/wtg/ - War Thunder General

Crashing Planes Edition

>Official Site:
warthunder.com/

NOTE: You get given a premium aircraft for your first victory in game!
Need a faster download? Switch Language in Launcher.

>Wiki with Release Trees and General Tactics:
wiki.warthunder.com/index.php

>Fan created skins, missions, locations, fictions etc...
live.warthunder.com/ (Warning! Pure weeaboo and horsefucker autism abound)

>Ammunition Types
wiki.warthunder.com/index.php?title=Category:Ammunition

>All the Air RB/SB maneuvers you would want to know + Engine thingamabobs:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=200974026

>Every Airplane Instrument Panel translated
mediafire.com/view/q4nybrogygdchdb/ND's_aircraft_reference_guide.pdf

>Youtube Channel with Tutorials and Gameplay Videos
youtube.com/user/galahadgawain/playlists

>Steam community:
steamcommunity.com/groups/warthundervg

>a discord you can use
discord.gg/HSV4qn9

>Joystick Comparisons:
xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/joystick-roundup_8.html

>DIY Headtracking
pcgamer.com/how-to-build-your-own-ir-head-tracker/
ebay.com/itm/161710468074

>Chart displaying weapon effectiveness against ground units
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Px6G3kvcWbiS-sdIR6r4s7lSwfcxguUgJw95qj0NIzs/

>Sound Mods:
moddb.com/mods/b0riss-sound-mod/forum/thread/support-for-sound-mod-in-warthunder-165153

Other urls found in this thread:

youtube.com/watch?v=z39mLihYlFY
m.youtube.com/watch?v=I8gOcx9UrZ8
reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/6fiv3s/found_helmetpotatos_cousin/
youtube.com/watch?v=FXWOiysZYUs
twitter.com/SFWRedditVideos

>there are people who think MG151s are bad

1st for tears

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While the reward is technically lower per match, you can do more arcade matches, and you never have a match where you get killed right off and waste a match.

>going for golden wagers
His fault, all they bring is annoyance and frustration

then explain why it takes me fucking forever to grind anything in AB but it's done in a quarter the time in RB

How long is an arcade match on average?
How much RP is gained in the average arcade match?
ditto for realistic.

Why do I see lots of B-17s and B-29s but nobody flying the B-24?

I just unlocked the M46 and how in the fuck am I supposed to play this shit?

You're not.

)))))))))))))))))))))))))

>cent 1 gets smoke
>tiger and panther don't

>tfw you ruined your arcade efficiency by taking biplanes into high tier arcade just to ram

also no idea why my sim win rate is so fucking low

Tbh win rate really means fuck all in this game

Get the T34 first, the M46 is only truly useful as a backup, trying to use it as your main 6.7 tank will make you want to kill yourself

Is there a good guide on how to git gud at tonks? I do alright in arcade but I wouldn't mind being able to play RB.

>RB tanks
Hide.

>fly F9F-8 after several months
>make a turn
>plane starts wobbling and does -2G for half a second
>goodbye wings
Isn't it nice when you come back to the game only to find out that Gaijin has made one of your favorite planes unflyable?

if anything suddenly moves - shoot!

Be second in line

Try to be in eyesight of a competent looking player when advancing in a city

Don't trust trees or bushes to hide you

Be passive

Stick to hard cover or ridge lines

Use your binoculars- they're free

>this fucking faggot spends literally the entire game going on about his mad skillz in chat
>I won this game 1v9 once, and this other game 1v12, here's how you git gud, shame this team is so great cause I don't get to show of my mad skillz
>end of the match he starts chasing the P-61 I was chasing and shoots him down
>P-61 goes into the sea
>suddenly BOOM teammate is dead
>faggot got bombed to hell and back while he was busy bragging
Fucking glorious, I don't even mind not getting an assist for the few hits I landed on the P-61 from afar.

what can I kill with tiny tims

>fly out PBJ-1J
>109 G-2 dives on me
>dodge his shots
>he overshoots
>instead of zooming back up he turns in front of me
>get a shot
>12 fifty cals, shooting armor piercing incendiary rounds
>all hit his wing
>HIT
>get another shot after he turns the other way
>HIT
meanwhile
>fly out 190 F-8, the armored version of the 190 A-8
>p-51d dives on me
>gets a shot with half the fifty cals
>instant wing snap

This is one the Laws of Gaijin, user.
>enemy weapons always do more damage
>enemy airfield is always more dangerous
>enemy plane always tanks more damage
etc.

>inna firefly
>swoop in behind PBJ
>only his tail gunner can be firing at me, 2 fiddies
>one round hits undamaged wing
>instantly snaps off
and this was before the fiddy buff

>notice beercan a mile and a half below me
>levitates up and blows my tail off 10 seconds later

>game knows where I want to spawn
>always spawns me somewhere else unless I explicitly tell it to spawn me there

American bomber gunners have never stopped being overpowered.

You can nerf 50cals, but it won't make a difference as long as AI gunners aren't nerfed.
>approach B-17 inside thick clouds
>gunners can see me through the clouds
>shoot him down
>gunners can still accurately fire at me while their plane plummets to the earth, while inside a cloud
It's like airfield AAA. The real problem is the ridiculous accuracy and literal superpowers the AI has, not the damage of this or that weapon.

F E A R T H E D U C K
in other news, how fucking terrible are the engines for the P.108 if it can't even outrun an Hs 129?

>>gunners can still accurately fire at me while their plane plummets to the earth, while inside a cloud

heroes, like tankmen who threw their dead comrades out of the tank and proceed to fight while they have at least 2 of them

Okay, so help me out you guys.

What is the optimal way to do well in GE wagers?
I have a Commander Wager and I would like to get at least 1000GEs

Which BR? Which vehicles? etc etc...

