Gaijin FORGOT This Jet | F8U-2 War Thunder

[@just_david]

This whole BR "decompression" update has been so chaotic, some jets didn't move up when they should have like the F8U-2 and J-7E, some planes are at the same BR as their upgraded variants like the F-5C, and some jets just got moved up for NO reason at all, like the F-4C. They gotta fix the BRs again

[@DiamondSquidy]

Yeah there’s plenty of work that’s still needed like the F-5c, etc, etc but overall it’s a step in the right direction imo. And I’m grateful that I no longer have to fight F-16’s in my F4E 😅

[@just_david]

@@DiamondSquidy true, and yeah I'm also grateful that I can play my beloved F-4E without having to fight F-16s too

[@theporschetiger]

The F-4J being a higher BR than the MiG-23ML :/

[@just_david]

@@theporschetiger But... but- the AIM-7Fs!1!! 😭

[@kingghidorah8106]

redditors are still crying over the f-5C as if it were the absolute best 10.3, literally obnoxiously THE supersonic aircraft that only thrives if other supersonic aircraft are willing to let themselves get fragged. Never had an issue against the F-5C, it is no longer the OP mobile it was, before when m39 cannons reached 3km ahead and the aim9E's were just 10G versions of the aim9j (this was, great range and very good flare resistance), now it's at 11.0 being worse than the J7E in every single aspect (and so is the f-5E) lmao.

[@zablinker]

Gotta love gaijins “BR decompression” the Gripen faces Phantoms (Again) lmao

[@DragoneyeVII]

And that's a good thing.

[@DrJHailiff]

@@DragoneyeVIIhow??

[@victormorales8990]

​@@DragoneyeVII gripenA variant is the most advanced gen 4 plane in game atm. the f-16as/f-14bs/mig29s/jas39a/f-15as/all need their own 0.0-1.0 BR range (advanced fox1class) out of reach of the f-4e and f4j variants but they also need to be out of reach fox 3 aircraft as well. The mirage f1 and tornado / and Japanese F4 ej kai phantom II / mirage 2000 s5 / mig21 bison / f-20 /mig23 are better suited to get up-tiered. But ideally would be better for them to have their own BR range (average fox 1 class) the f4e/f4js/f4s and below phantoms need their own space. (Early fox1 class) They should only be facing mig21 class aircraft and below, mig21 bison not included. phantom was primarily a Vietnam-era fighter. The PDV radar is an early pulse doppler, it's easily notched. The aim7f can be defeated quite easily because of that.

[@SalSal-om1en]

⁠@@victormorales8990F4S and F4J should be in mig23 range, they way better then F4E and has HMD plus wing slats

[@SalSal-om1en]

@@victormorales8990f15a/j and all gripen a should be in su27 and j11 battle ratings not f16a and mig29

[@gabrielabreu5200]

Pro tip on the F8, u can split the guns that fire, so u have double the trigger time

[@GK_Squid]

I have the Logitech g600 mouse and used the num pad for the split fire mode. It's an awesome trick

[@denbleygv9238]

that wing rip issue was the reason I never got into flying that. Nice to see it get buffed a bit.

[@Starkogi]

A bit 👁️👁️

[@Jackson-Lawson]

Loving I can actually turn it now. Tough unlearning months of muscle memory on how to turn it though. Only way I’ve got it to rip was pitching up and rolling hard going over 1100kmh after a few seconds. It’s impossible to rip now

[@mangosuppe8706]

@@Jackson-Lawson I have to admit I never played the F8-U2 and was only close to researching it. But I have never ever seen that thing rip but once outside of a dogfight in my entire lifetime of over 600 matches with the MiG-21S

[@thatoneguy1741]

French one still doesn’t get flares nice

[@reinni2968]

Because it didnt get them?

[@DanielSantos-df3tc]

@@reinni2968 it had them irl

[@reinni2968]

@@DanielSantos-df3tc "it was not originally fitted to the aircraft at all, both the AN/ALE-29 Countermeasure dispensers, and APR-25 RWR were fitted to various aircraft with the Project Shoehorn Emergency modification program that came off the back of lessons learnt from Korea, and hurriedly implemented in the early stages of Vietnam as the likelihood they would be dealing with a variety of radars increased."

[@DanielSantos-df3tc]

@@reinni2968 there is documents about the french F-8E FN stating it has countermeasures

[@DanielSantos-df3tc]

Gaijin just dislikes france basically

[@YourUncleGreg]

The whole BR changes feels like doing homework before class...

