Early Game Presence - Firecrest 

I must say, I've been enjoying my relationship with this game a lot more since I started exclusively playing Sim. Dying doesn't instantly take you out of a match, people actually use teamwork, jet battles last more than a minute, 1v1's happen more frequently, people communicate more; its just been an overall much improved experience

"Ronald mcdonald on a fucking bycicle shooting with his machine gun" had me laughing hard at 2 am

Thank you for giving me 10 silver lions on every hit, gaijin. Really helps with the grind

I remember when AA was doing flak effects and it was so cinematic, but didn't hurt that much unless you flying for the same direction for a long time.

mid map AAA vs A7M1: 30 seconds of flying in the middle of the map: First hit whole plane yellow, fuel/oil leak 40 seconds: Trying to dodge but get hit 2nd time anyway - fire set diving low and bobing up and down to (it usually helps to keep the flame from spreading andd this plane extinguishes as quickly as it catches fire) 50 seconds: down to the deck, fire extinguished, AAA manages to get third hit and because wings are already red from the fire one snaps off and that's gg

I thought the AAA buffs were simply meant to kill more players or just ruin their matches so they earn less RP and SL... but what you said about forcing players out of Air RB props... makes sense and absolutely sounds like something Gaijin would do

I feel that whole rant man, particularly the feeling that they don't want people to play Air

Best warthunder content creator hands down.

Jefferey got me in tears 2x, love your content, keep it up professional like this always!

I remember flying this thing when it was first added at what, 3.3 or something crazy like that? I think its a really interesting plane and am glad it's at a proper BR finally. I find it pretty fun, very fast with decent guns for a 2.3.

video suggestions: Ki-96 For me is one the best interceptors at 3.7-4.7 in the game, a hidden gem. Amazing climb rate, above average guns and the maneuverability is incredible, even feels like a normal fighter.

With regard to the midfield aaa in high tier props, sure you're travelling faster so it feels like you'd be safer...but the hitscan midfield aaa that hangs around light pillboxes has now been accompanied by m163s with RB damage models that absolutely WILL vulcan your wings off if you come within gun range (and even sometimes when you aren't: I once had both my wings removed by a mid-field m247 in an air RB EC 6.7-7.7 match at FIVE KILOMETRES UP). They're boiling the frog, patching fun out of the game bit by bit.

Remember when this started out at 4.0? Just goes to show how much gaijin knows how to balance br's

DEFYN, could you make a video on the b34 (us bomber at like 2.7) as a fighter? It’s surprisingly maneuverable for a bomber, and can be pretty deadly to fighters, lol💯🔥

honestly, all the reasons you listed for why air RB is an absolute chore to play is why i went into sim, they even nerfed base flak in sim this patch i think at least for props

This thing being down on 2.3 is just ridiculous, makes you wonder how little average war thunder playerbase can do with 600 rounds of ammo

I really enjoyed playing the firecrest

Out of interest Defyn...What Patreon price would you set for you making a Naval video?

WT's final boss: _Ronald McDonald on a fucking bicycle_

Ah, another episode in my favourite series of 'Rant'fyn. On the real tho, the AA situation is getting annoying. One thing you also didn't highlight is repair costs for superprops and their modifiers. After the economy update tier IV planes got somewhat shafted. They're at just the right spot where they get the worst of both worlds, reduced modifiers across the board whilst still maintaining their somewhat high repair costs of 8-10k on average and in some select fighters 16k+. On average I earn maybe 10k per game (that's 1 kill on an enemy fighter and no deaths *and with a premium account* ). If I then repeat the same events in the next match but end up dying i'll have made 10k but then lost 10k because of my repair cost, so my profit is zero. Another interesting thing I found out is that I can make almost 18k if I decide to be a cancer to my team and ground-pound in my fighter. It seems as though gaijin is rewarding players more for groundpounding and bleeding tickets, which is arguably easier, than they are rewarding players who slug it out against each other in dogfights which are much harder in comparison. I get more money for attacking AI targets than I do for learning new skills and air combat manoeuvres that I then use to skillfully take down an enemy plane. It's simply backwards thinking and it's part of the reason the prop scene is the way it is right now. I am being penalised for being a more skillfull player.

