Know your aircraft and climb. Never turn in energy fighters and dont boom n zoom in turn fighters. Best nation for starters is the British because they can do mostly anything. For killing air targets use the most HEI and for ground targets use AP. Thats really all I know I have tier 3 in every nation and going into tier 4 in most. No tanks.
Old War Thunder player here. The absolute most important thing to do is to know your aircraft (at least in Realistic and Simulator Battles, doesn't matter too much in Arcade). This includes learning how well they climb, turn, how fast they can go, their armament, etc so you can play each to its strengths. It also helps to know your enemy's planes so you can plan accordingly and exploit their weaknesses. The best thing to do in general is to climb so you won't get picked off easily by AAA or fighters that climbed. To get an enemy off your tail, slow down while maneuvering so you get them to overshoot, giving you a chance to quickly fire on them.
Oh man. I really only play Arcade Battles (Realistic is much too slow imo) and I'm only in like Tier 4 so take my advice with a grain of salt.
I think the biggest mistake I used to make was going head-on against the first enemy you see. Not only is it a very bad way to attack any plane, there are at least a dozen other fighters right behind that first guy who are going to mop you right up, even if you take him down.
For that matter, stick with your teammates, even if you're not on voice chat. The easiest enemy to kill is an enemy who's already engaged with somebody else. If you're off attacking ground units by yourself, you pose an easier target and you have no backup.
Climb at the beginning of the match and conserve your altitude, because the plane attacking from above always has the advantage.
Pick your battles! Try to familiarize yourself with the different names of the aircraft and their battle ratings. i.e. if you're in a Peashooter, don't go up against a Zero because you're going to lose.
Conserve your ammo. Fire in short bursts, and don't always start firing right when the lead indicator shows up. Stay on their tail and close the distance before unloading.
If somebody catches you lawnmowing (flying at tree-top level) and gets on your six, you're pretty screwed. About the only thing you can do is called Guns Defense which is basically just flying like a madman to throw off their targeting.
Don't go Russian. For the love of God don't go Russian. Russian Aircraft are crazy overpowered. I.E I spend 1 minutes straight stradling this fighter with bullets, Russian dives outta nowhere and blows me up in 2 hits.
All i know is that the bf110 c-4 is op its tier one with two cannons
Know your aircraft and climb. Never turn in energy fighters and dont boom n zoom in turn fighters. Best nation for starters is the British because they can do mostly anything. For killing air targets use the most HEI and for ground targets use AP. Thats really all I know I have tier 3 in every nation and going into tier 4 in most. No tanks.
Lol ok@DeezDucks
@Notapier Lol when I restart War Thunder and I kill higher tier aircraft I will say "That burning you feel? It is shame" every single time xD
It just sucks hoe people use targeting mods@DeezDucks
I agree with the russians being favoured bynthe russian devs
Lol got kv2 too op until you meet a friendly tiger 1 or anyone else for thet matter :(
Lol and just a fun fact. Sea Hurricanes are fun to blow up Catalinas! Much fun when you shoot rockets and watch the Big Bird burrnnnnn
Don't even get me started on T-34s I think they are the most overpowered thing in the game
@DeezDucks I agree Russain things are way overpowered.
@IStoleYourMeme thank you
Old War Thunder player here. The absolute most important thing to do is to know your aircraft (at least in Realistic and Simulator Battles, doesn't matter too much in Arcade). This includes learning how well they climb, turn, how fast they can go, their armament, etc so you can play each to its strengths. It also helps to know your enemy's planes so you can plan accordingly and exploit their weaknesses. The best thing to do in general is to climb so you won't get picked off easily by AAA or fighters that climbed. To get an enemy off your tail, slow down while maneuvering so you get them to overshoot, giving you a chance to quickly fire on them.
Great tips, thank you very much@AgDynamics
Oh man. I really only play Arcade Battles (Realistic is much too slow imo) and I'm only in like Tier 4 so take my advice with a grain of salt.
I think the biggest mistake I used to make was going head-on against the first enemy you see. Not only is it a very bad way to attack any plane, there are at least a dozen other fighters right behind that first guy who are going to mop you right up, even if you take him down.
For that matter, stick with your teammates, even if you're not on voice chat. The easiest enemy to kill is an enemy who's already engaged with somebody else. If you're off attacking ground units by yourself, you pose an easier target and you have no backup.
Climb at the beginning of the match and conserve your altitude, because the plane attacking from above always has the advantage.
Pick your battles! Try to familiarize yourself with the different names of the aircraft and their battle ratings. i.e. if you're in a Peashooter, don't go up against a Zero because you're going to lose.
Conserve your ammo. Fire in short bursts, and don't always start firing right when the lead indicator shows up. Stay on their tail and close the distance before unloading.
If somebody catches you lawnmowing (flying at tree-top level) and gets on your six, you're pretty screwed. About the only thing you can do is called Guns Defense which is basically just flying like a madman to throw off their targeting.
@icecoldlava Not for whoever elected to receive.
@DeezDucks sweet
Then if you do go YAK-9T line it's the Fridge launcher of the game.
@DeezDucks as a russian, i will go russian... thanks anyway though
Don't go Russian. For the love of God don't go Russian. Russian Aircraft are crazy overpowered. I.E I spend 1 minutes straight stradling this fighter with bullets, Russian dives outta nowhere and blows me up in 2 hits.