@spaghettinoodles7913 the WTD 61 is a test squadron of the German air force. Gaijin can take squadron/tech tree planes, rename them to "insert plane here" WTD 61 and make a copy-paste version of an already existing plane to generate money from whales with minimal effort
@@spaghettinoodles7913 It's the last f-104 the Germans operated back in the early 90s. Clearly a plane worthy of getting a 13.3 BR premium with a 1950s airframe. ;)
German mains on their way to buy their 617th WTDCBT420 mobile in the hopes that their next top tier wont be civilian airliner modified with another f18 radar and amraams
F4f ice isn’t good but it’s honestly more mid than bad. Yes you are slower than an F16, but you are still as fast as a viggen give or take, and you hold more speed. It also does win the dogfight against every other F4 besides the other F4F fighters since the German phantom has less internal fuel and better thrust to weight. Now it’s still a phantom don’t get me wrong, but at 13.0 it’s really just mid not terrible.
@@FishFlys Gotta work with what you got, in that regard the F4F ICE delivers. Its nice to see someone with a similar take on the ICE. Mid, but not bad (im trying not to sound too biased because I really like this aircraft haha)
Hi, I was that Tornado, in the last clip, I was testing the range of the PGMs, I knew that it was your squadron but Christ I did not know it was you, missile that I told you to flare was fired at the F-8, my fault on the shitty launch, so I panic typed flare, on me to be honest,
@@DEFYN yeah, If someone asks for help with something in team chat ill usually drop what i'm doing and help to the best of my ability, especially if its one of/the last teammate, think being in space for the PGM launches probabally gave me enough speed to get close enough for the guns to hit,
@@Morachie been playing the GR.1 to get the GR.4 recently, get 2-3 kill games if i try reason why i was in space is cause i was testing the range of the PGMs lol, been using them a lot recently, climb ot 5k meters, fire at the base that's most likely to stay, then dive, chaff any missile incoming, lets you place yourself in a favourable position for air to air than being in the meatgrinder at the bases
@@cyberdroid2300 I will take that as an honour , in my friend group the tornado is a meme, "Best plane in game" we call it, all but one of us have it and I'm the best in it by far
That was me, I wasn't in orbit the entire match, I was testing the range of the PGMs as a meme, kinda gave up with using the tornado as a fighter, if i try i can get fairly regular 2-3 kill games but that's about all I get
@@Whiskey-Teaz I honestly loved seeing this though. I understand so little of whats going on in these videos and the control scheme overwhelms me on anything beyond biplane. Then I see who know what they are doing/understand and communicate it and I'm amazed.
Fun fact: none of the AI planes actually have functional control surfaces, so even if you literally shoot all of them off the plane will still just fly around as if nothing happened. Just Gaijin things
On the plus side, Su-22s in game doesn’t lose speed in flat turns with the wings folded out. Probably one of the only planes that actually accelerates in a full pull horizontal turn to the point where you can black out.
yeah this got overlooked by defyn, the su-22s can out rate basically any plane they run into. not that redeems the other problems it has, but it is at least good in most 1v1's. Once i even successfully won a 1v5 against 5 F4S's in the su-22m3. Most pilots don't know what to do when the start getting out rated in a turn fight
love the Su22 irl and was just checking TH-cam to see i can please my need of Strikeaircrafts that are not particular good at anything contend and there it is; DEFYN with the best timing, now I can have my beloved Su shittalked for another 12 Minutes
Sometimes mine just fly right through flares without a care in the world, compared to most missiles they are pretty flare resistant under the right situation, certainly compared to r60s they will chase literally anything
They upteired the german su-22 (um3k or u3mk) from 10.7, it was ok and kind of fun, to 11.3 which killed it. It only has 1x30mm and half the countermeasures of the su-22 m4, but now they're the same br.
I'm pretty sure that one or two years ago they gave the UM3 the same extra countermeasure pylons the M4 has... Tbh they could've let it stay at 10.7 with the reduced countermeasures and R-60s while the M4 would get the extra CMs and R-60Ms. Right now the only difference between them is the extra gun and a couple different air to ground weapons
This flight model looks like the new MiG-23, abysmal at turn fighting. I used to play the Russian SU17 still a year ago and no way it was that cumbersome. You know this is bad when a F4-S can run circles around you.
