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Yea, it's great game - I recently started playing it as well. Weird it has so little exposure on GAF. I thought that more people play it.

I liked it a lot after watching enough KrebsCoho videos on YouTube but, I uninstalled it because of the massive file size and relatively extreme learning curve and Time To Fun, where you get the controls and tactics and planes down enough to start having fun. It felt like Slow Burn The Game, good payoff long wait time. I'll play a lot more when the PS4 comes out especially since it will have the tanks rolling in by then.

It's a fun game in small doses I've found. If you play for too long, too often, you will get burned out really fast because you'll realize how terrible the grind is. It's best to go into this game accepting that you'll likely never get those level 19-20 jets that look so awesome.

I don't mean to be a downer. It's a fun game to play casually with friends.

sorry for the bump but DANG saw this gif on Kotaku
they said it was a glitch but this is the first glitch I've seen that made me want to play this game so badly

you guys are lucky to be playing this on PC

waiting for the PS4 version

Imagine if people did that in WW2. Just ramming the shit out of their enemies.

I bet the chat after that .gif was taken looked something like: "OMG FUCKING NOOB RAMMER LEARN HOW TO PLAY"

At least that's what happens whenever I run into someone.

I was playing the other day and someone randomly went "Amir0x? Amir0x from NeoGAF?"

I can't hide anywhere now ;P

Originally Posted by TheRealTalker

sorry for the bump but DANG saw this gif on Kotaku
they said it was a glitch but this is the first glitch I've seen that made me want to play this game so badly

you guys are lucky to be playing this on PC
waiting for the PS4 version

Hnngggghhhh every time I see the game in action I get excited for the PS4 version... I just want to see the game not running on my crappy laptop. And tanks.

Originally Posted by Luap

Imagine if people did that in WW2. Just ramming the shit out of their enemies.
I bet the chat after that .gif was taken looked something like: "OMG FUCKING NOOB RAMMER LEARN HOW TO PLAY"
At least that's what happens whenever I run into someone.

Bwahahaha. It's a legitimate strategy =D

Originally Posted by Amir0x

I was playing the other day and someone randomly went "Amir0x? Amir0x from NeoGAF?"
I can't hide anywhere now ;P

That's what 25 post per day gets you...

I reallllllly want War Thunder tanks. I'm thinking it has "killer app" potential. Actually... all the F2P games do.

subscribed
waiting on tanks so I can quit WoT....

This is my most anticipated game for ps4 in the launch window. I love my WWII games. Anyone know if you can be infantry?

Originally Posted by Ace001

This is my most anticipated game for ps4 in the launch window. I love my WWII games. Anyone know if you can be infantry?

No infantry planned but some missions do have AI infantry that you can strafe. :D

Planes, tanks, and ships plus all of them in one mode called "World War" eventually which has been hinted at for so long but sounds like it's going to be pretty epic from what little we know.

I just can't wait to use an attacker aircraft to strafe a few human players in a tank fight.

Got about 2,000,000 lions saved up for tanks now. I'm high enough in all nations' tiers for aircraft (just before jets) so now it's time to save for my tanks!

I just now found out that this game has a PC Open Beta :o Though can anyone maybe pass me a direct download? When I use the launcher it loads at fullspeed for about a minute and then drops to 0kb/s until I restart it before the same happens. The launcher options make no difference and I would rather avoid using a torrent :(

Guys this game is the bomb on PS4

I think I must of put in 20 hours + into this at the weekend.

Love it. love the interface, love how realistic it is. The controls are surprisingly good for a controller.

Bloody brilliant.

Please add me. My gamertag is kworned if you have the PS4 version.

i tried it on ps4 and think i´d really like it.
but the stick controls make it incredibly difficult for me. roll and yaw are switched in a way that i pretty much crash the plane regularly and there´s no option to change it.

Originally Posted by rafaelr

i tried it on ps4 and think i´d really like it.
but the stick controls make it incredibly difficult for me. roll and yaw are switched in a way that i pretty much crash the plane regularly and there´s no option to change it.

I was struggling with the controls as well. The left analog stick is basically a mouse pointer, I guess? You just point it somewhere and the plane follows? An the right stick is throttle control AND yaw, so if you yaw but put the stick a bit too much down you also throttle down. I don't know, it feels extremely counter-intuitive and I was having the hardest time just making a simple 180.

The game looks stunning, but I'm not sure I'll ever get accustomed to those weird controls.

Is there not a way to change the controls?

Damn, only 10 days! I'm hyped for PS4 especially for War Thunder!

So, how is this game with a 360 gamepad? Would I get destroyed all the time for not using a mouse?

Originally Posted by rafaelr

i tried it on ps4 and think i´d really like it.
but the stick controls make it incredibly difficult for me. roll and yaw are switched in a way that i pretty much crash the plane regularly and there´s no option to change it.

Are you using the default simplified controls? A bit point where you want to go and it goes there? There are definitely options to change that to more standard flight sim controls.

I'm downloading :-)

I've downloaded this too, one of my favourite series is Ace Combat, so while that is obviously a fully arcade flight game and I'm always willing to give another a go, especially when it is F2P.

