I Flew the AV-8B (NA) So You Don't Have To | War Thunder

[@leighcoulson2148]

There's not one top tier premium worth their outrageous, bordering on obscene price but if people keep buying them Gaijin will keep selling them at that. Maybe at 50% discount they'd be more value and they'd probably sell more.

[@moriartyholmes8172]

Looking at the amount of top tier premiums in your avg high tier game I don't see that happening anytime soon. People way to happy to throw away 70$ just to skip right to high tier.

[@toxickilljoy9037]

But if they sold shit for 35 dollars they 1 would not be near as good or have as much effort put in, and 2 there would never be any sales ever because if you're doing that much for 35 then a half off event means people are gonna have to start taking turns running the server hamster wheel.

[@calebfoster7972]

@@moriartyholmes8172na my man you buy during the sale. If you spend full price on one that’s just your stupidity, just got the click bait for 25$. Prem are good to grind I have the full air for Russia and America but basic on tanks so here we are.

[@nebunezz_r]

50 tops, 30% discount. 75 is ridiculous and their revenue is not just from pack sales, premium, GE, GJN and market cut also account for revenue. Plus this game is very profitable. ​@@toxickilljoy9037

[@duwlianmontalti4189]

i came to say exactly what u just said lol

[@frankieM_]

5:06 "of course it was the wallet warrior harrier" brings a spitfire to 11.3 and gets mad when people dont give a shit

[@GeneralLee2000]

@@frankieM_ I thought about replying but decided against it lol

[@HonkingHugeGamerNuts]

true comedic genius, bringing a prop into a jet match (I laughed out loud)

[@nefarioulyte9996]

​@@GeneralLee2000would've been funny if you said "(channel link) in (video release date) and you'll be proven wrong"

[@shawn7889]

​@@GeneralLee2000Ngl I love when defyn claps back at people. But I've also seen him start the smack talk 🤷‍♂️

[@bigtony4930]

​@@shawn7889 Defyn isn't nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

[@DustinBlaise]

A fun thing I have been doing in the AV-8B (NA) Is have the TGP (Targeting Pod) mounted in all of my current loadouts. Even ones that don't need it. because, like the AV-8B Plus and it's Radar or TGP, if you manage to stabilize the Pod's sight on a target, it will give the gun a lead reticle when you get in range. Making it really useful in a dogfight if you manage to lock the pod on your opponent. PS: Yes it does have a built in Camera on the Nose like the Plus and GR.7 Harriers which makes it useful to drop JDAMs or AGM-65s from a distance, but it doesn't lock onto targets like the separate Targeting Pod can.

[@ToshioThunder]

@7:30 Where the JDAM's shine in Air RB is with bombing static ground targets. From high altitude you can target as many as ten points with a high level of reliability while spending very little time focusing on the target. With a little practice it's a nice option to have.

[@RealPrussianSeal]

those jdam's from what ive seen on other planes (f16c) are really fun to use and glide for a good while - a really neat addition to this update

[@Fallouttec]

The problem however with Gaijin sales is they typically wont put recent additions on the sales list, so this along with other new additions like the Al Khalid and others will likely not be going on sale for the Anniversary in November.

[@LucentMoonlight]

All around solid review for this jet Lee. Awsome! It's definitely better for Ground by Air battles it's not the worst jet there. I hope Gaijin adds the upgraded NA in the future which is capable of carrying the laser JDAMS and 9M's.

[@GeneralLee2000]

@@LucentMoonlight Glad you enjoyed! I hadn't seen anyone else make a video on it, so I figured why not?

[@LucentMoonlight]

@@GeneralLee2000 One more thing that I didn't mention about the Harrier. It was capable of carrying a sidewinder variant with an anti radiation seekerhead. basically a precursor to the HARM. Very interesting armament that would be awsome in Ground battles.

[@RedTail1-1]

​@@LucentMoonlightthe Shrike or the Sidearm?..

