If Gaijin starts to add vehicles by how needed are they then we won’t see anything new since there isn’t much need for anything.
Vehicles should be added to further the game and make it fun. If a vehicle can be added then it should be added, obviously not all at once but in the case of the AV-8B+ it could have been added to the US the same time as Italy but Gaijin didn’t do that. Instead Gaijin just keep not adding it because “The US gets ‘blank’ already.” Meanwhile France get’s a whole subtree and the UK gets 3 new aircraft.
I’m not against the new additions to other trees, the more additions the better. But saying the US doesn’t get a aircraft because they are getting another then proceed to add multiple aircraft to other trees is a joke.
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Would love to see it gonna need something better than firecrackers Maverick (that should get K by now at very least)
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Simply other trees need stuff more than US need another 11.0+ CAS jet as they already have atleast 3 at that BR. Meanwhile other nations like China have 1 and even that one is mediocre compared to 16C or 14B as CAS platform.
Its less “US doesnt need it” but rather “US got other things instead”
Im going to ignore the sub-tree stuff for a moment, because sub-trees always add a load in one go.
Britain did get 3 vehicles this update. F3 was a straight C&P of the earlier F3 with different AAMs and a bigger fuel tank. No work was done (so far) on even finishing the flight model or cockpit. Still currently got the placeholder stuff its had for over a year now. The FA2 is strictly speaking “new” aircraft. But is made out of C&P parts from other aircraft (FRS1 airframe, GR7 Engine, radar is technically the same as the one from the Gripen at the moment, etc) The Mig-21 is “technically new” but is also a C&P Mig-21 with a few parts changed. None of our “new” additions are 100% new. Combine with the fact that F3 and FA2 were the aircraft we needed last year as counters the F-16s, F-14B, etc that the US was fielding, they are kinda late but needed AMRAAM and they fill the giant void we have there. So its a special circumstance. Rarely do we get even 1 new aircraft.
The US has gotten at least 1 new aircraft per update for I think the past 2 years. Obviously Gaijin wants to limit to a certain degree how many vehicles are both added in one-shot and how much grinding each nation has. Whilst the AV-8B+ would basically be a straight C&P as well. I do get why they havent added it yet. The US has gotten a LOT of aircraft, far more than most others.
I can still see it coming this year, maybe even this update (Harrier Gr7 wasnt announced till the update patch notes. No devblog and wasnt on the dev server) and they might just be fine-tuning AMRAAM on Sub-sonic with the current aircraft first before deciding whether ot add it or not.
Im guessing this year the US will also get multiple F-18s and probably another variant of the F-15. So plenty of additions the US could also get instead. You’ll just have to wait and see.
It’s not a difficult if gaijin change new laser/electro-optical targeting pod to 2nd gen thermal on pod & sight replace TIALD pod from Jaguar GR1A/GR.1B. USMC AV-8B+ never equipped AN/AAQ-33 Sniper pod but in Operation Iraqi Freedom equipped Litening II
I predict it’s A-10C equipped targeting pod AN/AAQ-28(V)4 Litening AT or AN/AAQ-28(V)8 Litening G4 or AN/AAQ-33 Sniper ATP or XR
I just know that F-16C Block 50 and F-15E Strike Eagle equipped AN/AAQ-33 Sniper ATP pod.
Idk different between Sniper ATP & Sniper XR
F-14B will still remain superior for GRB due to its airframe performance.
Though AV-8B+ will be a good backup.
Italy needed it sooner, while i think both nations should have got it at the same time Italy air tree was lacking and needed it unlike the US tree
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its really slow and vulnerable, its no F 16C.
I will say that gaijin should just start adding vehicles to all nations that used it the same time in future, especially when the vehicles are almost identical and would not take much work.
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Cough cough JAS-39C to UK before Sweden
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I’ll half agree to that, in that Sweden got basically an identical aircraft, the only difference was the letter.
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There’s a slight difference in engine and weight performance. Also the addition of some IRL capabilities.
My brother in Christ what is in your bio, no they aint
Not enough to really split hairs about though. It was stupid Sweden didnt get an Actual Gripen A though in September (maybe sooner) but it wasnt like we got ARH and they were stuck with only ARH or something
Could we maybe be a bit patient? It may be a planned addition for a later update already. Since the community does not know how far out Gaijin plans content you may just be calling for something already planned. Just like the outcry of the Gripen C not being in Sweden immediately but was OBVIOUSLY planned for this AMRAAM update to be added.
AV8B+ has been added to the game for a long time, Gaijin can obviously join the American tech tree during this time, and the US attack aircraft tech tree hasn’t added new planes for a long time, so when will we be able to play? This is unknown, and we may have to wait until Gaijin sells out more Italian F104 lol
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We’ve been patient since Son’s of Atilla. They could have either added it with the Italian version, or add it this update with AMRAAM’s and the Sea Harrier FA 2. Hopefully we see a second Dev server with it or it is a silent addition when the update releases but it should be added already
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