War Thunder Beginner's Guide to Flying / How to Fly / Air Combat Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Watch this, git gud! Energy fighting, boom and zoom, turn fighting, whatever. Here's all you need to get started.
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00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Controls
01:03 - Basic air combat principles
04:07 - Know your plane
04:45 - Drain opponent's energy
05:15 - Exploit opponent's plan
05:56 - Know your enemy
06:20 - Always climb
06:52 - The right moment to shoot
07:09 - Gun convergence
07:39 - Don't get greedy!
08:12 - Minimize time on target
08:44 - Deflection shots
09:23 - Be sneaky
09:55 - Burst fire rules
10:09 - Pick your fights
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"Best tips for War Thunder (WT) I ever heard if you did not fly before in some other simulator games or you are IRL pilot tho I do not see why would those play war thunder since it is arcade game for people that never flew a plane or knew anything about them so here it goes :
1* It requires 1 year of gameplay to become an average player. If you think you are not up for it, delete the game right now.
2 *You need to be shot down 2 million+ times to realize how to avoid that and finally learn what you did wrong and what your enemy did right. Adopt that and start to use it, or maybe even improve on it.
3 * Learn aim first, and that is done in arcade, so play lots of arcade until you get good at aiming. Tactics you learn by playing realistic battles and being shot down trillions of times, doing the same mistake over and over until, again, you figure out what you are doing wrong and what your opponent did right.
4 * Stick to just a couple of planes. Remember, even real pilots fly only a couple of planes in battles, so you do the same."
As soon as you did this congratulations you are now officially lost so much productive time from your life and are now average WT player welcome to the club! o7
I see that u have a f4u in pfp and i suppoused that u know how to use it really good, if its the case do u have any advice to give me that will help me handle it better??
Hmm when you say a few planes should you only have one category of plane? like two fighters or would you mix it up? Fighter + Bomber etc...
@@Brandon-bc1fz He probably means a few *types* of aircraft, but not fighter + bomber, which are indeed categories. In this sense, more like P-38, P-47, Bf 109, Fw 190, etc. Be aware of the aircraft's components, however, and be aware of changes across the types (the letters and numbers after the type, usually). For example, P-38E and P-38G are very similar, P-38L and P-38J are different but still similar, but the P-38K (hidden premium) plays totally different and is often awkward. Another, even better example is Fw 190 A/F being virtually identical across variants, whereas the Fw 190 D is totally different, hosting an inline engine rather than an air-cooled radial and are more maneuverable. Same thing AGAIN with the Bf 109. The Bf 109 A, B, and E variants are all similar in their playstyle, being somewhat good at turning but are overall energy fighters. Later models, such as the F and G do not turn as well, but receive even better climb rates and improved speed. From G-6 on and the K variant, additional improvements are given in the case of firepower, and are a little (but not by much) tankier than their earlier versions. However, similar to the Fw 190 and the P-38, there is a hidden variant which plays completely different, this being the Bf 109 Z, which is more boom and zoom (given it has 4x 30mm cannons) rather than an energy fighter.
@@papyrusspaghetti9376 underrated comment
As someone who played a lot of MFS on console I HATE the wt controller controls.
Good guide. I have 20,000+ Air RB kills and my advice is 'fly to not die'. If you stay alive you'll probably get more points and kills as the skies thin out of fighters. Even the very best pilots will struggle when outnumbered by a swarm of 3 or more enemies. Don't bother with head to head kills. Although sometimes you have no choice, if you can avoid it do so and get yourself in a better position. Also don't fight at a disadvantage. Disengage if you can and, you guessed it get yourself in a better position. Apart from some very basic manoeuvres like an Immelman or Split S don't try to learn air combat manoeuvres and then 'force' them into your game. Every dogfight is different. You have to learn to fly instinctively and the best way to do that is just to try, try and try again. It's an unforgiving environment and there is no fast way to learn except experience. I also realise players want to get on to the better aircraft as soon as possible but I recommend flying at low tiers for as long as possible so you can pick up air combat skills. I usually fly an aircraft about 30 times in Air RB before I move on to the next aircraft. It's very important to build up a knowledge of the capability of your own and enemy aircraft and if you fly the same aircraft over and over again you will learn everything about it....which will come in handy later on when you meet an enemy flying the same aircraft. One last thing. Use the C key a lot! Always scan behind you, above you, below you, to the sides. Good luck, stick with it and you will get better.