[@MANNYzZ]

thanks to all the videos from joob and lee, 10.0 is literally dominated bu F8Us its getting spammed like crazy

[@Crabonoe]

B-29 still at 7.3 💀

[@Unitra2550]

heres a little tip about the trigger time since the guns are divided into 2 groups, you can set a keybind for swapping primary weapons and only fire two of the guns at once doubling the effective trigger time, sure you have less volume of fire but with high velocity high damage guns like the colts its honestly worth the trade off i use this on the F8 and ESPECIALLY on the F2 Sabre

[@bendawg8-wi4dr]

I demand that they finally fix the overpulling bug on this aircraft and many others before moving it up. There’s no reason as to why it just randomly pulls 16Gs after pulling a continuous 9-10Gs. It’s ridiculous that they still haven’t fixed it…

[@GeneralLee2000]

@@bendawg8-wi4dr it could (and should) still go up either way with the rip change IMO

[@bendawg8-wi4dr]

@@GeneralLee2000 I agree, it’s over preforming drastically after these changes, but this change is still desperately needed and extremely long overdue.

[@Anti-Airliner]

I was mad at gaijin for these br changes and i started grinding the us tech tree and about to get this thing and eventually the f14 which are both great planes for their brs ty gaijin

[@JonasWagner-fi9kz]

The mirage 3c is realy good now

[@hensen6]

it was okay at 10.3 wdym

[@tigerbesteverything]

@@hensen6 no it wasn't, no rwr and no counter measure fighting 90% time 11.3 is not 'okay".

[@hensen6]

@@tigerbesteverything i got 1.5k/d with iiic since it was 10.3 lmao

[@tigerbesteverything]

@@hensen6 which is not good. it's very easy to get a 1.5 kd on aircrafts as long as you play somewhat decently.

[@hensen6]

@@tigerbesteverything that's why i say it was okay

[@howtodefeatisis1015]

7:40 "I have a feeling I'll see a lot of them" fast forward every game I play has like a minimum of 5 per game around it's br lol

[@maxwellmaragia2272]

This plane shocked me with how it doesn't lose energy even in circling fights. Also you never get uptiered. Good revenge for all the suffering encountered in 9.3 br

[@pooch7245]

I play the Ariete a lot and before the decompression it absolutely slapped everything even in an uptier. I never saw enough F8s to give me a problem, but after the F5s were moved up I easily see 2-3 a game and they legitimately do give me a problem as theyre fast and have good missiles

[@Jack-zw5qn]

I love the funky rocket bay on this thing

[@Astrofax2.0]

The br change is on statistics such as if a plane is played alot than it will have a high chance of changing or if some planes have a high k/d than they will br8ng ot up in br the most visible change is in the french tech tree the ranks and planes are very good but the people that play france aren t begginers so the stats show that a certain tank is destroying every thing at a certain br not because the tanks are op but because the players are playing new ones with less experience, i started playing wt with the french tech tree because i am french and struggled because some 6.7 tanks went up to 7.7 because they were overperforming wich is why the f8e has a low br because no 9ne plays it unless they're new to the rank where they will probably lose al9t make the plane seem bad in gaijin eyes

[@DartStebz]

on the opposite side of the spectrum the J-35XS is now at 11.3 in ARB but still 10.7 in arcade

[@-Qonqueror-]

You can double the trigger time if you fire the two pairs of colts independently with the weapon group.

[@biscuitbroski9223]

I really really hope they continue to forget it, I’m having so much fun with it atm

[@TheFIFABoys]

anyone else think that the J35XS is pretty doodoo now at 11.3?

[@AllericEnslin]

Wish i researched that line of the tree instead of being stuck with the fucking F4C right now. Thanks Gaijin for being shit at your job as usual

[@Siddich]

bsssssh, lee, bssssssshhh, do not tell them :-)

[@vladimirpugh336]

You can double the trigger time by turning off one pair of guns through weapon selector. Once the other pair runs out of ammo, it''ll switch back on, no additional input needed.

[@IceGuadian]

insane too how the french one without flares is the same BR

[@eeNPeeCee]

This thing has been the bane of my existence everytime i play 9.3

[@Technetica]

If you want more trigger time the F8 guns are split into 2 groups, you can select them in pairs if you want a shooting profile more similar to like an F5. Many people might not have the button bound to even do this because it's not often needed.

