WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:08.119 Welcome in everybody to the third episode of the thunder 2 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:10.320 Buddies podcast. For today, we've got a few different topics 3 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.759 for you, hoping to hit as many of you as 4 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:15.240 we can, because this is what we like to do. 5 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:16.559 We like to punch you right in the mouth and 6 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:17.960 get right to it, and that's what we're going to 7 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.960 do today by starting with a lot of you who 8 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:22.280 are new to war th Under. 9 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:23.839 Now, if you're not new to warth Under, don't worry it. 10 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:25.800 Some good here and actually we would encourage you to 11 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:28.879 participate in this episode where if you watch on YouTube, 12 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:32.000 comment down below for anybody who is thinking about war Thunder, 13 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:33.359 what should they do? 14 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:34.159 What do you recommend? 15 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:36.280 But we're going to start with when you're choosing your 16 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.840 early trees in war th Underground, what do you choose 17 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.359 and why? Now, For those who have been watching Nightingale's streams, 18 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:47.880 this dude has decided that, hey, I've got all the planes, 19 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:49.960 why not get all the ground. So he's been doing 20 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.719 this working through all the trees. For me, I am 21 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:56.719 more of a guy who I focus it from. 22 00:00:56.520 --> 00:00:57.359 The fun aspects. 23 00:00:57.359 --> 00:00:59.960 So the expert here in terms of how things were 24 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.000 we refer to Gail for a lot of the high 25 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:02.560 tier stuff. 26 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:04.560 When it comes to the low of the mid tier stuff. 27 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:07.640 This is my bread butter where I really enjoy war 28 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:09.920 th Under, where I personally war Thunder is the best. 29 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:13.280 And that really also kind of depends on how's your 30 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:16.120 experience when you got started, Like, for example, you started 31 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:20.799 off in the British tree ground, you might have experienced 32 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.120 some frustrations because all they have a solid shot and 33 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.120 you're really good at getting assists, you're really good to 34 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.480 getting criticals, You're not good at killing things unless you 35 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:29.519 know where all the crew are, et cetera, et cetera. 36 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.120 And then on the reverse you have like the easy mode, 37 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:34.680 which is jumping into Germany where the Panthers in the 38 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.599 you know, the PZ thirty nine shell is arguably the 39 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:40.159 best default shell in low and mid game when you 40 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:43.879 get it immediately on every medium tank that Germany has. 41 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:47.280 So we're gonna jump into what makes it fun to 42 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:50.920 play and what those different experiences can look like. And Gail, 43 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:52.079 good to see you, my friend. 44 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:55.359 Thank you. Okay, I want to Saw for saying if 45 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:58.439 you hear me snifflin, I'm kind of going through an 46 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.920 algie attack right now, so ignore that. I'll do my best. 47 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:05.400 I'll do my best. But yeah, I think a lot 48 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:08.360 of the issues with war Thunder nowadays is a lot 49 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:11.360 of people aren't really low tier anymore. People aren't really 50 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.360 starting off new as much as they used to. You know, 51 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:16.400 if the ground has been out for almost a decade, 52 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.800 if not a decade, yeah, about a decade now, and 53 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:21.039 most people probably aren't low tier. But we do get 54 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:22.520 a lot of comments. I do hear a lot of 55 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:23.120 things every week. 56 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.599 I'll say this, man like you say that, and yet 57 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:27.159 we just talked about last episode. 58 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:28.840 The population grows every year. 59 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:31.800 And because I as a streamer, I'm always kind of 60 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:35.000 if anybody comes to my streams, we're generally playing BR 61 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:37.439 three to seven. That's just kind of where my stream 62 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:40.639 and community lives. I get tons of new players. I 63 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:42.840 think it's actually more than a lot of war th 64 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:46.280 Under diehards. Think there's a lot of people who are 65 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:48.280 new the game and are wanting some of the. 66 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:50.159 Type of information. I think it would shock people. 67 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:52.599 I would really love maybe we could sit down with 68 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:54.919 like seb and get them to share some of that info. 69 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.759 How many players are playing and new at these low tiers. 