Sorry defyn but you’re wrong, I play the F-4J (UK) Mod in IL-2 1946 and I’ll have you know it’s an absolute beast and you have no clue how to fly it. I’ll upload a tutorial soon
Another day, another torture for our favourite Dutch ace. But i am gratefull for your noble sacrifice, as well as tips on what premium planes to buy. Thanks to them i am now a happy owner of a Yak-3 VK-107 and that beautifull decal! Cheers mate, and i hope you will get an ace in a Hs 129.
Hey, DEFYN, there's actually one more thing that redeems american F-4J. It has got HMD or HMS or however you call it. And radar targeting with it as well. It may not be as potent as HMD for MiG29, but it's still there and better you have one than none at all. It requires a different approach given F-4J only has AIM-9G and AIM-7F (one is not all-aspect, the other has pretty smol targeting area), but it is still a HMD. And both these things (HMD and 7F instead of Skyflash) do their job making american F-4J significantly less useless than this junk.
to be honest, I think lowering the premium to 11.0 and giving the FGR2 AIM-9L wouldnt be a bad call, would allow for slightly better matchmaking for the premium making it less punishing
yea, but sadly gaijin fckning denied it for the bullshit reasons of "They perform well in their suited br" and "Germany already get's a other rank 8 plane" Absolutely fucking shit excuses by Gaijin yet again.... the fucking F-4F is a pain to play, even with using it as a fucking bombing truck. And who make your life sour in it? Cunts in their F-14's and F-16's with their fucking AIM-7F/M's and 9L's and pretty much inescapable PD radar's.... you notch, and immediately get locked again.. nevermind even trying to notch the 3 F-14's/F-16's that lock you at once. And don't forget that their planes do everything better than you, they turn better, they are way quicker, hold their speed better... You can do nothing against it other than hope you can catch him off guard and kill him The US has been stomping for over a year now since they got the F-14 and imo they should sit the next few updates out and probably also miss out on amraam's for a year so they can feel what they did to everyone with their year long stomping
@@evo3s75 I mean, most of those problems would have easy solutions. F-16, MiG-29 should go to 12.0, and F-14, MiG-23MLD, Mirage 2000, etc to 11.7. Once all those planes start facing each other more, I wouldn't see any problem with an F-4F at 11.3 with 4xAIM-9L, it just makes sense and doesn't turn it into a "tier 8 plane". Irl, the upgrade that gave the F-4F Mavericks and flare dispensers also gave it AIM-9L, it's absolutely historical, such a shame Gaijin denied it...
@@thebirbestbirb I think we have a slight problem with that, the F-4E we have in game is representative of the late years of the Vietnam war, a 1971-72 Block 48 model. In USAF service only later Blocks of the E variant remained in service long enough to get AIM-9L and other new weapons. Imo a better option would be the F-4G, which despite being more oriented towards strike missions coud still carry 4xAIM-9L and 4xAIM-7F/M. It still wouldn't have PD radar and an internal gun, but with those missiles it would be much more competitive
4:03 If i'm not mistaken, flying low to the ground causes multipath interference against the ennemy radar, making it seems like you're a few dozen meters below where you're actually are. The ground kinda works like a mirror against pd radars
@@yolly1988 If you lock on a target that flies low to the ground, your radar lock will go under the said plane. ofc it's simulated and it's just a dumb algorithm faking it, but if it works idc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_propagation#/media/File:Multipath_propagation_diagram_en.svg
@@adams5351 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_propagation#/media/File:Multipath_propagation_diagram_en.svg pretty good visualization of what's possibly happening
This has been my tactic of dodging sparrows head on ever since the kai got added and I started playing it. Quite hilarious that there are still people who played at least a few hours in top tier who don't know.
I just got this plane on sale because a friend also got it. I was going to get the japanese F4EJ but they said this one was better. I don't think it's Junk, instead it's mid. I can get a base and a kill almost every match (I use rockets because bombs are too heavy), and in good matches I get 3 kills. The best part is that most matches last only 10 minutes so it's very efficient to grind. The biggest problem you have is that at 90% of the time you will play at 12.3, where everything outclass you. So you must stay low and with your team. You're strong in head ons but have very little options when the enemy is on your 6 so you must learn how not to get into those situations. I would say my kills are 60% Skylashs, 30% cannon and 10% aim-9s.
The "It's not the plane, it's the pilot" argument really pisses me off whenever someone talks about flight performance about a plane in game. I'm glad you called it out because it is so invalid.
Missile trucks at top tier aren't "good" but they are extremely effective atm. You can just fly right in and spam missiles out till you get 2 or 3 kills then count on speed to keep you alive a little longer. Not very skillful, but as you said decent for grinding. I actually do better in phantoms than most other things at top tier these days.
Yup, I skipped the phantom to rush up to the tomcat and now that I'm coming back to it I'm finding it remarkably pleasant to fly. Going 1.5:1 in the J without much effort. The C now, I had a good start with but now it's trending towards 1:2. I should give up trying to hit people with the AIM-7Ds and that craptacular radar.
@wagner nicacio Boring, if you aren't having fun during your grind, the part in which you're having fun has to be much more rewarding than if the grind itself is fun as well.
