When A Single French Tank Ruined The Game

[@PhlyDaily]

USE this link to gain access to my onlyphans and save 3% off war thunder equipment goo.gl/4xJbSH o7o7

[@lone_ronin7950]

Hey phly, could u play the Merkava mk 4 and Israeli f-16??

[@CommanderBacon4]

Somua better

[@Total_Performance_Garage]

Can we get a link to tigor and the decal

[@n1co2017]

@@CommanderBacon4 meh the armour is better. but it’s slower than this and has a less good gun i think.

[@MrBrander]

Yeah the EBR 1954 got ultra nerfed. It's BR was bumped a ton, its movement on anything else except solid pavement was super nerfed (its very slow and sluggish now), HE filler in its shells was removed, shells don't fragment on it almost at all, its acceleration was super nerfed and what not. Oh yeah, and I think they even removed the zoom from its scope. I used to like that vehicle but after the several nerfs, I have been just thinking about asking for refund for it and every time I play it I still think I should just refund it. Its so sluggish that it can't even keep up with the tanks when everyone spawns in the beginning of the battle! Too bad I don't think Gaijin gives any refunds of premium vehicles.

[@karateman21874]

In 9 years phly went from "This tank sure looks tanky! This is so cool guys!" To "yeah sounds like a m41 bulldog, engine is nearly at idle, call it 2000 rpm and based on the sound of his turret traverse id say hes at least 58.73° off from having a threatening shot. I got him for sure."

[@justadude8716]

it only took 9 years for him to unlock sixth sense from WoT

[@Mystic-Midnight]

I started Air in 2017 and got better around 2020 and then got worse 2023. At least I have unlocked a Sixth Sense for Ground Sim (:)

[@eesmaaura4961]

@@Mystic-Midnight get your feeling mate Warthunder skill come and go, it frustrating how I can obliterate enemy from 1 km with Hispano back in the day with stealth, now I miss enemy 600 m in front of me even with tracer T^T

[@ihightreasoni]

@@Mystic-Midnight I have to agree with you in the sense that I feel I do much better in simulator battles but I attribute that to the fact people can't sit on a corner in third person and wait for that opportune moment to pop out and shoot you they have to take the risk and it seems a lot of people wont, helicopter spam aside Top tier sim is my favorite thing in this game at this point

[@ahmad_masalk840]

I aint readin allat

[@GielL96]

I think the Maus got the most moved, it went from 7.7 to straight out of the game cause they couldn't balance it.

[@FiveTwoSevenTHR]

I've never seen the Maus to be an issue at 7.7 so I don't understand why it was seen as unbalanced.

[@GielL96]

@@FiveTwoSevenTHR Imagine a full team of them or the majority being a maus, with people respawning in a maus and all that. That would be a massacre! The tank on it's own isn't the problem, it's the mass of it that will cause issues; so they limit its availability.

[@FiveTwoSevenTHR]

@@GielL96 I've fought many Maus head on, I don't see them as anything too special unless they're in a downtier.

[@GielL96]

@@FiveTwoSevenTHR well i guess you actually think when you play, use tactics etc. Sadly the majority of players don't really do that :) (Btw, my guess is money has got to do with it too, knowing Gaijin, but i don't really know how it would.)

[@Bartholomew_TX]

​@FiveTwoSevenTHR in numbers they are very VERY annoying. But fighting 1 is very easy in my somua because u can just take out the gunner but more than 1 is annoying

[@Misante.]

This is what happens when you let the baguette harden even longer

[@pirig-gal]

Not one, but TWO hours!

[@jonahchalom3159]

@@pirig-gal how fast DO baguettes actually stale?

[@penelopegreene]

Phrasing Frenchies!!!

[@pirig-gal]

@@jonahchalom3159 If it's whole - about 2 days. If it's been cut (even if only a slice) it'll go stale in under a day.