70 00:02:58.759 --> 00:02:59.840 Because I think it's more than people. 71 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:01.080 It's probably is ye. 72 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.680 This choice is a big one because you know, if 73 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.719 you's going in blind, you probably default go with one 74 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:11.039 of three options. You go Great Britain, Russia, or Germany. 75 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:15.039 It's probably what everybody would default. I'm including Great Britain. 76 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.120 With USA there, Yes, US for sure, especially if. 77 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.479 You're a longtime war thunder guy where everything was just 78 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:24.520 Shermans for about ten years. Everybody with Sherman's on the 79 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:27.479 Allied side. And now there's pros and cons to all those. 80 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:29.080 But there's also kind of a little bit of a 81 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:32.639 deeper way to approach this, and for me, I called 82 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:35.159 just the fun approach. And for example, I like to 83 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:38.120 bring up a low tier Sweden ground. We'll talk about 84 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:41.879 Japan and China, but Sweden can be very interesting because well, 85 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.479 as many of you who've been playing the game of notice, 86 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:47.080 you know a lot of these factions become a conglomeration 87 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:49.719 of different things. You'll find randomly like Italy has a 88 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:53.919 Romanian plane and Sweden don't have Finland Norway, but they 89 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:57.759 also have you know, because Finland had German tech from 90 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.800 the war. They've got panzers, they've got T thirty fours, 91 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.479 they stole from the Russians, they've got British stuff. They've 92 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:05.639 got a Sherman Premium take if you want to get it, 93 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.719 which is arguably at four point zero, the best Sherman 94 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:10.879 in the game because it doesn't have the machine gun 95 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:14.000 port on the front, meaning it doesn't have that natural weakness. 96 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.040 So depending on what your style wants to be, there 97 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:18.759 are a lot of good options to jump into. 98 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:19.399 And if you're. 99 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:21.920 Brand new to war th Under in particular, I would 100 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:25.680 actually start leaning pointing you towards things like Sweden and 101 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.800 China unless you just really are passionate about the German 102 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:30.240 tree or the American tree. 103 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:34.079 Yeah. Yeah, and especially with the main glaring issue of 104 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:37.399 Germany can't be ignored as the fact that German has 105 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:40.199 the worst win loss across ALLVRS and all of warth Under. 106 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:43.360 So yeah, the German vehicles are fantastic, but the fact 107 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.199 that so many people start off with playing Germany means 108 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:48.920 that a lot of people on your team probably aren't 109 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:50.040 going to help you win and you don't have to 110 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.040 deal with that loss ratio a lot. But yeah, I mean, I. 111 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:55.600 Think the pros and cons I think comes down to 112 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.519 because it's so easy to get into when we're talking 113 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:01.240 about the AMO being a that PZ thirty nine round, 114 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:03.639 the best early round you can you know, get in 115 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:04.839 terms of stock rounds. 116 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:07.360 That makes it feel easier. 117 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:10.040 But to that a lot of new players might then 118 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:13.199 not take the time to learn, for example, crew locations, 119 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:16.959 ammal locations on tanks, where to actually fire, because you 120 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:19.000 get so used to it two point oh three point zero, 121 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:20.959 while I'll just have my pans are four, my pans 122 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:22.319 with three one shot everything. 123 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:23.399 Yeah, and you keep going. 124 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:25.839 Then as you tear up, you go, well, what the heck? 125 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:28.920 This don't work like you more, especially yeah, especially with 126 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:31.199 your armor. Yeah, you get used to Germany. If you're new, 127 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:35.160 you're used to bouncing rounds, and then quickly the script 128 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:38.000 gets flipped on you, probably around four seven, five seven, 129 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:39.120 and then any. 130 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:42.199 Early when those first Tigers come out, you're expecting the 131 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:44.040 Tigers just start dog walking everything. 132 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:45.319 Yeah, and they do not dog. 133 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:46.600 Walk every and don't get it around. 134 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:49.759 They're good, but they're not just dominating the battlefield. 