That's some sound advice here!
I play the same aircraft 499602 times because i can’t afford to pay for the next aircraft💀
@eskimobob8026 I think mouse aim is the way to go. No one I know uses anything else. Defyn, one of the best pilots, also uses the default mouse aim.
T 1:07 1:07
This reminds me of the time when I was chased by basically half the enemy team in arcade.
I just looked back for a split second to see what looks like half the fucking enemy team on my ass.
So I went for spins and wobblies, everything to not be hit, I survived for 20 seconds or so before the other half arrived and I got shot down.
I swear to God actually flying planes in war is easier than warthunder
No no no ☝️
@@racevoltGamerthemecedesguy ☝🤓
Bro it's so true
Facts
War Thunder is pretty terrible I will agree but I doubt you are 1 of maybe 20 that have air combat experience. I'm including weather balloons.
i cant believe a simple beginner guide has made me so much better at the game already, while still ending up at around 10-8th place, i now manage to keep my plane alive
That's a lot accomplished already :)
8-10??? whoa dude, save some SL for the rest of us. I generally can't climbe above 10.
I’m sorry but I have probably 1hour at most and it’s not that hard to get kills and maneuver. Change your controls I guess , I aim and move with my mouse and left the ASEQ alone but WS are my speed up and slow down , my left shift is weapon selector and the rest is default
same
@@gabrieldossantos2074because ur going up against noobs and bots ur not against actually skilled players
Thank you, this is the nowhere close to only part I’m bad with but it’s makes me a lot better
ah so your noobie hmm❤️ free food for our real players
@@rachel0706 ah so you're a novice at english♥ free food for us real english speakers
@@rachel0706 "why is our game dead bro"
@@rachel0706 i think hes not food for us anymore
@@rachel0706 why u watchin a beginners guide then
My uncles a navy pilot and he plays videogames with me every now and then. Hes said multiple times that flying an actual jet is easier than war thunder.
Awesome! And Lol. It's just completely different, yes.
not sure if im even gonna play this game for long, or if its not for me, but this man deserves a sub and like for this video, first of all, the details boiled down to bite size information bits, with perfect graphics to illustrate, second the knowledge behind the video is so apparant, and the way u use explain stuff like kinetic and potential energy was something my teacher used 2 days to explain to some of the students, when the core of it is this simple. great work man
Thanks
@@WatchMysh so far it has been a great place to start for a noob (Y)
i have played this game daily from 2015 to 2018.... RB air was my thing. Fw190 D-9 is still my fav plane.
@@Unwoken_European lol I'm jealous
I'm so crap with planes. But all good, I enjoy the game whether i have a good run or not.
It's not always about winning but about bettering your own game while helping your team
@@mossion I was always angry about my teams because i had so called "erich hartmann" high horse attitude and the feel of extreme german superiority. When people actually listened we won most of the time.
Hi! Nice to see you here in the comments! Please share this video around if you found it to be helpful. This supports my channel more than you could ever imagine! :)
Hey ima starter in warthunder and i like flying the 109a should i bnz with it?
@@tacticsandreview7440 you can and you should. 109s can usually out turn pure BnZ fighters and out run pure turn fighters.
@@WatchMysh btw u make very cool and helpful vids i hope u keep up the good work
@@tacticsandreview7440 Thanks. :) I will.
What kind of planes are the p400 and p39n-0?
0:10 Bruh if only people actually took this rule to heart, simply having a wingman helps in any engagement no matter the invidual skill, the few times me and a friend were flying on ARB (we're better off as a tanker but have enough skill to atleast do CAS) we fly in formation with 1 above and 1 below and can always help eachother in case of an attack or just giving callouts
Absolutely. Just looking after each other multiplies combat effectiveness and survivability more than anything else.
