My Problems With War Thunder Content - IL-10 (1946) Commentary 

WHY DID HE GO HEAD ON I am so sick of seeing my team mates dying in head ons when they have all the advantages

"No way, I have too much energy" Said Donny going in a full vertical literally stalling himself out for no reason

I play the objective. Those He-111s won't kill themselves.

That intro was fucking gold! Nice work Def x)

the IL-10 is a god tier fighter that everybody slept on for a while now

Making and informed decision, really requires experience. As a player who doesn't get to play much the learning curve is pretty steep and I can only hope I can get to the stage where I can make one. Occasionally I get days where I can hit stuff but mostly I can't hit the side of a barn with a banjo. Keep up the great content it helps to keep me trying.

"Find your own niche" I'm really good at dying, does it count ?

My feedback: I think it is good that somebody finally has decided to talk about that. "Think for yourself" is something what I often see people not doing. Even in real life, sadly.

I would say the important thing to teach people to be skillful is to teach about concepts and how they apply to planes rather than rigid tactics. As you said, wt is highly dynamic. Good video man :) Also rip donny xD

After flying all the ILs ever since the games release I am convinced that the ILs fill a niche that makes it a great plane. It's really good at punishing people for making any mistakes. It's like that coach that hits you on the back of your head for doing anything wrong, and the only way to stop him is to stop making mistakes.

"Why defyn is in IL10 ?" ... X)

"nice sparks" axaxaxaxax )))))

Donnie is trash in defensive flying. That too in a FW190 That's saying something

This is an incredible video! Very well thought out and articulated points around thinking for yourself and finding your own style of fighting. Personally I agree with your point about high kill games as well. I don't find I learn from my high kill games because they are brainless stomps. The games I remember are the ones where I actually outplay enemies. 5 minute long dogfights where you're fighting tooth and nail for the little advantages to get that one shot lined up are some of the most challenging and rewarding moments in warthunder and are what keep me coming back to air RB. Keep up the great work on the videos!

When he started to stall climb, you should look on the fear on his face XD

My niche is hightailing out of dogfights while flying well below 50 meters altitude.

Il-2M is awesome with those 23s. So many underestimate Il-2 but its so easy To fly and has a ton of durability. Cant wait To get my hands on Il-10

"find your niche" i guess there is something to that. i mainly play bnz/energy fighters and what i usually do is get altitude, wait to spot some targets, get speed and either dive on them or zoom past them with the high speed i have, while they are still slow climbing. if they do engage me and i have more energy, all i need to do is usually spiral upwards to stall them out. the bf109 series in particular is good at this. everything where i don't have the advantage (such as a spitfire being behind me when i am in a fw190) i react to it depending on the strengths and weaknesses of the planes. from a spit i would dive to a high speed and roll from side to side trying to make it overshoot, not much else is possible. sometimes you CANNOT DO ANYTHING and should just ask yourself how to avoid unwinnable situations

All Shturmoviks are head on beasts, with AP shells their cannons completely shred people coming at you, and you have enough frontal armour to withstand .50 cals up to 200m.

6:14 Energy in kN xd No, but seriously a vid that I can fully agree with and a topic that I can also refer to myself in terms of these high kill games.

This old meme, thanks again for the lols, I had this video liked probably when you released it lmaooooo

i like ur videos cause u usually start them with giving the pros and cons of the aircraft

People tend to underestimate the Il-10, thinking they can use the same tactics they learned fighting Il-2's. Some tactics still apply like shooting the wings and tail, but they underestimate its energy and maneuverability. I find it's better to actually get into turning fights against most planes except Japanese planes instead of relying on back gunner, as it just takes a few 20mils to rip the wings or tail in half.

Since i play wt I've been watching several ytubers giving tips and every one of them opinion about head-ons against attackers like IL-2 and above was the same: avoid them. 1.strong armament and more ammo dispensed for second, this in combination with experienced player who knows where to aim is deadly 2. they are flying tanks so more likely you will be the one that won't survive pure logic and people still think that fighter can kill every other plane because it's nimble XD

You mess with DEFYN you’re done for Idk why’d he stall himself for no reason and head on an IL-10. :| Great video as always thoufh

100 percent agree with what he says here in the video. This video needs more views. By the way i loved the beginning lol

10/10 intro. Reminds me of Whip's video for the Javelin.