135 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:53.360 Yeah, any intelligent ally player will punch straight through you 136 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.920 every time. Yeah. Yeah, that's definitely hard. And yeah, I 137 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.399 like when you bring up China too, because when I 138 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:03.560 started doing My My Ground grind. I really enjoyed China. 139 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:06.399 China's kind of awesome, you know, it is. It is 140 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:07.759 really slept on. I mean, you get some of the 141 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.519 best Allied early vehicles, and you get some of the 142 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:15.000 best Russian early vehicles. Like it is really cool. There's 143 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.040 nothing really unique about China. They pretty much just take 144 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.639 the vehicles that other countries have and tweak them a 145 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:22.720 little bit, but usually they tweak them for the better. 146 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.240 I know, before we started the podcast, we were talking 147 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.560 about how much I love the T thirty four eighty 148 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:31.279 five that China gets because it's the same br as 149 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:33.439 the Russian Tea thirty four, but they just throw a 150 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.600 dishka on the roof and you just shoot planes down 151 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:37.160 like you're playing an American you know. 152 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:40.240 It's basically like you're stamping a fifty but you don't 153 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:40.920 have fifty. 154 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:41.600 It's fantastic. 155 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.480 It's yeah, and again coming into place. One thing I'll 156 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.439 say about Sweden and China. If you're a new player, 157 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.079 or maybe somebody who you just did air and you 158 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:51.639 want to give ground a try, or maybe you're one 159 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.360 of the crazy people who was doing Blue Water and 160 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:56.319 you want to give ground the really neat thing about 161 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:59.120 these countries that are kind of the slept On countries 162 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:01.240 I guess we're gonna call them, is they let you 163 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:04.600 experience different plays dolls. Because if you're a German Maine, 164 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:08.600 that's a very different playstyll than a UK mate. Oh yeah, 165 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:11.720 but in these trees you can experience to a degree 166 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.240 what all these different types are. So if you're one 167 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.680 of those people who's trying to like really find what 168 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:20.839 your vibe is in war Thunder, believe it or not, 169 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:23.800 jumping into like China can help you find out if 170 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.199 you're going to be a US or a German Maine. 171 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:29.399 Yeah, I would say, yeah, I mean there are I 172 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:32.839 would say Russia and US and and Britain, and those 173 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:36.680 major countries are very kind of specialized, like you have 174 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.240 to know how to play those vehicles because they're kind 175 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.279 of a one trick pony kind of nation. And yeah, 176 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:44.319 if you're brand new to the game starting off as 177 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:47.120 these these minor countries that get a mixture of everything, 178 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:49.560 it's kind of nice because you can kind of learn 179 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:53.000 the game. You can play the first three tiers and 180 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:55.040 then you're like, okay, I kind of know how warth 181 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.759 On theer works. I really like this line of vehicles 182 00:07:57.959 --> 00:07:59.920 and you're like, wait a minute, this line of vehicle 183 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:02.519 is the Russian line. Then you just hop over and 184 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:04.800 then you'll power level through that major country because you 185 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:06.920 already know how to play it, and you'll like, I 186 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:10.040 really vibed with that kind of country. Yeah, I think 187 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:11.560 that's a great way to start. I always when people 188 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:13.480 come in and they ask, they're like, I want I 189 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:15.839 wanna start playing wortham there where do I start? And 190 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:17.920 I always point them kind of in the direction of, 191 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.199 you know, if you want to play US and Russia. 192 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:22.839 You know, obviously I can't stop you Germany too, But like, 193 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.560 maybe go play a minor country, especially if you're gonna 194 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.759 start off and you might be playing Arcade or something 195 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:31.240 like that, because you get a good mixture of vehicles 196 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.600 you can bring in every time, and you can learn 197 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.879 the game and that in like Arcade or something, and 198 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:37.879 then once you figure out how to play the game, 199 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:40.159 how it works, what kind of vehicle you like, then 200 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:43.519 you can apply that logic to more major countries if 201 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:45.240 you like that kind of play style. But it's better 202 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.799 than getting into America for example, and realizing, hey, I 203 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:50.960 want armor. Well you're in the wrong country for that, 204 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:54.200 you know, like yeah, yeah, it's like it's. 205 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.120 Like America makes great tender boxes. Now they're also effective. Like, 206 00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:59.840 don't get me wrong, the Shermans and stuff could be good. 207 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:03.000 But but just to kind of piggyback on your point. 