It's not Ronald who will get you, it's going to be hamburglar that is the real menace.

It doesn't matter which plane you are playing: if I hear a roast on airfield cowards, I'll instantly like...

Me: sees last guy is AF camping and dive on him from 3km up at like 600-700 kph Base AA: *pilot snipe from 2 km* Me two games later: gets crit by mid-map AA and RTBs to repair Enemy pilot: dive on me from 1.5km up in a straight fucking line at like 400 kph My Base AA: *braindead* Me: *dies to enemy pilot* Base AA: *suddenly radar guided levels of accuracy*

Mid map AA is about as fun as strike drones in ground RB. It shows, that GJ is not playing its own game. Good video tho. I'm really enjoying your commentary.

Glad to hear FW-190 A-1 video is around the corner, one of the most enjoyable 190s there are. May I suggest the A-5/U2? Best performance out of the A's and two 20mms are plenty enough. It is also surprisingly enjoyable to dogfight in, with smart flap management that is.

Tin hat theory on mid-map aa: when you get hit you must spend silver lions and Gaigin makes money. They have a shitty long term business model because they are turning people off the game.

I was listening to this video in the background, i literally got turned into a pissyellow plane by aaa while you were talking about the aaa, so yeah nice.

DEFYN finally decreases his convergence for planes with wide wing mounted guns... I thought I'd never see the day! I remember watching your A1 video where you kept "Sparking" of the P39N and I remember thinking to myself if only DEFYN used a 400m convergence he would've shot this guy down 3 times already. I think I even commented the same thing back then on that video.

I got this plane when it came out and since then I completely forgot it existed.

Day one. Defyn is awesome Saying this until Defyn gets 100k subs. 55.2k/100k subs

I was just in the American 2.7 P-39 today. Ran into a Yak sitting up at altitude at the start of the match. Got 2 kills, went back to re-arm (yeah, it's not spaded and I suck with that plane), and started shooting down the enemy players in bombers. The Yak just sat up at like 6km the entire time. I ended up just winning on tickets cuz the Yak wouldn't come down to fight. I really don't understand some players these days. I watched the replay and everything. He dived at me and a few of my teammates at altitude early game but then just sat up there doing nothing while his teammates all got shot down.

i remember when it wasnt called RB it was Historical Battles and you fought planes that fought each other and not just a stupid mix match of planes

I still cannot believe that I spaded this plane at 4.0... when it had no air spawn. Now it's an attacker at 2.3. Absolutely fucking ridiculous. This thing is a menace as CAS in ground battles. It's basically a free kill machine against any planes, and it can even easily destroy tanks at that BR with the M3 .50 cals, not to mention the rockets.

Nice I was in the first clip, love the content.

I strongly agree with the aa. Ridiculous. Also a little side note i miss the flak clouds and the sounds of the explosions, at least youd know to be a bit careful but its still too OP

You said you would make a g-2 trop video its def one of my favorites personally 😊

haven't seen too many ppl talk about the random field of untouchable aaa on some maps

Ronald mcdonald on a bicycle shooting a machine gun lmaooo

Awesime, completely agree Gaijin needs to fix mid map AAA its a seriius pain and ruining the game for me. Also love you flying so many props this last while, sgmhame AAA is putting a damper on things.

I completely agree the AA in game is bullsheet. I'm a Sim Air EC player, and though not as toxic as in RB. It is still there, and getting worse. If the goal is to kill RB Air then I'd say my favored Sim modes are even closer in line to the chopping block. As already no Sim modes work to progress events, daily tasks, ect. We are forced to play RB or AB for things like the battle pass.