And makes the game more fun
thats exactly what i do with one of my friends. We both use boom and zoomers so we fly high at the start of the match, then he goes in (goes down) to engage the enemy then right as he reaches him ill start going down, and he attacks the enemy from the back while I attack him from the top and it almost always guarrentees a free kill.
@@dankdio2887 Damn, i feel bad for however is your target bruh, absolutely ruthless
i play with a friend and this is good
Thank you so much, this is the best guide I’ve seen. The others have been “try these easy tactics to get lots of kills” and I don’t even know what controls are good
Perfect :) HF!
Thanks for this. I’ve been playing a while and I agree with every one of your points and it’s good to be reminded of the basics.
I would like to add two things -
1. Prioritise fighters. For #9 in this list, the author went for a fat attacker. Not only, as demonstrated, did this involve tunnel vision but it left enemy fighters with more energy (higher and or faster). Going for the fat boys may get you a kill. Or on occasion, two. But you are depriving your team of a specialist fighter meaning your team is at a disadvantage. Sure, if that BTD flies in front of your guns, by all means, oblige him with some hot lead and high explosive, but if you need to slow down, lose energy or otherwise take your eye off the enemy fighters chances are much higher that you’ll have a target on your back and your team will lose. Deal with the fighters first, as a rule of thumb unless you are in an actual interceptor with an air spawn heading for spam/annoying bombers like the JU288, and you’ll get more wins and learn to dogfight so much better than peppering some fat boi who can’t do anything about it. And if you’re team has all done this (no guarantee there) you’ll be able to pick off the fatties afterwards, one by one without worrying about a P47 or 190 zooming down on you from a great height.
Which brings me nicely to my second point - the best tactics and the best skill come from practice. I understood many of the points in this video from reading and watching tutorials quite early on. But I found it frustrating to apply. I knew what I should do, but often only after I was a fireball heading for the ground. I’m no super ace but I do alright now, especially considering my age, reflexes and eyesight. I have fun. I don’t count such things usually, but my K/D is above 2:1. Not that impressive but enough to make playing fun. And that’s not always easy in War Thunder. I got there by just playing and once I’d stopped caring about losing or being shot down, I could just go into game after game and slowly get better. Slowly learn how to apply the theory in this vid. It’s a cliche, but the only way to ‘git gud’ (urrrgh) is to do it. Again and again. Then like most things, and from what lots of other people have told me as well as my own experience, it clicks. Even after ages on a plateau of shit performance, suddenly the light appears over the crest of a hill and you’re having fun.
And for free, here’s a bonus point 2b - if you’re having a truly bad day, as in bad compared to usual for you, shut the programme down. Gaijin’s business model is monetised frustration so if your performance is particularly frustrating that day, just stop. Pick it up again later, or tomorrow. Your mental health will thank you.
Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate how simple you made understanding energy.
Most tutorials I found make it overly complicated but yours was really concise and straight to the point.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you :)
Interesting videos, for a so large subject you covered the basics well enough to really help a beginner.
Nice summary. Having played WT for a few years now, my friends and I try to teach these points to any newbs who will listen. I will be sharing this vid out.
Thanks! The more people get good, the better the matches. :)
@@WatchMysh that's the best comment ever
Practice makes one better. Everyone wants to be super star out of the gate
@@mossion Yep lol... Like with everything that's more complex than talking a dump :D
@MYSH lol even taking a dump sometimes takes work. 😄
I've got over 400 hours in this game, and it is just now that I learned your convergence matters even with nose mounted cannons. I thought it didn't matter and they just went straight either way, since there's no overlapping to worry about.
Edit: after playing a game of realistic in my F-5C, I actually got 2 kills, the first being with my cannons, no less! Learning that the distance is still at play changed how I look at aiming in air RB. I was always an arcade player until rank 5 for awhile. I've only been playing RB because it doesn't make sense for me to play arcade in a 10.0 br (10.3 for RB) when my next best jet is the F-86F at I think 8.3 br. At that, I've only been at it a few weeks.
