Lovely video on the Martlet! One of my favorite notes on the plane was that FAA and USN pilots preferred the 4x.50 armament to the 6x.50 armament due to the lower aircraft weight and additional ammunition available for the former.
Thank you for admiring the video and more for the fascinating historical note! For those of you who may not know, initially in the British Fleet Air Arm service the plane was called the 'Martlet'.
Another suggestion for videos; how about having players send you their battle recordings of noteworthy battles that you can then review and provide pointers and tips on those battles? That would likely be very popular. I see no one else doing this so you would again be providing even more unique and valuable content. :)
I think that wouldn't only help others, but also me! Unfortunately, even though I think this is a great idea, I don't think I have the time currently to review the replays of others. That's one for the future. Thank you for the suggestion!
Here is a video suggestion for you; how about videos on the current, "Coming Storm", missions and prizes starting for the Boeing P26 Peashooter, the P-47's, up to the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak? The, "Coming Storm", missions and prizes continue until November 22. I suspect many players would appreciate videos about the mission and planes for them. :) With eight .50 cal. machine guns, I am finding the P-47's to be great boom and zoom planes.
@@TheNobleQ - Your experience, knowledge and ability to verbalize what you are doing as you fly is highly valued by 386 people now. :) This is why your subscriber base is steadily moving up. You are an asset to this game.
You're too kind. Technically, I'm commenting after the event on battles in my videos, but I do talk through what I'm doing and why during my Twitch stream battles too. If I'm more or less coherent when I'm doing that then I'm doing something right. :)
@@TheNobleQ - Yes, I've watched your Twitch livestreams and that is what I was referring to when I said you do a good job of being able to verbalize what you are doing and why. Most people don't have that ability.
"One thing I learned is this: Never allow yourself to hate people because of the actions of a few. Hatred and bigotry destroyed my nation and millions died. I would hope that most people did not hate Germans because of the Nazis, or Americans because of slaves. Never hate, it only eats you alive. Keep an open mind and always look for the good in people. You may be surprised at what you find". -- Erich Hartmann of the W.W.II German Luftwaffe who racked up a world record 352 planes shot down. He was not only a great pilot, but more importantly a great man. A man of principle, honor and integrity. He made the comment above after having been imprisoned by the Russians for *ten years* after W.W.II was over. They imprisoned him to try and force him to be a spy for them against the West. Erich refused to cooperate with them and he stood by his principles. After ten years they finally gave up and released him to go back home to his waiting wife, who was clearly a great lady in her own right to stand by her husband for ten long years. While Erich was in prison, his daughter whom he had never met, passed away. He went through all that evil and cruelty, yet he was not bitter, he did not seek vengeance, he just spoke out against hatred. What a great man indeed! The world could learn a lot from Erich Hartmann.
@@TheNobleQ - Yes, but he was not a Nazi. He simply fought for his country, as many German soldiers did, most of them having no idea about the death camps. He despised what was going on and was disgusted with the horrors of W.W.II.
@@HiTechOilCo It would be disingenuous of me to suggest he could have worn his opposition less lightly, given the risk to himself and no doubt his family under the Nazi regime. It's a pity he was on the wrong side.
Interestingly, the recent buff to American .50 calibre machine guns brings the F4F to a rating of 15 for armament. This now means the plane is a well rounded average of 2nd in class across all metrics.
I wonder for every crazy good battles you get in this plane how many dozens of bad/losing battles you have to suffer through. The 2nd flight was a rarity indeed. I guess if your opposition is very bad (Ju 87g pilot was awful) you can make any plane look great. Yes, I've had battles where the center was too well defended by a good player (in my case it was a Zero) such that after 2 tries we (I was flighted up) gave up. I went to one garrison, my partner went to the other, we captured and defended them for the duration to win the battle.
