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ghetto wormhole posted:Yeah it's really not too bad. The hard part is actually spotting people on the ground and avoiding the hellswarm of AAA bots. You also might want to use mouse joy, that's working pretty fine for me. Relative mouse doesn't work as good for me.
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ChickenWing posted:Please tell me exactly what you're doing because I'll be goddamned if I can make the plane do anything other than twitch all over the place. I can only imagine how terrible the results would be if I had to take off first. Taking off was a bitch at first, but that was mostly because I'd start to take off and then over-correct when my plane pulled to one side, overcorrect for my corrections, and crash. After five attempts, I took off in the tutorial. Landed on my first try. So long as you know the basics of how planes work and keep calm, you should be able to fly. I don't gently caress with any of the trim or any of that crap either because I don't care and have no clue what I'm doing. If I can do this, anyone can. I was using mouse joy and paying attention to the display in the center that tells you how the stick is currently oriented.
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May 30, 2014 21:45
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Aw yiss, just managed to down a Stuka with the 57mm on the ZiS-30. That thing has an amazing muzzle velocity, so when one flew over my position it was pretty much just a matter of doing a 180°, then pointing and clicking. Now I really hope we'll get some of those truck-mounted Bofors 40mm AA guns eventually.
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May 30, 2014 21:52
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I haven't had any success rocketing tanks yet but I've strafed some AA guns and got a hit on a tank with a bomb. Also just shredded a Ju-87 with my cannons and then blew up a half dozen tanks in my T-34. Combined arms rules.
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May 30, 2014 21:54
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Fart Car '97 posted:If you really want to fly in CA you need to let the bads and tankers weed out the AAA before you go in. The right answer is you bring a buddy in a seagull and let him mop it all up in about half a minute, because quad .303s are surprisingly effective against that junk, and also for some reason it never seems to hit you when you're aiming for it.
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Perestroika posted:Aw yiss, just managed to down a Stuka with the 57mm on the ZiS-30. That thing has an amazing muzzle velocity, so when one flew over my position it was pretty much just a matter of doing a 180°, then pointing and clicking. Now I really hope we'll get some of those truck-mounted Bofors 40mm AA guns eventually. I'd be happy with quad .50s.
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May 30, 2014 21:56
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Subyng posted:Combined Arms is awesome except for the fact that I have to play with stupid nametags in tanks RB and barely anyone plays planes SB. They need to combine planes RB with tanks SB... SB should remain for only the true cyber-ace skygods, sorry.
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May 30, 2014 21:57
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Michaellaneous posted:I'd be happy with quad .50s. Yeah I'm looking forward to those too. E: Or the german quad 20's 
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May 30, 2014 21:57
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Once again for anyone wanting to fly sim planes!  HOLY poo poo! Thrustmaster T160000, in other words the MOST BALLS-SHITTINGLY AMAZING cheap joystick, is on sale for 25 bucks! 25 bucks! You are practically losing money by not buying it now. This will help you get airborne super fast and has also a hall-sensor for that super smooth, silky action. GET IT! GET IT! http://www.microcenter.com/product/353242/T16000M_Flight_Stick_Joystick After you get this, please visit the DCS thread for modern simulator or pop into CTS mumble to ask the LAME channel about flying in War Thunder Sim Battles. All of us will be glad to help you get to the spergzone.
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May 30, 2014 22:09
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Going back to RB for planes (cause I still suck with the stick), and I have to say that nameplates are not as bad as they used to be during the CBT. I don't get to constantly see people through the thickest underbrush and rocks but it actually seems to work rather nice. Also I can now paint my BT-7 bright red again and not feel bad about it.  
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May 30, 2014 22:32
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Is there any chance we can get something added to the OP to explain to nubs like me how to use the tank sights and range find in realistic/sim battles?
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May 30, 2014 22:38
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I was one of those people who only played arcade because RB was kind of dull for me. Climb, get rammed by a friendly, then get back in line got old fast. (And any game that goes "tab-out take a shower/eat/watch football/whatever isn't really my thing.) CA is proving incredible though. First time out with the I-153 I got a Stuka, a 110, a 112 then took out two player tanks. Moving onto the IL-2 I got two 109s, a 111 and some flak before eating a hillside. That's more RB action than I've seen since starting WT. The spectacle is a ton of fun too; planes wrecking, artillery and bombs going off, tanks ramming each other Player flak seems lot more dangerous than aircraft right now. Been wrecked by that more than anything. (Or people starting in planes are absolutely terrible which is probably the case.) Still, AAA makes good revenge kill targets when doing tanks. tldr; CA is the best and everyone should play it.
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May 30, 2014 22:46
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Teal posted:Player level 100 I'm only up to the 60s, wtg.
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May 30, 2014 22:50
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Vahakyla posted:Once again for anyone wanting to fly sim planes! I need me a joystick for this and Elite: Dangerous, so thanks!
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May 30, 2014 22:50
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Ludicro posted:Is there any chance we can get something added to the OP to explain to nubs like me how to use the tank sights and range find in realistic/sim battles? Yes, I will add it. I don't really know about that stuff, except that the sights are accurate and every notch seems to be 100m. Each map has a different square grid size, but I will dig that post and put it to the OP a bit later.
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May 30, 2014 22:55
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Ludicro posted:Is there any chance we can get something added to the OP to explain to nubs like me how to use the tank sights and range find in realistic/sim battles? There is literally nothing to explain. The stripes on the horizontal line are there to counteract wind which is not in the game. The notches on the vertical line are more often than not labeled with the distance in metres. If you put the notch 200 over a tank that is 200 metres away it will hit. Done.
