My friend and I have this sick addiction to murdering the shit out of bombers with HVARs on our I-16s.
1 HVAR = dead bomber. 1sks PBYs, SB-2ms, etc.
We play with 1 I-16, two reserves, and a I-153 Chaika, just absolute murder in arcade
And that's one of the big problems of this game so far. Bombers spawn too low and thus need too long to reach the target. If you really just concentrate on killing bombers with your team mates, they won't reach a single target. And it is even more annoying with those Beaufighters, wich don't seem to have proper physics implemented yet. They reach your spawn in no time and kill everything with one burst. On lower Tiers the recent system works but not on higher Tiers.
I stopped playing germans tbh, as it is not much fun. I play russian planes wich are superior in every single way. Better bombers with more reward and the bombs are easier to unlock (besides the premium bombers). My LaGG3 can stand a shit load of shots before it goes down, while my He111 H3 gets killed with one burst. LaGG3 is a Tier 3 plane and it just does fine in Tier 6 and higher.
It is a common tactic to attack german planes first as they seem to be made out of paper and you really can shred them with one burst. Tbh, I would like to see something like a armor sheme for all the planes.
Cal. 50 damage needs to be increased and those russian reserve fighters need physics. Atm they fly like ufos without any restriction and can even climb as fast as a BF 109 or Yak 7. Same goes for the Beaufighter wich seems to be overly fast and agile for a twin engine attacker. I didn't fly one myself, but I just hate them. When I start with a bomber and see them flying towards me I know that I am done
The game is fun, but I just hope they fix those things asap. This bias towards a certain faction is just stupid. LaGG is a early 40's plane and you fight against mid/end 30's planes of the other nations. I know it is a beta and all, but I am certainly not the only one who noticed this stuff.
The most lame planes so far: I15, I 16, I135, LaGG 3, Yak 9t and Beaufighter. But they are fun indeed
Atm I use Yak7b, Yak1b, LaGG3, Ar2 and SB 2M 103U (both with 3x500kg and expert crew with 70% reward bonus). That's a killer layout and I struggle most of the time to use all planes in one round.