I can’t tell what’s a worse premium, this or the EJ ADTW. At least this actually gets a ok-ish radar and SARH combo, but it might just be better to take out the ADTW and use it as a bombsled(taking advantage of its .3 lower br to get slightly more down tiers).
I was lucky enough to have gotten a talisman for the F-4J in the USN tree, and it is an absolutely fantastic plane for me who wants to bomb and then shoot Sparrows at people. With the HMD it somewhat compensates for the bad performance for you to pull enough AOA for a WEZ. But the Brit F-4J Phantom is............... eh. And now you can't bomb either because the Vipers out run you to the bases.
I like how most other nations just get a copy-paste of vehicles already in their TT and Britain gets a Phantom worse than the 2 already in the tree at the same BR I can't believe anyone willingly bought this
I’ve been recently getting back to flying the Phantoms (Yes even the C model) the HDN PD models are really really good, the HDN radar buff really makes the AIM-7 hits more efficient BUT it is hits not Crits or kills lmao
You know defyn I agree. As someone with 5000 kills in the fgr2 and 3500 in the F-4J I remember how things used to be in them. I think now it is a bit too power crept to be fun. If only they’d give the 9Ls to those phantoms… they used them irl anyway lol. F-4E forget it it’s a lost cause hahaha
Honestly if you just need a top tier grinder: get the Sea Harrier and talisman it. It's like 30€ cheaper and the thing is INSANE. 4 AIM-9Ls+ enough bombs to take out a base and you get to Sealclub a lot of 9.7s almost every match.
Which is a damn shame because the aircraft models themselves are not horrible in terms of realism. It's the large amount of players per team combined with the small maps that make it feel like ace combat.
As an Ace Combat fan, I'm A-OK with that. But as an Ace Combat fan I can also say with confidence that you are wrong. Y'all act like large jet battles never happened in history or something.
Watching him play this plane is like getting gas lit. I only ever get games at 12.0. My skyflashes will not hit anyone unless i'm in a 1km head on, my radar will lose lock unless I'm in a dead head on. My RA missiles don't know where they are. This plane is just fly low from runway, lock up a plane in a head on, skyflash misses and then I get chased down by a 54c pulling 400000g that got launched from the enemy base.
06:22 Could someone explain what happened here ? Defyn's Skyflash (semi active radar missile) shot down an IR missile from Mig23ML while having the Mig23ML radar locked. Can you do something like that on purpose ? Was it an accident ? Did the Skyflash accidentally trigger some kind of proxy fuse on the Mig23 IR missile ?
Either one of two things happened. The Mig's missile swapped target to the Skyflash because it was hotter or, due to Defyn's movement, the missile tried to follow the Phantom and both missiles got close enough for their fuses to go off
The F4E has better flight performance on the US tree with its agile eagle kit. But it uses an ancient MTI radar. It's definitely the worst at 11.0 for that reason. Not to mention the ancient F4C lol.
8:13 - oh defyn you don't even know how wrong you are. Breda's HE rounds were buffed a long time ago, and they have become death, the destroyer of worlds. I am honestly surprised he wasn't able to tear your wing off with those.
I think when it comes to the rp bonuses it's because of the potential of top tier jets. I suspect for eg. due to the heavy loadouts they expect higher average kills or dase damage scores and when using it to gain feom low tier especially it will earn the rp twice as fast as the lower planes with the same earning %.
I cannot really tell if it is premium hate or if it is a really bad plane because F4 reviews overall are mixed. If you like it and enjoy it, it is your business. Enjoy it because you like it.
If im feeling fun and flying is pleasure then i like the plane. in my case i like all phantoms and no one is junk for me even UK. But i respect opinion.
IRL the skyflash had a vastly superior seeker performance to the E2, the skyflash seeker served as the baseline for the seeker that was eventually installed on the AIM 7M, the ultimate AIM 7 variant ever made and probably the best SARH missile ever made. But, it's war thunder, and if we had realistic seeker performance on the AIM 7's they'd be even MORE infuriating to use. it would be a case of AIM 7F being okay, AIM 7M being amazing, and skyflash being reliable and a great missile but short ranged compared to the AIM 7M, with just about every other AIM 7 variant being staggeringly bad.
Yep they don't even distinguish between an inverse mono pulse seeker and a mono pulse seeker. Its exactly the same with the RWR too detailed for Gaijin they have no interest in how bad Russian RWR systems are.
I have a good question . Why on earth did the skyflash kept exploding mid air despite being in range and in radar range . Just worrying because it haven't been patch yet.
Not to mention that DEFYN was flying at the Breda 50 calibre rounds with more than 300 m/s. Largely compensation for the lack of kinetic performance those rounds normally have.
@@martijn9568 this Is reasonable, but i don't think that they are bad rounds, i used the same biplane with the same rounds and i didn't have any problems with It, idk maybe it's Just me
@Fabio Arpino You aren't the only one that doesn't think they're bad. I used to have tremendous fun flying the C. 205 serie 1 Veltro, the C.205 with only 7.7s and .50s, before they buffed the HEF rounds of these and similar 50.calibre gums. The plane has slightly better performance than the, back then 4.3 one, but in this case it was placed at Br 3.3. You'd just drain people of their energy, and once they were slow you carefully aimed rounds into the cockpit, fuel tank and engine. The guns weren't great, but atleast they reliably worked when I wanted them to, compared to some other canons. Japanese 12,7 mm and British Hispanos, I'm looking at you.
