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HB's aren't as big of a hurdle as you think. People still mostly use Mouse/KB for them and you just have to get used to the more unforgiving flight models. You aren't going to go flat spinning out of the sky or anything, you just feel the bombs and plane a lot more.
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Playing against Japan in HB is horrible I pretty much play exclusively Brit and the Zeros are almost as fast as a Spit IX, start in the air so they come in at the same level as you, and out-turn you handily. And then then N1Ks are better than you in everyway.
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Aug 3, 2013 03:41
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Major accomplishment today: A guy (Airacobra) and I (MC 202) got into a tussle and he ended clipping my wing and his pilot fell unconscious - I guess my wing hit hit cockpit. I ended up living and dying to another airacobra shortly after but I got my first guy to yell at me and cry in chat about ramming. I am disappointed that I didn't screenshot it because chat was very entertaining.
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Aug 3, 2013 04:06
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Accomplishment of the day: winning HB as Russians  I used an American plane to do it, carrying the team with 4 kills. 37mm gets the job done.
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Aug 3, 2013 04:09
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I just got teamkilled by Tetsuo in HB, 
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Aug 3, 2013 07:36
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Brits in HB suck - they get one good plane, and thats the Spit IX, which is tier 10, which can be outrun by all the 109s except the E model, it's still good though. The Spit II/VB/XIV all suck horribly. The Typhoon IB is ok since it has good guns and can catch a 109F on the deck, but it can't climb or turn. The Typhoon is a joke, at T16 it gets creamed at anything it goes against.
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Aug 3, 2013 07:38
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Lots of fun in HB tonight. I hopped in with my tier 0-3 crap and the mumble goons were happy to pull comparable stuff and squad up. I only got shot down twice, and one of those was a teamkill! Even managed a carrier crash-landing, which I then ruined by bailing out because I didn't realize crash landings were repairable.
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Aug 3, 2013 07:40
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Alctel posted:Brits in HB suck - they get one good plane, and thats the Spit IX, which is tier 10, which can be outrun by all the 109s except the E model, it's still good though. I'm sure it wouldn't have any problems against the also T16 B-24 
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Alctel posted:Brits in HB suck - they get one good plane, and thats the Spit IX, which is tier 10, which can be outrun by all the 109s except the E model, it's still good though. MK XVI owns so hard. MK I Mustang doesn't fly well but has good guns. MK IX is pretty good. MK Ib is tricky but OK.
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Aug 3, 2013 08:15
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mlmp08 posted:MK XVI owns so hard. MK I Mustang doesn't fly well but has good guns. MK IX is pretty good. MK Ib is tricky but OK. The XVI has a shitter climb rate and speed than the IX and gets placed into even tougher matches, and the Mustang is a (poo poo) premium
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Aug 3, 2013 08:22
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Alctel posted:start in the air
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Aug 3, 2013 08:37
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kalstrams posted:You've got it wrong. Source: Level 18 Japanese pilot. I thought the map they are vs Brits they start in the air if they are army fighters
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Aug 3, 2013 09:10
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Now that I've lived out my fantasy of being a spitfire pilot I guess I can stop and do other nations for HB. 
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Aug 3, 2013 09:13
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Alctel posted:The XVI has a shitter climb rate and speed than the IX and gets placed into even tougher matches It dives way better.
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Aug 3, 2013 09:27
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Alctel posted:I thought the map they are vs Brits they start in the air if they are army fighters Zeroes are navy.
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Aug 3, 2013 11:13
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Holy shitballs the P-47 is so bad. It's pretty much as fragile as a zero, any shots taken will somehow result in your tail or elevator falling off, which completely makes it pointless to fly. Slow, heavy and fragile.
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Aug 3, 2013 14:22
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Rhopunzel posted:Holy shitballs the P-47 is so bad. It's pretty much as fragile as a zero, any shots taken will somehow result in your tail or elevator falling off, which completely makes it pointless to fly. Slow, heavy and fragile. They need to add a version with a paddle blade prop. But the biggest issue with the jug in this game will always be that it was built for high altitude fighting. Once you start going above 15k feet, the thing should be turning inside 109's and zooming away from fools. 8200 meters is the best altitude for it's engine, but nobody in WT is climbing that high or fighting there for very long. And with compression not a thing in the game, people can dive with you who shouldn't be.