@@guyperson6567 They aren't entirely in game as they have at least one good turn in them. Sans the MiG-29G I believe and I got nothing on why Gaijin did what they did with that.* That said once they burn their energy they aren't too different from Mirages per what I have heard from fighter pilots. So what we are seeing at face value in game isn't too far removed from real life reports. As for * Gaijin also introduced the MiG-23 with the ability to pull 13Gs + when historically no model could pull more than 8.5Gs. I can only presume so that it would be competitive in game. Likewise the random unhistorical elevator compression passed around amongst fighters unevenly. Yet nearly every other type of aircraft gets historical elevator compression. Gaijin has been randomly applying closer to historic elevator compression randomly to select fighters since the F-16A was added. The F4U-4s and 7 were the first to receive said nerf.
@@Miszorov They are the only ones that have said that. Everyone else says that they suck. Maybe the Poles figured something out or modified their examples.
The big Problem with these russian Strike Aircrafts is, that any Payload especially Bombs produce soo much additional Drag and the Engines feel kinda underpowered anyways, that you just dont accelerate and have problems even reaching Mach 0.95 Therefore you will be either too late for any Base or just easy prey. Also you face F4S and Mig23ML Spam and they eat you for breakfast.
For those who buy this for CAS in grb, you can bring kh29t with kh25ml and guide the kh25ml through the kh29t TV sight. (They might've changed it so try it out on your own)
Save yourself the money and grind the one in the TT, ive had some good luck trying to dogfight with this thing.. its actually pretty fun. I do notice the engine likes to overheat if you keep on the afterburner for too long (mostly on Spain), just to keep that in mind.
Honestly I fuck with the su17m4 so much. Granted, I play the soviet tech tree one, but since the rebalance this thing can be a monster in downtiers. 6 R60ms, 250+ countermeasures, and basically endless energy. Sure, you're slower than most things, and you sure as hell won't out pull most planes, but a lot of people at this br are very, very clueless and will just let you spiral upwards until they stall out and you murder them. Biggest thing holding it back is the guns, but on day one of the rebalance I still managed to get a 6 kill game in a down tier and im not very good at the game lol
its been known to be a menace for quite a while, bc its a pretty good dogfighter and very capable. Nobody has said otherwise, really, its just the 22 thats ass.
This may be "one of the strongest engines" however when I propel methane out of my backside I can hit mach 5. And im telling you right now im not "under powered"
I remember when it used to be 10.7 in sim, was absolutely cracked at that BR. 11.3 is a little to high for this thing and the su 22 UM3K is blatantly overtiered at the same BR.
Amazing trolling idea: use unguided rockets to waste their flares. if you shoot a missile right after, most of the time they don’t flare because they think it’s a unguided (at least in my experience) also don’t use this “tactic” on planes with RWR
The Germany suffers (at certain BRs) turns to be Germany Air suffers. It could be the worst Air Tech Tree specially at top tier and this update just highlight it. I can only feel it is focusing in WW2 era and of course, re-use East Germany (soviet) aircrafts. Yes, I know, the German Air Force was never the best, but any other nation is entirely better. It's sad that we need to wait to the EF2000 or wish that F/A-18 comes to this nation. Thanks for the info of the video! I needed to check what's up with Germany
When the squadron su 22 first came out I was just a silly billy and would try and reach Mach 2 especially on airspawn city as i would hear so many missles not able to bc watch up back then I would dive back into the battle once everyone turned away
I personally like the Fitters. I really wish they wouldn't see the F4S tho. Its pretty much a guarantee that you'll be facing a team of them at the moment!
Tbh i prefer the tornado over this. It has thrust out the wazoo and its how i got from early props to now almost getting the mig 29A . This Su-22 tbh seems mid as heck . And it is so slow it prob would get ran down by phantoms. Atleast the tornado can run
Hey Defyn! Seems like AIM-7E on F-4E is glitched now, it works like AIM-120. Fire it then lose lock and it will hit! Having so much fun with it now, give it a try!
Defyn what kind of setup do you use to play WT? Just keyboard and mouse, or did you swap the mouse for something else? Also did you ever show your ingame controls?