I have gotten a J phantom to 600 mph er sorry 1000 communist units on only one running engine in sim. I also had three enemies overshoot me and hit an F104 with a sparrow rear aspect after he overshot using just regular ACM mode. Was just a stupid AI AAA Sidam that nailed the engine in the first place. They really buffed the heck out of the AI ~year ago, dunno why.
My best guess is that you can bomb bases with a lot of these new premiums which is quite profitable and most importantly consistent While plenty of lower tier premiums especially props have no way of consitent and easy sl gain like that which means lower avarage income across the player base so higher sl multiplier to even it out Gajin just wants to squeeze you but not too much
for this video you need to take into account he is talking about it in regards in getting 4+ kills a game and yeah its bad for that. But works great as a grinder, decent radar, radar missles and good engines to bomb with like what more could you need to grind a tech tree.
This thing is how I think the Tornado ADV may go down (especially if they don't boost its flight model). A terrible flight performance but decent missiles (who knows maybe they'll drop the ADV with amraams)
"ADV with amraams" That would also mean the Eagles/Vipers with Amraams also come. And at that point, why bother with the Tornado at all, just wait for the Eurofighter which will actually be a competitive jet?
@153masterchief gold medal for that leap to conclusions. It doesn't mean that all the f16s and others would get it. Like how Italy ground had the highest pen round for a long time cus they were pretty useless otherwise. I'm NOT asking for aim120 Cs. Idk what 120 the adv got
@@jasoncrawford4929 "Ministry of Defence initiated the Capability Sustainment Programme (CSP). This £125 million project, announced on 5 March 1996, involved many elements, including the integration of ASRAAM and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, and radar upgrades to improve multi-target engagement." its an upgrade when Eagle C, Block 50+ Vipers, F-2 Viper Zero were already in service. I doubt Gaijin will put in the 120A without putting for the Americans+Swedes+Israel+Germany or the Russians with their R77s. The UK is not their cash cow. I doubt the UK is more deserving for the 120s compared to the Swedes with their latest Viggen in game which was purposefully upgraded to carry the 120s. Or the Germans with the F-4F ICE for that matter.
British phantoms already struggle like crazy at their BR, super outdated. Why would you pay $70 for that same pain? Literally makes no sense. ( I have the British phantoms and despise them, I would play any US top tier over them all day)
it's not so much that it's bad it's just that it's painfully average and uninteresting, it's an average NATO missile truck that can easily and reliably farm a few kills and a few bases every battle then dies the second someone with half a working brain decides to go for it. It's very effective because of the sheer amount of weapons it carries, and is a good grinder because of that, but it's not interesting to play. And as you mention, it doesn't take any skill to get a bunch of kills every match, but you still do, that's why it's at 11.3, because SARH missiles with PD radars are so meta even a mediocre plane can be deadly if it carries enough of them. Good play to grind and farm score, bad plane to have fun.
This makes me almost want to play the f4c again, but that thing honestly kinda suxks because it has no flares and all the op premiums are around jts br
Don't really get R-60's much in that thing cause most of the aircraft that carry them are much slower than me. If it's a Mig-21 climbing to altitude with me, I throw an Aim-7 at him to either kill him, or force him to defend it. If it's an Su-25, I'll just stay away from him until I have a chance to kill him, or I'll just throw an Aim-7 at him to kill him before he even gets in range (they are surprisingly good at it since Su-25 turns like shit at altitude, especially when they're still climbing). I admit the plane has its faults, but I still enjoy it because I know how to employ its weapons properly and where to use its performance. It's not for everybody, and I admit that as well. But it's not shit.
As a mig 29 player il tell you the best thing about this plane at least it won't team kill you unlike some ML players I'm more afraid of them then the enemy
@@vavord5181, You think Gaijin will ever buff Matra F missiles?. because I can't belive they were this shit IRL, the Iraqi's were shooting F 14's down with them in Iran Iraq war.
@@rexxmen Tbf Iran shot down 160 other aircraft with F 14 alone, including 8 mirages, they only lost 4 in return to Mirage. So maybe the Mirage was just shit
Huh; I’ve been using the 7F on my F-4J and having good success with it. Will say, haven’t had any success with the ACM HMD on it tho, in terms of locking people up
Well I fell for it. normally Ill wait for reviews Before I buy something, but the urge to have a Phantom was to big. Normally im not playing that high of a br the highest was 9.7. But I thought its a Phantom so how Bad can It be. WELL 70 bucks went missing and the best thing of this pack was the premium time. RIP to my money
I have it, and is a struggle to get kills in. Less that the phantom is bad, but more that you're gonna be fighting F-14, F-16, and MiG-29 all at once every game.
I've managed to get a 7-man back when I was grinding F-14 in my stock A-7E against 4xF-14A's, 2xF-5E's and 1xMig-21bis and survive. I started defensive from 5 of those encounters and won because my opponents couldn't shoot for shit. I should have been dead in all 5 of those scenarios. Would you not then consider the A-7E Corsair 2 a top grade fighter?
