American f18 at same br as German f18

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My issue stems from the American f18 being at 12.7 and suffering from being underpowered in its br compared to the German f18 at the same br, it suffers from having a worse radar, and less countermeasures but still finds itself at the same br as its counterpart.

The German f18 is in a good spot, the American f18 is not and suffers greatly. I thought the point of br placement was to have comparable aircraft be facing each other, the f18 and f20 tigershark are in such a poor spot.

I don’t think it would be outrageous for the American f18 to go down to 12.3 where it can perform slightly better. In a full uptier it will still be outclassed but at least have a chance.

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The radar’s are identical despite the naming difference. The only thing the German one has over the u.s. one is double the cm, which is a fair complaint, but its not nearly enough to get the American one moved down imo.

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But then it’ll be same BR as the F/A-18A.

The real solution is just move the German one up.

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Sure, remove its Aim-7Ps though.

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Or just giving the U.S. one the 120cm the f18c late gets. Its such an arbitrary decision to even give the american one less cm.

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I’d be fine with it getting 7m’s and going down.

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They’re literally not though. If you play them you can immediately tell the difference it makes. Don’t try to overshadow that fact with an unsubstantiated claim.

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I think if the American one loses the 7p and gets 7m instead and moves down to 12.3 it’ll balance out.

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Sorry for all the replies.

I agree that if they simply made the American f18 the same as the German one it would fix the problem. However that would require a name change as well because the American is listed as f18c early, while the German is listed as f18c hornet. Changing the American name along with the other changes would fix any complaints anyone has about it.

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So you have a problem with the german f18 being slightly better than the american f18c, but you have no problem with the american F18C being the same BR as the American F18A and just being a way better jet?

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and take 2 sparrows off… loadout is will be 4x 7F and 2x 9L… sound familiar?

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There is no real practical difference. You’re imagining things because you are pre-determined to find a difference.

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the 12.3 F-18 is undertiered, meaning it’s too low of a br
The 12.7 one could easily go higher if it got better IR missiles.

60 countermeasures is fine.
Considering we have a MiG-29 with SPO-15 at 13.3 with also 60 countermeasures, F-16s at 13.3 with 45 and the J-15 at 14.7 with 48.

They’re effectively the same plane, one just has extra countermeasures.

Both of those 12.7 F-18s are some of the best 12.7 aircraft, only surpassed by the F-15A/J which went down from 13.0.

Yes it would be outrageous. They’re fine at their current br. The issue is the br compression and pilot skill issue, not the plane.

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Yes, this is indeed skill issue
What the actual hell are you doing in air RB to have these stats

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But then the german one will be on the same BR as the su-27, for example, which completely outclasses it to justify sharing the same BR.

There is no solution because of the BR compression. There are worse jets at 12.7 than the F-18.

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Then move the Su-27 up. It’s already undertiered as is.

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And both are lower BR than the F-14B despite being better in a number of ways.

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Would not work as a 13.3

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I know it is, but then you put the su-27 at the same BR as the J-11A or the su-30mkk etc and the same issue persists.

There is no solution without a massive BR decompression