208 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.200 For those who've watched me, most people will probably classify 209 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.720 my account as a German main as in that's what 210 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:12.039 I have the most realism, arcade, et cetera, ours on. 211 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.360 But if you actually go look at the individual tanks 212 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:17.440 that I have the most kills with, it's actually the 213 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:21.840 technically finish T thirty four, right, That's the one that 214 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:24.200 has the most even though I'm a German Maine, because 215 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:27.440 it helps you really again find those styles that in 216 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:30.200 this case it's you know one again the Sweden thing 217 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.320 it and even to the when you talk about China, 218 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:35.240 it feels like when they pour these to these specially countries, 219 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:36.840 they just make them that little bit better. 220 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:39.039 Yeah, right, like that Sherman. 221 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:41.639 Even though it's a premium in Sweden, not having that 222 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.279 machine gun poured on the front gives us so much 223 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:48.399 more survivability. The T thirty four has great speed and 224 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.200 one thing that I found neat about Sweden. Here's a 225 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:53.200 pro tip for all you players out there who are 226 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:55.360 trying to do like your dailies and everything. One of 227 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:58.679 the reasons that I point people to Sweden is the Sherman, 228 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:01.360 the T thirty four, the pans are four, and even 229 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:05.039 these Swedish meatballs that they have those are all ranked 230 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:09.039 three at BR four, which is actually quite rare when you. 231 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:10.679 Compare it to the major countries three. 232 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:13.360 So that's important because if you're trying to do your dailies, 233 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:15.120 the dailies a lot of times are wanting you to 234 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:18.879 be using rank three and greater. Yeah, well Sweden, lets 235 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:20.440 you get that at a much lower BR. 236 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.080 Yeah. And yeah you said four oh four oh for Arcade, yeah, 237 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:27.200 three seven for Realistic too, which is even nicer. And 238 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:30.399 we're missing the best thing about Sweden, which is the 239 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:33.279 SOV twenty twelve forty eight, which is you can only 240 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.919 buy once a year, but it's three seven. It's probably 241 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.240 one of the most overpowered premiums in the game. It's 242 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:45.440 ten minutes. They can't buy it for another year, so 243 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.360 it's not like they're going to go use my discount 244 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:49.080 code now, like give me a break, a you know, 245 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.159 like like Sweeten. 246 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:53.240 Guides it behind the scenes, is like, good job, Gale, 247 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:54.240 proud of you. 248 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.320 Yeah. I find it interesting that you that you bring 249 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.320 up Sweden because that kind of shows the difference of 250 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.279 where we came from, because I grinded out Sweden when 251 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:05.200 it came to the game years ago, and they didn't 252 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:07.799 have the American tanks, they didn't have the finished tanks 253 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:09.759 and stuff like that, So it's kind of interesting. I 254 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.159 never think of Sweden as being like a multi natural 255 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.679 or national country. It's kind of just to me. I 256 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:18.960 always think of just no armor Swedish meatball launchers. But 257 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:21.320 I guess now, yeah, they definitely have that finish line, 258 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:23.279 which definitely brought a lot of meat to that tree 259 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:25.159 and kind of helped break them up. 260 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:27.080 But when you and I first started doing or at 261 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:29.480 least when I first started doing Americans, it was basically 262 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:30.279 what brand of. 263 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:31.320 Sherman would you like to play with? 264 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:34.559 And thankfully that's no longer the case. If you do 265 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:37.600 decide to be an American player, it's not literally just Shermans. 266 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:39.679 There's still a lot of them, don't get me wrong, 267 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.360 but it's not just Shermans. 268 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:43.480 Yeah, but fair when it first. 