They are made so you can buy them to get into new generation of jets And F-14 is better then F-16... F-16 is way more balanced and should have been first gen 4 to be in the game
Britain could really do with a decent 10.3 range premium fighter to provide a solid money/rp earner but sadly they're sorely lacking in this department. I was hoping for a decent premium in the sale to assist in grinding the British tree but they all seem utterly rubbish, even the GE options.
@@Registered_Simp i meant the british one... it's literally fine af It got pulse doppler and skyflash... Meanwhile japanese premium is essentially an F-4E but worse... with no pulse doppler too ( i think? )
@@jaek__ Which for some crazy reason Gaijin didn't think maybe a jet that's going to be in top tier matches all the time needs a missile to compete....yeah gg Gaijin
Sorry defyn but you’re wrong, I play the F-4J (UK) Mod in IL-2 1946 and I’ll have you know it’s an absolute beast and you have no clue how to fly it. I’ll upload a tutorial soon
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Let's be honest defyn is just a shiter he can barely ace every day
@@Armex_YT it’s a joke ya doofus
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It's very strange that the F-4EJ Kai, one of the best Phantoms, got AIM-9L, but not the German and British Phantoms
because that's the only plane japan is going to ever get and use until at least the F-15J or the F-2 Viper Zero.
Because Germany air suffers and Bri*ish just suffer.
Japan really needs to have something for people to grind for , or no one would play Japan
@@slavnyan1152 German top tier aircraft are pretty shit though. The only competitive one was the MiG-23MLA and even now it's starting to show its age.
Didnt have em historically lol, quit whining
Another day, another torture for our favourite Dutch ace. But i am gratefull for your noble sacrifice, as well as tips on what premium planes to buy. Thanks to them i am now a happy owner of a Yak-3 VK-107 and that beautifull decal! Cheers mate, and i hope you will get an ace in a Hs 129.
Hey, DEFYN, there's actually one more thing that redeems american F-4J. It has got HMD or HMS or however you call it. And radar targeting with it as well.
It may not be as potent as HMD for MiG29, but it's still there and better you have one than none at all. It requires a different approach given F-4J only has AIM-9G and AIM-7F (one is not all-aspect, the other has pretty smol targeting area), but it is still a HMD.
And both these things (HMD and 7F instead of Skyflash) do their job making american F-4J significantly less useless than this junk.
wait it gets radar slaving to the HMS ???? i thought only for the 9Gs holy fuck thats huge
American bias back at it
@@kingghidorah8106 Lol it ain't even bias. The plane itself is still worse than F-14 in most ways
@@Registered_Simp "It's not bias that the american phantom is better than all british toptier, because the USA has an even better plane" what
@@richou5721 yes, HMS for american F-4J slaves radar the same way it does with MiG-29
This thing and the FGR.2 definetly need their AIM-9L, just like the german F-4F
to be honest, I think lowering the premium to 11.0 and giving the FGR2 AIM-9L wouldnt be a bad call, would allow for slightly better matchmaking for the premium making it less punishing
yea, but sadly gaijin fckning denied it for the bullshit reasons of "They perform well in their suited br" and "Germany already get's a other rank 8 plane"
Absolutely fucking shit excuses by Gaijin yet again.... the fucking F-4F is a pain to play, even with using it as a fucking bombing truck. And who make your life sour in it? Cunts in their F-14's and F-16's with their fucking AIM-7F/M's and 9L's and pretty much inescapable PD radar's.... you notch, and immediately get locked again.. nevermind even trying to notch the 3 F-14's/F-16's that lock you at once. And don't forget that their planes do everything better than you, they turn better, they are way quicker, hold their speed better... You can do nothing against it other than hope you can catch him off guard and kill him
The US has been stomping for over a year now since they got the F-14 and imo they should sit the next few updates out and probably also miss out on amraam's for a year so they can feel what they did to everyone with their year long stomping
@@evo3s75 I mean, most of those problems would have easy solutions. F-16, MiG-29 should go to 12.0, and F-14, MiG-23MLD, Mirage 2000, etc to 11.7. Once all those planes start facing each other more, I wouldn't see any problem with an F-4F at 11.3 with 4xAIM-9L, it just makes sense and doesn't turn it into a "tier 8 plane". Irl, the upgrade that gave the F-4F Mavericks and flare dispensers also gave it AIM-9L, it's absolutely historical, such a shame Gaijin denied it...
Give the F-4E it too, at least the British ones have pd
@@thebirbestbirb I think we have a slight problem with that, the F-4E we have in game is representative of the late years of the Vietnam war, a 1971-72 Block 48 model. In USAF service only later Blocks of the E variant remained in service long enough to get AIM-9L and other new weapons. Imo a better option would be the F-4G, which despite being more oriented towards strike missions coud still carry 4xAIM-9L and 4xAIM-7F/M. It still wouldn't have PD radar and an internal gun, but with those missiles it would be much more competitive
im dying at him telling his mate to turn around 9:20
Oh I can’t wait for the EJ Atdw video
4:03 If i'm not mistaken, flying low to the ground causes multipath interference against the ennemy radar, making it seems like you're a few dozen meters below where you're actually are. The ground kinda works like a mirror against pd radars
yeah sorry to burst your ubble but war thunder radars are made up of shitty "if" statements. this isnt modelled
@@yolly1988 If you lock on a target that flies low to the ground, your radar lock will go under the said plane. ofc it's simulated and it's just a dumb algorithm faking it, but if it works idc.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_propagation#/media/File:Multipath_propagation_diagram_en.svg
@@adams5351 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_propagation#/media/File:Multipath_propagation_diagram_en.svg
pretty good visualization of what's possibly happening
@@yolly1988 When the if statements are so shitty they wind up circling back and being semi-realistic
This has been my tactic of dodging sparrows head on ever since the kai got added and I started playing it. Quite hilarious that there are still people who played at least a few hours in top tier who don't know.