G55s

time for balans)))))
also why the fuck are all the grenades fired at once, it should have 2 salvos

FUCK OFF WITH THIS MAX UPTIER BULLSHIT GAIJIN
THE PAST 20 MATCHES I'M THE LOWEST DAMN PLAYER

Sparks)))))). Now try to imagine that with high caliber autocannons.

between single salvo smokes, and reloading one grenade at a time, it's a little dissappointing...

what next?

Switch to planes and have some fun.

>italian line
>not good
but I'm having fun

>EETZ NOT BAED, BUT EETZ NOT GOOD EEDA

Yeah Magz, that's the whole Italian line you dumb idiot.

youtube.com/watch?v=z39mLihYlFY

Centurion.

I'm currently grinding through tier IV of Germany, I initially wanted to get the maus but looking at 8.0 cannon penetrations, it's probably going to be useless.


Should i still get the maus or just go for the leopard first?

Leo, the Maus is just HEAT-FS and bomb bait

Maus is a pinata for atgms and other highly balanced weaponry.

>spend 20 min in assault tank only to get a fucking 100% SL booster when I'm up to the ass in SL and its RP I desperately need

WHAT A FUCKING WASTE

FUCK YOU GAIJIN, HOW YOU MANAGE TO MAKE EVERYTHING SO SHIT AND UNFAIR IS REALLY FUCKING INCREDIBLE YOU ULTRA MEGA FUCKING JEWS

does yak-3p have a better flight characteristics than yak-3?

>soviet shit

it has better nothing

No.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=I8gOcx9UrZ8
Fuck naziboos

>not winning ANY TANK GAME
>AS FUCKING RUSSIAN
What the fuck is going on, my team get erased in 2 min everytime
Where is the russian bias when you need it ?

Same performance, better dakka.

Gaijin have embraced capitalism and profit motives and realized they can make more money from autistic weraboos than poor vatniks

Should have won

>with a good goyim gaymium you would have goteen 3000000 BAZILLION ENGLES AHUAHEUUHEHEUUE

GO.

FUCK.

YOURSELF

GAYJEWS ENTERTAINMENT

jealous?
even vatniks are naziboos

>all that censoring
what the fuck

i see
i thought it might be like with the gun bearcat which apparently has a better flight model than the fiddles bearcat

i am not sure if having 2 cannons over 1 cannon and 2 machineguns is worth a whole 1br

ur shite

>good goy premium

fuck off cocksucker get gaijins asshole real deep with youre tounge you faggot

some people just want to have fun

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>the bonus RP I get from acing the jap sherman will get me the jap bulldog

reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/6fiv3s/found_helmetpotatos_cousin/

Too bad the PT-76 is underwhelming as fuck.

HEAT-FS fucks up most tanks, but if it doesn't one shot, you're screwed.

>how to have a really bad time.exe

>filename
Good.

>it will be Germ, Jap, and Pasta vs Burgers, Slavs, Bongs, and Frogs in the future

how can i change my loadout in air rb when i land on the airfield, what should i press?

J unironically. Just make sure you are repaired and reloaded first.

Best German tank between tiers I-III?
also any easy ways to grind

Tiger

do pastas even have any fucking good mid-late war Tier III or IV tanks or will it be paper shit to compensate

PZIV F2

Because B-24s suck and fall apart as soon as they get hit, and have a lot less armour to protect the gunners.

That's the point

Germany ground forces will be further watered down with Italian shitboxes to compliment the jap shitboxes. While the Allied teams get decent to great tanks.

>so many fucking times I lose because my gun was pointed down and in the process of righting it up the enemy gets the bead on me first and kills me

what the fuck is this shit, there should be an option to disable turret with mouse movement for something other than free-mouse look, holy shit

Their late-war tanks will be placed tier 3 at best.
If they add their armored cars it'll be hella fun though.

Nah Germany has the best Armored Cars

>lucky pilot snipes
>good

xD

Fucking Norway holy shit, are there even any other maps in this game?

Goyjin stopped making new maps for air RB. Enjoy playing Norway Sicily and Ruhr for the rest of your life.

also, what dive angle for A-20 bombing?

>shoot IS-6 turret face with 200mm pen round
>pen
???
I don't see the problem

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What website can I see these on?

What is the most >fun game mode?

Thunderskill.
Also, r8.

how do i join qt508

you become a boipussi

Your breddy gud

>hits at convergence
>luck

ecks dee

>6.3 lineup
>getting 7.0 and 7.7 all day
fucking kill me

>Thunderskill
>Arcade: Terrible player .8 k/d
>Realistic: Terrible player N/A k/d
>Simulator: Terrible player
kek

T-thanks

i dunno how people even play ab air, iirc on my first acc i logged in for the very first time, joined one battle, shot down 3 planes aiming my ufo with the mouse randomly, thought they were easy bots or something and then quit wt

my second acc much later i began to play rb air and now it was much more fun but also much harder

>plane fully intact
>no damage to anything but pilot
>not luck

ayy lmao

Personally I play it cause you're team is a less pressing factor. In RB if your team has multiple lemmings or has a bad composition full of attackers and bombers, you're instantly put at a disadvantage, and no matter how good you are, you can't win if you're outnumbered 5 to 1 unless all your enemies completely drop the ball.

In AB your team is still full of idiots but you can almost always count on them to throw their planes at the enemy, letting me use them as meatshields.

Personally I would like them to introduce a mode with RB flight mechanics and no target indicator but with respawns, but that won't happen. At least there's custom RB games.

dunno, i absolutely hate respawns, it's one of the reasons i don't play gf

i have just found it on youtube, literally what

youtube.com/watch?v=FXWOiysZYUs

how did his prop got broken?
that's leaving aside that carrier hitting a floating plane activates its torpedo...

tf is hans doing back there?