Gaijin definitely hates when people prefer playing low tier to high tier. They don't care if you just want to play props or ww2 tanks, it's all about making more money from Rank VII and now VIIi

Maybe the AAA is trying to force fights back up to altitude? I know the snail sucks, but what if we assume they are operating in good faith for a second. What positive changes could increasing the AA like this? I’m hoping they were intending to increase the altitudes back up. Unfortunately the players are stubborn and still rush in low, and it’s detrimental to CAS players

i have waited for this.

The ironic thing is that a lot of the OP vehicle in the game were absolutely failure or below average IRL.

nice epstein reference

Hey Defyn, could you fly out the Ki-96? Been interested in getting it in the upcoming sale

Can you do the p-40C next?

Thats me when learning.. people always said altitude are very important and i wish people say it differently to not imply its the only important things in game.

I've once played low tier with a friend and it was the end of the match and none of the enemys where spotted. so i decided to go for some ground targets. i have died to the (midmap) aa before i got anywhere near gun range

now you have to play the Firebrand for historical reasons

Sadly GAYjin killed this plane when they nerfed it to rank 2. It's not that bad of a plane, but it adds nothing new to the meta, and there are other planes that "does it better" or just the same, but those can be used on events and for tasks. So even in naval the Firebrand is a better option.

I totally agree with this RANT. As a Hornet player, I'm just really burn down by all of these JU288C. I swear half of my kills are them, literally inflating my 6.0 result.

you still havent made a video on the airfield aa and the problems it causees when do you think you will get started on it

Ground RB makes more money btw. I think it's strategic.

The P39N is a glorious plane. I absolutely love it, but I also know it should be at least in at 3.0 or 3.3 even in Air RB... I mean; I am NOT good at this game, and I go 4V1 Carry or 4-kill games in a P39N... that's saying something.

Now I tried it (completly forgot that I have it😅) stocked in one Air Arcade Battle and it's like a flying tank there. Just refuses to die instantly and though it turns slow it wreck everything

I got a talisman for this after a battle and i dont even have a normal tech tree rank 2 plane in british tech tree so its kinda nice i think

Hi defyn, could you do a vid about the f-86a-5? Keep up the great content! :)

Agree with you about AA

Ronal McDonald on his fucking bicycle shooting us with his machine gun. That has me laughing in bed

DEFYN, how did you control the oil and water to lower the temperature?

I would very much enjoy if you did an experiment for us....a new idea for your next video perhaps...would you please explain convergence and do different ranges so that we/I can understand better..I use 800...not sure how 400 would help....thanks!!

Completely draining him 🤨

Ronald McDonald on a bike with a machine gun 🤣🤣🤣 Jesus that may be in the works actually

I'm relatively new to WT, I notice you use tracers on a few builds I've watched so far, is there a particular reason for that? Is it just ease of aiming or is there another reason?

have you become a paramedic yet? last time youve been studying it if i remember correctly

Ye - I kinda stopped playing AIR RB, and just play planes in Ground RB tbh...

I would love to see some DCS or IL2 content! War Thunder is dying :)

This plane shines in ground rb.(it gets rp-3s)

Surprised you were able to get footage since gaijin can't figure out what ddos protection is

I kinda would like to see a Ronald McDonald on a bicycle with a machine gun! Maybe suggest it for Enlisted April fools?

One of British planes of all time!

Bro i have a suggestion pls listen, the american premium F-89B jet with afterburners got downtiered to 7.0, pls make a video on it and comparing it with su-11. On stats it seems it is even more OP/P2W than Su-11. It has got better speed, better gun, better climb rate, afterburners, a lot of ammo compared to Su-11.

Ronald McDonald on a fucking bike shooting at us with a machinegun... Jesus fucking christ.