I just got this plane on sale because a friend also got it. I was going to get the japanese F4EJ but they said this one was better. I don't think it's Junk, instead it's mid. I can get a base and a kill almost every match (I use rockets because bombs are too heavy), and in good matches I get 3 kills. The best part is that most matches last only 10 minutes so it's very efficient to grind.
The biggest problem you have is that at 90% of the time you will play at 12.3, where everything outclass you. So you must stay low and with your team. You're strong in head ons but have very little options when the enemy is on your 6 so you must learn how not to get into those situations. I would say my kills are 60% Skylashs, 30% cannon and 10% aim-9s.
The "It's not the plane, it's the pilot" argument really pisses me off whenever someone talks about flight performance about a plane in game. I'm glad you called it out because it is so invalid.
well i still have positive K/D on it even when it's nerfed to 12.0
it's only really good for head on missile jousts. but it is REALLY good at it.
Missile trucks at top tier aren't "good" but they are extremely effective atm. You can just fly right in and spam missiles out till you get 2 or 3 kills then count on speed to keep you alive a little longer. Not very skillful, but as you said decent for grinding.
I actually do better in phantoms than most other things at top tier these days.
Yup, I skipped the phantom to rush up to the tomcat and now that I'm coming back to it I'm finding it remarkably pleasant to fly. Going 1.5:1 in the J without much effort. The C now, I had a good start with but now it's trending towards 1:2. I should give up trying to hit people with the AIM-7Ds and that craptacular radar.
Mustang Mk1a is my absolute all time favorite sl grinder. It used to be better about a year ago, but its still the best sl grinder in the game.
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@wagner nicacio Boring, if you aren't having fun during your grind, the part in which you're having fun has to be much more rewarding than if the grind itself is fun as well.
@@martijn9568 i never grinded for sl, and i don't have the ju 288
I can’t tell what’s a worse premium, this or the EJ ADTW. At least this actually gets a ok-ish radar and SARH combo, but it might just be better to take out the ADTW and use it as a bombsled(taking advantage of its .3 lower br to get slightly more down tiers).
I never get downtiers in the F4E
I was lucky enough to have gotten a talisman for the F-4J in the USN tree, and it is an absolutely fantastic plane for me who wants to bomb and then shoot Sparrows at people. With the HMD it somewhat compensates for the bad performance for you to pull enough AOA for a WEZ. But the Brit F-4J Phantom is............... eh. And now you can't bomb either because the Vipers out run you to the bases.
Did you know that in this game, UK stands for cUcK? Because that's what devs reassure they are with every update.
I like how most other nations just get a copy-paste of vehicles already in their TT and Britain gets a Phantom worse than the 2 already in the tree at the same BR
I can't believe anyone willingly bought this
I’ve been recently getting back to flying the Phantoms (Yes even the C model) the HDN PD models are really really good, the HDN radar buff really makes the AIM-7 hits more efficient BUT it is hits not Crits or kills lmao
The F4C is still my most played plane by far. Su25, a10 and a6 shouldn’t have been added anywhere near the same br let alone lower
You know defyn I agree. As someone with 5000 kills in the fgr2 and 3500 in the F-4J I remember how things used to be in them. I think now it is a bit too power crept to be fun. If only they’d give the 9Ls to those phantoms… they used them irl anyway lol. F-4E forget it it’s a lost cause hahaha
9:59 certified maneuver kill
You got an Ace so the plane must be good. It's not the plane, it´s the pilot!
DEFYN, can we have some props content now? Your last 16 videos are about jets, especially top tier.
Yes, new stuff gets priority
Will continue with props soon
@@DEFYN Ah ok, good to know
But given there is not a single useable prem in the British tech tree, this is probably still better than picking up the Harrier
Honestly if you just need a top tier grinder: get the Sea Harrier and talisman it. It's like 30€ cheaper and the thing is INSANE. 4 AIM-9Ls+ enough bombs to take out a base and you get to Sealclub a lot of 9.7s almost every match.
@@dervpool I's still researching the Lightning F.6 and Harrier Gr.3 XD
It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot
Current Top Tier Jets in RB is nothing more than an Ace Combat style game play. Change my mind.
Which is a damn shame because the aircraft models themselves are not horrible in terms of realism. It's the large amount of players per team combined with the small maps that make it feel like ace combat.
As an Ace Combat fan, I'm A-OK with that. But as an Ace Combat fan I can also say with confidence that you are wrong. Y'all act like large jet battles never happened in history or something.
