#How to get rid of depression while grinding for the F16

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high vault
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I'm playing the A10 and literally getting depressed cuz I can't do shit with it (trying to bomb bases)

noble stag
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take 9Ls and use the free kill sticks

nova vapor
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yes

noble stag
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if you want you can take enough for 1 base but main priority should be get 9Ls off

winged pasture
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Dogfight, you turn exceptionally well for the br

noble stag
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you're so slow that base bombing isn't really viable

ancient bane
# winged pasture Dogfight, you turn exceptionally well for the br

No, the A10 sucks in dogfights. Sure it has good turning speed at low speed bc it can only go low speed. But it loses quite a bit of speed when turning (so you will be at like 400-500 kph) and all the enemy can do (if the enemy can think somewhat) is just pull right up and the A10 will just stall and then he can simply just do a loop and you guessed it, your dead. Although i kind of understand what you mean. There are mostly low level premium players at 10.0 and they dont really know how to dogfight, i guess its pretty good then, but its still pretty bad

last turtle
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and he isn’t even that good

native creek
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BIND BALISTIC COMPUTER AND GROUND TARGETS ARE YOUR FRIENDS , It allows allot more accuracy with shorter bursts so more targets , ive been in games where A10 get through the first wave of enemy and if your team wins you can easily get 4k points from ground targets

high vault
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the thing is i can't even get to ground targets before i get killed

native creek
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then , id recommend learn to use flares , hell even periodic flares since you get a bunch of flares at maybe 2-3 second interval, that should enable enough distractions for IR missiles. then you need to learn to keep your head on swivel. take note of where missiles and which enemys are interested in you . then play your speed and turning to your advantage

noble stag
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always go to the left side after takeoff too

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less enemies go that way

hollow chasm
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Try MI-4AV in Heli pve.
You will get some perspective on what's painful

noble stag
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stock mi-4av

hollow chasm
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Every MI-4AV is stock...
No modification can help its speed

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But honestly its the best starting heli to carry a match... If you have a free afternoon.

noble stag
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doesnt it only come stock with .50s tho

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no atgms

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or am i going insane

hollow chasm
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Nah. It actually has 2x Atgms stock now with Rockets too

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As a mod, it can get up to 2x ATGMs, but 2x is more than nothing.
Also it has 4km range which is actually great, cuz AA starts firing around 3.5km tops

noble stag
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ye

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alouette is pain cause of that

hollow chasm
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What reeealy suffers is the French starter

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It has I think 6 very short range ATGMs and thats it

frosty rivet
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And 9Ls love flares from the A-10s I got more gun kills than missile kills with my TT A-10

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All 4 kills was guns since none of my 4 9Ls hit all got flared

ancient bane
# last turtle my friend regularly gets 3-5 kills with a10

I got an average of 4 kills and ground targets every match i played the A10, also do mind i have gotten 4.6 million rp with the A10. Just because i or your friend gets so many kills is because of players taking full-commit headons in F5Cs (for example) against the A10 or just throwing Aim 9Ls at planes that dont pay attention to their surroundings. Maybe sometimes you can get very lucky in a dogfight if the enemy makes a mistake and you can lead in a shot. But the only reason you get kills is the GAU 8 penatration machine and the skill less sticks not the flight perfomance, (of course you need a gun to kill someone even in a plane with good flight perfomance, unless you're japanese of course. I hope you do understand what i mean about the flight perfomance.

ancient bane
frosty rivet
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1 was rear on F-14, 2 was tornado 1 rear 1 side and other was a mig-23 rear

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9Ls suck after the last update on the A-10 and get flared so easy

ancient bane
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Well, my bad then. But holy shit rear on F14 and he still flared it, now that is rare. But yeah i have kind of felt like the 9Ls have been nerfed but i didn't think they were. But guess you learn new things everyday

frosty rivet
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A-10 since it's slow the missile starts slower

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So more time to flare unlike say the F-16

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But yeah the tech tree A-10 I have gun killed way more than missile killed anything

ancient bane
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Yeah of course because every jet is differently hot

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Yeah if you launch when being mach 1 it will be a bigger chance that the enemy wont see it

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Since then the burn time becomes shorter to

frosty rivet
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Yep

ancient bane
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Thanks for telling me about the nerf, i didn't know that. Cheers!

frosty rivet
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Yep NP and for some people still call BS on me for saying it when it's true

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AV-8C harrier is also hot hot for a engine since it over heats like crazy and I even flared 9Ls with 0 issues in it rear on shots vs me

rough sentinel
noble stag
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i think it's around the preset of 500lbs

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idk cause i dont really bomb in it

rough sentinel
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X12 500lbs?

frosty rivet
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If your talking about the A-10 I wouldn't even try to bomb

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Thing is to slow everyone will be up your ass before you get close

rough sentinel
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Im talking in general because i have no idea what bases need at high tier

frosty rivet
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Well F-105 it's 2.94 tons for 2 bases

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I use the 16 750lbs and drop 8 on each base that kills it right away

rough sentinel
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Very good to know, thank you