good poo poo, but I don't think there's anything more satisfying in this game than coming out victorious from a protracted dogfight between (at least close to) equals.
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Nov 27, 2014 11:05
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Mithaldu posted:Jesus christ, don't look that thing up if you want to have a happy day. You're not going to have a happy day after watching that. Such a good film if you just pretend it ends at six minutes with them flying away, the rest is just argggh "did you get my cleverly hidden message?~" bullshit.
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Nov 27, 2014 11:36
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Lol, those wings... in WT you wouldnt be able to stay airborne with those, let alone do any kind of maneuvering.
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BBJoey posted:I remember there was a famous Japanese movie about WW2 that was interpreted by critics as a sobering view at the way war affects civilian families and in particular children, but then the director came out and said "no you idiots it's about how kids back then were brave and kids now are pussies". Yea it happened to me yesterday. Based on what you are saying, and my experience it is altering the same keys for us both. My throttle and elevator keys got swapped, zoom swapped to look at target, and hold for WEP got toggled off.
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RB Jet Test Flight Report (I don't own any jets): A: Brakes held with gradual throttle up, then full throttle when brakes slip. No flaps. B: Mash WEP. No flaps. R2D2 w/ full fuel + bomb A)Clear the trees, no problem. B)Graze tree tops. Meteor F. Mk.3 w/ full fuel A)Lift off just before first taxiway. B)Lift off at first taxiway. Yak-15 w/ full fuel A)Lift off at second tower on the left. B)Lift off about the same place? Mig-9 w/ full fuel A)Lift off just before first road. B)Liff off just before second road. F9F-2 w/ full fuel + rockets A)Lift off after second to last hanger. B)Lift off after second to last hanger. P-80A w/ full fuel + rockets A)poo poo. B)poo poo. We see that in RB, the difference in efficacy of Gradual over Mash ranges from marginal to dubious on aircraft and situations tested. Corky Romanovsky fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 14:06
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I got my cannons button switched to look backwards, needless to say that didn't end well.
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Nov 27, 2014 16:08
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is the F84B just a lovely jet or what. I've got all the engine related upgrades and it still feels like I get dominated by everything else out there. Even the wiki on it says it was a piece of poo poo the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 U.S. Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered canceling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D
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Nov 27, 2014 16:53
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It's just a lovely jet.
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Narwhal A) Takes off just fine 229 which happens to weigh just as much as the Narwhal, using the same engines A) Hahaha give this fucker an airstart already drat Arado pre-airstart A) yo those trees and buildings better be wide enough for me
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Nov 27, 2014 18:21
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I applied the  roundel decal the same way on my pbj.
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The current event is a bit weird:
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MrLonghair posted:229 which happens to weigh just as much as the Narwhal, using the same engines First flight, fully stock so... 
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Nov 27, 2014 20:23
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Tank Boy Ken posted:The current event is a bit weird:
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Nov 27, 2014 21:03
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AceRimmer posted:It sucks, but I got it to takeoff just fine (on one of the lovely Kuban airfields no less) by just holding the brakes until it began moving at 100%. J out and quit to hangar if you get Norway, always.
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Nov 27, 2014 21:16
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AceRimmer posted:Got to shoot at a Po-2 in a Sabre, 10/10 event. 
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Nov 27, 2014 21:18
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 We still came about 5mm from losing. american-arcade.jpg
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Nov 27, 2014 23:00
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So the Romanian He 112 B-2 you get if you bought at least three packs at some point in all your time playing this game owns. It's another clone of the B-1 just like the A7He1, which means it's fun as heck to fly. And sits at BR 2.3 instead of the ridiculous BR 3.0 of the other two. The fact that the engine chokes easily, it only has two MG FF, and those make the plane buck wildly when firing are not flaws, they are why it is very fun to fly and anyone who got it should give it some attention. e: What the gently caress, actually the He 112 B-1 is BR 3.0 in all modes while the A7He1 is 3.0 in arcade, 2.7 in RB, and 2.3 in SB.
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Infinite Monkeys posted:
But teams in arcade aren't nation-based  Sard posted:e: What the gently caress, actually the He 112 B-1 is BR 3.0 in all modes while the A7He1 is 3.0 in arcade, 2.7 in RB, and 2.3 in SB. Yeah didn't you know the He 112 is superior to the Bf 109? 
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BBJoey posted:But teams in arcade aren't nation-based
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Infinite Monkeys posted:Just meant that I was in an american plane and they are unbelievably overpowered. It almost feels like cheating. At T2-ish the US is amazingly powerful in arcade - there are very few 20mm planes, which most pilots at that level don't fly well, and the ~6 .50 cals just tear everything apart That stops at T3, pretty much
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Nov 28, 2014 00:26
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Yeah T3 America is rough, because you have to rely on the underpowered King Cobras and the Corsair D to get you through
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Branis posted:is the F84B just a lovely jet or what. I've got all the engine related upgrades and it still feels like I get dominated by everything else out there. Even the wiki on it says it was a piece of poo poo It's a bit puzzling that they chose the F-84B and not the F-84E or G, seeing as those where the major production models.
