Dominic White posted:

Fair enough. But still... why should I? If some guy in an infinitely more expensive and advanced plane wants to fly STRAIGHT AT ME, I say let him.

Perestroika posted:

Is it just me or are ground units behaving super eratically recently? A few weeks ago they used to just go along the road in neat lines, but now they're crossing back and forth over it like it isn't even there, and at times they even seem to hit the reverse. Not to mention all those times they just randomly vanish into thin air even when there's nothing nearby that could have shot them. It makes high-altitude bombing even more of a pain than it already is.

ukle posted:

You sure you're not getting this confused with ground units just killing each other, like has existed for ages? Hell with the NPC B17's we now have air units that will do the job as well.

nippythefish posted:

Aw drat, I thought for sure I'd come into this thread and see the screenshot of the sync start we pulled off last night. That was glorious.

Pinguliten posted:

Isn't that a hammerhead turn?


We actually had two 20 kill games in a row, I can't remember who the other guy was but that was also the mighty Beaufighter and a few games before that I got 13 in a Boomerang/Beau combo.

Ice Fist posted:

Every game is glorified team death match to me. If we lose, it's because I wasn't killing enough.

Hammerstein posted:

I'm trying to get back into this after a long hiatus and found that I'm now terrible. I have a La-5 and want to keep on playing the Russian tree for that sweet Mig-15, can I please get some reminder on how not to be horrible as Russians.

Sofa posted:

As much as I loved this game when I was able to play it, the lack of a community to do so with made it a bit of a dry, grind-y experience after a while, though those little impromptu squadrons consisting of strangers lashed together by some common goal were always something. Gonna have to find a means to cease my pubbing ways once my machine is back in action.

shiffty posted:

Galaga Galaxian posted:

Playing Japan is the surest way to get me into a frustrated bitchfest (to which I apologize greatly to mumble).

Action-Bastard posted:

Just graduated to level 6 with America, but god I'm getting raped by Spitfires lately. Seriously I can't make a move on anything the last few games without a Spitfire getting stuck on my tail and I just can't lose them no matter what. Any advice? Maybe I just need some more dogfighting practice?

Regardless here's my current lineup:


I replaced my P36C and my Wildcat with the P39's. I was starting to get good with the Wildcat though, it's especially useful in capture games since it's easy to land and has a decent turning circle but I love the cannons on the P39, finally levels the playing field with the larger/heavier aircraft.

Ess posted:

Ha, I used to do this all the time. The trick to avoiding it is to pull the mouse towards the top of the screen once your front wheels are on the ground, instead of trying to keep it level. It's kind of weird with the camera angle and mouse control, but you get used to it.

ChickenWing posted:

I have not once crashed a plane while landing. What on earth are you doing?

E: or even tilted forwards, as relevance demands

ukle posted:

Live stream of hopefully the tank unveiling -

http://warthunder.ru/ru/news/483-igromir-2013-zhivaya-translyaciya-ru

Vahakyla posted:

ramming

Bohemian Nights posted:

Well, the plane in question appears to be single prop, so at least the skills would transfer more than attempting to land a 747 without an autopilot, or something.

I honestly have no idea, I've never flown a plane in my life, but one probably shouldn't underestimate the time spent behind a joystick for basic understanding of how the plane behaves, and how you expect it to behave.

It's obviously not comparable, but a simple thing like understanding the concept of recoil, bullet drop and simple breathing techniques*, gave me a considerable head start when it came to the firing range when I was in the military, and that was all stuff I'd picked up from years of shooters and military sims.

It's at least not unthinkable that hundreds of hours in a flight sim would make you better prepared than someone without, for an emergency situation like that.

* Thanks, America's army! Propaganda that apparently works.

TacticalGranny posted:

So... I'm having trouble getting my Mumble overlay to work with War Thunder.

Can someone who has it working check and post their settings?

i.e.:
Aces - set to run as admin or not, have it whitelisted, run through Steam install or regular, etc
Mumble - set to run as admin or not, overlay option settings

I think I've tried all the available combinations but I'd like to see if there's a pattern for working settings.

Edit: I've applied for GET IN (GenieSA), so if someone can approve me that'd be swell. Also, can I get an invite to the Steam group?

TacticalGranny posted:

So we've come up with a new thing: While waiting in the queue for historical battles, you make up 'facts' about planes. The results can be pretty funny. I'll post a video or two later on once they've rendered and uploaded I will probably do these nightly during games for laughs. They're not much to look at, but I think they're entertaining.

The problem is... we need a name for them!

My first idea was "GoonFacts". DarthSid spouted out some long wordy thing I don't remember. I gladly welcome any input!


Videos:

The Flying Bisons of 1952: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79a9vU1zjAY

Sword Launchers and Colored Smoke Buffs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-4-82Ysy8

Panzeh posted:

The fact that every high tier fighter except the Japanese ones is a super fast e-fighter turns me off of high tier play, so I like the more varied t3-5 gameplay.

Artificer posted:

How does one counter an oncoming BnZer? I get that you're supposed to turn into his dive, but that puts you on the defensive constantly and you have no way of fighting back, only reacting to his actions.

Pornographic Memory posted:

I finally got enough lions to get a crew trained on the Typhoon Mk 1B as well as buy the Spitfire F. Mk IX and get a crew on that and was wondering, is the British premium Mustang worth getting? After playing the Typhoon for a couple games, having 4x Hispanos is pretty sick, and if its an energy fighter it seems like a good way to change it up mid-match when Spitfires aren't working.

I'm also kind of curious if the Spitfire F. Mk XVI at the next tier is any good, or significantly different from other Spitfires, since I never see anybody talk about it.

Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:

Inquiring minds over here also wish to know about the Cannon 'Stang as well, looking to replace the Tier 5 Beau with it.

Also I'm far too bad at this game to know what the Spit XVI is really good at, but historically its sawed-off wings allowed it to roll faster but hurk, it don't climb so good. Here's where I talk out of my butt as well: rolling faster allows you to change the direction of your bank more easily, say to chase someone who's also hard banking, or to throw a pursuer's aim off by doing a quick bank-turn-unbank for a sideslip.

jownzy posted:

Sucks playing solo against endless Nuked squads. Get sick of seal clubbing soon please.

Gwaihir posted:

That IL-2 might be the version that replaced the dual 23mm cannons with dual 37mms.

sadnessboner posted:

The recent 'closed beta nostalgia' event was exactly this; HB physics, AB maps/respawns/air reloads. Even though you were limited to each nations reserve planes it was the best drat thing. I hope they do more

Bruceski posted:

What's the best use for the 250 or so Eagles you get without paying anything? Drop some XP into the bomber crews for experienced gunners?