I always deactivate vertical alignment so my guns behave more predictably. There's dropoff from the beginning then but it's consistentl.
Just want to say thank you for this tutorial. I was really frustrated. I am still not where I'd like to be, but im much better than before because of these tips.
Mission accomplished ;)
@@WatchMysh if you ever want a quick game would love to be a squadmate.
@@reedmurphy4929 I’d definitely join you and help the game is better with wingmen that actually plays like a wingmen
Another tip is to bind "pull up" to the mousewheel button. This way you can pull harder without changing your fingers position that much. That won me many turnfights
Bro this guy teaches me more then my entire science semester.
Lol. Thanks.
even though I'm kinda bad at air and always find myself get 1 shot by mostly any enemy I encounter this guide helped me a lot and taught me that running away isn't such a bad strategy
(i retreat to my airbase after almost every kill but it still works)
Finally a video that does something more than subtly showing off trick shots and burp out what the average reddit Energy Fighting post says.
Been playing since 2013 and have intuited much of this through playing the game, but always good to review the basics.
Danke, mein komradien! I'm so used to fighter jets with missiles that I have to learn the art of dogfighting. It's a lot harder to aim guns with ancient technology. Nowadays you get a reticle that follows your aim perfectly.
Gern geschehen! :) I love this ancient tech. Hf!
This is actually the tutorial I was looking for
I've been playing for almost ten years now and I'm still learning things here and there.
I swear he edited the video just for me, i always use a billion bullets on the same targets😂
Heinz approves
I used to too until in one battle I wasted a thousand rounds on one opponent plane and was eliminated just a few moments later by a precise burst from another plane.
Sehr gut erklärt und ich fand vorallem diese Tabelle nice mit den einzelnen Kampfmodi, besonders dass da noch die verschiedenen Flugzeuge mit Typbezeichnung waren, ist echt praktisch wenn man als Anfänge überfordert ist mit den ganzen Flugzeugen
@@Jarl_Revilo Danke dir! :)
Extrem nices Video :D hat mir echt weitergeholfen! Weiter so!
Danke :)
The other thing is, Try to also prioritize defending your friendly bombers in ARB, ESPECIALLY if you're in a maneuverable Interceptor, or Heavy attacker. Being up there and defending you bombers allows them to complete the objective and win the game faster than actually targeting opponents. If the bombers go down, the whole team goes down as I like to say.
The other thing is, Don't be afraid to Turn Tail and run from an opponent. Sure they may get more energy than you and/or speed, But if they're an inexperienced, or less than average player, they will overshoot past you and if they miss shots, you now have a chance to take them down.
Lastly, pay attention to how many players there are on screen, and where they are. You don't want to be directly under anyone, directly over anyone, or close to anyone near you. You want to be in a spot that allows for a 1v1 altercation, and let them be the initiator. If they come at you, you'll have to maneuver to get away from their nose, or to get behind them. And if you turn fight anyone, don't spray and pray, tap as little as possible, a small 1 second burst after every second your nose is in front of your target. Once you start getting those consistent "hit" anouncements, then spray (For those with machine guns like the 7.7-7.62mm machineguns) until your opponent goes down, or (if you got 20mm cannons or stronger ones) keep doing 1 second sprays until you get that fire on the wings/engine, or you rip a wing off, OR knock out the pilot.
Good tips :)
I really like your videos man. entertaining, yet still straightforward and to the point. very clear and concise. breaks everything down perfectly so that a new person could easily pick up and give a good fight. keep up the great work!
best air combat video for war thunder, ever.
That soothes my tormented soul ^^
@@WatchMysh you deserve it, both the compliment and a subscriber.
@@Kevianl Thank you :)
@@WatchMysh np!
We are all masochists. If you play war thunder somewhat consistently like a few times per week, you are a masochist. This game is so painful yet we all still play it. What are we doing with our lives...