Hi, I need some advise/help, im finishing rank 4 in URSS and i dont know what to go for in rank 5, i have to choose between Yak-15P or Mig-9. I would like to know which jet is superior in their respectives BR (6'3 and 7'3)
i recommend playing air sim or learning how to because air rub isn’t going to get any better. And besides the awards are immaculate in sim so much so that it actually allows f2p so long as your consistent even when you die don’t leave immediately.
I was aware before that moment, more of a recognition that, yes ok your will more than certainly know better than me, i will follow what you ask, reason i was at such a high altitude is cause i was testing the range of the PGMs while also grinding the Tornado GR.4
See you all in 6 months when gaijin cooks up the 104G wtd61 pack
Can you explain?
@spaghettinoodles7913 the WTD 61 is a test squadron of the German air force. Gaijin can take squadron/tech tree planes, rename them to "insert plane here" WTD 61 and make a copy-paste version of an already existing plane to generate money from whales with minimal effort
@@spaghettinoodles7913 It's the last f-104 the Germans operated back in the early 90s. Clearly a plane worthy of getting a 13.3 BR premium with a 1950s airframe. ;)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@BiscuitDelivery what does it use?
German mains on their way to buy their 617th WTDCBT420 mobile in the hopes that their next top tier wont be civilian airliner modified with another f18 radar and amraams
LMAO
F4f ice isn’t good but it’s honestly more mid than bad.
Yes you are slower than an F16, but you are still as fast as a viggen give or take, and you hold more speed. It also does win the dogfight against every other F4 besides the other F4F fighters since the German phantom has less internal fuel and better thrust to weight.
Now it’s still a phantom don’t get me wrong, but at 13.0 it’s really just mid not terrible.
@@FishFlys while you could be flying an F-15E? no thanks
@@FishFlys Gotta work with what you got, in that regard the F4F ICE delivers. Its nice to see someone with a similar take on the ICE. Mid, but not bad (im trying not to sound too biased because I really like this aircraft haha)
@@FishFlyswow it wins dogfights against planes itll never see in an actual match
Hi, I was that Tornado, in the last clip, I was testing the range of the PGMs, I knew that it was your squadron but Christ I did not know it was you, missile that I told you to flare was fired at the F-8, my fault on the shitty launch, so I panic typed flare, on me to be honest,
coms?
+rep
You warned me thats all that matters
Mistake happens
Won us the game :)
@@DEFYN yeah, If someone asks for help with something in team chat ill usually drop what i'm doing and help to the best of my ability, especially if its one of/the last teammate, think being in space for the PGM launches probabally gave me enough speed to get close enough for the guns to hit,
@@X13565 always ready to respond to an ally in need of help, wish more people would communicate damnit
Most people dont bother because no one listens lmao
respect to that tornado
Thanks for the compliment, that was me!
@@Whiskey-Teaz You did an absolutely awesome job! Keep it up
@@Morachie been playing the GR.1 to get the GR.4 recently, get 2-3 kill games if i try reason why i was in space is cause i was testing the range of the PGMs lol, been using them a lot recently, climb ot 5k meters, fire at the base that's most likely to stay, then dive, chaff any missile incoming, lets you place yourself in a favourable position for air to air than being in the meatgrinder at the bases
@@Whiskey-Teaz Top 10 Tornadorians of all Tornado-time
@@cyberdroid2300 I will take that as an honour , in my friend group the tornado is a meme, "Best plane in game" we call it, all but one of us have it and I'm the best in it by far
All i can say is MVP TEAMMATE
At least the camo looks cool...
Wrong!
Ground camo bad!
defyn likes white or grey camos
Is this a racial reference? :peeposus:
@@DEFYN based
@@DEFYNNuh uh it looks sick
@@DEFYN whatever you say no mountain having ahh
Some players blow my mind. Hanging out in orbit for the entire match, and he's actually sitting at his keyboard like what are you doing bro lmao.
That was me, I wasn't in orbit the entire match, I was testing the range of the PGMs as a meme, kinda gave up with using the tornado as a fighter, if i try i can get fairly regular 2-3 kill games but that's about all I get
@Master_Teaz at least you got involved. Idk I see it all the time where I'm in a 1v2 or 3 and there's some premium player at 50k feet just cruising.
