I-225 is terrible

[tickle my pickle]

The thing has terrible guns, terrible locking up, mediocre top speed unless you are in space, overheats after 5 minutes constantly, and isn't by any means a good turner. Also, it has TRASH energy retention, by far the worst superprop in all of these regards.

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by i did inbred with your mom xd:

The thing has terrible guns

https://media.makeameme.org/created/i-have-questions-5b69f1.jpg

[Edgrponce]

Originally posted by kamikazi21358:

Originally posted by i did inbred with your mom xd:

The thing has terrible guns

https://media.makeameme.org/created/i-have-questions-5b69f1.jpg

I love when people claim something sucks even though they are using it completly wrong(guilty cause F7F is like an alien ship to me and im horrible with it)

[tickle my pickle]

The thing is I know how to play it. I climb to space and beat jets up there - but I don't see jets above 3km, and for one I can't catch them without ripping, and for two, if I dive on one and am going fast, there is no control and even if they are going slow the guns have a big chance at not doing anything/running out of ammo.

[Φ Baron of Noobs]

is it spaded? if not then obviously its gonna suck

[The Bone Zone]

Originally posted by kamikazi21358:

Originally posted by i did inbred with your mom xd:

The thing has terrible guns

https://media.makeameme.org/created/i-have-questions-5b69f1.jpg

Sorry dude, but calling the Shparks anything other than mediocre at best is wrong.

[tickle my pickle]

low ammo, not good against jets compared to .50 cals or mg 151s

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by I'm Keto Saiba:

Originally posted by kamikazi21358:

https://media.makeameme.org/created/i-have-questions-5b69f1.jpg

Sorry dude, but calling the Shparks anything other than mediocre at best is wrong.

Don’t use HE.

2 shells:

AP (turns the cannons into sledgehammer .50 cals — you thought .50s were good before?)

but expecially one other shell.

FI-T

Only one 20mm shell rivals the 20mm FI-T god shell, and that is the 2cm minengeschoß. Turns anything into a lifting body aircraft instantly.

[tickle my pickle]

They don't have HE, so they DO spark. HE is the best round in that belt.

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by i did inbred with your mom xd:

They don't have HE, so they DO spark. HE is the best round in that belt.

I don’t think the HE is what’s killing the planes. FI-T sparks less, and has more explosive mass than HE.

[tickle my pickle]

HE doesn't spark, it always does damage, a set amount of damage to parts of the plane by distance. Fragmentation incendiary rounds do not possess any explosive mass - they just create more spalling than an AP round with a slight incendiary element, probably comparable to that of a single M2 browning incendiary round.

[kamikazi21358]

Well I recommend trying tracer belts perhaps (the FI-T only from my recollection), I find that FI-T shells obliterate aircraft. There is my recommendation.

[tickle my pickle]

It is definitely not bad for damage (compared to guns like hispanos), but what I mean is against jets for one which are more survivable and less prone to fires, etc. and low ammo count per gun.

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by i did inbred with your mom xd:

It is definitely not bad for damage (compared to guns like hispanos), but what I mean is against jets for one which are more survivable and less prone to fires, etc. and low ammo count per gun.

Fair point, I always hated fighting jets in Russian aircraft.

My best advice is always just climb and dive, that’s how props kill jets. You can easly outclimb them, and then match their speed temporarily in a dive. Russian aircraft are not the best at this, due to low rip speeds and stuff.

[Jepicus]

I've spaded my I-225, and I agree it's overtiered. It has insane climbrate but thats about it, guns hit hard (sometimes) but like every other Russian plane has low ammo. It's turning is alright, acceleration is good, but the top speed is pretty bad. If it gets downtiered to 5.7 or even 5.3, it can still be easily outrun by a lot of aircraft. And if you're uptiered to 7.0 or 7.3, good luck (and enjoy the R2Y2s).

I generally like the vehicle but haven't actually played it since spading it, I had some very unpleasant times playing it but I left with a good impression of it somehow.

WARNING: IN MY OPINION,
6.3 is too high.

[The Bone Zone]

Originally posted by kamikazi21358:

Originally posted by I'm Keto Saiba:

Sorry dude, but calling the Shparks anything other than mediocre at best is wrong.

Don’t use HE.

2 shells:

AP (turns the cannons into sledgehammer .50 cals — you thought .50s were good before?)

but expecially one other shell.

FI-T

Only one 20mm shell rivals the 20mm FI-T god shell, and that is the 2cm minengeschoß. Turns anything into a lifting body aircraft instantly.

AP, overrated, they are simply worse hispanos in that regard, whatever you can do with a ShVak ap shell you can do with the hispano better, and keep in mind that hispanos are really mediocre cannons

FI shells.... i'm just gonna assume you confused it with some other 20mm cause calling the smallest 20mm with literally 2-3 grams of TNT in them, the closest thing to Memenschose is simply idiotic.

The FI shells are decent, you know mediocre, not to bad, not to good, but putting them next to the best 20mm shell in the game, just no, hell even the hispano mk 2 HE shell is a little better, the AN/M2 and M3 are way better than it.