Something else that should go, the F-16AJ. Completely fictional, and not just because Japan never ended up buying F-16s. It’s a block 10 F-16 that somehow has a CW illuminatior and thus the ability to fire Sparrows, but without the nose bulge of the block 15 that allows for it.
It was only added as a stopgap solution to give Japan a decent top tier (At the time) plane, back when their only other option was the F-4EJ Kai.
But now that they have the F-15J, there’s really no reason to keep an obviously fake vehicle around.
There was a test bed aircraft built for the R2Y2 as well, but they removed it, mostly because people believe it was a prototype for a long range rec aircraft, however that project was fully cancelled with only ~20% of the airframe built, the project was restarted when they realized the air frame was perfect for a jet attacker, so 80% of the construction of the flying prototype was completed (along with 2 more partially built airframes) with the specific intention of it being a jet powered attacker.
The V2 and V3 are completely fictional and rightly removed.
I can’t stop crying over Coelian (which was dogshit when I decided against grinding it) and Panther II (at the time I did not know much about the game’s future and dogshit APCR felt like a big deal).
Especially Coelian as right now Germany has no effective SPAA past Kugelblitz, and Kugelblitz has like 50% of range of Chinese SPAA sitting at 5.7 (25mm with insane ballistic advantage and equal hitting power).
The difference being the F-16AJ could not exist. It’s a block 10 F-16 that can equip and guide Sparrows, something only the block 15 and above F-16s can do. Gaijin’s justifications of this are that it’s in the configuration that the Japanese would have accepted it in. I guess they had a time machine, and were able to jump into the future and find an Sparrow capable F-16.
If it were to be even slightly historical, it would be based on one of the YF-16 prototypes, as that was the plane that was painted up in Japanese camo and offered to them.
However, even that is pushing it because that’s as far as the proposal went. The Japanese never seriously considered the F-16 as an option, and unlike the Sniper it was discarded early on. It was never even trialed.
We really don’t need vehicles being added based on them being offered without them actually being considered, and doubly so when we give them entirely fake capabilities that are flatly impossible as depicted under the assumption that that’s what would have been required for them to be accepted.
Tiger II 105 is kinda cool, but seriously, nowadays the real advantage over Tiger II is agility. It also sits at BR where it lacks a proper lineup.
Meanwhile Panther II fills a very important niche, as there’s no other mobile German tank with OK armor and actual reverse gear around 6.7
Both it and Coelian are way bigger losses than 105.
This is a good topic, worth making “just in case”, so we won’t miss out on anyrhing else.
Advocating that its either removed entirely or replaced with something else is anti consumer for you.
No wonder everyone clowns you all the time.
I see you want to bank on FOMO vehicles which only further encourages Gaijin to remove vehicles so people spend money buying GE to put in one research point so they don’t lose it.
You’re a corporate bootlicker, anti-consumer and anti-player.
@ItsGaryy
It’s funny watching posts defend FOMO with all their life.
“You oppose FOMO? No wonder people insult you.”
“Opposing FOMO makes you a corporate bootlicker, anti-consumer, and anti-player.”
HAHA. I really hope your posts don’t represent your genuine views, cause opposing my anti-FOMO views and calling me insults for opposing FOMO doesn’t make you look good.
I’m not the one advocating for the removal of assets from a piece of software; the worst form of FOMO.
I’m not even advocating for the delisting of fictional vehicles [what occurs currently].
What? The Sniper existed, was built and partially upgraded in upgrade phases. That includes the western cockpit and some systems including RWR. If it was the “proposed” one then it would have had it’s Elta 2032 radar again and more western weaponry like Magics or Pythons which it could technically have due to LanceR sharing components.
Not to forget the Sniper comes from an already previously armed Romanian Fulcrum pre upgrade
The Prototype one could stay. Seeing as the gun was built and Gaijin consider that fine for “partial prototype” suggestions. I’m of the opinion that the Coelian should come back for similar reasons, the guns existed, the hull was metal.
I hate to say it, but the AC IV should be removed. It was never built, and the 17-Pdr test-bed was on a different chassis entirely.
Lastly, I’d love to see the stupid Great War mod removed from the TOG II. Completely non-sensical. If they wanted the sponsons they should make an earlier iteration of the vehicle. There’s so many iterations you could nearly have a 2.7 to 5.3 line of a dozen vehicles with TOG alone.
Those are the one off of the top of my head which are currently more fiction then fact and likely on the potential chopping block. And it’ll always be funny to me that the replacement for the Coelian was even more fake then it was.
He’s quite literally opposing FOMO, not encouraging it.
Yes, that is very much the definition of anti-consumer.
If anything you are the one defending Gaijin’s current policy here.
Gaijin’s current policy is Two of Three, meaning two of either the hull, turret or gun have to have been proven fabricated. In the case of the Ho-Ri prototype I’m afraid just the gun won’t cut it. The Coalian would count, though.
