Are Israeli F16's ever going to be useful/fun again?

Talking exclusively about GRB here.
It’s about time these planes get some love.

F16C:
Can’t carry Mavericks
The only plane which can carry 2 HARMS
Yet it sits on the same BR as the American F16

F16D:
Can’t carry Mavericks
Can’t carry HARMS
Also 12.7

F16I:
Can’t carry Mavericks
Can’t carry HARMS
Sits at 13.0 (lol)

Spices were a fun addition a few updates ago for them, when they were the only ones who could use them.
Now a whole bunch of other airplanes can also uses Spices, they just do it better and sit at the same BR.
As long as the F15I exists, there is literally no reason to ever bring these planes out, especially with the SM, which renders Spices pretty much useless.

Lets compare my favourite Typhoon loadout:
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With the F16I, which for some reason sits at the same BR:
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A BR reduction is not what i want here, we need more loadout options for them.
A BR reduction would do nothing, because most of your games you still face 12.7 SPAA and 13.0 planes.

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But what changes or additions though?

F-16I can probably get 16x Spice-250s, and sure they are missing native HARMs, but if you dont want BR reductions, what would you want them to change or add in addition to that?

Mavericks and some kind of HARMS.
Spices are a good weapon, but ONLY Spices is almost useless.

A BR reduction without compression would do nothing.
Everything from 12.3 onwards might as well be considered top tier.

My honest ROCKS & AIR LORA reaction:


Tho obviusly the F-15I will always be better than the F-16I.

the brm claimed some BS and wont let it happen
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https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/8xuIvuXlfa84

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Have Mavericks been reported? Or would it be Gaijins cherry picking of “F-16 = F-16” needed for it?

and sure on ARMs, but like I said, I think they should be native options which are missing right? (kinda dumb they were missed). If they are too strong then AGM-88 should be added as a placeholder

I think i might have gotten a brain aneurysm trying to follow that BRM’s logic

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I have no idea, but im sure when Swiss F18’s can get mavericks and bombs, so can the Israelis for balancing reasons.

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every source i can find states it can indeed carry 16.

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Maybe Popeye some day brochacho 🥲

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If thats the case fine. More spices still doesn’t solve the main issue though, which is loadout diversity needed in nowdays top tier.

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it must stay in suggestion hell till the end of time🥀

F16I looks cooler, my last bit of cope…

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F-16 were always cooler than the virgin F-15/F-18

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Im just waiting for this to come to game eventually.
The BLK72s have a prototype triple rack, the POBIT hopefully will get access to them as well since the POBIT’s purpose is to upgrade all f16s to the BLK 72s level. In theory the Sufa could get these racks but who knows, its a prototype so it could go either way.

How the hell did he come to such a conclusion? The amount of fanfic they cook in those replies sometimes is crazy