Great video. I can't wait to not even touch this thing with a 10 foot pole.
Deyfn loves to do a little bit of trolling
Watching him play this plane is like getting gas lit. I only ever get games at 12.0. My skyflashes will not hit anyone unless i'm in a 1km head on, my radar will lose lock unless I'm in a dead head on. My RA missiles don't know where they are. This plane is just fly low from runway, lock up a plane in a head on, skyflash misses and then I get chased down by a 54c pulling 400000g that got launched from the enemy base.
06:22 Could someone explain what happened here ? Defyn's Skyflash (semi active radar missile) shot down an IR missile from Mig23ML while having the Mig23ML radar locked. Can you do something like that on purpose ? Was it an accident ? Did the Skyflash accidentally trigger some kind of proxy fuse on the Mig23 IR missile ?
Either one of two things happened. The Mig's missile swapped target to the Skyflash because it was hotter or, due to Defyn's movement, the missile tried to follow the Phantom and both missiles got close enough for their fuses to go off
It's a sad situation when one of the best premiums for the British tech tree is the worst Phantom tier for tier
*laughs in F-4F and F-4F Early*
EJ be like
The F4E has better flight performance on the US tree with its agile eagle kit. But it uses an ancient MTI radar. It's definitely the worst at 11.0 for that reason. Not to mention the ancient F4C lol.
@@PyroBlonde7777 the E does not get mti. It's just a stabdard pulse radar.
@@theneef174 regardless, it's ass lol
8:13 - oh defyn you don't even know how wrong you are. Breda's HE rounds were buffed a long time ago, and they have become death, the destroyer of worlds. I am honestly surprised he wasn't able to tear your wing off with those.
I think when it comes to the rp bonuses it's because of the potential of top tier jets. I suspect for eg. due to the heavy loadouts they expect higher average kills or dase damage scores and when using it to gain feom low tier especially it will earn the rp twice as fast as the lower planes with the same earning %.
I cannot really tell if it is premium hate or if it is a really bad plane because F4 reviews overall are mixed. If you like it and enjoy it, it is your business. Enjoy it because you like it.
personally i love playing the f4j uk
Kinda new here, but have to say i love your videoes^^
2:25 is that a megamind reference? DID NOT SEE THAT CMOING
3:12 I have no such weekness I jump on lego it does not hurt for me 😈
If im feeling fun and flying is pleasure then i like the plane. in my case i like all phantoms and no one is junk for me even UK. But i respect opinion.
this thing's great in Sim, so I digress.
IRL the skyflash had a vastly superior seeker performance to the E2, the skyflash seeker served as the baseline for the seeker that was eventually installed on the AIM 7M, the ultimate AIM 7 variant ever made and probably the best SARH missile ever made. But, it's war thunder, and if we had realistic seeker performance on the AIM 7's they'd be even MORE infuriating to use. it would be a case of AIM 7F being okay, AIM 7M being amazing, and skyflash being reliable and a great missile but short ranged compared to the AIM 7M, with just about every other AIM 7 variant being staggeringly bad.
Yep they don't even distinguish between an inverse mono pulse seeker and a mono pulse seeker. Its exactly the same with the RWR too detailed for Gaijin they have no interest in how bad Russian RWR systems are.
Can't wait for the worst premium plane video, the EJ ADTW. I pray for your sanity working on that vid, Doof. Good luck!
Im glad I have the F4-J and its sexy. I actually like aim7e2s, they arent as good as aim7fs however the e2 is incredible for dogfights.
Breda safat got a major buff with the HE shells they just rip everything now
This plane isn’t terrible… it’s been a decently successful cash grab for Gaijin. Working as intended lmao
exactly i wished to grind UK tech tree but i just throwed my money
Same br as the f4ej kai, better radar, with a better airframe, aim7fs and aim9Ls
the brs this patch are a mess
It's not the plane it's Defyn
Hello Defyn! I like your wing tip decal a lot! How can I get one?
Clearly the F4 phantom for Japan for 70 dollars is better because its Aim7E`s fly straight first and it looks cool
(please dont hurt my family)
Instructions unclear, baught F4 juk
Hey Defyn do you stream on twitch?
LoL if this thing is a absurd junk, I've wondered how Defyn thought about the ADTW. 😂😂🤣🤣
I have a good question . Why on earth did the skyflash kept exploding mid air despite being in range and in radar range . Just worrying because it haven't been patch yet.
Defyn what plane do u recomend for researching usaf16, my top jet is supersabre but have only 39% win rate
Hey Defyn, sorry if I just missed the actual video, but can you make a video on how to energy fight in jets? (Like the F104)
I’m actually still trying to decide which to get. The adtw or this. I don’t care about tech trees I just wanna have some fun
6:21 missile on missile violence
7:57 did you really kill a biplane? Bruh
And the Breda rounds are good
Not to mention that DEFYN was flying at the Breda 50 calibre rounds with more than 300 m/s. Largely compensation for the lack of kinetic performance those rounds normally have.
@@martijn9568 this Is reasonable, but i don't think that they are bad rounds, i used the same biplane with the same rounds and i didn't have any problems with It, idk maybe it's Just me
@Fabio Arpino You aren't the only one that doesn't think they're bad. I used to have tremendous fun flying the C. 205 serie 1 Veltro, the C.205 with only 7.7s and .50s, before they buffed the HEF rounds of these and similar 50.calibre gums.