@Donut833 yeah, i get that a lot too, hurts more when in playing my nado, just dont have the performance to make up for their lack of presence
@@Whiskey-TeazI was impressed that you successfully helped him and that your communication both wasnt to late and was actually useful. Good job
@@Whiskey-Teaz I honestly loved seeing this though. I understand so little of whats going on in these videos and the control scheme overwhelms me on anything beyond biplane. Then I see who know what they are doing/understand and communicate it and I'm amazed.
Fun fact: none of the AI planes actually have functional control surfaces, so even if you literally shoot all of them off the plane will still just fly around as if nothing happened.
Just Gaijin things
One of the best feelings in the game is being able to meaningfully cooperate with your team to win the match
Best part of the game
High tier premium attacker released right before an air event
if only i could type fast enough to alert my team when my pl-12 goes wild
"He's a methodical, textbook person, we can use that to our advantage.... it's time to get.... *unorthodox* "
2:46 pls more of those cuts🤣
Real lmao
Boris just take the Mig-21, make it longer and add another pair of wings
That is NOT how the su 22 was developed xDDD
@@MrKumiyou can’t blame anyone for thinking so though, that’s exactly how it looks at first glance.
J-7E development be like
@@kantina4765 sure. If you say so!
@@MrKumi you mean to tell me there aren't superficial visual similarities between the 2 planes?
Fun fact: Defyn has a 371:3 kill to death ratio in the Italian F84G, which is good for an impressive k/d of 123.67
3 year of germany suffer and we get this for a prem 😭
Deserved
@meezo9980 why deserved?? Germany has arguably the worst top tier air tree in the entire game
@@eliradinsky7088yeah but the players are annoying so it balances out
@eliradinsky7088 because I am biased and believe that ingame nations that I dislike should be neglected and made fun of
@@meezo9980 based take ngl
On the plus side, Su-22s in game doesn’t lose speed in flat turns with the wings folded out. Probably one of the only planes that actually accelerates in a full pull horizontal turn to the point where you can black out.
MiG-19 can do that at some speeds too. Those giant circles are great for stalling people out lol
yeah this got overlooked by defyn, the su-22s can out rate basically any plane they run into. not that redeems the other problems it has, but it is at least good in most 1v1's. Once i even successfully won a 1v5 against 5 F4S's in the su-22m3. Most pilots don't know what to do when the start getting out rated in a turn fight
Respect for leting tornado bomb the base, not many players do that ....
love the Su22 irl and was just checking TH-cam to see i can please my need of Strikeaircrafts that are not particular good at anything contend and there it is; DEFYN with the best timing, now I can have my beloved Su shittalked for another 12 Minutes
honestly man for CAS at top tier ground its amazing. thats what it should be used for
8:20
If you make a little bit of turn in the F-111
A little bit of speed... is all you have left😂
5:57 my brother in Christ I've seen AIM9Ls go for single flares against afterburning F014s, they love that shit
Sometimes mine just fly right through flares without a care in the world, compared to most missiles they are pretty flare resistant under the right situation, certainly compared to r60s they will chase literally anything
@@mrcaboosevg6089 just because some missiles are even worse doesn't make them not shit
@@giacomomeluzzi280I mean relative to the competition the 9L is one of the best missles
@@suzanarubi9254 That says more about the other missiles really
@@giacomomeluzzi280 I mean it really does, compared to the 60M the 9L has more range and better flare resistance
They upteired the german su-22 (um3k or u3mk) from 10.7, it was ok and kind of fun, to 11.3 which killed it. It only has 1x30mm and half the countermeasures of the su-22 m4, but now they're the same br.
I'm pretty sure that one or two years ago they gave the UM3 the same extra countermeasure pylons the M4 has... Tbh they could've let it stay at 10.7 with the reduced countermeasures and R-60s while the M4 would get the extra CMs and R-60Ms. Right now the only difference between them is the extra gun and a couple different air to ground weapons
This flight model looks like the new MiG-23, abysmal at turn fighting. I used to play the Russian SU17 still a year ago and no way it was that cumbersome. You know this is bad when a F4-S can run circles around you.
This is indicative of these aircraft in real life though. After the MiG-19 everything Soviet/Russian was a complete boat until the MiG-29 and Su-27.
@@rainsilentso why are the mig-29 and su-27 boats too
@@rainsilent Su-22s were surprisingly quite decent at dogfights, at least according to Polish pilots (we still have them in our inventory somehow).