[@Yue2000thegamer]

Became an Apfsds

[@littlefatso]

So happy to see French mid, high and top tiers getting more and more screen time. 6.0 to 7.7 is just so much fun and quite unique overall. Top is fun but still has gaps but I am sure, as more people play France, Gaijin will start putting more care and attention on the tree.

[@josvercaemer264]

The french accordeon music in the intro's are legendary🤣🤣🤣 OH the frenchies

[@SillyDillysTunes]

I'm top tier in 4 nations and France has always been VERY strong over all. They lack in 8.0 range with no stabilizers

[@brodmeisterman]

baguettes are extremely powerful, no need for stabilizer

[@calebbrown2776]

Don't think you understand how detrimental not having a stab is.

[@woda_0]

For the most part 7.3-7.7 is the best place for France and obviously needs no stabilizer. I mean sure France's 8.3 line is pretty strong, problem is that it gets outclassed by the majority of everything else due to one tiny thing, the lack of a stabilizer. The only way to play 8.3 france is to take things slow and snipe but that's usually not always the case on certain maps. The gun handling on the Amx 30s are pretty bad due to the point them having them bounce everywhere when you want to stop and shoot, making their reaction time much slower compared to tanks with stabilizers.

[@tntkiller2001]

R3 T20 going from 3.3 to 5.0 is probably the one I remember being moved the most Ok the EBR got more from 4.7 to 6.7 (thx) and as Eric pointed out the Ki-109 still is more from 4.7 to 2.0 And Ik Phly really is almost just realitisc but A2D-1 went from 6.3 to 9.0 in arcade

[@robertharris6092]

the original EBR.

[@ericlorenz6679]

Ki-109 went from 4.7 to 2.0

[@jamesyak52]

should have stayed at 3.3. its unused now except for caps

[@tntkiller2001]

@@jamesyak52 what are you on about lmao, I use the R3 even with my 7.3 lineup Its a darn good SPAA

[@alexey_chekhovich]

@@tntkiller2001 he just never used it as spaa, only to hunt tanks, and tossed it away as a child would do to a toy once it was not that fun to play anymore, with no stabilizer and higher br. That’s how the majority of WT community usually do.

[@The_Ahab]

I'm working on the French tree right now. I feel like the french 7.3 & 7.7 lineup are some of the most fun tanks to play in the entire game. Especially the Somua at 7.3 and the AMX50 Surb with its 120mm gigundacannon

[@thatguy7612]

The amx 40 and 32 are alot of fun aswell

[@registrado54]

Yeah they are my favorite lineup in the game with the amx50 surbaisse being my favorite tank atm

[@robertharris6092]

Shoulda seen a while back when the lorraine was like 12k to repair.

[@alphawolf6214]

try to use He with it, it's quite funny when the snail doesn't troll you

[@ideadlift20kg83]

Did you know that bananas can be eaten without the peel? I tell you what my mind got blown twice over.

[@chaoslink1158]

Not sure what it started at, but I know the M15 SPAA was 3.7 at a time and dropped to 1.7 for a 2.0 BR change. Its technically a contender. Might be fun to watch you uptier it to its old 3.7 rating and try to understand how it ever belonged there.

[@Artificer_Blondie]

France is such a fun tech tree to play, albeit I wish they had some more SPAA to fill in the gap between 4.3 and 8.3 because having 40mm bofor guns against even late-war props is difficult to do. Solid lineups, funny coaxial 20mm autocannons in the turrets, great tech tree I wish people played more. It's a hidden gem of mayhem almost with how everyone plays US, USSR, Germany, and China at plenty of the BRs

[@mathieu722]

We have list of dozens of 20/25/30mm autocanon that could come in any BR as DCA, it's only up to Gaijin...