269 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:45.360 Rolled out, that was basically what you had. You just 270 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:47.440 had whatever flavor of Sherman you're running. If you're at 271 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:49.600 four point zero, you know, you work your way up 272 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:51.360 then to get you the easy eight Shermans. 273 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:52.639 But it was still a Sherman. 274 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:54.679 And I think a lot of people sleep on the 275 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:59.120 Japanese tank tree too. The Japanese tank tree is one 276 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:01.840 of my favorite. They have some goofy vehicles, but they 277 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:04.120 do get of a lot of American vehicles. They get 278 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:06.759 the early Chaffee, they get the early M sixteen SPA, 279 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:09.240 the you know, the M nineteen and the Duster and 280 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:11.919 plus days are getting Sherman's and Jackson's and Wolverines and 281 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:15.600 semi six Shermans like Japan is also great, and they 282 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:19.200 get some of the nastiest early tier naval guns on 283 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:21.759 tank chassis, like the Chiha long Gun, which is my 284 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:23.840 favorite tank in the game. God, I love this. 285 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.519 I hate it because I love it people I love it. 286 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.720 I won't realism and in real life it was trash. 287 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:34.600 But in the game, yeah, yeah, yeah, Well I are 288 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:35.919 not arguable. 289 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:39.240 Either, Like yeah, it kisses me off match just because 290 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:41.559 it'll be two miles out and in pain. 291 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:43.840 Well that's what it was built for. I actually just 292 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.360 watch a whole documentary on the Chiaha Long Gun and 293 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.480 it the Japanese were like, Hey, they keep laying their 294 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:51.200 shitty boats on our beach. What the hell are we 295 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:53.200 supposed to do about it? They we don't even know 296 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:55.080 which beach they're gonna land on. They just land on 297 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.919 a beach. So let's just take this this naval emplacement 298 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:59.919 and what's put on this shitty chassis and that way 299 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:03.720 drives around. But it's great, dude, And you didn't know. 300 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:06.759 Very effective war th under vehicle arcade or realism. 301 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:08.759 And the game doesn't tell you this, but there is 302 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:10.799 a requirement when you play the chiah how long Gun. 303 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:12.399 If you get a kill with it, you have to 304 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:14.919 yell chi how long gun? Every time. That's a requirement 305 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:16.960 you have to do it. That makes it way more enjoyable. 306 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:18.480 And that might be why you don't love it so much. 307 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:20.559 You've not done that, you know, maybe you're right. 308 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:22.600 Maybe next Streme, that's just what we're going to do. 309 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:25.919 There'll be a team every time too. It'll be good. 310 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:29.480 So hopefully yeah, you're if you're listening a number one, 311 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:30.159 we appreciate you. 312 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:30.559 Number two. 313 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:32.759 Hopefully this gives you a good basic idea. But I 314 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.720 also want to circle back to what I said before. 315 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:36.639 If you are a listener of our podcast from one, 316 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:39.440 thank you number two, drop your thoughts as well, because again, 317 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.600 more people are coming to war th Under than you 318 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:45.240 might think, because you know, we were talking last episode 319 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.320 about how many play this first world of tanks and stuff, 320 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:51.279 and just the fact that we're over here, like you 321 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:53.320 can log into war th Under almost any given day 322 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:55.279 and there's one hundred thousand active people. 323 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.480 In the game, which is wild. Yeah, when you and I. 324 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:00.039 Were playing this five ten years ago, nowhere near. 325 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:03.399 The yeah, like twenty to forty thousand, maybe nowhere close. 326 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.559 Like you get on steam dB and like, oh, there's 327 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:08.360 seven thousand people on right now. Yeah, those days are 328 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:11.519 gone and it's exciting. But this also is an opportunity 329 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:14.120 for everybody out there to share as well what y'all think. 