I swear that's the relationship I have with this game too😢
Hehe funny godmode achievement go brrrrrrr
I was just watching a video about war thunder that was so cringe but this one is clean, informational, engaging and practical thank you!
Wow thanks. :) Happy to help.
Cooles Video sehr hilfreich werde deine Tipps beachten und die deutschen Kommentare im englischen Text sind der Hammer! Keep it up Abo und like iss da
i learn so many things from this. thank you. ill keep those dogfighting tips in mind, picking fights and good altitude plus teammates.
Bro you got it all wrong it's spray and pray 😂
I was here after Ian's video.
Because of him, I downloaded the game. And it was worth it.
Nice video sir...
Thanks a lot
Thanks! :)
the fact i can say "this game will take half your life to fully learn" almost unironically is actually hilarious
Alarmingly close to the truth lol
“Right in the middle sit the 109s and the yaks, which are very versatile, but rely heavily on your piloting skill.” That would explain why I prefer the FW-190 to the BF-109
this guy did his homework
This is the best tips video I've watched so far. Thank you.
@@thehivoki.official Thanks! :)
Tbh, whenever I see a video with low view count I tend to assume that it's not the best but damn was I wrong. This was surprisingly informative, thanks :)
Thanks. But I'm surprised what is called low nowadays :D Thought 55k is quite a lot for my measly 5k subscribers. :) Happy I could help. Share the video around if you feel like supporting the channel. Helps more than you probably think it does.
Thanks for the guide... just installed war thunder 2 days ago and did struggle on air battles...many thanks 👏
you're welcome! Hf! :)
Bruh I need extra brain for this.
Brain will adapt ^^
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Definitely the best video I’ve watched today.
Definitely the most beautiful comment I've read today. Thanks! :)
This teached me more than the physic classes
Its easy to put a video where there arent so much planes in the map while beginners are actually screwed because everytime i get to a game its like all the planes are on my back!
The first third of a match is the most difficult part imho because it's all about positioning and not getting swarmed like you just explained
In Germany, as you know, we say: Ehre alla!!!
Hännoooooo
You mean Heil Hitler right?
The options you give at the end of your vid is new to me and I think it’s awesome. Thnx for the intel.
Thanks. :)
Thank you so much for this video! I've learnt so much (I am a noob)
I like being a noob. When you discover something it's like winning the lottery lol 😆
A game wants me to study flying combat.
Me: just wanted a nice combat flight symulator.
Wait until you launch up DCS
Super basic information here, but well laid out for new players!
None of this advice matters like he said, if you don't know your enemy and know yourself.
So take this all to heart but don't think that just watching a video will make you an ace.
Memorize, Practice, and good luck fellow pilots!
Well said. Practice is everything.
THE POWER OF AMAZING SENSE OF HUMOR AND KNOWLEDGE
I'm still trying to get into this game and these vids have been more than a little helpful. I love dogfights but its been a pill getting used to controls. When I roll over it sucks having to "fight" the plane wanting to go back to the neutral position sometimes. Been mostly stickign to arcade for the moment. REalistic battles take a while to get into combat and even faster to get out...the amount of play time vs the reward seems to balance out between RB and AB by virtue of volume
Now if you could do a video on controls in a bit more detail, like, my current setup i think fires all my guns at once instead of seperating my cannons from machine guns
Hi. And thanks. :) Happy to help!
Like it's said at the beginning: bind small and large guns to different mouse buttons. Some planes also have "additional guns". Like gun pods. I bound them on my mouse's thumb button 2 (Razer Deathadder).
If you use your free look key (mine is C, I don’t remember if this is the default) to move the camera view beyond 180 degrees from straight front (I think it’s 180) and centre but keep your finger on the free look key the ‘instructor’ no longer tries to make the plane fly straight and level. It’s one of the basic mechanics that it seems isn’t communicated very well by Gaijin (Gaijin not caring about the well being of its customers? Tell me it ain’t so!) but is absolutely essential to being able to fly efficiently. If you don’t do this, you will be fighting the instructor every time you want to do something interesting, as you have explained. You can also switch off the instructor but there are so many situations where the instructor helps out that everyone I know just uses this ‘pause the instructor’ mechanic when they want to turn more and with more control.
