This aircraft, as a niche premium team, has been neglected for a long time because its body performance and weapon mounting are not particularly outstanding. I remember a long time ago it was assigned to the outrageous place of BR3, but even in BR2, we have better fighter to choose from. This aircraft is actually very similar in weapon configuration and body performance to the German BR1 premium fighter Re2001 CN, so it seems that the boomerang should go to BR1,as a supplement to the premium fighter of the United States in the BR1
Then you should know that the damage caused by a 7.7mm caliber light machine gun and a 12.7mm caliber heavy machine gun is incomparable. Even if you use 12 of 7.7mm caliber light machine guns from the Hurricane MK2, they can only barely compare to 4 poorly positioned 12.7mm caliber heavy machine guns. Moreover, the smaller caliber machine guns fare even worse when facing large bombers. Intercepting a bomber may require thousands of bullets, while for heavy machine guns, dozens of precise shots can destroy the engine or directly kill the pilot
To put it bluntly, the Boomerang MK2 is essentially a premium version of the Hurricane MK2 with reduced machine guns and added cannons
Even the worst heavy machine guns cannot be compared to light machine guns, let alone the worst British 7.7. Japan’s light machine guns are even better than Britain’s
No, because it will come with payload nerf… i enjoy the 2 250s in BR2 along with excellent turn time… it is my go to for spawning when i’m playing against japanese pilots… and then the premium p40 for full cas.
Also the hispano is THE BEST aircraft cannon if you don’t consider the amount of ammo for american 50 cals.
So with an acceptable payload (same as hurricane), good weaponry and good turn rate i se eno reason why it should be BR1… and personally think re 2001 shouldn’t be either…
However if that stays BR1 then this should go as well.
I need to emphasize that it’s not 250kg but 250lb. Furthermore, the data for GP bombs is quite poor, only slightly better than that of 50kg bombs, and it ranks at the bottom among 100kg bombs
The gp bombs suck ass. It’s already a nerfed payload. The bf109 has a better payload, the 2001 cn has a better payload, the yak 1 has a better payload, and the lagg has a better payload.
2001cn: 250kg GP 250 max damage: 2574.0
Yak/lagg: FAB-100sv (Forged/Non-Forged) max damage: 1398.0
Bf109: 50kg SC50 max damage: 1110.0
G.P 250lb Mk.IV max damage: 1252.0
it’s on parr with the 50kg bombs on the bf109 but yet it only comes with 2 instead of 4. (Kind of like how the xa comes with 4 bombs compared to germany’s bf110’s with 2 bombs)
Nothing about the bombload of the boomerang is br2 when compared to the other two main factions, It’s less than all of their options. It’s an over tiered plane just like many others in the game. doesn’t seem like you know how things compare to one another.
That is true… probably doesn’t need an adjustment to its payload and In which case I wouldn’t mind a down tier… but either way it’s an excellent turn fighter and does fine in its BR… and I wonder what drew you to this post 9 months later to respond to a comment I made… I don’t desire to argue about minuscule things such as this.
Lmao, i honestly didn’t realize. I haven’t been on here in a while and it was at the top of new/unread. Thought it was more recent.
I made the comment because i like to play br1, and the allies could use a better plane. The hurricane is such a terrible experience. You have to dive down from spawn to loose altitude then pull up to loose speed before doing your pass over or the plane pulls up on it’s own and jacks with your drop. Also don’t like the pea shooters. Had nothing to do with you personally.
I too use the boomerang in br2 because of the lack of good fighters with bombs there as well, but I’d still rather it be br1 so i can use it in both tiers.
I listed multiple other br1 comparisons. The boomerang is in league with br1 planes. I would consider it at the bottom of comparisons as well, only being “better” than the lagg even though it’s bombload is worse.
We only use it in br3 because of the lack of a good br3 alternative. Same with the br1 bf109. Doesn’t make them br3 planes though, AND the 2001cn has been br1 since brs were a thing. It’s definitely okay to use it as a comparison.
Brother, we are talking about the boomerang here and why it should be br1. The planes used for comparison was primarily the bf109 and yak1, the 2001cn was just one plane used in the comparison. I said “i listed off other comparable planes” because you said it’s not fair to compare to the 2001cn. The topic is the boomerang though. Do you have an issue with boomerang being br1?
Its compared also to the Zero its funny to me that the Boomerang and the Zero are BR II while the BF and the Yak 1 for some reason are BR I with much better payload.