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

US has the same AA issue and they had plenty of opportunities to give us good aa and they didnt. Took them years to get the ripple fire for the twin bofors and they didnt even get the timing right

[@SnowyToilet]

The AMX-13 DCA 40 is unironically the best mid tier SPAA in game. A TON of ammo, great pen, fast firing, hard hitting, quick turning. Only thing it's missing is a roof

[@danielgates8056]

so true, but tbh the wait is worth it once you get the AMX30 DCA, so fun to play with

[@Artificer_Blondie]

@@danielgates8056 I have every French SPAA, it’s just annoying to have a no auto cannon DCAs (20mm at the least) for a 5.0 or even a 7.3 lineup. Just working on Air to get the Mirage 2000C with my Jaguar because that’s fun to use in GRB

[@ashebis7643]

The ebr with the fl 10 turret went from 4.3 to 6.7, which makes it a 2.4 increase

[@hansiminator69]

Can we just appreciate that he was using solid shot and basically every kill was a one shot?

[@joshm65]

oblivious german mains... typical

[@laneandfriendsmusic754]

It’s not like the shot is solid or anything. Idk man😂

[@roycewest9017]

5:17 was anyone else yelling at the screen when Phly was literally looked directly at that kth that was murdering his whole team and didn’t shoot it 😭😭

[@ezdaboss5518]

During that time the lorraine also has penetration of 299mm of pen at point blank range it was rediculous and they made the repair cost to like 15k if you died gaijin did not know how to balance this

[@kiykiy_maitai]

I'd say the PT-76-57 had one of the biggest overall moves, and the american Jumbo's have probably been moved around the largest number of times.

[@bullreeves1109]

Attempt 393: Play the forgotten Mig-9 and show everyone the power of the original 23-37mm Vodka Jet.

[@unknown.161]

Is that a year of attempts?

[@bullreeves1109]

@@unknown.161 Well over a year by now. This is Attempt (comment) 393. But when you factor in Phly’s multi month breaks, where weren’t any comments made. So I’d estimate this would be around day 460-470 since when I started this.

[@No1harris_98]

These tanks for France are so fun to play, you can make such a strong line up.

[@razorthewolf18]

I think the Wyvern has had one of the biggest changes going down in BR so many times

[@bilge677]

yeah it's actually quite threatening to use as a fighter

[@gingerharm]

at every shot it bakes and delivers a new baguette out of the back of the turret

[@hamboneclan]

Hey, phly love the videos. Your an awesome dad! Glad you took some time off to be all together.

[@didrechus9904]

I tgink the most moved vehicule is the FL10 EBR as it was first sean at 3.7 (intended) and is now at 6.7 so it is a 3.0 RB higher than when added to the game

[@WhiteRhino27200]

It was 4.7.

[@didrechus9904]

@@WhiteRhino27200 yes but in the first stream from gaijin is was 3.7

[@WhiteRhino27200]

@@didrechus9904 dev server doesnt count since vehicles are not in their final state.

[@marcopol0117]

American T-20 premium is probably one of the most moved vechicles, it moved from 4.7 to 6.0, and I can't see any reasons why...

[@ericlorenz6679]

The Ki-109 moved from 4.7. to 2.0 i believe Edit: Just checked. It's true

[@alepaz1099]

"We play video games to forget about the past, present and future" true 😂🤣😂

[@Ran_domTV]

1:54 R3 T20 FOR SURE

[@brycel4007]

The LVT4/40 was AWESOME. it was 2.3 now it is 3.7. I got it aced and its the one tank i have the gold ace crew. I would love to see you do a video on it phly.

[@person0-016]

Love that one. Strikes a good balance between AA and AT.

[@guardianofgames7452]

Phly you should do a custom battle where both teams are filled to the max with people and every tank is equipped with artillery and everyone uses their artillery at the same time across the map I bet it would be like Armageddon 2nd attempt

[@omalmahrouqi]

Sometimes if u get shot in the turret with APHE in the lorraine, amx, and char 25t tanks the shell hits an overlap where it penetrates one layer and explodes on contact with the second, killing only one crew member

[@Thecrispypotatos]

11:25 “but we have a shadow” ULQ has joined the chat

[@TheAmazingSpiderman87]

I know this video is about the Lorraine but the F4U Corsair is one of the most beautiful planes ever built.