[@benjaminrawlinson9318]

Guys Lees decal makes your phoenixs hit more (I would never lie)

[@Zorthal]

I'm constantly coming into games with Mig21's which are a pain

[@MrNobody_-mi6ts]

Wouldn’t the 9c’s make sense why the F8e goes up and this stays the same, Wasn’t their main thing to make it so planes with all aspects don’t face ones without

[@adkmtb5046]

Live F8 reaction 😮

[@Mehumatti]

I just unlocked the f8 and i was like "ppl are complaining about wings ripping off" it has only happened to me once

[@TheUmdexMan]

Once i figured out you could set a distance fuze on the zunis, everything changed

[@ccclll987]

this jet is especially a problem in sim. Red side has NO fighter below 11.0 that has missiles and flares. This was already and issue before. In my opinion, no matter what, the f8 should always be at the same BR of a mig21 smt. They are very similar planes, different performances but equally capable

[@Samokopecky]

F14B is facing amraams now, it's officially ruined.

[@burneracc2567]

Getting a taste of it's medicine.

[@GrendalTheBeasty]

My personal favorite part is now the A-10 and Su-25 are some of the best fighters in the game since they almost always fight 9.3 to 10.3 matches. There are almost no fighters with flares in that range.

[@samuelforsyth6374]

shhh, I'm almost done grinding US to there

[@_ace_defective_]

The main reason I stayed away from the F8U-2 was that stupid wing rip issue. I still think they need to tune the FM so you can't rip it just by pulling for an extended period of time but the rip changes are making me want to fly it out again...

[@GeneralLee2000]

You should, it's great fun

[@maggi98mw]

I haven't ripped so far, even below 2km at 1000kph+, pulling 13g. Before it ripped so quickly

[@Tobias-wb6kd]

The problem isn't the FM, its the instructor

[@airborne719]

This plane feels so much better now. I can hope that it stays at the current BR and but hope in one hand and poop in the other and see which one fills up first....

[@KingSlayerTTV]

7:38 I saw you flinch lee and tbh i would of too that gun is scary

[@Aqualobo242]

Please play the T-2 as it is in a good spot at 9.7 at the moment with the br changes

[@sharcc2511]

I honestly kind of like the new shitshow of these brs? Some stuff is definately out of wack - like the Su27 being above the Gripen, or the F8U of course, but it also helps make some more niche planes be a lot more competitive, the su17m4 for example, I've been having a blast in using it like a turnfighter.

[@Russertlog]

lee the aim9d has a 2km range on supersonic targets considering if you are going mach 1

[@pandoranbias1622]

F4C pilots in suicide mode

[@DzinkyDzink]

This plane has: - Only rear aspect IR missiles - Wings that are more fragile than Homelander's ego - Russian advertisment max speed that you will never reach 60% no matter the alt unlike MiG-21's - Useless radar and even more useless IRST - Abysmal ground pound payload - Impossbile to properly land - you either glide on flaps never touching the ground or break the tail without them - Horrible controls that make fine aiming guns with mouse difficult(unlike F-5's and MiG-21's) I say let it stay at 10.0 until I'm done with US VII rank 😇

[@TheUmdexMan]

You have: - A skill issue

[@AverageWTPilot]

Joseph at Gaijin: "Nahhh we already moved the F8's competition to some stupid high BR, I really wanna play it when I get home from work today please leave it at 10.0." The guy who finalizes br changes: "Yea, sure, we can do that." Great job joseph, great job.

[@LarySeeAircraft]

Grippy A is gaming, it can face F4S spam

[@henry03100]

don’t forget the a5c which has 2 mates magic ones which are free kills against any flawless jet

[@prestoo264]

They also forgot the J-7E....... God Help Us All.

[@HighRiskV]

This thing is a monster in a downtier and is one of my most played jets, many people don't realise it is even better than the f8e. Any mig21 is easy food, you can go toe on toe with f5c's

[@LouieDekai]

As a f-104a player, I hate my life cuz of this plane

[@Hawkeye_Myhawk]

As you should, I am playing it now for the event and it's just as op as the f8u.. I get multiple aces every day. But I dread the Ayit more for some reason :D

[@LouieDekai]

@@Hawkeye_Myhawk yo just got the f8u-2 and spaded it, im happy now cuz I can now torment other f-104a players

[@Hawkeye_Myhawk]

@LouieDekai yeah, first three days I had cca 4 hours to complete 45k points, with f8u I had 2.5h twice in a row now :D

[@LouieDekai]

@@Hawkeye_Myhawk WWW

[@MSGtJimator]

I’m pretty sure these changes for the worse are totally intentional. They do this every time. I’ve been with the game for more than 10 years and every time they seemingly decompress a BR, they just make it worse. It’s mind games.

