Does early american jets suck?

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I recently unlocked f84b26 and i'm having trouble against su-11 and mig-9. Gaining altitude first doesn't matter because they're always above me at the start and f84 can't turn without losing all energy. I bnz my way through me 264's or take headons with them they're not a threat too much but those other two are really giving me a headache.

My friend said that i'll have much more trouble in the next unlock f84 sabre because mig-15's are a lot better in every way, as i've read.

Open to advices, but it got me into the idea of changing region if next tier is worse.

[Reizz of the Gal Vorbak ✳]

They are abysmally bad

[Maha pöydäl]

The F-86-25 sabre is aight, it's just foldered
F-86F-2 sabre is good, but with it's at BR 9.0 so it can face spaceclimbing Mig-21s and with realshatter, the guns aren't as lethal as they used to be.

[[QUAP] Time to Colonize]

Besides the circlejerk of "US bad despite having the best equipment" I can tell you that the US starter jets are the best out there as you realised the only problems are a P2W Jet (Su-11) and the Mig-9. The Mig-9 I agree can be nasty but has lower topspeed than you and low velocity guns that tend to spark and low ammocount. .50s are the most broken weapon ingame as they have a range for crits of up to 1.8km, high ammocount and a high velocity. The Mig-15 was better in the past but has been nerfed to the point of the Sabre doing everything on par or better if you know what you´re doing. Mig-15s are extremely easy to evade due to their abysmal rollrate.

In short early US jets pros are high topspeed, good guns and good manouverability. If your jet is lacking in one of these departments its better in the others eg. F-84 being the fastest jet for its BR.

P.S most important point that most US players never learn DONT USE YOUR EXCELLENT PLANE AS A CRUISE MISSILE. Just because it has ground ordinance doesnt mean it has to be used in Air RB.

[J1ocks2481]

Your using the F84 wrong, skoot and shoot, once you get to the high 900kmph no one will be catching you, just slide in fire at someone and skoot out and Mach speed, if they chase you they won’t catch you, if not fly up and turn around and dive down gaining most of that speed back while you attack again.

[Blyatman]

Don't crew american jets until you get the Sabre, its just not worth it

[Akagi]

F-84B is hit and run. Boom n zoom from above, attack from behind, idc but DO NOT pull a hard turn to go for a second run. You can easily outrun anything at your br but you can just as easily loose all that speed by playing this thing wrong