only cuz they won't give me a f6f Hellcat or a true f8f Bearcat(and they need to buff the xf-15c....yes, its a bearcat with a crap prototype tail section: nose art), oh the beautiful barrels rolls we could do....they're just scared what a ghoul will do with the proper ordinance :)
I still have this plane....miserable experience for me, though I did pull a HoS and a couple other medals in it on a map very similar to this one (or maybe it was this one). Basically wound up defending the airbase most of the game. Flown well, it is a capable aircraft, though not one I'd consider a carry plane. Most people have a hard time with this one, because its such a jack of trades (and master of none). I'll go back to it some day to try and get the w/r up (currently 43.14% w/ 51 battles). - Corsair4790805 on NA
The F4F Wildcat has beautiful machine guns with an incredibly high rate of fire and it takes a lot to get them to overheat. With only 51 battles, don't be hard on yourself, or the plane. :) There is much to learn and watching The Noble Q's videos will help you. You'll get there. Patience. :)
I hope my video is of some help. I think this is a challenging plane, particularly for newer players, since to get the most out of it you need to be tactically on point throughout a battle and even then, if the enemy is capable, you will be prevented at least some of the time from doing what this plane does best. The first, "typical", battle is very much the norm for what I can do in it and if you're not there yet, that's what you should aim at achieving. The second battle is about the ability to recognise exceptional circumstances and to exploit them, in this case producing an exceptional result. When those battles come along you smile and thank the gods. :)
The XP-54 isn't as prevalent as it once was, but other powerful planes are causing a similar problem, such as the P-61. I'm lucky to have, so far, survived prostate cancer, so I find it difficult when people call things in video games "cancer".
Im also a Lung Cancer surviour (3 paks a day for 25 years) and i have no problem with that, maybe staring death in the face and laugh about it its what kept me alive. Always look at bright side of life ...@@TheNobleQ
If I was an opposition pilot flying in my Bf 109e or Spitfire V you wouldn't have lasted long in the center (and obviously wouldn't use that battle to showcase the F4F). Just goes to show that any plane can look great if there is no competition to worry about.
The point being that had such planes been in the game, I would have been on the garrisons winning that way, as you point out elsewhere. Thank you for your comment.
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Lovely video on the Martlet! One of my favorite notes on the plane was that FAA and USN pilots preferred the 4x.50 armament to the 6x.50 armament due to the lower aircraft weight and additional ammunition available for the former.
Thank you for admiring the video and more for the fascinating historical note!
For those of you who may not know, initially in the British Fleet Air Arm service the plane was called the 'Martlet'.
@@TheNobleQ and your Nation us well was first to use Corsairs on Fleet carriers before US Navy :).
Thank you for that historical footnote. I knew the Fleet Air Arm had used what they called the Martlet, but not that they used it before the US Navy.
Another suggestion for videos; how about having players send you their battle recordings of noteworthy battles that you can then review and provide pointers and tips on those battles? That would likely be very popular. I see no one else doing this so you would again be providing even more unique and valuable content. :)
I think that wouldn't only help others, but also me! Unfortunately, even though I think this is a great idea, I don't think I have the time currently to review the replays of others. That's one for the future. Thank you for the suggestion!
Again a very helpful and interesting video. Inspired me to take out this bird again and focus on the ground game more. Thank you!
You're welcome. I'm glad you're going to give it another go!
Another great video from The Noble Q. Thank you. :)
You're too kind. Thank you. :)
Very informative. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you, it won't be too long in coming.
Well...it may feature you! :)
@@TheNobleQ Now I really cant wait for it. XD
That Ju 87 G really wanted that airbase, but when you can't learn, you can't get anything from your claws
Didn't he just! It was a real help to my team.
Masterpiece 👍
Well, I'll take that! Thank you. :)
Thanks for the guide~
Sadly I couldn't take it, I freexped it and skipped it. Great guide though!
You can always come back to it!
Here is a video suggestion for you; how about videos on the current, "Coming Storm", missions and prizes starting for the Boeing P26 Peashooter, the P-47's, up to the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak? The, "Coming Storm", missions and prizes continue until November 22. I suspect many players would appreciate videos about the mission and planes for them. :) With eight .50 cal. machine guns, I am finding the P-47's to be great boom and zoom planes.
What I'm considering doing is a "tech tree flythrough" on a weekend stream and posting that to YT. Great idea, thank you!
@@TheNobleQ - Your experience, knowledge and ability to verbalize what you are doing as you fly is highly valued by 386 people now. :) This is why your subscriber base is steadily moving up. You are an asset to this game.
You're too kind. Technically, I'm commenting after the event on battles in my videos, but I do talk through what I'm doing and why during my Twitch stream battles too. If I'm more or less coherent when I'm doing that then I'm doing something right. :)
@@TheNobleQ - Yes, I've watched your Twitch livestreams and that is what I was referring to when I said you do a good job of being able to verbalize what you are doing and why. Most people don't have that ability.
@@HiTechOilCo I'm very pleased by this comment. Thank you!