@@guyperson6567 They aren't entirely in game as they have at least one good turn in them. Sans the MiG-29G I believe and I got nothing on why Gaijin did what they did with that.* That said once they burn their energy they aren't too different from Mirages per what I have heard from fighter pilots. So what we are seeing at face value in game isn't too far removed from real life reports.
As for * Gaijin also introduced the MiG-23 with the ability to pull 13Gs + when historically no model could pull more than 8.5Gs. I can only presume so that it would be competitive in game. Likewise the random unhistorical elevator compression passed around amongst fighters unevenly. Yet nearly every other type of aircraft gets historical elevator compression. Gaijin has been randomly applying closer to historic elevator compression randomly to select fighters since the F-16A was added. The F4U-4s and 7 were the first to receive said nerf.
@@Miszorov They are the only ones that have said that. Everyone else says that they suck. Maybe the Poles figured something out or modified their examples.
The big Problem with these russian Strike Aircrafts is, that any Payload especially Bombs produce soo much additional Drag and the Engines feel kinda underpowered anyways, that you just dont accelerate and have problems even reaching Mach 0.95
Therefore you will be either too late for any Base or just easy prey. Also you face F4S and Mig23ML Spam and they eat you for breakfast.
For those who buy this for CAS in grb, you can bring kh29t with kh25ml and guide the kh25ml through the kh29t TV sight. (They might've changed it so try it out on your own)
That’s amazing 😂
I enjoy the su22 as a fighter.. manipulating that wing sweep can help alot, nice missiles too, but yeah has to be played carefully
Cl-Mk6B (King of Dogfigths at 9.0) When??
Save yourself the money and grind the one in the TT, ive had some good luck trying to dogfight with this thing.. its actually pretty fun. I do notice the engine likes to overheat if you keep on the afterburner for too long (mostly on Spain), just to keep that in mind.
the Netz (F16A for the Israeli tech tree) is 12.7 now and has python III's so maybe take it for a spin
Honestly I fuck with the su17m4 so much. Granted, I play the soviet tech tree one, but since the rebalance this thing can be a monster in downtiers. 6 R60ms, 250+ countermeasures, and basically endless energy. Sure, you're slower than most things, and you sure as hell won't out pull most planes, but a lot of people at this br are very, very clueless and will just let you spiral upwards until they stall out and you murder them. Biggest thing holding it back is the guns, but on day one of the rebalance I still managed to get a 6 kill game in a down tier and im not very good at the game lol
its been known to be a menace for quite a while, bc its a pretty good dogfighter and very capable. Nobody has said otherwise, really, its just the 22 thats ass.
Great teamwork
This may be "one of the strongest engines" however when I propel methane out of my backside I can hit mach 5. And im telling you right now im not "under powered"
This being a prem is the biggest blow ever
I remember when it used to be 10.7 in sim, was absolutely cracked at that BR. 11.3 is a little to high for this thing and the su 22 UM3K is blatantly overtiered at the same BR.
Wprse flying (generally) than a mig-21 bis with the same missiles (minus the lovely R-13), idk why it needs to be higher. To feed the F-4S i guess.
You should try flying the Mirage IIIC again, last time you made a video on it was ages ago, and it's way different now
Amazing trolling idea: use unguided rockets to waste their flares. if you shoot a missile right after, most of the time they don’t flare because they think it’s a unguided (at least in my experience) also don’t use this “tactic” on planes with RWR
its my favorite plane in game atm, the ammount of times I have gotten 4 bases a game + up to 5-6 kills makes it so good to farm silver.
Really the F-111 auto flares I didnt know that and thats probably because that boat isnt my type of aircraft but thats nice to know 👍
The Germany suffers (at certain BRs) turns to be Germany Air suffers. It could be the worst Air Tech Tree specially at top tier and this update just highlight it. I can only feel it is focusing in WW2 era and of course, re-use East Germany (soviet) aircrafts. Yes, I know, the German Air Force was never the best, but any other nation is entirely better. It's sad that we need to wait to the EF2000 or wish that F/A-18 comes to this nation. Thanks for the info of the video! I needed to check what's up with Germany
nice thats what i've waited for
When the squadron su 22 first came out I was just a silly billy and would try and reach Mach 2 especially on airspawn city as i would hear so many missles not able to bc watch up back then I would dive back into the battle once everyone turned away
I personally like the Fitters. I really wish they wouldn't see the F4S tho. Its pretty much a guarantee that you'll be facing a team of them at the moment!