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Aug 3, 2013 16:54
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Test Server is up. And the first F8F gets 4 M3 .50cals 
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Bolow posted:Test Server is up. And the first F8F gets 4 M3 .50cals Better than standard .50s? Did they actually add the high explosive round for .50 cal belts?
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Aug 3, 2013 20:07
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They added some new 50 cal ammo for "late war planes." I was really hoping it would be added to planes above tier 10 or so.
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Aug 3, 2013 20:10
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Arcsquad12 posted:Better than standard .50s? Did they actually add the high explosive round for .50 cal belts? Same .50's that the F86 gets, so they fire at 1200rpm
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Aug 3, 2013 20:36
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I love that you can land Zeros without a wing. I flew this baby 15 km before landing. 
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Aug 3, 2013 20:41
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Attention Imperialists, we have developed nuclear weapons.  
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Aug 3, 2013 21:53
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Japanese Nukes. 
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Aug 3, 2013 22:04
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Hahaha what the gently caress are those? That looks glorious
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Aug 3, 2013 22:14
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Graphical glitch.  Japanese mobile AAA deployed to an enemy airfield. This gambit by SpaceBanditos won the match for us. edit: It was Roumba, not SpaceBanditos. mlmp08 fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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Aug 3, 2013 22:35
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Razzled posted:Hahaha what the gently caress are those? That looks glorious I shot down an SB2 that crashed right into that bridge and suddenly it exploded into a gigantic flare. 
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Aug 3, 2013 22:40
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mlmp08 posted:Graphical glitch. I've started doing this to start every match on that level with the one neutral airfield in the middle, it's crazy how often it works (basically every single time). One thing that really sucks though at times is if you are trying to really keep it locked down and the game sends you back up in the air after repairs though, is there any way to opt out of going back up in the air? I lost a game last night when it was down to the wire and I landed on one of the 2 airfields, had the other get capped by the enemy, and then had someone else land on the airfield I was guarding pretty much the second I was ported off into the air because I had repaired.
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Aug 3, 2013 22:47
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I've seen it plenty and done it plenty in Arcade, but I was surprised by how well it worked in Historical. No repairing, and eventually your gunners all die, but it's pretty funny.
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mlmp08 posted:I've seen it plenty and done it plenty in Arcade, but I was surprised by how well it worked in Historical. No repairing, and eventually your gunners all die, but it's pretty funny. If someone does this to me can I bomb the mobile aaa to death?
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Aug 3, 2013 23:27
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Yup. That's usually how I eventually die when I do this.
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Bruc posted:Yup. That's usually how I eventually die when I do this. Yeah. About 5 guys will crash into the ground trying to strafe you, usually getting you a kill credit because your gunners hit them, and then some smartass will detonate you on the runway.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63MNKegvTfM
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Expanding on the H6K talk - it isn't totally useless if you don't get a domination. With the 2x 1000kg bombs you can pretty much single handedly destroy an enemy's base if no one pays attention to you, even moreso if the base is covered by clouds. I've won a few rounds that way.
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Aug 4, 2013 00:43
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*finishes landing, steps out and walks over to the wreckage*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFfN5pKzFU
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Rhopunzel posted:Expanding on the H6K talk - it isn't totally useless if you don't get a domination. With the 2x 1000kg bombs you can pretty much single handedly destroy an enemy's base if no one pays attention to you, even moreso if the base is covered by clouds. I've won a few rounds that way. I'm a bit lost on this--do you just drop the bombs on the runway? vvv That is good and I must try this tonight. Sidesaddle Cavalry fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:I'm a bit lost on this--do you just drop the bombs on the runway? Yup. I generally try to hit near the marker but I'm pretty sure as long as it hits the runway it's good. It's fun carpeting the whole thing with a B-17.
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Rhopunzel posted:Expanding on the H6K talk - it isn't totally useless if you don't get a domination. With the 2x 1000kg bombs you can pretty much single handedly destroy an enemy's base if no one pays attention to you, even moreso if the base is covered by clouds. I've won a few rounds that way. The 2x1000kg bombs are also great for ground attack missions. The HE type ones take out a bunch of stuff with splash damage, the AP ones are great for those maps where there are fleets. In port, a pair of 1k kg bombs will sink a carrier fairly consistently, a heavy cruiser always, and anything less than that will usually go down with 1 bomb if you hit it squarely.
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mlmp08 should have posted:
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I am seriously bad about confusing you two, and I've no idea why.
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