[@SSEF15]

I remember Gaijoob buffing solid shot across the board because of the French

[@ommsterlitz1805]

It wasn't really a buff they made it act like it should

[@princessapplestrach6327]

@@ommsterlitz1805 enfin pas avec le 90mm, le 47mm et le 37 en low tier

[@whoknows8864]

US mains finding out other nations AP spalls.

[@loganboehnke7106]

Yeah that's good it went from completely useless to being almost as good as aphe

[@euanisles9122]

The french 7.3-7.7 lineup is easily the most unique lineup in the game. The play style is unlike any other tree and now with this new AMX in the battle pass we can make a little more sl while enjoying franc. 😏

[@Caboose858]

I love how that tank just farts the empty shells out the back XD

[@braedynhoward3644]

Having lived in Japan, I can confirm... their concrete is something else... XD

[@bruce_invincible]

4:20 German main moment "why would you do that" lol

[@ResurrectDecoys]

Now do the French Sherman with the long schlong 75!!!

[@TheRealLemon27]

I miss it when Phly used to play with the T27 and the T95

[@PanzerWeeb3305]

4:37. I've had a lot to drink and even I said "Why would you do that." Edit: We need more Phly and OddBawz videos where they play together and do dumb stuff. Just the two of them.

[@Not_honest_enough]

4:44 "my goals are beyond my own understanding"

[@tijldenotter8246]

Hey Phly, the sim community of war thunder needs your help. For years Gaijin has neglected the game mode and right now its almost unplayable. To bring change we need the help of a larger part of the WT community. Nimbal has made a great video outlining whats necessary "Changes We Need to See in Order to Save Sim (War Thunder Sim)". If not to much to ask, could you please shine some more light on this fantastic but neglected game mode?

[@THX-1138.]

I laughed way too hard at "Why would you do that?".

[@TylersTrailRides]

The LVT-40 was 2.3 when it went into the game and now its at 3.7. Its still good there too, would love to see you revisit that french beast

[@hongschauble3700]

Amazing videos as always Phlydaily

[@TheCreative01e]

This is shockingly similar to what I remember of the Lorry in the other Game that shall not be Named. This tank is adorable and will shred you in a heartbeat, then fuck off into the sunset.

[@marvm.8079]

5:04 Attention to the map, the invisible tank :D

[@ceathchaos508]

Phly: *shoots out barrel of enemy tank* Enemy tank: *Proceeds to push, with no barrel....?* Me: "Why would you do that?" *Immediately after* Phly: "Why would you do that?" I'm crying 🤣😭

[@Song26664]

4:40 I was literally saying the same thing watching that tiger literally walks up to the enemy with a busted barrel.

[@PatchBits]

Honestly the wellington 10 was quite a big leap. Wasn't that 5.0 at one point?

[@jacobcheung4115]

I love the buy back idea! Also, speaking of Odd, when next co - video??

[@jPlanerv2]

When they changed penetration calculator it had 301 mm of pen at start but then they lowered it to 270

[@adimaiuniversal4361]

0:02 Japanese concrete is best concrete

[@kurtvonreinhardt]

Phly, the R3, from 3.3 to 5.0? I think that’s probably the biggest move. It terms of BR and just in performance as well

[@renashabell3614]

Lorraine 40t can encounter the type16 prototype (which is 21 century light tank), lmao

[@princessapplestrach6327]

Wait what

[@renashabell3614]

@@princessapplestrach6327 yeah, at 8.7 105 APFSDS, gen3 thermals both gunner and commander (same optics as in type10 and tkx 11.0 mbt)

[@princessapplestrach6327]

@@renashabell3614 lmao 8.7 needs to be decompressed af

[@federicoricchi6624]

Maybe R3T20 FA-HS and EBR that got raised by 4 BRs

[@WraithOfMan]

"That was really bad audio..." Welcome to War Thunder.