[@zeeic]

⁠@@RedTail1-1sidearm I believe

[@pomelo9840]

I really like the addition of JDAMs, because Japan can finally have some CAS capabilities, especially with the LJDAMs

[@warthunderclipper]

Japan doesn’t have JDAMs yet In the update where F-4EJ Kai was added, on that dev server, for a short time it had JDAMs

[@ronaldoalfaro7692]

2:45 When launching bombs, i have found that using the ripple set is best for ccrp, just not continuous because you are put into a tracking camera almost instantly and can get hit by one of your own bombs or change their trajectory

[@GeneralLee2000]

@@ronaldoalfaro7692 i don't know why, but it wouldn't let me ripple the JDAMs off, never figured it out.

[@nebunezz_r]

Gaijin really need to tone down their premium price if they want a more stable purchases over all 4 quarters. The sale price is the perfect price of it because let's be real that's the price that other game capped their price.

[@ntg158]

they should -50%....in eastern europe and mostlikely in whole europe 70 EURO for ONE vehicle is a huge ammount! If i would be haijin i sell it 20-30/ prem and when sales happen 10-15/vehicle.....they sell tripple or quadrupple items that way......

[@lamilanesa99]

@@ntg158 they are griddy and know their marketing, you would NOT do that shit because you would want as much money as these griddy bastards do.

[@ntg158]

@@lamilanesa99 their marketing FAILS big time......all the community knows it! selling ONE ingame vehicle for an AAA game full price is a joke

[@lamilanesa99]

@@ntg158 nah it does work, I consider buying and I hate spending money, that good is it really, if people keep buying and they don't change prices they are doing succeding. Failure would be average sales instead of a flood of them when discounts happen, which absolutely does NOT happen because winter sales are a frenzy.

[@Blearu]

Just note: when the sales do go on towards the end of this year all the new packs that came in the DoD update won't be for sale, so do note that. Still just wait for when they do go on sale just not for these up coming sales

[@Lxcx311]

The 11.3 lineup is crazy now. M1 abrams x3 (AIM, Clickbait and HC), AGS, HSTV-L, AH-1Z, Harrier and the only thing lacking is a dedicated SPAA. But you won't need it. Harrier and Cobra are good against airborne targets already and the HSTV-L got proxy rounds and an IRST tracker. The abramses get the proxy rounds too but they are only good against helis and bad cas players. I love this lineup so much and the harrier is amazing for cas with the 2 mavs and 6 lgb loadout

[@chrispbaconbanana]

The hstv-l doesn't have proxy rounds in-game or did I miss something

[@Lxcx311]

@@chrispbaconbanana it got them with the last update, together with a tracker for planes :D

[@FutureGohanGlazer]

Dont forget the A-10C which is also 11.3 in ground battles

[@sicksixgamer2694]

I know most people play RB but this is great for SIM. Anything with JDAMs is great for grinding in Sim because of the AI ground battles with stationary trargets.

[@MrDinoChungus]

It doesn't have Iff, so it's really really hard to recognize whether it's friendly or enemy.

[@user-lq1tp4yw3e]

@@MrDinoChungus You only get 9L's and a great RWR theres no need for a radar or IFF.

[@thomasleonard2564]

​@@MrDinoChungusyou mean it's hard for it to identify friendlies or enemies ? because in my a10c and other jets I see it as friendly when it's on my team

[@JRH51005]

I want a jet just for that reason, i want to play sim.. but is it good for that?

[@sicksixgamer2694]

@@JRH51005 Some say ground pounding can get boring, but I happen to love playing Attackers. So if you are okay with killing ground AI units over and over, then yeah, that's a good way to grind in SIM. (with a premium attacker)

[@ValeryKamov]

germany really suffers😭😭 (but no,in all seriousness,we NEED actual planes for top-tier germany,the us getting more higher tier jets seems a bit unfair to me,or gaijin might be planning something for the upcoming updates)

[@mrprism5382]

The Swiss are coming for Germany

[@nictheflick]

Maybe something that starts with E and ends with urofighter

[@ValeryKamov]

@@nictheflick real

[@martinwellhoefer9159]

If not the typhoon then at least a swiss f 18.

