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space pope
Apr 5, 2003

Aramoro posted:

I know they are very different, i just not sure which skills are good value or not. Like is eagle eye worth it or just keep saving points for a 2 pointer.

I've always saved the points. The 1 point skills seem pretty useless.

For heavy fighters like the mosquito I go for engine guru and aerodynamics expert ( the one that stacks with engine tuning) for my first 4 points.

For turn fighters like the spit i go with acrobatics and aerodynamics on my first 4 points.

For multirole, I don't really know. I haven't played them a whole lot. They kind of suck at everything and they don't have a good equipment option in my opinion. Maybe bombadier? Maybe marksman?

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biglads
Feb 21, 2007

I could've gone to Blatherwycke



Aramoro posted:

I know they are very different, i just not sure which skills are good value or not. Like is eagle eye worth it or just keep saving points for a 2 pointer.

Ah I get you, my mistake :downs:

Save up for marksman and the like. I don't think 1pt skills are up to much but others may disagree.

^^ beaten

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.

Aramoro posted:

I know they are very different, i just not sure which skills are good value or not. Like is eagle eye worth it or just keep saving points for a 2 pointer.

Don't bother with any of the 1-pointers imo, except maybe to have something while you wait and then retrain once you get a second skill point.

Engine Guru is my generic "when in doubt, get this" pick. Get that for a heavy pilot and combine it with the equipment that increases acceleration in a dive, and you can escape sticky situations easier and pounce on people below you quicker. Especially if you later also pick Aerodynamics Expert.

For the Spit I'd just capitalise on the turning and get the maneuverability skill I forget the name of.

Nordick fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Jan 19, 2018

Greggorian
Feb 28, 2003
Teh Slacker King
Question regarding boom and zoom:

How far below my optimal altitude should I stray? In the P-40 for example, I'll typically climb to 1600m, go toward a capture point, see enemies, then begin diving to try and line up some attacks. At what altitude should I break off? If i'm at 1600m and the enemy is 1000m below me, should I not bother? Should I try to aim for people 800m or less below me? What's the sweet spot before turning to climb?

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
In a few months, I've elited 62 out of the 156 aircraft in the game (~40%). I can't imagine how many months of grinding the equivalent accomplishment took in World of Tanks.

Lynneth
Sep 13, 2011

RandomPauI posted:

In a few months, I've elited 62 out of the 156 aircraft in the game (~40%). I can't imagine how many months of grinding the equivalent accomplishment took in World of Tanks.

This game is much, much more forgiving - especially on the higher tiers. I see 3k+ experience in decent games with the yak-19, while similar games in Tanks would get you 800 XP at best.

El_Molestadore
Apr 2, 2005

Time to die hero


Burt, this is what happens when you abandon me and go play pirate for a weekend. Also a lesson in how frustrating it is to play a Zero on a map with two Mining Plants and your GAA and bombers are retarded and/or bots.

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.
The Hurricane II is loving insane.

That is all.

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




Nordick posted:

The Hurricane II is loving insane.

That is all.

Did you take the gun upgrade and rockets? I feel it's like a massive glass cannon in the that configuration.

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.

Aramoro posted:

Did you take the gun upgrade

How the hell is this even a question? :v:

I use the bombs for ordnance though, four rockets is a really piddly load for how small their blast radius is. I find the bombs are more reliable and less fiddly with aiming.

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




Nordick posted:

How the hell is this even a question? :v:

I use the bombs for ordnance though, four rockets is a really piddly load for how small their blast radius is. I find the bombs are more reliable and less fiddly with aiming.

I figured some people might want a bit more spray and pray than becoming the Ultimate Death Machine ™ with overheating guns.

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.
Well, I am generally a big fan of loads of machineguns and having loving 12 of them does tickle my fancy. If the cannons were some lovely German MG/FFs I might consider forgoing them for ALL THE BULLETS. But, Hispanos are just too good.

biglads
Feb 21, 2007

I could've gone to Blatherwycke



I elited the Hurricane II last night. Even in rounds ending in defeat I tore enough poo poo up to make plenty silver and exp. When you get a round where everyone else is Tier 4 you can really go to town. My record combat score is around 18,800 in the Ki-84 but I've got very close to it quite a few times in the Hurricane II.

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.
'sup

biglads
Feb 21, 2007

I could've gone to Blatherwycke



Yeah, that's the poo poo :)

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.
Lol, I just checked and that's short from my all time combat point record by 145 points. My record is with the Seversky P-35 which I've played a whopping 4 battles in.

Unrelated, I've been also flying the Pancake and holy poo poo is it absurdly good. The cannons are goddamn phenomenal and :laffo::laffo: at the 86 m/s climb rate. If you're top tier and have any idea what you're doing, you can be basically untouchable.

Burt
Sep 23, 2007

Poke.



Mozzy porn.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_-AsgYvF2o

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
In my last battle, I won a dogfight in my A-26b against a player in a P-38j. I somehow kept outmaneuvering it such that I got more shots on him than he got on me. This dogfight lasted for several minutes.

I still don't understand how that could have happened.

Greggorian
Feb 28, 2003
Teh Slacker King
Just in case anyone missed it: WGVDAY2018
Free hanger slot
Edit: I think it's NA only

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
This weeks .99 cent plane sale is worth it for the garage and the gold you'll get because you should surely already own the plane for free.