This turned into a history class
Quickest way to explain how to fly these things :)
Really like your content man! Could you write for each country what category their airplanes fit? For example American - Energy , etc
Thanks. Oof, that'll be a wall of text. Short: US BnZ good and hit hard, UK turns and climbs, Japan turns even better, Germany BnZ/energy, Soviet Bnz/energy. But that's veeeeery basic. There are so many different planes and variations within each nation's lineup - you can't really generalize anything.
@@WatchMysh Still, helps out a lot. Thanks buddy
I'll try to implement these rules in air combat at "enlisted"....
nichts desto troz, ein klasse video 😀
average war thunder player:
Low-key this is the best tutorial/guide ive seen
Thanks :) If you need more in-depth information, I suggest you check out Defyn's new stuff!
@@WatchMysh sure will
In realistic having a wing man is good because I was in a p40 and I had a f4u as my wing man and a spitfire got behind me and and disabled my engine then my wing man came ins and killed the spitfire easily i ended up making it back to the airfield
That's the way
One of the best Guides i ever seen,helped me a lot.
How do you determine if a plane is boomer, energy or turn? What about the ones kinda in between?
If it's weighty and has a big fat engine it usually is a BnZ plane. Light planes with large wing areas usually turn well. Planes with an optimal power to weight ratio are usually good at energy fighting/energy trapping. But it all comes down to many different factors in the end like I said in the vidoe - you need to treat each plane individually. Sometimes a plane COULD be a good BnZ plane but its control surfaces compress a lot at high speed which means you can't maneuver anymore. So sorry if I repeat myself one more time: ;) every plane is different. Still: based on the engine/weight/wing area ratios you can make a slighty educated guess. The War Thunder forums and wiki really help for further information.
the controls shown alone helped me start actually killing people, first game after changing I got 10 kills. Great vid.
Can this video be more German?😅 you guys are so logical❤️
Nein, it can't. ^^
What I find most difficult about AB is how when you aren’t already fighting and just flying across to try to get in the fight, by the time you get there, you’d already be spinning out because an enemy got you from behind.
Many reasons for that. First rule: Awareness is king. Learning positioning is hard, though. I'm still not very good at it.
@@WatchMyshThat’s definitely one of the reasons I’m struggling.
man, I always forgot rule 8 and 13, thx for reminding me
This is a very good summary of the combat fliying and game's principles. Coming from the RL pilot.
Thanks for the appreciation! What kinds of planes are you flying? :)
In some cases, you can try to trip up your opponent with an unexpected maneuver. I was in a dogfight, and the guy I was fighting did a forced stall maneuver, which ended up costing me the fight because it tripped me up.
Thank you so much. This helped me get back into war thunder. Big ups
You're welcome! hf! :)
LOL, I wish I'd found this channel before I started air battles on War Thunder :D I learned a lot of these lessons on my own, and died a bunch of times in the process :D
Welcome :D Yes I also learned most of these lessons the hard way...
As always mate great content, informative on the subjects of the air battle, and to the point, oh and we love Hans!!!
Thanks. :) Hans, Günther and Heinz love you, too.
My advice, especially for console players: don’t even try, boom and zoom on a controller is impossible, P47 is horrible on controller, you will spend 10 minutes climbing to just die to a KI-43 or a Yak 3; Turn fighting isn’t even ideal, you can’t look around like you can on keyboard; Energy fighters just don’t. Do bombers ig. I have dozens of hours in WT, and for every one good/decent game I have, it follows with 50 frustrating games.
Bro I thought I just sucked alot 😂 I always come 12th in the game but when I play with a bomber I always come 2nd in the team
Rule 8 is a good rule for life as well. Great video. Very helpful
Thanks :)
1:11 already lernt this in Physics class lol. Great video!