[@silentassassin3674]

Germany dosent have many much modern planes expect euro fighter and f35.what I don’t under any yet is the missing Swiss sub tree that would help germanys dire state

[@csii6478]

The ground BR is jacked up and is only put at 11.3 to milk the click bait cows to buy a top tier CAS plane to bring into GRB….it has the same ground kit as the B plus and sits at a much lower BR. I wouldn’t be surprised they put this plane in the game because I am sure they saw a huge uptick it people buying the Su39 for CAS during the summer sale of people who got the T80UE-1

[@oseansoldier]

I’ll probably pick it up when it goes on 50% sale for ground RB

[@kobykins]

The trash talk in chat around 5:03 is mad

[@-..----.--.-...]

"wallet warrior" lmfao

[@brannonmeador1792]

Jdams are great for spaas, most pantsirs don’t move so you can mark your point and come back from out of sight and lob them onto them without risking getting shot down

[@SilverDawnbreak]

One reminder for alot of people thinking about getting this for ground battles. While being 11.3 and being able to avoid those really strong 11.7 AA systems (looking at you Pantsir) Alot of the time you will Require a full downtier in order to do anything close to a ground pounding roll since the jump in AA power from 11.3 to 11.7 is staggering. So while it will be your Best 11.3 Air to ground strike aircraft Unless your in a full downtier dont have your expectations to high in getting anymore then a kill or two on average (since a pantsir will KO you upon spawn)

[@mutzen557]

absolutely insane that this thing is at the same br as the squadron sea harrier :)))))))))))

[@GeneralLee2000]

@@mutzen557 I know right???

[@vincentreim8962]

Jdam‘s are very useful in air rb ec when you’re attacking one of the frontlines, cause these targets stand still. And you can drop all 10 jdam‘s in a short time without getting close to AA like the shilkas or Gepards.

[@TomPrickVixen]

Seems like decent premium; not that I need it, since I already bought the A6 and the A10 on previous sales for the US tree and I was already at rank 7 by the time I got those. But compared to other 11.3 premiums I have ( Tornado, AMX A1A, F-4EJ) this seems to be one of, if not the best, specially if I have to compare it to the British squadron Harrier too (also 11.3 now).

[@vaguevtx5090]

Kind of confusing how a night attack version of an aircraft doesn't have radar, but ig night fighting doctrine has changed drastically in the last 80 years

[@trexgamer1132]

I played the new harrier a bit, I love it, but then again I also enjoyed the AV-8C quite a lot beforehand, I am currently using the new harrier to grind the AV-8B+ and I personally love to stall people out and just laugh as I point my nose at them like I'm LARPing as a raptor. Also, JDAM's are lovely, their only flaws are their inability to track targets, and their lackluster maneuverability, but they make up by being fire and forget making them perfect for tossing at SAMs or just having a dumb bomb that is a little less dumb.

[@joshuamueller3206]

It has been a long time since I looked it up, but the F-35A is the only one with an internal gun, the other two can take it in a gunpod.

[@purelydevious]

I understand that a lot of people watching this video know how the sales work but it is still worth mentioning that the new packs and premiums added in this and the last update will not be on sale come this anniversary. (correct me if I'm wrong)

[@afmo500]

They won't be and by the time they ARE on sale they will be uptiered into the stratosphere.

[@zgthor]

the jdams are quite good to take out light pillboxes specially in a downtier, you can kill 10 of them without any issues

[@KaguyasBeat]

You Flew the AV-8B (NA) So I Don't Have To! Thanks dude!

[@GeneralLee2000]

Glad I could be of assistance!

[@NiksS4]

Not sure what you are seeing with the new JDAMs but they work.