Originally Posted by DrDamn

Are you using the default simplified controls? A bit point where you want to go and it goes there? There are definitely options to change that to more standard flight sim controls.

that could be the issue. iirc i´m on simple controls option, and the only things you can change are sensitivity and invert axis stuff.
gonna try the advanced controls tonight, thanks!

I just booted it up on PS4 and felt a bit overwhelmed by the interface, currencys, mechanics and overall complexity. Can you recommend any good overview/tutorial-videos?

Looking for some, I stumbled upon the Youtube-channel of The Mighty Jingles - not really what I was looking for. But I love this guys videos. He narrates his gameplay very calm, relaxed and positive. He is very informative and really gives me an idea on how to play the game, how to interpret and approach different situations.

War Thuder seems to be very tactical, a bit like the battlefield-series in a way. It requires me to "read the flow of combat" and it often gives me enough time to think before acting. I really games like those and would love to grasp WT soon. Any help is very much appreciated.

Originally Posted by rafaelr

i tried it on ps4 and think i´d really like it.
but the stick controls make it incredibly difficult for me. roll and yaw are switched in a way that i pretty much crash the plane regularly and there´s no option to change it.

I go into first person mode to get around this. A ssometimes the camera can just get a little mad at times.

It takes a little getting used to.

I also changed to inverted, which helped a lot.

Originally Posted by SJRB

I was struggling with the controls as well. The left analog stick is basically a mouse pointer, I guess? You just point it somewhere and the plane follows? An the right stick is throttle control AND yaw, so if you yaw but put the stick a bit too much down you also throttle down. I don't know, it feels extremely counter-intuitive and I was having the hardest time just making a simple 180.

The game looks stunning, but I'm not sure I'll ever get accustomed to those weird controls.

You can use the touchpad as a mouse but the left control stick is not a substitute.

I find it very good, but you may need to adjust the sensitivity.

Any news on when NA PS4 gets this?

Downloaded this in ps4. I'm from uk.

As I click into the game is asks me to register / sign up for the beta and won't let me go any further without doing so. Is this right?

I thought if I dl from my ps4 it would sort out this automatically - it did on Warframe.

If they're trying to make me sign up just to play it they can kiss my arse!

Gutted but .... Deleted!

Originally Posted by StaSeb

I just booted it up on PS4 and felt a bit overwhelmed by the interface, currencys, mechanics and overall complexity. Can you recommend any good overview/tutorial-videos?

Looking for some, I stumbled upon the Youtube-channel of The Mighty Jingles - not really what I was looking for. But I love this guys videos. He narrates his gameplay very calm, relaxed and positive. He is very informative and really gives me an idea on how to play the game, how to interpret and approach different situations.

War Thuder seems to be very tactical, a bit like the battlefield-series in a way. It requires me to "read the flow of combat" and it often gives me enough time to think before acting. I really games like those and would love to grasp WT soon. Any help is very much appreciated.

Jingles or Krebs are the best for WT coverage. Jingles also does WoT coverage in spades, and some random other games at times. He's not the best at the game, but his reviews are done well, updates nearly daily at least, and he's got that voice.

so i changed the control setting to simulation, which indeed changes the roll to the left stick.
however, could it be that the simulation setting also tweaks the flight model? the plane really feels "wobbly" and unstable whenever i try to make a turn. otoh, might be that i´m just completely dumbed down by all the arcade flight games i´ve played before this.

Originally Posted by J-Rzez

Jingles or Krebs are the best for WT coverage. Jingles also does WoT coverage in spades, and some random other games at times. He's not the best at the game, but his reviews are done well, updates nearly daily at least, and he's got that voice.

Yeah... he has "the voice"!
Anyways... reading that you have watched your share of WT on YouTube, can you maybe point me to a good tutorial-video as a starting point? I enjoy the way Jingles teaches me tactics, strenghts and weaknesses of certain planes and situational awareness, but mostly the whole UI, the research, the crew-feature and the different currencys are quite overwhelming. I am not shure what I am doing there, I am not sure what to prioritize or how to read the scoreboard in games. I need the basics! And I found that tutorial-videos are working best for me - far better than reading stuff up on gaming-WIKIs and such.

After starting really good with my logitech controller on PC.. I now suck awful. I don't know what happened, but I was getting kills regularly and now I can't do shit, regularly scoring zero kills every round. :(

Brutal. Is everyone already like super powered up or something as they seem more maneuverable than me?

Originally Posted by pestul

After starting really good with my logitech controller on PC.. I now suck awful. I don't know what happened, but I was getting kills regularly and now I can't do shit, regularly scoring zero kills every round. :(

Brutal. Is everyone already like super powered up or something as they seem more maneuverable than me?

They're probably using mouse aiming (arcade)l much quicker and easier to track targets, plus the lead marker helps.