I wonder when WoWP will give away planes again. Maybe Xmas and the games next anniversary?

HFX
Nov 29, 2004

RandomPauI posted:

This weeks .99 cent plane sale is worth it for the garage and the gold you'll get because you should surely already own the plane for free.

I wonder when WoWP will give away planes again. Maybe Xmas and the games next anniversary?

I dont see a .99 cent plane.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




It's the Spitefire 1a. Shows as $1.25AU for me because the site auto adjusts the currency

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
Almost forgot, if you have the spitfire 1a you'll want to sell it first, then buy it on the cheap. Otherwise, you'll just get a bucks worth of gold.

HFX
Nov 29, 2004
I figured it out. If i just go to the premium shop it doesn't show. If i go to the premium shop from the warplanes site it shows it.

Burt
Sep 23, 2007

Poke.



There's a thing where you have to be logged in to see a lot of the offers from the WoWPs premium shop, normally the one time stuff specific to you.

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
I went thru the rooster from 1.9 and the rankings page from 2.0. 76 of our 98 players never played a game. This is a holdover from when wargaming decided that every game would share a common clan.

If there aren't serious objections in here or WoT I'll boot those players out.

HFX
Nov 29, 2004

RandomPauI posted:

I went thru the rooster from 1.9 and the rankings page from 2.0. 76 of our 98 players never played a game. This is a holdover from when wargaming decided that every game would share a common clan.

If there aren't serious objections in here or WoT I'll boot those players out.

I dont play planes but about once a week. Boot me if you think you need room.

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
I'm not booting people who've played the game ever. Right now there's only one open spot and 76 players who never played in 9.19 or in 9.20, or who aren't executive officers. At least according to wargaming.net.

I'm doing this now because there were three people I knew who were interested in joining a clan and I couldn't offer them spots.

Ferrovanadium
Mar 22, 2013

APEX PREDATOR

-MOST AMMUNITION EXPENDED ON CIVILIANS 2015-PRESENT
-WORST KDR VS CIVILIANS 2015-PRESENT

As one of PANSY's top pilots (by sheer virtue of there being basically no active players in warplanes PANSY) i'm gonna vote in favor of booting people who've never touched the game. We can always invite them back in later if they pick the game up, yeah?

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
Yup.

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
I've excluded the players who WoWP says haven't played ever. If you were booted out by mistake please let me know.

Edit: Or not. An error in Russian popped up and everyone is still in the clan. I'll try later.

RandomPauI fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Mar 1, 2018

Burt
Sep 23, 2007

Poke.



So this new axis V allies game mode. Will it be the one sided walkover like last time or will more more people play axis to get the free plane? These are the questions that keep me awake at night.

[I haven't played planes in weeks]

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
I'd imagine it'll be another rout.

El_Molestadore
Apr 2, 2005

Time to die hero
You can play planes of any nation to do any of the two missions.

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.

Burt posted:

[I haven't played planes in weeks]

Same, my interest suddenly just stalled (heh). I haven't played any of the WG-esque games lately, actually. Might wander back into planes if there's a new game mode coming, though.

Creamed Cormp
Jan 8, 2011

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
I'm not exactly enjoying this even much tbqh, I constantly have like 5 higher tier fighters on my rear end just hosing me down with improved ammo, and it's not very fun.

Arcturas
Mar 30, 2011

Creamed Cormp posted:

I'm not exactly enjoying this even much tbqh, I constantly have like 5 higher tier fighters on my rear end just hosing me down with improved ammo, and it's not very fun.

I haven't reached the higher tiers yet, but I kinda want to sit at tiers 5-6 forever just because they seem like the most fun tiers. (Plus, that's where the historical WW2 planes seem to sit and that's 90% of why I play the game.)

Burt
Sep 23, 2007

Poke.



Creamed Cormp posted:

I'm not exactly enjoying this even much tbqh, I constantly have like 5 higher tier fighters on my rear end just hosing me down with improved ammo, and it's not very fun.

Yeah it's basically bring whatever version of the Spitfire/Zero is appropriate for tier and just farm everything else.

Multi-roles are fighter fodder, heavies can only kill wayward GAs and dumb bombers, GAs and bombers are viable but you will never complete the missions.

Played a few games yesterday and can't say I have the inclination to go back.


Nordick posted:

Same, my interest suddenly just stalled (heh). I haven't played any of the WG-esque games lately, actually. Might wander back into planes if there's a new game mode coming, though.

Yep, considering exactly how much time [and money] I put in WG games to suddenly find myself bored to gently caress is a bit sad really. I wish I could put my finger on what exactly has stopped it being fun.

HFX
Nov 29, 2004

RandomPauI posted:

I've excluded the players who WoWP says haven't played ever. If you were booted out by mistake please let me know.

Edit: Or not. An error in Russian popped up and everyone is still in the clan. I'll try later.

Apparently, I am not in the clan. Throw me an invite, please. Also, what do you do about bombers and heavies as a zero? I cant climb up there to fight, and they will just keep dropping bombs and or swooping down to shoot at me before going high again.

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RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
Sure, I can add you if wargaming lets let me. Username HFX right?

Edit: It showed that you left in 2015 v0v

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