[@sakyuz6080]

i personally think that gaijin did the best they could with this jet, ofc having it in TT would be way better, but i guess they want some of that $$$, but not giving it Aim9M's its the best decision they could ever do. For example look at the Harrier GR7, its at br of 12.3, and its only because it gets 9m's and BOL pods, whole 1.0 br higher, in sim (my main gamemode) its quite bad that it is 12.3 because there is no 12.3 days, so you dont have "good brackets" for it, but being 11.3 you can have a "good bracket" (the one where you are top br.) i also hope they add an av8b (not +) to italy, in form of a tech tree, or squadron TAV-8B (two seater AV8B, had ability to fire both 120's and 9M's but i hope they only give it 9L's)

[@myhugedeck8518]

Just going to hop i to say. Its going be a great grinder in air sim. Those jdams are amazing. At that br the a2a is mostly witj fox2s and its going to get a crazy number of sorties out. Absolutely useful actions monster.

[@JRH51005]

I want a jet just for that reason: to play sim.. should i buy it?

[@myhugedeck8518]

@@JRH51005 I think it will be really good yeah. If you are experienced in sim and need to grind out the usa tt, you can be done with it in a week if you play well. Lot of variables involved such as the skill of the enemy team, how many other ground attackers are in your team etc etc. If the performance of the 8B plus is any indicator in sim, then the jdams basically guarantee you get max useful actions every 15 minutes. It's fast too and you can get a base with 8 jdams if you don't find a pitched battle. So yeah it's going to be great

[@kotenara10]

They would sell this Harrier for 50% after it passed 2 major updates, so no price cut this year anniversary :)

[@AlunZhang-mjn]

will it get a price cut during Christmas though? I am really a fan of Harriers and have got every Harrier exacpt for this one.

[@kotenara10]

@@AlunZhang-mjn i think you'll need to wait until next year summer sale i am afraid

[@zakriskrogius6301]

the fac this is cheaper in dcs is insane

[@michelchaman6495]

i was so confused when i saw that spitfire good on u for missiling don't even let him think he can touch u w/ bullets

[@TheTurbanatore]

Will the German Leopard 2A4M CAN be on sale during the anniversary sale?

[@camilorodriguez5602]

i already had the idea that $70 was too much for a plane, but this is $70 for a PLANE THAT ISNT FINNISHED, THE THRUST VECTORING IS BUGGED AND DOESNT MOVE

[@flatline9737]

put the thrust vector between %25 - %30, and you'll have better low speed flight maneuverability

[@ignaciobonafede2043]

0:10 i've never buyed 150 golden eagles so fast only for a decal until now

[@rabiealkurba2520]

💀💀💀

[@Joey_Avocado]

I bought it, however, they wont put this on sale for a while. Its well worth the price given its versatility in SL generation

[@I___Jackal___I]

Thanks for the review. I think untill we have the option for multiple target points gps GPS-guided bombs are useless.

[@mayonotes9849]

These premium prices are getting insane. They should not cost more than $20. $30 max IMO. For the price of these premiums you can buy a AAA game or multiple indie games.

[@jacknickolstine3355]

I personally perfer the aim7e-2 dogfights over the aim7f. Just a personal preference that works well with how i fly in the f4's

[@hpep9159]

I think its a problem that this is the same price as the one in dcs

[@merr3453]

have they fixed the vtol on this yet? last i checked they forgot to animate it

[@dinouchiha9788]

So would the f4s be better to have instead?

[@homefront1999]

Funniest thing to do with guided bomb harriers. Is to go high above the battlefield. Go into VTOL. And just drop bombs on people. Sometimes the bombs wont track. But the higher up you are, the more correction time the bombs have to adjust to the target.

[@NiksS4]

It didn't go on sale...

[@Kenkaneki-zu1vh]

i have a issue the thing is i have some money to waste or spend and i really want this thing cuz i love my harriers alot and i dont have the top tier harriers yet i have the premiums to grind them but i dont really play the game all that much to grind the entire us strike tree i also have the clickbait and im thinking this could be fun to have in ground rb with my clickbait and i might actually get into the ground aspect of the us tech tree because of it but i would like to know should i buy it in this situation or not please let me know

[@chicanamaoist687]

a third of my kills in the j7e have just been av8 nas just bc their engines are hotter than the damn flares lol

[@realAndysan]

Costs more than space marine 2, absolutely insane lol

[@SL0WZER0]

All i want is a Swiss F18 for Germany...or the EF 2000

[@Wolffjaeger]

Harrier my beloved

[@thatchris1626]

I love fighting Aim9L's and R60M's in my Jag Gr1

[@SHEEPS_123]

Why is this thing 11.3 for ground but the A10 is 12.0?????