Can you choose to play against simulation players? I much prefer the feel of 'proper' flight controls but not if I'm going to get slaughtered

Can anyone recommend a good Luftwaffe fighter that is obtainable fairly early? I'm using the Messerschmitt 109 E1, but it's firepower seems very weak compared to the early Spitfire and Hurricane. I've had a great deal more success with the 110 as it seems to pack far more of a punch firepower wise. Do later 109 models improve in terms of firepower or is the Focke Wulf 190 a better bet? I'm considering shelling out for the 190 D13 pack. Such a great game, i'm happy to throw some money into it.

Saw this on reddit a couple days ago

Originally Posted by Fruitster

Can anyone recommend a good Luftwaffe fighter that is obtainable fairly early? I'm using the Messerschmitt 109 E1, but it's firepower seems very weak compared to the early Spitfire and Hurricane. I've had a great deal more success with the 110 as it seems to pack far more of a punch firepower wise. Do later 109 models improve in terms of firepower or is the Focke Wulf 190 a better bet? I'm considering shelling out for the 190 D13 pack. Such a great game, i'm happy to throw some money into it.

They improve a lot on the basic E1. They start to get really good with the F/4 line where you can mount two extra 20mm cannons with gun pods. The FW190 line are mostly disappointing where they aren't really fitting one specific role well. They tend to be pretty average in everything which makes them poor dogfighters.

Downloaded it last night on my US PS4 using a UK account I created. Really really liking it so far.

Originally Posted by DTKT

They improve a lot on the basic E1. They start to get really good with the F/4 line where you can mount two extra 20mm cannons with gun pods. The FW190 line are mostly disappointing where they aren't really fitting one specific role well. They tend to be pretty average in everything which makes them poor dogfighters.

Thanks for the info :). I'll stick with the 109 tree then and work for the later models. Pity about the 190's though.

So will I be able to use the account I leveled up on PC, just transfer it to the PS4 and continue on? Or will I have to start from scratch on PS4?

Originally Posted by mrklaw

They're probably using mouse aiming (arcade)l much quicker and easier to track targets, plus the lead marker helps.

Can you choose to play against simulation players? I much prefer the feel of 'proper' flight controls but not if I'm going to get slaughtered

It's funny, because I tried to use Mouse/Keyboard input and I found my Logitech F310 a lot easier and more natural to use..

I haven't found a simulation mode yet.

Originally Posted by Frogfucious

So will I be able to use the account I leveled up on PC, just transfer it to the PS4 and continue on? Or will I have to start from scratch on PS4?

As far as I know, there is no way to transfer an account from PC to PS4.

I just can't get used to the controls, just feels awkward. How do I make sharp turns?

Anyway to make the planes behave like the planes from BF 1943? Those were perfect.

Since this seems to be the [OT] in a sense, this seems like the best place to put this.

You guys should check out Phontomen's Youtube page. It's filled with crap like that Zero GIF, and it's one of my favorite channels at the moment.

Originally Posted by sunnz

I just can't get used to the controls, just feels awkward. How do I make sharp turns?

Anyway to make the planes behave like the planes from BF 1943? Those were perfect.

You need to up the controls to at least 'realistic' to be able to do sharp turns. Anyway, I already think I'm done with this game. Wallet 'pay' clans are invading every server and they're way more advanced than I'll every be going with the stingey route. I went over 10 rounds in a row without scoring a kill.. and I felt like I was piloting pretty well.

Originally Posted by Luap

Saw this on reddit a couple days ago

I laughed

How do I get behind those filthy L2 chasers? I keep trying to trick their auto-follow into ramming into the ground but the I just end up crashing myself.

I've poured 150+ hrs into War Thunder. Honestly, even in arcade mode, this game has taught me the most about WW2 air combat (and I've played Jane's WW2 Fighters, IL2 Sturmovik, IL2 Birds of Prey, IL2 Cliffs of Dover), and playing through the various nations has taught me so much about their different strengths and weaknesses. On a basic level, it's been a eye-lesson on energy management, situational awareness, trying to engage mostly when you have a clear advantage (and on a nation-specific level, boom-and-zooming with the German and US planes, vs the more 'beginner-friendly' turn-fighting of British and Japanese planes. Russian fall somewhere in-between.)

Originally Posted by DTKT

The FW190 line are mostly disappointing where they aren't really fitting one specific role well. They tend to be pretty average in everything which makes them poor dogfighters.

That's because they're boom-and-zoomers, not dogfighters. Dive on an unsuspecting plane from on high and it'll already be dead by the time you fly back up, and going too fast for its allies to try to chase you.

BTW, once you have customizable 20mm cannon ammo for the BF109s and FW190s, air target is the best option. Minengeschoss will devastate enemy planes.

when is this officially out on us psn?

How often do you earn golden lions or do you basically have to pay for them outside of the economy ? I got the starter ones they gave you and dumped them into my crew for the british but it looks like it's going to be veeeeeeeeery slow to level up after that (to be expected I guess).

Enjoying the game on the gameplay front though on PS4. Not sure how to unlock custom games and the sim modes, some things blocked off on the menu.

Originally Posted by henhowc

when is this officially out on us psn?

Already out for Europe, not sure about US release date though.

As much as I want to love WWII aerial combat games, doesn't the gameplay always devolve into everybody just circling each other nonstop?