"One thing I learned is this: Never allow yourself to hate people because of the actions of a few. Hatred and bigotry destroyed my nation and millions died. I would hope that most people did not hate Germans because of the Nazis, or Americans because of slaves. Never hate, it only eats you alive. Keep an open mind and always look for the good in people. You may be surprised at what you find". -- Erich Hartmann of the W.W.II German Luftwaffe who racked up a world record 352 planes shot down. He was not only a great pilot, but more importantly a great man. A man of principle, honor and integrity. He made the comment above after having been imprisoned by the Russians for *ten years* after W.W.II was over. They imprisoned him to try and force him to be a spy for them against the West. Erich refused to cooperate with them and he stood by his principles. After ten years they finally gave up and released him to go back home to his waiting wife, who was clearly a great lady in her own right to stand by her husband for ten long years. While Erich was in prison, his daughter whom he had never met, passed away. He went through all that evil and cruelty, yet he was not bitter, he did not seek vengeance, he just spoke out against hatred. What a great man indeed! The world could learn a lot from Erich Hartmann.
Unfortunately, an admirable man in service to an evil master.
@@TheNobleQ - Yes, but he was not a Nazi. He simply fought for his country, as many German soldiers did, most of them having no idea about the death camps. He despised what was going on and was disgusted with the horrors of W.W.II.
@@HiTechOilCo It would be disingenuous of me to suggest he could have worn his opposition less lightly, given the risk to himself and no doubt his family under the Nazi regime. It's a pity he was on the wrong side.
Interestingly, the recent buff to American .50 calibre machine guns brings the F4F to a rating of 15 for armament. This now means the plane is a well rounded average of 2nd in class across all metrics.
I wonder for every crazy good battles you get in this plane how many dozens of bad/losing battles you have to suffer through. The 2nd flight was a rarity indeed. I guess if your opposition is very bad (Ju 87g pilot was awful) you can make any plane look great.
Yes, I've had battles where the center was too well defended by a good player (in my case it was a Zero) such that after 2 tries we (I was flighted up) gave up. I went to one garrison, my partner went to the other, we captured and defended them for the duration to win the battle.
Can I draw your attention to the "Seizing Opportunities" part of the video title?
only cuz they won't give me a f6f Hellcat or a true f8f Bearcat(and they need to buff the xf-15c....yes, its a bearcat with a crap prototype tail section: nose art), oh the beautiful barrels rolls we could do....they're just scared what a ghoul will do with the proper ordinance :)
There is indeed a number of aircraft "missing" from the game. It's a shame.
I still have this plane....miserable experience for me, though I did pull a HoS and a couple other medals in it on a map very similar to this one (or maybe it was this one). Basically wound up defending the airbase most of the game. Flown well, it is a capable aircraft, though not one I'd consider a carry plane. Most people have a hard time with this one, because its such a jack of trades (and master of none). I'll go back to it some day to try and get the w/r up (currently 43.14% w/ 51 battles).
- Corsair4790805 on NA
The F4F Wildcat has beautiful machine guns with an incredibly high rate of fire and it takes a lot to get them to overheat. With only 51 battles, don't be hard on yourself, or the plane. :) There is much to learn and watching The Noble Q's videos will help you. You'll get there. Patience. :)
I hope my video is of some help. I think this is a challenging plane, particularly for newer players, since to get the most out of it you need to be tactically on point throughout a battle and even then, if the enemy is capable, you will be prevented at least some of the time from doing what this plane does best. The first, "typical", battle is very much the norm for what I can do in it and if you're not there yet, that's what you should aim at achieving. The second battle is about the ability to recognise exceptional circumstances and to exploit them, in this case producing an exceptional result. When those battles come along you smile and thank the gods. :)
Patience is a virtue I should add to my arsenal!
Good old times when the game wasnt polluted with the câncer XP 54.
The XP-54 isn't as prevalent as it once was, but other powerful planes are causing a similar problem, such as the P-61.
I'm lucky to have, so far, survived prostate cancer, so I find it difficult when people call things in video games "cancer".
Im also a Lung Cancer surviour (3 paks a day for 25 years) and i have no problem with that, maybe staring death in the face and laugh about it its what kept me alive. Always look at bright side of life ...@@TheNobleQ
I celebrate your beating of a really difficult cancer! Good advice, there. :)
We have to m8, we gotta be like that frog down the cranes beak, i lol at your beak mr Crane, im gona give you an indigestion ;)@@TheNobleQ
Just so!
If I was an opposition pilot flying in my Bf 109e or Spitfire V you wouldn't have lasted long in the center (and obviously wouldn't use that battle to showcase the F4F). Just goes to show that any plane can look great if there is no competition to worry about.
The point being that had such planes been in the game, I would have been on the garrisons winning that way, as you point out elsewhere. Thank you for your comment.