Guns shouldn’t be a balance thing, every gun should be lethal as hell. It’s frustrating when playing with the Shvaks,23s, and all Hispanos but the MKVs that it takes so long to kill a plane, not like Mg151s where you just oof people. Hope gaijin does something. IL10 with 23s performing correctly would shit in everything that can get to

Ok. I definitely understand your point about this plane at such and such an altitude facing such and such being a relatively pointless thing to talk about. How about more basic, generic stuff? For example, what is (generally) the best approach in a cloudy game? How do different maps affect your choices early game? Positioning, positioning, positioning... Im a long way from being any good and, as far as I can see, the best pilots always seem to be in the best position BEFORE dogfighting even starts. I’ve tried climbing and as long as I’m boringly conservative I survive and maybe get a kill. But if I go to help allies or head towards an enemy chances are I will die soon after. A lot of my progress will consist of simply getting more experience but I often have no idea of what sort of decisions to make before I merge with an enemy so sometimes it feels like I’m repeating the same errors without knowing what they are. Which is frustrating. There’s still too much decision overload for me to instinctively do the right thing but at least I sort of know what that is (even if I don’t do it) in a dogfight. What I have no idea about is where, on which maps, given the general plane type (turner, BnZ-er, all rounder etc) I should be heading. Is it better to stay with the team? What if they appear to have a death wish and head directly into fighter stream at middling altitudes? Stuff like this would really help me. By the way, my earned BR (non premium) is about 5.7. Experience level 50. I do get the occasional kill but I’d be happier if I could at least get one kill per game (and two or three in tanks, but I’m achieving this level fairly consistently). Is it better to try to survive a game (without the space climbing or AF camping) or better to not worry about dying as long as I get more dogfighting experience? All these questions are the ones I’d love answered. Cheers.

I totally agree, number of kills does not always equal skill. My first (and only) 8 kill match was in the first Do-217. Half of the kills were bombers (3 in the sad kingfisher) and the rest of my kills were either due to obliviousness or them f**king up. Yes, it felt great at first but at the end of the day, all I did was pew pew at some low tier scrub bois.

How about a video made of a couple clips getting a few kills in short time with you taking about what was going through your head on why you were targeting those planes to make it a quick clean up. Preferably something in the 5.0-6.3 range with props of equal br.

Or a video on why you think allied teams seem to be struggling in the 5.7 range. I can't quite figure it out exactly, but do think of a few keys that are screwing them, just curious on your thoughts/observations.

"Find your own niche" My "niche" is dabbing on haters with the Firebrand

oh btw at 15:29 it's not the ko that costs 36k it's the otsu, the ko is the premium so of course.... (I mean yea it has to be affordable for most people)

But why your voice is so similar to Jengar :o

My first ace was killing two bombers and three fighters who went head on with me when I flew my b6/r3

I'd be fine seeing commentaries on individual fights rather than entire games.

Perfect video again :-) Thank you so much!!! Can you make gameplay with FW190 A-8? It's quite difficult to play with this plane. It should get better FM and best way how to make it is upload video on YT and talk about problem publicly.

Hi DEFYN, congratulations with passing your year! Did you see F1 this weekend?

You haven't played war thunder enough if you underestimate what attackers can do

It's like RB is filled with Arcade players nowadays. The truth is that at the moment, I enjoy the fast paced gameplay of arcade more but I stick to that gamemode instead of bringing that to RB. If I want to fly RB, there is only one place for going headon. And that is when you literally have 0 advantages over the enemy plane or are damaged to the degree you won't be able to dogfight them anyways. Other than that, you just ruin your fun and everyone else's too...

Donny eats at the freshest restaurants with the chillest dudes

When I first played it I got 4 kills, I just knew; this thing is good

i replayed that intro like 4 times now, LMAO!! =)

2024 : ppl struggleing to keep this sht in the air ....like all IL variants

despite how monke I am I do prefer getting a single good kill with a long dogfight or a long reversal than killing 4 or more people out of fluke. It's boring, I play the game for the dogfights, to feel like red tails, or Pearl Harbor, or Top Gun I give no fucks about how many people I kill, if I reverse a zero or outplay a spit lf mk9 with an LA7 i am happy, if I fight someone for ten minutes and he kills me I still enjoy it. I once had a 7 kill game with the J21 when it was still 3.3 and it was because everyone went head on and turn fought, it wasn't fun. And I was a real tryhard by that time.