11:32. HOLY FUCK communication 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Tbh i prefer the tornado over this. It has thrust out the wazoo and its how i got from early props to now almost getting the mig 29A . This Su-22 tbh seems mid as heck . And it is so slow it prob would get ran down by phantoms. Atleast the tornado can run
Love how he cut the scenes🤣🤣
Please play the Su-17M2. It's absolutely horrendous.
How to learn dogfights like you did so well..
TEAMWORK???
I know, Scary right?
Hey Defyn! Seems like AIM-7E on F-4E is glitched now, it works like AIM-120. Fire it then lose lock and it will hit!
Having so much fun with it now, give it a try!
Hey deffy just wanted to say I love you
i love this plane, once i rate fighted with whole enemy team
Based as hell team mate
Can you make a video of all your settings or link a file with all of them?
Defyn what kind of setup do you use to play WT? Just keyboard and mouse, or did you swap the mouse for something else?
Also did you ever show your ingame controls?
You can make any plane dogfight 😂
Defyn what happened to the bike videos you talked about, i would love to watch those
2nd channel
Its on my community tab if you scroll down a little
@DEFYN holy shit how did I miss that
This is a much better jet compared to the shit brick Tornado.
I realize how german air force was just so bad back in the day, almost like an african country
Hi, I need some advise/help, im finishing rank 4 in URSS and i dont know what to go for in rank 5, i have to choose between Yak-15P or Mig-9. I would like to know which jet is superior in their respectives BR (6'3 and 7'3)
those first two planes were paid actors
Is this any different to the tech tree one?
Same
i recommend playing air sim or learning how to because air rub isn’t going to get any better. And besides the awards are immaculate in sim so much so that it actually allows f2p so long as your consistent even when you die don’t leave immediately.
Is there any information about the Vautour fix?
Vautour fix!? Do the elevators finally work?
tornado 🫡
Its alr
So its like the squadron one but with countermeasures
i strugle with the manuel wing controls, its verry hard on controler 😂
Imagine having flares
M3 gang
Bro used the word mog in regards to planes 😂
i am console player how do i get your decal?? Do i need to purchase something from the link?
kai cenat gets high with snoop doggg
can u do the mig 21 pfm trust me its really "fun"
Now duel vid, this vs tornado??
God's weakest tornado pilot right here
Can you play the f8 E with aim 9 c’s
Would recommended flying out the mig23 after the rwr changed. Its appearing as ai on my rwr so its extremely annoying to deal with
every su22 and su17 is basically mig 21 but worse in every way of aerial combat. do not use these for air realistic.
Not even close
You killed anyone in a headon with the kh29 atgms?
I was unsubscribed to you. Yt should stop messing with that
"oh damn just realised defyn squadron" the guy wake up real quick 😂😂 10:56
I was aware before that moment, more of a recognition that, yes ok your will more than certainly know better than me, i will follow what you ask, reason i was at such a high altitude is cause i was testing the range of the PGMs while also grinding the Tornado GR.4
Defyn marry me
You will comment about the New Shity Player Card???
you should play the Baz, i want you to suffer
On min fuel it ca actually dogfight
i still dont know why su22m3/4 that was lower than mig21bis before "new brs" now are higher than mig 21bis which is still meh
Day 8 of asking Defyn to play the Me 410
man, those 30mm of some SU are kinda shitty
Day 10 of asking Defyn for a keybinding video
Day 9 of asking Defyn to play the Me 410.
Why the hell spend REAL money on a jet you can get in the tech tree for free or for squadron XP
please notice me defyn
A-4B PRO WT player most damage to ground in entire game 😁
Could you please play the f 15A PLEASE
he already has
@mrcaboosevg6089 in today's modern warfare
This was painful to watch, that thing turns like a brick lol.
I mean, it was cool to watch an ace fly this garbage plane and make it look semi-reasonable. Definitely wont be buying it XD
4
Its a bomber. Too bad F-4S, Tornado, Mig-23 and F-104 (yes, people bomb with these planes) etc beat it to the base.
Why are you using a ground attack plane against other planes?
Cuz it's funny
another rank 7 prem and still no toptier