330 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:16.240 And now we're going to jump into our next segment, 331 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:18.759 which is a new event they're popping out with here. 332 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:22.039 Yeah, and they just announced this today, So if you're 333 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:24.279 listening to the podcast, you probably listen to it on 334 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:26.360 Friday or Saturday, so it will be a couple of 335 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:28.879 days in the event. But yeah, They just announced a 336 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:33.159 brand new Pakistani plane coming to the Old War Thunder 337 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:38.039 and it's essentially just a Chinese made mid nineteen. How 338 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:40.879 are there are some caveats to it? It seems like 339 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:44.000 it has more hard points. They haven't exactly said, but 340 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:47.879 it does get the American export a nine P which 341 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:50.120 if it doesn't sound familiar, that's name nine J It's 342 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:54.360 just exported, super super unique vehicle. I love the mid nineteen. 343 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:57.840 The Farmer is one of the coolest, Like early Soviet jets. 344 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:01.559 It out climbs everything and out everything. I think it's 345 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.519 gonna be fantastic. I you know, it's not gonna be amazing, 346 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:06.639 especially for these like if you're a newer player and 347 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:08.879 you bought your way to top tier. You know, most 348 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.879 people love to go fly the hornet. You know, that's 349 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.559 what they really like as an American player or like 350 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:15.360 you know, on the new s uugh thirties or like 351 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:17.440 a Mike twenty one or an F five or something, 352 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:19.639 you know, because that's what they really push out in 353 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.279 the promotional thing. But for all of our older guys 354 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.440 that worked through the trees, you know, you might have 355 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:27.399 a fond memory of the big nineteen and I think 356 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:29.840 it's an interesting time to bring out a big nineteen 357 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:32.759 with the strategic bombers that just hit, because that is 358 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:36.879 gonna be a strategic bombing or bomber hunting machine, especially 359 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:39.759 with those see that's nice, very grey dartments a right 360 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.600 infra red misses. 361 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.639 Yeah, I'm very curious when we were having this conversation 362 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:47.039 a lot before the show, what br is it going 363 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:49.279 to land at? Because you know, they just rolled out 364 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:52.240 you know, Grandpa buff, they just rolled out the tu Yeah. 365 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:52.480 Right. 366 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:56.240 But then you know, discussing number one, the ported missile's 367 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.360 going to have the will it or will it not 368 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:01.559 have counter measures? You and I were talking and then 369 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:03.600 comparing it to things like the F four and stuff. 370 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:06.120 Will this be a ten point zero, a ten three, 371 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:09.799 a nine to seven. You know, there's very curiously where 372 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:12.039 this plane is actually going to land. But just like you, 373 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.960 it's you know, I hear a lot of people talk 374 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:16.639 about whether there's nothing more they can add. 375 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:17.440 To the game, and I disagree. 376 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:20.799 I think there are a lot of Cold War ranges still, 377 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:24.080 so many unique things that can make a fun impact 378 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:25.840 in the game, and this is one of them. Because 379 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:28.559 depending on the tier, if they get the battle rating, right, 380 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:31.240 this could be a really really fun plane to fly. 381 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:34.879 Yeah and uh yeah. And what really irritates me is 382 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:37.120 that I opened up you know, TikTok today and I 383 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:39.080 see someone talking about it and all the comment section 384 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:43.480 is like, wow, another event where it's just some medium 385 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:46.879 like medium tier like Cold War era Soviet chet, Like, 386 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:49.080 oh my god, I'm like, come on, guys, like this 387 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:51.799 is cool, like like this is stuff that you know, 388 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:54.159 four years ago people would have been freaking out about 389 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:55.000 it exactly. 390 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.840 And that's what I've got is I gotta interrupt you. 391 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:01.159 I know it's rude, but if y'all and I know 392 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:03.279 y'all probably know this, but please help us share this 393 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.359 out with so many people, for whatever reason, in the 394 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.599 content creator community and the major war th Under community, 395 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:14.119 there's this idea that everybody is flying basically br thirty 396 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:18.039 guys gals. Most of the game isn't yeah, and they're 397 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:21.079 excited and experiences, so enjoy it with them. 398 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.359 Now. 399 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:24.079 I'm not saying that we shouldn't get more cool stuff, 400 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:27.359 but it's not like high tier doesn't get stuff. MiG 401 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:31.039