[@theporschetiger]

Dukes of Harrier video no way

[@ВячеславФролов-д7я]

To put some perspective: DCS planes are developed for solid 3-5 years each, including laser - scanning entire planes and cockpits, researching all legally avaliable data on a plane, and fully modeling most of plane's systems, excluding some still secret systems like ECM and IFF. Those digital planes cost 50 to 80 bucks. Compare that to WT 70 dollars "new" plane

[@kingghidorah8106]

i love how the decal has nothing to do with real life general Lee or any particular trait of you, it's just anime booba😭⚰️

[@batlax18]

My lord, we thought that first member card was big 😭😭

[@ronaldoalfaro7692]

Man, 16k SL for a spitty is crazy

[@black9504]

howdy, i just got back into WT after a break and i saw that a lot of the plane BRs got changed and i was thinking of buying a premium jet either the Russian 23ML, JA35XS or J7D but i'm not sure which of these are good or bad since i haven't played much and don't want to get a plane that will just give me cancer when i play it if anyone got some points that might help i would highly appreciate it cheers:)

[@suzybean13]

Wassup lee? Cool plane, makes sense as a premium, but why now?

[@sultan4d169]

>No radar >Literally unplayable in air sim

[@magicmudkip3938]

this thing cost $110 AUD, which is more expensive then a AAA game....Space Marine 2 was $80 AUD

[@randallhill7979]

Nice 👍

[@MegaJani]

5:08 Rèstard malding lmao

[@jaspersnell432]

its a new premium, is that even gonna be on sale this year?

[@arcticiceberg9945]

Lee this isn’t a tornado

[@GeneralLee2000]

HAH

[@AkiUwUx3]

@@GeneralLee2000 Lee, the power of tornado compels you

[@1uca_]

At $70 it’s looking like an AV-8B NAH

[@jaspersnell432]

This vehicle has EEGS, but no radar, how on earth are you meant to use that?

[@Metagross555]

You see that funny nose camera?

[@jaspersnell432]

@@Metagross555 what does the funny nose camera do?

[@jaspersnell432]

For helping kill aircraft

[@chronozeta]

Gonna get it for sim!

[@sthpkat7905]

Hey Lee, I've heard a lot about $70 for a plane, it's very strange but... what price do you think would be ideal for something like that in a game like this?

[@xxxcoolboypotato5122]

How do I get the decal

[@cursed_cat28]

31 sec is crazy

[@GeneralLee2000]

Indeedy do!

[@purplfedora800]

​@@GeneralLee2000 oh my God you're literally Ned Flanders, you kinda sound like him and now you're talking like him

[@Icebrrr]

Oh comon... in GRB its 4of 5 times full uptiered against fox3. Adv.

[@camilorodriguez5602]

this is my favorite plane in the game rn a gr7 harrier that i can test flight withouth 99999 hours of grinding

[@LarySeeAircraft]

4:40 did you really have to do do that spitfire dirty like that?

[@GeneralLee2000]

Yes, yes I did 😇

[@smallmanz]

You can take the red pill, sell your soul to the snail and buy a top tier premium , or take the blue pill and just buy ace combat 7 for the same price

[@Kaldosthesergal]

Bruh… why is the J35XS the same br as this?

[@emilelerate6454]

I can’t stand the 11.3 harriers. The sea harrier after the battle rating changes is nearly unplayable, I imagine this feels similar.