Practical application succesful ^^
Bestes Video was dieses Thema angeht. Danke dir
Gern geschehen :)
Really Good tips ty but How can I dodge an Enemy with low Energy?
So far I have had no luck trying most of the things here. My issue might be not knowing the enemy planes on top of not knowing how to use the stock version of my plane.
Climbing has either resulted in me not being able to do anything or just dying to another plane who climbed as well or came from below me but even with attempting evasive manouvers. I have never really been able to outrun any enemy with both height and speed advantage they usually just catch me regardless of distance or height. So far flying low and fast has proven to be my most succesfull tactic as most people either break off my tail out of fear of hitting the trees that I'm flying inbetween or the mountain I'm basicly touching.
The planes I have had some succes with (british techtree) are the gladiators, fireflies, some of the spitfires and the attacker fb2 that I got to add on my Ground lineup and last the swift f1.
I had the most succes with the attacker using hit and run tactics. I had some succes using mostly same tactics except for being at a high altitude for the swift f1. for the jets it mostly is just their speed and br that carry me. They are also the only planes that can outrun things a far as I have noticed again probably due to br and the fact that they are jets.
With the spitfires most of the succes I think comes from its turning speed. I tried using the hornet for a long time but without any real succes even if it is supposed to be fast it always seems like I'm slower even without turning most enemies will catch up to me.
For how I even got to the swift f7 (which so far performs really badly) mostly my attacker and just dying on top of grinding out some bombers to get the 12000lb bomb and strafing ground targets (I at some point gave up on fighting other planes in its entirety it just was no longer worth it).
most of my small manouvers I do using light taps using the keys or just slowly with the mouse if I don't need to constantly look around. I can fly and land on the keys alone (way easier then flying in kerbal space program).
I'm kind of at a loss at how to improve. I don't really find the wiki helpfull at all when it comes to planes. I'm also probably too used to how I learned ground the hard way until I knew what vehcile I had the most issues with then looking at the protection analysis and the modules, but looking at the stats has not worked for planes at all. I feel like everything I encounter is just beter then everythin I have in all regards climbing, accelerating, top speed, guns, energy retention and whatever else there might be.
Seems like for now I'll have to keep grinding modules through strafing ground targets (and draging enemies low so my teammates can at least have an energy advantage) and actually winning air to air engagements in ground rb, although that is where I need new planes the most as my full spaa lineups don't have the range to deal with atgms and guided bombs from beyond my renderdistance.
@@Tylon3T In this phase I think it's all about practice. Pick one plane at like 2.7 to 4.7 and get really good with it. You'll probably need to play a few 100 matches until your brain begins to recognize all the subtle patterns. Don't mind to pick an "op" plane. Learn with one of the best at the BR. So everything is down to your skills then. Accelerates your learning and makes analyzing your errors easier because you can rule out the plane.
@@WatchMysh Thank you for the advice I'll try that for a while then.
@@Tylon3T GL!
Thanks for the guide
You're welcome :) Thanks for the appreciation.
Im only at br 2 now but I found myself using this energy method already. But research is where I tend to fail I never thought to just look at the specs for the other planes lol thanks.
Np! :) Hf! :)
this video really helps i don't play war thunder but i do play X-Plane mobile and the same things apply now i'm at 82 victories
Nice! :) Yes, the same principles apply.
I used to shred the enemy planes using the bf109 G-2 Trop or one of the FW190s by simply getting as low as possible. This sounds stupid, but being right on the tree line almost entirely negates the enemy the potential to dogfight AND you're coming in from an unexpected angle. It's easy to get the advantage if you play smart but 9/10 times most players want to get right behind you, at the same elevation which in this case isn't smart. This is a great way to use your ground terrain, trees, hills cliffs etc. to get away from the enemy and will hopefully save you long enough to have a friendly help out. I'd also recommend if you have a fighter on your tail. Raise your nose and disengage or reduce your throttle to about 30-40%, if you do live, this will put the enemy right in front of you assuming they don't kamikaze you.