[@PaulMacQ]

Well with hundreds of plans. Some are going to slip through. Probably will change in next couple of weeks. Or will leave this as is. Might be a favour for Joob

[@martinwellhoefer9159]

Its the same situation with the j 7e. That thing should be 11.3 minimum.

[@JaylenHenke]

W decal

[@syinari8266]

this thing dominates everything in a downtier it makes no sense .

[@Gibbo263]

Guns on the hunters have been broken. They spread is completely randomised

[@Enosann]

Even with the issue of Broken Wing at above 13G, I still use it even though it is difficult to use it in a dogfight situation. And morally, this can help someone to be patient if using this plane 😂

[@KaguyasBeat]

If this is what their statistical balancing looks like, it's baffling to me looking at the things that did go up... and the things that didn't. Belgian F-16A at 13.3 while Gripen A is at 13.0... haha. ha.

[@gabrielabreu5200]

F8E has also AIM 9 Ds

[@true2the_322]

I love this thing so much

[@wsmith3849]

It really doesn’t matter. Playing US is almost a guaranteed loss in ARB. Take off, fly straight, do a head on, fire your missile then get shot down. It’s mind boggling.

[@IamnotDanTDM]

True but you have to keep feeding the snail somehow

[@ItzCPU_]

If it’s that unbalanced someone should leave feedback on it to let Gaijin know

[@GeneralLee2000]

They ignored it...

[@SA-ks3ex]

@@GeneralLee2000I believe that the plane didn’t get good statistics bc of wings problem. Planes like this (or Ayit) demand some discipline and piloting skills that’s why in good hands they are very strong and inexperienced players keep br relatively low constantly ripping wings. It’s gonna take some time but F-8U is going to move up eventually since the wing problem is kinda solved now.

[@Joey_Liu]

It’s arguably the new F5c

[@GeneralLee2000]

That's actually easier for the average player to play because it gets 4 good missiles too 🤣

[@ScottishSquirrel_]

@@GeneralLee2000honestly the F-5C is garbage now, 9.3 missiles at 11.0 is crazy

[@Joey_Liu]

@@ScottishSquirrel_yes and no. Yes the missles are garbage, definitely should get aim9js. But the flight performance more than makes up for it. I think the challenge for people is it’s actually balanced now, and not op as people would like it to be.

[@Joey_Liu]

@@GeneralLee2000omg I didn’t even think about that!

[@Warthunderplayer24]

I play the premium tornado and I'm going against f-14 🥲 the br needs to go down

[@Jazon-kv7ym]

ill play this plane before they inevitably overtier this plane XD

[@tomatoflight]

Gaijin just give me the controls I will fix it. J-35XS, F-5E, and other previous 10.7s will go up to 11.3 instead of 11.0. F-5E FCU will go up to 11.7! F8U up to 10.3, and J-7E up to 11.7! Your welcome gaijin

[@tomatoflight]

Oh an F-4C is too op. Needs to go up to 12.0

[@a-p-c-r_Project]

This whole “decompression ” thing is a disaster, like sure decompressing the 9.7~10.0 bracket is a good thing but in my opinion completely messing all the BR’s above and then leave things like this or the f104 or the mig 19s completely negates any good they seek, like F5e and f5c at the same br? And the FCU just .3 ahead? The absolute insanity of the f16 adf and aj at the same BR as the grippen or f15 like what?, and more and more and more, Just leave it a gaining to change everything and have a worst result than not doing anything.

[@starliner2498]

Shooo! Dont tell everyone about it

[@rileysexton3043]

This jet is op, unfortunately I just suck so much I make it look bad

[@rommelmaltez6784]

Bro where did you get that stat chart at 6:37

[@burneracc2567]

Finnish Mig 21 Bis being 11.3 is wack. You get so few missiles that don't track half the time (yes 6x R-60MK but those eat flares like candy) and God forbid you try to use R-3Rs because they get 1 chaffed every time. The only advantage it has over most Mig 21s is number of countermeasures which also isn't great at 64.... And if you just look at elevator key, kiss your energy goodbye.

[@gforce_117]

It's very apparent that whoever makes these decisions does not play the game.