The plane has slightly better performance than the, back then 4.3 one, but in this case it was placed at Br 3.3. You'd just drain people of their energy, and once they were slow you carefully aimed rounds into the cockpit, fuel tank and engine. The guns weren't great, but atleast they reliably worked when I wanted them to, compared to some other canons. Japanese 12,7 mm and British Hispanos, I'm looking at you.
Lego on your driveway... is that a Dutch thing🤔😂
I have gotten a J phantom to 600 mph er sorry 1000 communist units on only one running engine in sim. I also had three enemies overshoot me and hit an F104 with a sparrow rear aspect after he overshot using just regular ACM mode.
Was just a stupid AI AAA Sidam that nailed the engine in the first place. They really buffed the heck out of the AI ~year ago, dunno why.
Why TF is this thing at 11.3BR when the tomcat is also at the same BR but has vastly better armament, speed and flight performance?? Pure insanity.
It makes no sense why the SL and RP multipliers on these rank 7 jets are ass
My best guess is that you can bomb bases with a lot of these new premiums which is quite profitable and most importantly consistent
While plenty of lower tier premiums especially props have no way of consitent and easy sl gain like that which means lower avarage income across the player base so higher sl multiplier to even it out
Gajin just wants to squeeze you but not too much
Can you do a review on the Phantom FG1. I recently got it and man this thing sucks with aim9D stock.
for this video you need to take into account he is talking about it in regards in getting 4+ kills a game and yeah its bad for that. But works great as a grinder, decent radar, radar missles and good engines to bomb with like what more could you need to grind a tech tree.
This thing is how I think the Tornado ADV may go down (especially if they don't boost its flight model). A terrible flight performance but decent missiles (who knows maybe they'll drop the ADV with amraams)
Maybe even ASRAAMs
"ADV with amraams" That would also mean the Eagles/Vipers with Amraams also come. And at that point, why bother with the Tornado at all, just wait for the Eurofighter which will actually be a competitive jet?
@153masterchief gold medal for that leap to conclusions. It doesn't mean that all the f16s and others would get it. Like how Italy ground had the highest pen round for a long time cus they were pretty useless otherwise. I'm NOT asking for aim120 Cs. Idk what 120 the adv got
@@jasoncrawford4929 "Ministry of Defence initiated the Capability Sustainment Programme (CSP). This £125 million project, announced on 5 March 1996, involved many elements, including the integration of ASRAAM and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, and radar upgrades to improve multi-target engagement." its an upgrade when Eagle C, Block 50+ Vipers, F-2 Viper Zero were already in service. I doubt Gaijin will put in the 120A without putting for the Americans+Swedes+Israel+Germany or the Russians with their R77s. The UK is not their cash cow. I doubt the UK is more deserving for the 120s compared to the Swedes with their latest Viggen in game which was purposefully upgraded to carry the 120s. Or the Germans with the F-4F ICE for that matter.
@@IowanLawman most likely correct
What no eastern bunny? Take that back there is a real-life easter bunny 😉
UK top tier is well and truely buggered
British phantoms already struggle like crazy at their BR, super outdated. Why would you pay $70 for that same pain? Literally makes no sense. ( I have the British phantoms and despise them, I would play any US top tier over them all day)
F-4F has 2 gun pods and a gun in the nose but idk about the 3 gun pods
Wyvern s4 would body this thing
it's not so much that it's bad it's just that it's painfully average and uninteresting, it's an average NATO missile truck that can easily and reliably farm a few kills and a few bases every battle then dies the second someone with half a working brain decides to go for it. It's very effective because of the sheer amount of weapons it carries, and is a good grinder because of that, but it's not interesting to play. And as you mention, it doesn't take any skill to get a bunch of kills every match, but you still do, that's why it's at 11.3, because SARH missiles with PD radars are so meta even a mediocre plane can be deadly if it carries enough of them.
Good play to grind and farm score, bad plane to have fun.
Lazur-M anytime soon? even tho its another mig-21bis?
Yes
This makes me almost want to play the f4c again, but that thing honestly kinda suxks because it has no flares and all the op premiums are around jts br
Don't really get R-60's much in that thing cause most of the aircraft that carry them are much slower than me. If it's a Mig-21 climbing to altitude with me, I throw an Aim-7 at him to either kill him, or force him to defend it. If it's an Su-25, I'll just stay away from him until I have a chance to kill him, or I'll just throw an Aim-7 at him to kill him before he even gets in range (they are surprisingly good at it since Su-25 turns like shit at altitude, especially when they're still climbing).
I admit the plane has its faults, but I still enjoy it because I know how to employ its weapons properly and where to use its performance. It's not for everybody, and I admit that as well. But it's not shit.
As a mig 29 player il tell you the best thing about this plane at least it won't team kill you unlike some ML players I'm more afraid of them then the enemy
ML is the TURMS of planes
whats better Mirage f1 or this? Because the Mirage f1 radar missiles are not even worth taking.
This one every single time.
At least it got somewhat working missiles and radar. And it doesn't shits all it's speed in no time for no reason.