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Edit: Nevermind, weird stuff.
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Nov 28, 2014 02:49
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Target Practice posted:Okay I know I've bought enough to have both and I see my Peashooter. Is the B-2 a German plane, cause I can't find poo poo. It's German.
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Nov 28, 2014 02:52
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It seems you have to buy another pack, even if you own 80% of the packs in the list, to get the german plane.
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Nov 28, 2014 02:54
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It seems they changed the scoreboard/chat to whatever you set the colors: 
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  Max Manus posted:It's a bit puzzling that they chose the F-84B and not the F-84E or G, seeing as those where the major production models. Not surprising, considering they have the B-17E instead of the much more numerous B-17F. And probably a dozen other examples, because Gaijin are bad at picking production versions. Azran posted:It seems you have to buy another pack, even if you own 80% of the packs in the list, to get the german plane. I have it and I haven't bought any packs in forever.
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I've previously bought the Peshka pack, the Ace pack, and the weird super cheap double campaign bundle that you could only get in game for a long time before they finally removed it. I had both planes available to me when I logged in.
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Nov 28, 2014 04:03
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Nope, even after relogging I only have the P26. My German roster displays the normal premium He-112, the Falco and the He.51
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Nov 28, 2014 04:07
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Finally got the SU-152 and immediately blew a Panther's turret out through his rear end in a top hat. Tank recommended.
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Plan Z posted:Finally got the SU-152 and immediately blew a Panther's turret out through his rear end in a top hat. Tank recommended. I'm guessing you mean ISU-152, because the SU-152 is a pile of poo poo because of the insane reload time. Awesome, I can kill a single tank every 40 seconds! Assuming that single tank doesn't notice me and pop me immediately because of the idiotic spotting mechanics. Which it will. And the SU-152 doesn't face Panthers and gets popped by PzIIIs. Or PzIIs. Or anything with a gun, really.
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Some random stuff from last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28cqFsF7-cw&hd=1 There was some discussion about just how blind deflection shots are in cockpit view and this video has a couple examples of that. The last one is hard to see but is pretty much what a normal BnZ attack would look like in RB. edit: this should be easier to see - http://giant.gfycat.com/TeemingNauticalIrrawaddydolphin.webm Once you get used to pixel hunting the view mechanics in SB are really awesome if you want to kill people before they even see you coming. In that round with the Corsair we were lucky to have the sun right behind our spawn which can make you literally invisible if lined up correctly unless you are very, very close. A funny thing about SB is that players will often engage an unidentified target only to realize at the last moment that it is a friendly and break off. It's a big reason why spergs hate premium planes because silhouettes are the easiest way to figure out who's who before you're in range for any UI icons (or lack thereof when hostile) to show up. You can often get away with using large ridiculous decals to cover the yellow tail/stripe of the German La-5/Yak and  Russians with it so long as you don't show them your bright belly.
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Thief posted:Some random Psst! Hey you! Yes you! That guy who owns the D.521. Yes it's FM has changed (a bit). Go fly it. You'll like* it. *liking not guaranteed. EDIT It's a 109 G2, so it's just slightly worse than the 109 F4  . Seriously: It's a good plane, and will give any plane it faces a serious headache. Use the 109 G2/Trop to test wether you like it. vvvv Tank Boy Ken fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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Nov 28, 2014 21:42
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Hows that Romanian G2? Price has been cut in the sale so thinking of picking it up.
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Ludicro posted:Hows that Romanian G2? Price has been cut in the sale so thinking of picking it up. It's a premium G-2. If you love the G-2/trop you'll love it.
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fwiw, that's the plane i've been using during daily doubles to unlock jets because the bonuses really add up when you're averaging at least 3 kills a game thanks to flying the best german fighter at era III instead of IV against F-80s and F8Fs and actually having to work for your points. The only premium 109 that is "better" is the  one because not only are you killing other players with their own plane but Norway is a common map that gives you an airstart that makes you literally untouchable, like Battle of Britain is for regular 109s except you see it way more often.
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You could also talisman a Bf 109 F-4 (980 gold). That's "cheaper" than the package but the package might be the better deal. Especially if you do want to use gunpods. the 109 G2 gets the 20mm gunpods, while the 109 F4 has to make do with the 15mm pods. Though even without pods the ammo loadout is good for 4 kills. EDIT So basically: 109 F4: Better handling than G2 109 G2: Climbs to 4km altitude within 3 minutes, 20mm gunpods and a bit faster than F4. Tank Boy Ken fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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