[@bohdanravchuk7500]

Don't make a video about this one, this has to be a Secret for the evil snail, finally f8u is usable

[@birkensafttt]

It was literally the best 10.0 even before the decepmpression. This ant F4C should have their BRs swapped.

[@mochabear88]

ty

[@user-Xx0xxxxx]

stuff at 10.0 didn't increase, this was only increases for stuff from 10.3 upwards

[@GeneralLee2000]

The F-4C, F-105, A-10 Early, Su-25 and other 10.0s moving up in question:

[@giddyup9591]

People who think this update was good and did what it actually supposed to do fly the f8u and j7e

[@mab2187]

Are you using the boosters? if not then yea no issue with wing rip.

[@Loudward__]

What's the name of the girl on your decal?

[@GeneralLee2000]

Haven't decided yet, still need to do the poll

[@Loudward__]

@@GeneralLee2000 cute!!!!!!!!!!

[@shvaknjoyer]

@@Loudward__freakyward

[@m3chgeek470]

Oh no finally the US tech tree has a op plane what are 109 Mig 15 190 Pilots going to do

[@Rocketracoon809]

Shall i direct you to the P51H good sir? Or the F-104?

[@m3chgeek470]

@Rocketracoon809 lol in SR 6.7 P-51 is the Axis jets start 😂 it's fun. Haven't made it to the f-4 yet but it sounds like it has the flight model of a brick lol. And I'm not using any premium planes and it's painful!

[@suzybean13]

Wassup lee? RAHHH DERP PLANE META

[@GeneralLee2000]

@@suzybean13 heya!

[@mohammadsab4478]

Best jet ever

[@matato1]

this cancer must be nerfed

[@VeeTaperTemplar]

Gaijin screwed Sim players again 😂 Now both models are 10.3 On top of that I can’t see jack in my Crusader unless I’m 2 feet from my 60 inch TV So The Demon Reigns Supreme still 😂

[@enzoherzog]

someone know why my f8u is popping just 1 flare??

[@User-nk8st]

Can you play the J7E with the new br’s

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

lmfao fast forward a month, no nerf LOL

[@marko0marko0marko01]

Pls review f-5e

[@Domsenik22]

Compare this to the poor J35D ffs

[@burneracc2567]

Lmfao yeah, carry rocket pod for flares and God forbid you look at your elevator key without sh*tting all your energy away

[@BlueCloverOnline]

Shhh Im having fun stop telling people

[@t_k_o_l]

Ayit still 9.3?

[@Монолит798]

Купил наклейку ради СИСЕК

[@darkofmusic8801]

1?

[@benjaminrawlinson9318]

Yes

[@ViperPilot16]

2?

[@RedTail1-1]

You also gotta remember that the majority of players are not that good at the game. Your experience is not going to reflect the average player's experience because you are actually very good at the game. You might dominate in an aircraft and feel like it's the aircraft that is OP when really it's because you know how to use it and know what to do in general. Take one of the thousands of average players and put them in all the same situations and they won't perform nearly half as well.

[@leftnut7508]

That's not the point, in a completely fair scenario this plane is probably too good for its br irrespective of skill. If you got monkeys flying around then the plane doesn't matter and you might as well not watch these videos, you're just gonna crash on takeoff anyway.

[@dreccasawa9975]

That reasoning is why the F-15A stayed at 12.3 while the Su-27 and JAS-39 were moved to 12.7. Even now it is still a BR step lower than them, even though it belongs in the same BR. So, unlike the Su-27, it gets the chance to go seal clubbing F-4S players whenever it gets a downtier. If the aircraft and missiles are great (for the BR), but it's piloted by incompetent players, it doesn't mean the plane should go down in BR to give those incompetent players an easier time, it is the player's fault for not learning how to properly use the tools given to them.

[@cerealenjoyer3000]

This type of reasoning is the same thinking the monkey balancers at gaijin have. You dont balance the BR based on the statistics and how bad players are. You balance based on the performance of the plane itself

[@GeneralLee2000]

@@RedTail1-1 I mean it just flatout outperforms every 10.0 and 10.3 I can think of, and is comparable to many 10.7s. It just flatout shouldn't be THIS low in BR.

[@rav3727]

Meanwhile the mig-23s all get several nerfs and go up, the mig-23m now is a literal joke

[@dreccasawa9975]

"Decompressing top tier"... .. We gotta remember that, gor Gaijin, top tier begins at 10.0