@@vavord5181, You think Gaijin will ever buff Matra F missiles?. because I can't belive they were this shit IRL, the Iraqi's were shooting F 14's down with them in Iran Iraq war.
@@brafianblackfyre9220 probably just Iranians not understanding how to use their aircraft
@@rexxmen Tbf Iran shot down 160 other aircraft with F 14 alone, including 8 mirages, they only lost 4 in return to Mirage. So maybe the Mirage was just shit
We got to play the 177013th phantom, yay
For some odd reason in the f4j i did much better off with the
aim 7e2 but in the f14 with its far better radar the aim 7f is fantastic
Huh; I’ve been using the 7F on my F-4J and having good success with it. Will say, haven’t had any success with the ACM HMD on it tho, in terms of locking people up
For me I had fun with the F4E . Switch radar to ACM when targets at 7km and fire a E2 . Most of them get splashed in the face
@@sherlocksinha2435 Surprised no one chaff’d your missile
Not muh plane it muh pilot good 👍
I used to hate the aim 7 f because it was simply too slow back I'm the day, for some reason it was mach 2.5
The Brexit Geezer of airplanes.
CAM ON FANTUM SCOR SOM FACKIN KILLS.
You miss being cucked by other nations? A bit odd...
Well I fell for it. normally Ill wait for reviews Before I buy something, but the urge to have a Phantom was to big. Normally im not playing that high of a br the highest was 9.7. But I thought its a Phantom so how Bad can It be. WELL 70 bucks went missing and the best thing of this pack was the premium time. RIP to my money
Cant be bad if you get an ace on it...
I have it, and is a struggle to get kills in. Less that the phantom is bad, but more that you're gonna be fighting F-14, F-16, and MiG-29 all at once every game.
I've got an ace in the S199...
me on J5N1 be like
I've managed to get a 7-man back when I was grinding F-14 in my stock A-7E against 4xF-14A's, 2xF-5E's and 1xMig-21bis and survive. I started defensive from 5 of those encounters and won because my opponents couldn't shoot for shit. I should have been dead in all 5 of those scenarios. Would you not then consider the A-7E Corsair 2 a top grade fighter?
Imagine getting 70bucks premium top tier jets in war thunder when the new generations of jets are comming
They are made so you can buy them to get into new generation of jets
And F-14 is better then F-16... F-16 is way more balanced and should have been first gen 4 to be in the game
@@kajmak64bit76 but then Gaijin would miss the Top Gun timing...
Gaijin just announced BR changes with this plane going down a bit to 11.0 and both the F-16 and Mig-29 is being moved to 12.0. Wonder if it helps.
Hey DEFYN, i bought a package with your discount code and I did not receive the decal, what can I do? :(
At least it's a better phantom then the F-4EJ and the premium variant
The premium japan phantom has aim9l....
No it doesn't
@@NineSeptims Ha? It has Aim-9p. The F-4EJ Kai has aim-9L and F-16 radar
Why is literally every high tier British premium crap. The Gr.1 has no business at 10.0 and the lightning suffers so hard in the A.10/frogfoot spam
Britain could really do with a decent 10.3 range premium fighter to provide a solid money/rp earner but sadly they're sorely lacking in this department. I was hoping for a decent premium in the sale to assist in grinding the British tree but they all seem utterly rubbish, even the GE options.
I wonder why he doesn't pronounce the 2nd i in missiles.
Why is there ground clutter on the pulse Doppler radar?
Its not ground clutter. The "clutter" stands for the speed that the radar can't see. It's around 340m/s if you're at mach 1.
@@andreikivorsky1726 thanks, I’m new to top tier and radar so this helps
Man... GB in war thunder just gets shafted at top tier
Isn't it just an FGR 2 with less engine power?
New German premium next?
this game is stuck in the 80s😂
I really wish this video came out 12 hours earlier before I spent $70 on this thing LMFAO
o7
F-4J is fine lol
@@kajmak64bit76 F-4J is, but not the UK cause suboptimal weapons and no performance advantage 💀💀💀💀
@@Registered_Simp i meant the british one... it's literally fine af
It got pulse doppler and skyflash...
Meanwhile japanese premium is essentially an F-4E but worse... with no pulse doppler too ( i think? )
@@kajmak64bit76 Did you watch this video?
it's not the plane, it's the pilot !
no legos plz....it iz a joke 🥸
is the F2G-1 worth the 20€?
What about the German f4f
Why the f4jUK doesn’t get hmd like f4j in the US tech tree…🤨
I don't think the UK ever adopted it into service
It was only on US J's as more of a concept
@@jaek__ UK used a joystick for the same effect and I believe the navigator did that, Gaijin have said it will not get the functionality added.
@@lukewhitehouse4103 It won't be useful unless it gets AIM-9L's either way.
@@jaek__ Which for some crazy reason Gaijin didn't think maybe a jet that's going to be in top tier matches all the time needs a missile to compete....yeah gg Gaijin
I bought mine for pilotage missions. 🤣
does he use bvr to lock radar?
It’s the best plane to grind Britain it’s more capable than most planes it faces
Lmao
@@carlosadonayguardadogaleas6150 F5E, J7D, mig21, etc. can outrange them with missiles easily