here’s a random list of planes that have been on my mind for a while
j-11a >13.3 - 13.7 sim/arb - quite easily best 13.3 in the game, 6 r77s on a good flight model that allows for quick notches and r77 is second best missile for close dogfighting. along with having maws makes it really easy to tell when you’ve notched a missile
su-27sm > 13.7 - 14.3 (arb) - also quite easily the best 13.7 vehicle in the game, literally just a better j-11a flight model and can easily hang with the best 14.0s and worst 14.3s.
su-30mk2 > 13.3-13.7 sim/arb - same reasoning as j-11a, though worse rwr for arb although it is digital which is a slight plus.
su-27s/j-11/su-33> 13.0 - 13.3 (arb) - theyre the best 13.0s in the game, r-27er is such a nasty missile in arb
gripen a > 13.0-13.3 (sim) - second best 13.0 in sim currently, infinite cms as well as being able to just 9m slinging. pair it with an utterly baby fm and good radar it easily deserves to be 13.3
f-2 > 13.0-13.3 (sim)- best 13.0 in sim, even better fm than grippy though not as hand holdy, but it simply has a better missile kit (7ms and aam3s) as well as having an aesa radar
su-27s/j-11> 13.3 - 13.0 (sim) - they’re worse than grippy and f-2 for sim, and their mid dog fighting performance renders them pretty mid in sim if you go against good players in a good plane
f-14a> 12.3 - 12.7 (sim) - this thing terrorizes 12.3 days, it just eats up red side zombers with its phoenixes and amazing fm. red side has no counter to this
fa-18a> 12.3 -12.7 (arb/sim) - insanely good flight performance as well as having a good mprf radar as well as 2-4 7ms and 2 - 6 9ls depending on loadout. deserves to be 12.7 easily with the other fa18c earlies.
mig-23mld/j-7e/jh7 > 11.0/11.3 - 11.7/12.0 (sim) - 2 of the 3 have insanely good flight performances that just forces them to be higher imo, and the jh7 gets pl5e2 missiles on a good air frame. mig 23 mld baby flight model that just needs to rate everything, and j7e big baby flight model where it both out rates and one circles everything lmao, that thing needs to be 12.0 minimum
my stats (arb)
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my stats (sim)
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