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May 30, 2014 22:59
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Am I going to have to switch all my measurements to Imperial when US/British tanks come out?
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May 30, 2014 23:04
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Ranging targets gets easier over time. Soon enough you'll be able to get a first shot within 100m of a tank 1.5km away from you just by eyeballing it.
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May 30, 2014 23:07
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Michaellaneous posted:There is literally nothing to explain. The stripes on the horizontal line are there to counteract wind which is not in the game. The notches on the vertical line are more often than not labeled with the distance in metres. That part I understand, but is there a fairly reliable way of determining how far away a target is, or is it something I have to guestimate and learn over time?
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May 30, 2014 23:11
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Listen, all you need to know about tanks is that a T-54 is exactly 3.25 metres wide.
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I thought the horizontal notches were for rangefinding? Like, a tank that is X notches in length is Y m away. I think the US tank sights are measured in yards which is close enough to metres. About the range markings on the sights being accurate, wouldn't it depend on the ammo you are firing due to different shell velocities? Also has anyone had success hitting planes with spaa? I unlocked the gaz truck but I have no idea how much to lead and also what is the difference between the ammo types? I'm guessing basically one is an ap type round and the other is an he type round? Will I get to shoot black puffs of smoke at planes?? Subyng fucked around with this message at 23:20 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 23:15
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Subyng posted:I thought the horizontal notches were for rangefinding? Like, a tank that is X notches in length is Y m away. They can be used for rangefinding, yes. The sight automatically adjusts for whatever ammo you have loaded.
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May 30, 2014 23:17
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Ludicro posted:That part I understand, but is there a fairly reliable way of determining how far away a target is, or is it something I have to guestimate and learn over time? Get good at estimating by playing the game
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May 30, 2014 23:20
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Ludicro posted:That part I understand, but is there a fairly reliable way of determining how far away a target is, or is it something I have to guestimate and learn over time? Michaellaneous posted:I just made a new skin for all of you  .Thief posted:Please tell us exactly how many
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's you have and the K:D ratios of the last 3 planes you complained about.
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Went into a combined arms game. First bombs I drop kill a KV-1, first time in the flak truck and I blast a tank. GOTY.
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Great OP, Azzie. Glad to see a new thread.
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So I'm having fun with BT-7 + I-15Bis and Proto T-34 (or Mod 1940) + Prem P-40. Are there similar fun combos for the germans? Hs 129 should work well with the PzKpfe IV Ausf.H (which I really like for some reason), but I'm not sure If I actually will like the Hs 129 facing the death AAA and player SPAAGs.
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Propagandist posted:Does anyone else get an #82220002 or something error about every 2-3 games when joining a match? Since 1.41 dropped, about every 3 games I get that error right as I'm joining a match, after I wait through the queue. It kicks me out of the queue and I have to wait a couple minutes again. On the forums there's a few pubbies Yeah, I get that too. I've seen it happen to teammates too. Hopefully fixed soon.
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Shine posted:Popping tanks with Chaika rockets is fun. Shooting down Stukas with a AAA truck is fun. Shooting people in the ammo rack is fun. Dogfighting above tank battlegrounds is fun. Shooting planes down with actual tanks should be added to this list. Knocking the elevator off a dive bombing plane with a TD is a wonderful feeling especially in SB.
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Helping the pubbies win the sky in RB is an active hinderence to winning, because the enemy pubbies will all get in their tanks and take the points and your pubbies will be tooling around in their autism chariots, complaining that no one is playing tanks until they lose. Outstanding.
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Gealar posted:Shooting planes down with actual tanks should be added to this list. I shot down quiet some tanks since the beginning of the CBT, but my favorite air kill I got today. Someone managed to crashland his Bf 109 next to me, i slowly turned my turret and finished it off. No skill involved, but immensly satisfying.
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I decided to start loading a bit of HE in my T-34 in Combined Arms. Then this happened.  http://youtu.be/FhjOd43p-Vs
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ProfessorCurly posted:Helping the pubbies win the sky in RB is an active hinderence to winning, because the enemy pubbies will all get in their tanks and take the points and your pubbies will be tooling around in their autism chariots, complaining that no one is playing tanks until they lose. this unfortunately seems to be the case.
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YellerBill posted:I decided to start loading a bit of HE in my T-34 in Combined Arms. It looks like the shell didn't even explode, just went right through and carried on past the bomber.
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unwantedplatypus posted:It looks like the shell didn't even explode, just went right through and carried on past the bomber. I lose track of the tracer after it hits/cuts through the bomber but I'm sure even 75mm HE rounds can punch through a bomber and not explode immediately considering how often I pump smaller caliber HE into planes for no effect  e: I tried to go back and watch it from the bomber's perspective to check but the replay kept stopping indefinitely with "loading" in the corner
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God I'm so loving bad with the Tiger in sim battles. Every time I run up against a a 57mm t34 I put one shot into them and do some damage, and they just unload 3-4 into me before I reload and they kill me 90% of the time.  Does anyone have any advice?
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Are tanks replays broken or something? I was trying to gif a  moment in the T-50 but it just hangs after a few seconds.
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Since matchmaking in CA now puts you in the highest tier match you be in, there's basically no point to playing anything but your strongest tank since otherwise you're just gimping yourself. Right? What if I want to play lower tiers?
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