I enjoy props way more than jet with no damn air-to-air missiles and takes some skill to dog fight and know your planes. But i totally agree and WT is just getting ruined cause gaijin can't figure out how and where what BR to put planes and or tanks and they try to fix it but only to ruin it rite away again with some new overpowered cash grab they bring in. Its a never-ending cycle and after playing this game since 2012end -2013 you would think gaijin wants to keep the players its got and not lose them. Which that's another story them new players are protected it seems( tin-foil hat time) as you get kill shots like on any other player on them(new players) but for some odd reason they don't die that's why I think that anyways cause its happened a numerous amounts of times and then i go look at there level and BOOM a level 15 or 11 and they bought a squadron vehicle or some type of plane/tank they shouldn't be in at there level.

YOU'RE GONNA START WHAT?!

Can you please do a video on the C205n2? compared to the serie 3 i fell like it just doesn't want to climb

Can we get a jasdf Sabre review, day 3

Nah 100% it feels like they want to push players into the jet territory where the grind becomes long and tough which makes players purchase premium jets and premium if not outright spending money to purchase upgrades and jets. High tier props feels completely dead to me and I can't get one good dogfight in anymore because either my entire team is dead or they've all run away. Legit had a fucking P-51D scared of fighting an Me-410 B-1/U2. Hell just looking at my friends they're all looking at buying a premium plane and premium time to grind past the props and into the early jet attackers for ground RB.

hi defyn!!! i was waiting for your next video me and my boys gotta keep busy somehow waiting for electric to come back

I unlocked it but haven't played it yet. Would love to see a Yak-15p video

day 11: play the murican f104a for maximum pure fun

Hey bro could you please tell about your keybind of airplane

All of the shit wrong with Air has actually made me just prefer flying in Ground RB. Most of the time you can actually get dogfights. People still run to airfield but not as often. Last time I played air i played well over 200 games spading Spitfires and grinding camos and it really just made it clear to me that Air just isn't what it used to be. Mid map AA fucked me so many times and almost every game I would have people just run to airfield or camp it at the end of games. People used to play with some kind of honor but all those pilots left after they changed the match making to non historical it seems. I genuinely feel bad for the minority of decent pilots that didn't get to experience that era of Air. It was easily the most rewarding gameplay I've ever gotten out of a game. But anymore most games just feel like a shit show and it's just not the same. There's hardly any time for set ups and clutches and everybody plays like abusive bitches anyway. Feels bad man.

0 chance that Gaijin can claim the AAA is for "Realism" or "Immersion" until I stop getting stomped by American 109s and Zeroes and having my pilot arbitrarily get sniped from 2km by a 30 cal because allegedly you can train a pilot to get hit by random bullets less

Wait, the P-39N actually went down to Br 2.7?! lmao!

The biggest problem with War Thunder Air mode is that it doesn't have any real competition - World of Warplanes is dead and highly arcade, while DCS is too extreme for most people, as such Gaijin can do whatever the fuck they please cause people don't have anywhere to go anyway

Lord Defyn, you know how you whinge about French planes (minus the M2000)... well I think you missed a bit of a gem in the bomber line which can be quite fun. Martin 167 A3...air spawn, low BR, turns very well (or at least it did the last time I used it) and 4 MGs in the front with heaps of ammo.

*_3000 HP and an air spawn at 2.3… Nice!_*

Do you ever play sim props?

Tunisia is the map I selected to ban (premium time). It comes up in the rotation a lot and is too annoying.

This actually sounds quite stupid, but lately i have been finding myself playing tier 7 air or ground rb instead of playing air rb. Purely because of the AA

Bro is getting free kills

i got swatted out of the sky by a m163, in my bf109 lmao

Been waitin for this!!! How the fuk do u win w this thing

2:08 I wish I was that F4U

2:10 kinda sus 😂💀

the mid map AA has godly aim, i remember am flying my yak3p looking for the last guy and then i get sniped by a fucking milktruck that's on the move, i just took some time off after that shit

Guys what can the mig15bis do Vs sea vixens, they're pretty fast and can just run away, he outclimbs you and can missile you while your not paying attention.

I wish that airfield aa disables after like 10 minutes in a game, then just make battlefield aa only shoot at ai