Additional qualification is needed here. Now that Fakour is an ARH missile, karma could happen, in which case you shoot down F-14 but it’s too late then to notch the Fakour. Still, had R-27EA (the ARH version of R-27ER) been added to the game, I would say that R-27EA is a better missile overall.
Am I the only one who thinks the F-14 IRIAF is still significantly overperforming at its current BR?
it has a Max overload ot 20G
you can Outmanoeuvre it in almost everything it faces
AiM-120A/B has an overload of 35G, it’ll catch even a Eurofighter
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R27er has better turning, better radar, and stealth launching.
Always a risk. Depending on your jet, you should be able to out roll it if you are close enough to where you cant notch.
They are hard missiles to compare since they are pretty different.
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I also believe that the aim120 has a better radar which makes it much harder to notch.
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The Fakour 90 is to the AIM-120 what the AIM-7E is to the R-27R.
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Fakour 90 is easy to dodge though this does make you fly defensive early in the match. it’s kinda of a 1 trick pony in that regard because it’s other weapons are a bit lacking R27 is great at sub 8km engagement but gets spoofed by countermeasures fairly easy and AIM9P is a one flare even sub 1 km sedjel is a OK mid range SARH missile but the R27 is the better choice imo both get spoofed fairly easy this being said the F90 is pretty strong good speed OK maneuverability huge payload I think because it lacks the other weapons that the TT f14a gets (aim7f aim9h with HMD) it’s a good trade off at 12.7
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No way to know since it doesn’t exist :P
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Genuinely using the F14A IRAF i find the range of the fakours bonkers compared to aim 54s.
As defyn and alot of others say the F14A IRAF kit puts it more in line with the F14B due to the superior missiles.
R27s over Aim7s, Fakours over Aim54s.
The standard F14A im still sitting at a near 2.0 KD with it after it went to 12.7 and its absolutely fine there.
Its Fm is quite good if you use it right, can dog fight with most of the roaster bar the very best like gripens, f16s and the new gen 4.5s ofc.
folks saying the F14A should move back to 12.3 or lower just want to use it for easy af games.
period
EDIT gonna change this as its not supposed to be a response to basherbendawg8
I was wondering why I had a ghost ping without any notification to where it came from hahaha
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yeah i made a muck up of it mate dw thats why i added the edit xD
dont wanan cause confusion for hee haw
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I guess F4D-1 with Sparrow IIs would also have to be 12.7.
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Wouldn’t those perform similar to Aim-7Cs?
All that matter is that they’re ARH right?
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No, and it’s a different situation.
Aim-54s suck. There’s no reason for em to be 12.7.
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They should stay there until other nations get comparable ARH missiles. Having only 1 aircraft be capable of forcing the enemy team to defend is unfair and unbalanced.
You don’t need to take my statement about the current ARH missiles we have in game, and use it to push your own agenda.
ARH missiles can exist at a lower BR if they don’t outrange everything, and if they act more like early SARH/IR missiles than newer ARH missiles.
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You mean comparably garbage missiles?
Aim-54s are simply bad. Bring ARH doesn’t justify putting them at 12.7
XD so you want to remove the single advantage that one of WT’s worst missiles has?
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I think this is more abt Fakour 90 than aim54
Something with comparable range and capability.
It’s not like the F-14A can go lower without making 11.3 planes worse to play. It’s a good airframe, with long range missiles, and moving it lower would make it face planes with very poor RWRs.
Either way, most of my issues with the F-14s come from the F-14 IRAF being undertiered. I’d rather have something be slightly mediocre, then incredibly powerful in a downtier.
We also need decompression too.
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Why would that matter? Aim-54s aren’t even good.
It would face planes far better at close range engagements. Long range is the ONLY thing F-14 has going for it.
Well currently we have something that’s just bad. No overpowered or mediocre, just bad. F-14A IRIAF is barely an better than F-14A Early
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