[@bighobo7745]

This thing a bit after the release when French autoloaders were bugged for a bit; no 1st stage enabled so the full ammo load was ready to go. It was the same patch where they buffed the fire rates as well

[@brodmeisterman]

The reason the auto load reload is so long is that it takes a while to secure a baguette to an auto loader

[@jukahri]

You have to wait for the bread to get stale.

[@willforrette3290]

Thanks dad

[@tigertimon]

Westland Whirlwind Mk I - when added in December 2017, it was BR 5.0, now it's BR 3.7 (air RB).

[@thecowboyfromcali]

I actually rarely see this in my Italy Tiny Tanks lineup. Guess anyone who has it, doesn't like France all that much. Also, maybe for you peeps lookin through the comments, try my lineup for Italy. FIAT 6614, AUBL /74, AUBL /74 HMG(or whatever the premium one is), R3 T20 for SPAA, R3 T106. It's a tricky lineup but it's great at flank-and-spank gameplay, and everything is QUICK. Main 2 I end up using are the Premium AUBL for long range and most occasions, and R3 T106 for getting back into battle to kill whatever just took me out

[@FazekasPK]

Most moved vehicle? Hmmmm... PAK-Puma? R3 T20?

[@jackjuanarroyoacevedo3593]

My favorite tank from France next to the surbraise

[@Brandon34098]

phly making sane and innovative ideas to ADD to the game to bad gaijin is all modelers with some extra talent for other development parts in the game

[@sokolovremwwii2205]

Sturer Emil moved fron 6.3 (if not 6.7 at some point...? Don't remember) in ground RB to... 4.3.

[@billdexhart5179]

You do know that the penetration was also increased massively? And that when it was introduced, you couldn't reload before your drum was empty.

[@destroyerarmor2846]

At 7.7 French autoloaders are outclassed. Others are shooting Apds, HEAT FS and missiles with stabilized guns

[@dwmccormack]

When the Swedish air tree was introduced it was extremely OP. I remember shooting down biplanes with the J-22B, I want to say it was a 2.3 in AB?? It was disgusting. Canvas wings don’t hold up well against the quad-13mm’s

[@Farmerdude340]

I think the pt-76-57 had the biggest br move that I can think of. It's definitely still an absolute beast even at 8.0

[@aidanriess4946]

A 0.7 br move is the largest you can think of?

[@Misante.]

@@aidanriess4946 7.0

[@Farmerdude340]

@Aidan Riess Well, when someone says "what I can think of" ,it usually means that they can't think of anything els at that time. Now sure there might be a different vehicle that was moved a lot more but that's why I didn't say it as a fact!!

[@aidanriess4946]

@@Farmerdude340 just giving you a hard time bro

[@aidanriess4946]

@@Misante. there's no way gaijin actually had that thing at 7.0 right?

[@daltonbarries3529]

I remember the pz 3m getting moved multiple times up and down in the br in the early days of warthunder. About every patch it got shuffled to a new br

[@ezj2820]

Thanks for making this video Phly!

[@sbinnalamaster4530]

6:05 ,,I think this guy bounced me in first time" Meanwhile he knocked out 2 crew

[@tangerineflugel]

Most moved vehicle I know of is the Ki-109. It started out at 4.7, and now sits at 2.0. That's almost 3 whole BRs lower than when it started. There are planes that were too low in BR in a full downtier for it to see which are at too high of a BR for it to get in a max uptier. And the best bit is, nothing has really changed about the plane since it was added years ago (Other than what it faces, of course). It's just always been an incredibly mediocre at best plane

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

I can imagine the phone call. “Um sir, we made a French tank OP and it needs a nerf.” “How did this happen!?!?” “Sorry sure something must of slipped through when we were testing it out.” “No, how did you manage to make anything French good? That’s impossible, change it right now!”