[@NukieDookie]

I flew the sea harrier frs1 then got this. It is SO much better of an airframe. I actually enjoy flying it at 11.3. Is it with $70? No

[@VerbalCoffee]

gotta wait two updates to buy on sale

[@thomas82311]

BETTER not get the F35 for atleast 30+years

[@bendawg8-wi4dr]

No balls to dogfight the spitfire smh RIP

[@GeneralLee2000]

@@bendawg8-wi4dr He can dogfight the sidewinder since he thought it was so funny to uptier himself

[@bendawg8-wi4dr]

@@GeneralLee2000 fair enough lmao If I was on the other team I would have just TK’d him right off the bat for taking up a valuable team spot and giving us a disadvantage

[@urielOrnstein]

@@bendawg8-wi4dr He can dogfight his ass back to the hangar lmfao.

[@bendawg8-wi4dr]

@@urielOrnstein lol man I’m just joking, I was in the match too haha. I said RIP in the chat after he killed him looooool

[@zablinker]

Bros youtube member page is way larger than a year ago

[@JTJSSG]

180 countermeasures The j35xs with 12💀 Gaijin give Sweden a new premium or just pull ahistorical and give the j35xs aim9Ls

[@Ghost_in_walls]

This thing is amazing at 11.3 ez 3-4 kills at least every game ( in GRB )

[@darkofmusic8801]

The only reason to buy it would be for 11.3 my line up as cas but 35 bucks for that HELL NAH

[@b4ptist]

One thing to mention about harriers is you cannot carry. If anyone competent on the enemy team is alive they will kill you in a 1v1 easily. also unless its been fixed harriers are incredible hot planes due to gaijin assuming the 4 VTOL vents = 4 engines = HOT AS FUCK. makes it very hard to flare and very frustrating. Having played brit harriers these things are only good in GRB and I do not recommend playing them in ARB.

[@mesobean]

yeah I don't think they fixed the engine issue, I think gaijin knows that the harrier only has one engine but its broken because of how exhaust is modeled in game. it is painful watching an R-60M eat up flares like its an aim-9m and still kill me

[@mab2187]

Id pick this over the A6 TRAM. Otherwise not worth it.

[@amandathewather6931]

tbh it was only ment for CAS mainly

[@HelloTheere]

Killing a spitfire wit ann aim9L, talk about overkill.

[@Julianos373]

So its Basically the Squadron Sea harrier For 70 bucks instead of 40 xD

[@grahh7234]

Gotta play where’s waldo now to find my name (also please add pepelaugh to member’s emojis)

[@GeneralLee2000]

Sorry, things came up! I should be able to do it tonight

[@mehmeh9714]

And the J35XS is still at 11.3 😥

[@h.a8681]

I have no idea why this is at 11.3 and the Sea Harrier FRS.1 is also at 11.3 when its just worse Worse guns, much worse flight model, worse RWR, same missiles, worse ordnance, less flares etc...

[@Frost_x_NB]

Ok hear me out. Harrier GR.7 12.0 GRB and 12.3 ARB. Less capable as a strike aircraft than the AV-8B (NA) Also A-10C 11.3 ARB and 12.0 GRB. I think the GR7 should come down to a 11.7 maybe even 11.3 GRB. A10C should be 11.7 GRB and move it to 12.0 ARB since it’s clapping everything right now at its current stage. AV-8B (NA) Should be 11.7 GRB and 11.3 or 11.7 ARB Missiles on the strike aircraft is whats creating the issues of balance, mixed with it ground capability. Side note F4F KWS LV is 11.7 with fox3s for GRB. Now look at the balance again. Shit is seriously in a fucked up state.

[@jfv2312]

And yet again Gaijin take a popular, mass-produced variant of a famous plane that would kinda fill a useful gap in the tech tree and they make it a premium. It's so dumb and they won't stop doing this, I swear...

[@cdeAB-tb9bm]

Well if it can profit them $$$$, then why not?

[@AjEdw]

I truly hope we never get the f-35 in game, its too far tbh, there should be limits to what is added, especially with the state of the game, more people want changes to the game than new copy paste stuff

[@Rasmos]

Is it me or are the enemies you're fighting around 1:00 in completely braindead? Why can't I get games like this?

[@Joey_Liu]

You actually bought that thing