Can we have really big *F* for the Donster here xD He’s a cool guy, but that moment was golden)

You got 2 good points there. Think and easy kills are statists nothing more. Could have addressed the "sparks" excuse at the end since its kinda relevant because it is donnys way to shift the blame for the outcome of that fight and avoid thinking about his mistakes. Its surprising how players that think they are hot shit always use some form of that excuse when they get their asses handed to them.

Awwww that intro is glorious :)

This is unfortunately not an issue exclusive to War Thunder. In all my years of helping/training randos in rts, telling people to think for themselves rarely works, they just wanted an easy build they could repeat ad infinitum until they came across other people that actually could think for themselves.

This is cool flying, my respect!)

Yeahh unfortunately the average player is a crayon eater. "No way, I have too much energy" uses that energy to push a fucking headon for no reason and dies "lol sparks"

donald doesnt know pepeLaugh

Ey it's donny

Blyatiful great job

.. this is a fantastic video 11/10

What sensitivity and dpi do you use Defyn? I can’t seem to find a good balance between speed and precision.

I agree with all u said.

i DoN't LiKe AnItHiNg RuSsIaN - The defster

I’m trying to grind Russian jets, I’ve been recommended to talisman the IL 10 (1946) and just attack ground targets to get constant RP. Is this a good idea?

Hey defyn would you mind doing a vid on the j2m3?

nice sparks

Well.. being able to aim well makes 90% of the difference. I've been playing this game for like 1.5k hours. Still can't aim for shit. Sure i've learned a few tricks that can get me an advantage, I can get out of tight spots, i can turn the advantage around in my favour. But then when i pull that trigger, I might as well be firing purple dildos. So after ending up having to to do three to four passes on an enemy, whatever aerodynamic advantages i had worked for counts for fucking nothing. You can have an effective game experience by ONLY doing head ons.. if you aim well (it's fucking lame, but it's true). You can literally be a crosshair dog and only point with no consideration for aerodynamics..and still have a profitable long term gaming experience.

poor SEP though

He's right guyss

360 squad where ya at?

7:35 look at who???

My worst mistake was getting killed by a stuka in my vampire

request anything he? how about the la9!

"he for some reason rams me" Hes japanese. Thats self explanatory 😂

are you waitching Boris just asking cause im shure i heard his voice in the musik

The one dislike is donny

Can i just agree 9/11 with 5:39... thank you🙏...👌 The players these days call you out for hacks and other stuff if you just outsmarted them with normal game mechanics. They have a average IQ of 2 these days. It's just so sad to see.

ok a Zero shoud only die from your back gunner. (any competent fighter really tbh). but a zero, cmon.

cheeki breeki

how did you make the green interface?

Hahahaha of course, blaming it on sparks

"nice sparks" what a salt mine

why woulkd any of these enemy planes go head on with a IL 10 that would be straight no skill players what so ever. I mean how stupid can ppl be ? Dont they atleast look at armor models of planes or get some kind of info? I know i would rather know what strengths and weaknesses are of enemy and my own planes and get a win from the games.

I would just like to add. Try! Put yourself in situations and learn. For the love of god stop running to aaa people. Your just stunting your own growth. You learn much more from a failure than a cheesy victory.

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PlAy 5.7 aXiS pLEaSe

Today i have broken 700 km/h in the IAR 81-C even though stat card says it's top speed is 485 :p does it count as a nieche?

Ils smack man lowkey lol

wow u went head on with a mong and won gj

lol

u: * 4 kills on il-10 * your mother's friend's son: www.twitch.tv/videos/445179986?t=11s

Hahaha I watch this on stream and ooooooooo did i laught IL-10 2OP one of the best "light" soviet fighters ;-) Yes yes and yesssss, use brain people i know we all make a mistake do stupid moves etc... But when you use brain it heppens a much less then when you just brainless go low with bombs and Rockets or force head on, not to mention team work, deng if team is split all over the map there is a big chanse that enemy will gang bang you one by one. Thanks for laught comrad 👍

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