[@laberdude]

R3 moved alot too

[@poachedbacon4634]

With the buying your squad mate back, that’s a great idea tho. They could airdrop in a ASU-57 or M22 locust 😅

[@infectiousproduction812]

damn ! that pilot was C-R-I-S-P !!

[@delmarclapp3350]

There's a setting to stop the gun from moving vertically while breaking I just found it a few days ago and it helps motivate the gun level problem.

[@chez6459]

Which setting is it?

[@delmarclapp3350]

I found it under Settings > Ground Battle Settings. Or look for vertical guidance in the search bar for the main game settings.

[@klavo9957]

You should stay at 7.7 and revisit the Conqueror! It's been 3 years since you had it in a video.

[@bottoms_up2175]

Oh my God, I hate that thing. The other day I fired soviet 100mm APDS from T 54 at it's ufp, the shell "normalized" and went 90° through the driver without producing any spalling or killing the driver. This thing looked at me and my commander, gunner and breech died instantly.

[@carsamba0055]

Hi Phly, you should really try the su-57b... at it's br it's a mighty sniper... or take the su-6 with 2x37 with kv-85 as a combo and be almighty

[@petep8828]

0:02 he sounds like Luke at the end of Empire when Darth reveals himself to be Lukes father…

[@OzzyTripping]

That buy back feature for squadron mechanic would be a huge meta changer and I like it

[@captainvlad]

It's nice to have these battle passes where you don't have to worry about grinding. Gives ya a nice break

[@Jimmys4AU]

19:54 Shot across the bow at OddBawz! LOL

[@specialgamer0072]

**sees the French tank with the weird eyes** Me: this tank is laughing at me in French

[@danielgates8056]

Love the video Phly! France ground is my main tech tree, and I've loved (almost) every day of it. It would be super cool if you could play the AMX30 DCA at 8.3, as AA is just so good and it's super fun to kill tanks with as well

[@pascal7077]

Bruh I remember grinding the low tier and it was GOD AWFUL

[@djswx]

Phly, you've brought back the "Everybody" intro right? Well, there has been a certain song kinda stuck _In My Head_ phor a while that you could also bring back! Attempt # 490 The song i mean is Virtual Riot - In My Head (feat. PRXZM)

[@princessapplestrach6327]

Man phly do that guy a phavor he needs it at this point

[@henrykennell6719]

i have wached you for so long. thank for the content you made me play warthunder and now i have 3k hours on it.

[@ignaciobarra6407]

I'll never get how phly travels more than half the map before the enemy gets there

[@alexsis1778]

Moved which direction? The Firecrest went from 4.3 on release to 2.7 now. The PV-2D was 2.3 at one point and got nerfed multiple times but is still now 4.3 with the same payload as a 6.0 bomber despite having the guns and agility of a P-47.

[@erushi5503]

Ah yes, the tank with the Turret of a T92, Rear End of a Panther and Front of an IS-3 Ahahaha

[@princessapplestrach6327]

But none of the armor lol

[@honeybalnektar]

Phly.. we need the BMPT 72 TERMINATOR now!

[@AkiUwUx3]

probably either the Maus or the original Tiger 2 or something that got removed for being inaccurate

[@devinverse152]

Its always the concrete im ttelling ya😅😅

[@RightTwixer]

Definitely the Ebr 1954

[@IRLFlightSim]

If this guy just graduated pre school in 2017 then I was barely added in the sperm dlc expansion pack

[@lewistimm6035]

I remember when the lorraine was released, averaging 6+ kills a game in like the first 3 minutes of the game against oblivious tigers and panthers, I had a 90% wnr in it lol

[@badapple2221]

Ah yes, baguette again

[@ardasuzen]

It's not about tank, it's all about "baguette"

[@oddball1999]

Loving these videos on the better days of war thunder. I have seen on war thunder live audio mods to get back the old music from before ground forces were added. Might be something you might be interested in.

[@arongaspar2529]

Pakpuma is the most moved lol