Even as an intermediate player, this is still helpful to remind myself.
My biggest tip for air: teamwork makes the team work
If everyone is flying solo and being selfish you won’t win, and winning gives your extra sl and rp. And helping eachother can give you easy kills and assists
Yep!
The first 1 minute is what I’ve learnt at my flight school.
This explains a lot of the theory well! Thanks so much, now to learn via practise
First game after watching this I got 2 kills which is insane for me thanks man
Let's gooo :)
@@WatchMysh dude it’s insane you saw this comment but yeah I’ve heard all the tips but never quite understood them but, you made a very well worded, concise, and informative video so thank you. I’ve been playing ARB so I can get a better CAS plane for my US lineup because right now I’m using a P47 at 8.0.
The main downside in BnZ planes, at least in my experience, is that when you target one enemy their butt buddy immediately starts to chase after you while you’re zooming away
Wingman op!
@@WatchMysh true, if only I had friends that wanted to play props💀
@@j_tha_panther props are the best. I don't know why most people are so eager to play "top tier". Modern jets don't work really well in the WT style of how matches function and how the maps are designed. That's why I only got very few of them but 70% of the other planes of all nations. Fighting in props is like... fencing combined with chess. Love it.
@@WatchMysh fr everyone is going on and on about how bad top tier is on air and ground yet always que up for it
@@j_tha_panther Yeah ... weird
Very first recommendation, check your ping and shoot even further in front if bit high.
Imagine you got the best planes and thousands of kills but remember you forgot to take tutorials
Great guide! Thank you for making this 👍👌
You're welcome :) Thanks for appreciating it.
Thx dude you helped me a lot 😊
You're welcome :)
Little tip if your enemy shot you down and his flying straight towards you then u gotta crash into him bc you would crash so or so
Thank you, i'm new to the game and this video helped me out a lot.
You're welcome :)
Really liked this and haha the humour was good too.
Thanks. :) All power to Heinz.
I’m getting into war thunder and i went with the bf109 tech tree after the v5, still very new to the game, though i have a feeling i will be binging your channel.
The Hempire soundtrack goes wild
Its funny to see this as a "War Thunder Veteran" who was way to stubborn to listen to anyone, and had to figure everything out by himself. Like i left every setting on default, and just learned how to fly by doing it, while changing settings when i ecountered problems.
One example was the convergence settings (both vertical and horizontal): I never changed any of them, and kept the default 800m, with no vertical convergence. I just learned how to make it work, and now cant really change it, as it throws my aim of by a mile because i got used to estimate the the bulletdrop and can hit everything, no matter if im vertical, 45° up/down, upside down or going twice the speed of the bullet.
Same goes for the Weapons: I have all guns on the same key (mouse left) and used my other mouse keys for bombs and rockets, and if i had to fire just one of the weapons, ill just use the 1-5 keys.
Like no one else can play with my keybinds, but it works for me.
Also i can fly a plane (manual) without one of the axis controls as i got my plane shot up so many times(like i can fly with out pitch, just with yaw and roll but it does not really matter wich one fails, but without roll its the hardest - landing is another story tho)
It may have taken a long time, but i can challange everyone, with everything now.
Best binds are those which work for you :)
@@WatchMysh Thats true. Would be nice if i could change anything, without learning how to fly again though... Im stuck with this forever 🙄
@@finnbergermann I'll switch to a mostly new control method within the next view weeks probably. Will tell you how it went.
I needed that guide sooo badly thx
You're welcome :)
You should make a video discussing deeply how to pick a plane that fits your preference. Great video Btw
Thanks :) And thanks for the input! I'll give it some thoughts.
Your welcome :)
this man has make me perform better
Ahh yes, now the probability of me rage quitting will drastically reduce.
Enhance your life!™
1:02 zoom, do you mean “zoom axis”? Or “targeting optics view”? There is no “zoom” function, this game is so confusing that I had to look up a tutorial for decent key binds..
Iirc it's called zoom camera