Maybe his about that USAF didnt do that for long time(at least publically)
Only later models of the F-15E have the F100-PW-229 engine, the batch in the game does not use the F100-PW-229 engine.
Most of the American F-15E use F100-PW-220 engine instead of F100-PW-229,when F15E use the F100-PW-229,the plane is about to be discontinued.
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It’s purely a balance decision. The F-15E on the dev server has multiple things from the 2006+ on it, so they could make it whatever batch they want by simply changing the skin.
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Yes, but was there ever a configuration that uses the original engines, GBU-39/A, HMD and LANTIRN TGP simultaneously? We seem to have yet another franken-plane on our hands with curated capabilities to fit a given BR instead of a configuration that reflects that which actually existed.
I personally don’t mind getting a version with reduced capabilities, if there was some indication that there were future variants planned, but looking at aircraft like the F-4E and F-14A “Early (1978)” that doesn’t seem likely.
And it doesn’t look likely that the US would get access to an F-15E Late, or Advanced Eagle prototype in future.
It seems likely that we’re either getting the B-1B or F-15EX as follow-on in the Bomber line, with it being unlikely to even have an F-15E with accurate capabilities added, it doesn’t help that the F-15I will have the better engines, while being added at the same time.
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You have to take into consideration this jet will be used in sim and air rb, It will be slinging 120s at Mach 2+… Not a lot of people have the Israeli tech tree so the impact would not be as big, like half the player base does have US tech tree, With that being said… The 120 is by far the best BVR missile in game and giving them the 229 and 120s would really just create more of a mess and a larger disparity. So I get it…At those speeds I could sling a 120 55km+ and be untouchable by any other ARH. I do not think the US needs the better engines until other nations can have better long range missiles that can compete.
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Its called the dev server for a reason
everything is subject to change
Also if it is still not added I don’t really see why the F15E would need those engines as the current are good enough.
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It’s more so that the US did effectively use a similarly configured F-15E and there seems to be no reasonable explanation (Gaijin doesn’t want to provide single airframe that is both the Meta aircraft in both Interception and Interdiction aspects) as to why the US variant has been apparently downgraded.
Especially so when its not just differences in stores but significant functional differences, ~4000KgF is certainly going to be felt.
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America doesn’t need more overpowered planes, about time the brainless Timmies on their f4s’s, now f15c n stuff start learning how to play instead of just going Mach 1.5 at 10,000 meters, sorry I mean 30,000 feet winning every fox-3 engagement because they have the best avionics, missiles, flight models and I can go on and on.
Point is America is good enough so stop complaining that you cant win in the already overpowered planes
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Its because half the player base is US, If you put those engines in air battles with 120s it will absolutely destroy anything with impunity. The smaller nations wont have a significant impact… That seems like a reasonable explanation to me. I dont want that in sim or air rb with EVERY US main mach 2+ slinging AMRAAMS
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Is already basically happening at a smaller scale with f15c’s.
Its honestly pathetic
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They already did provided that airframe: the F-15C. The F-15E having even stronger engines would just be even more overpowered for a nation as widely played as America, compared to Israel. The F-15C is really good, and the F-15E will be as well. No need to make it completely broken in a mode and BR where America already dominates just for the sake of being the most up to date version.
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Ooh lol I thought it can be seen by the Nozzles, nice again what learnt thank you :)
Would be fine if the F-15E in game wasn’t a potential F-16C sidegrade/downgrade that was only introduced to add GBU-39 to the game.
They also butchered the IRCCM, its a joke on the R73
I’d agree they don’t need better aircraft, but skipped airframes like the F-101, F-106, F7U, A-3, A-5, B-36, B-66 OV-10, AD-6, OA-1, etc. Don’t seem to sell well. So of course we’re unlikely to see them at this point since Gaijin have moved on.
A lot of work goes into doing so (let alone tracking down sources for various bug reports), maybe you should have convinced the Europeans & Soviets to have produced sufficient airframes and variants in sufficient number to keep up, no?
Its more that there seems to be a second set of rules that govern additions to the US tree where they must be able to be transplanted into at least 2 other tech trees.
It’s not going to stop the meta chasers from following the Meta and abusing the raised skill floor.
It really is so frustrating, tracking down documents that meet the criteria for a report and seeing nothing done with it
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/BBkIfOuBKyLD
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/9AQQfyjxGiY4
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/QP1AZZpCfxGu
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/eiJ7Wg5ff5uq
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/LbD7XSmoaAJc
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/yUohrEMuQLna
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you know that it leaves them open to introduce the second variation of the f-15E with the upgraded engines at a slightly higher br with the last release of the year. ive put to much time,effort and cash into this game to try and care anymore. let them cook, until its burnt.
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Firstly, biggest cope message I’ve seen.
Secondly, what do other aircraft like “F-101, F-106, F7U, A-3, A-5, B-36, B-66 OV-10, AD-6, OA-1, etc” have to do with this post? Last time I checked I posted about the F15E not having to be too overpowered
Third of all real life shouldn’t affect how overpowered the planes are, yes the avionics are great IRL but in game they should be balanced where possible as with the same logic the Russians need the better R77-1s, better Flight models, etc etc but of course you don’t touch on that because then the US AMRAAM spammers will start shitting themselves.
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Bait used to be believable.
So we will just ignore the fact that American planes at top tier are overperforming in terms of flight performance, as they do not have the G and AoA limiters they have irl and some planes like the F-16 can just turn off their flight computer on the go even though its impossible for the pilot to do that. Or the fact that they have a higher instant turn rate than the Su-27 to the point an F-16 can just one circle a Su-27 and win reliably.
Meta chasers will chase the meta no matter what, but when the most played nation by far in the game gets yet another overpowered vehicle, the meta only gets stronger at the detriment of every other nation. Its already annoying that the matches are so oversaturated with American jets that every match at air rb is America vs America + someone else sprinkled in.
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