I was writing a post about it, and I’m still going to finish it. Although I’m still waiting for @magazine2 response to my appeal for a final decision.
In summary: We will have the death of the BR 11.3 and one of the good aircraft was helping to stagger the Mig23, the AV-8B (NA) is going up from 11.3 to 11.7. Insane change!
I see this new change of BR as killing the dispute of the various princes (which was balanced) and appointing a new King (the Mig-23ML/A).
They are all right here. You were basically never away from your airfield anytime I encountered you.
Even in the first longer fight I was able to get guns on you. I didn’t hold down the trigger because I thought you were dead after both of your flaps popped off and you had straightened out in front of me like you were going to run to Airfield AA.
In the second one…you break off even though I am basically directly in front of you. And you keep dumping your flares so you obviously suspect that I am still alive…or you are just hedging bets so you can get to Airfield AA to turn around.
Third one…you shoot at me in head-on deflection and then run back to base…and then come back to third party while I am tangled with J7E.
Fourth…I kill you in one turn.
Fifth…Head on missile and it doesn’t track flares.
Sixth…third party missile from me.
Every time you died you were basically within spitting distance of your airfield. You lost track of a target that was directly in front of you. I am out-turning you in an F4E…a plane that is not exactly a great dogfighter…and my plane is 2 steps below yours.
Like you want to brag about your K/D in it…but as far as I can tell it’s not really a testament to your skill and more of a testament to how well you pick your lobbies and the days that you play.
If you do this the entire time in the 23MLD you will run out of flares. Not a big deal if your whole game is spent next to the airfield though.
Anyone that watches the video can see that you shot at me during pretty much every merge. The only case where I snuck up on you is the very last kill when you were fighting the JA37.
Yes. I agree. I should have pre-flared sooner.
I have played a lot of 11.3 - 12.3 this month and I have never seen you in a game.
We did not have huge numerical superiority. We also had ground attackers just like your side did.
So is it OP at 11.3 BR? Probably. Is it the most broken thing in the game? I don’t think so considering how dominant blue side is at pretty much every jet bracket besides this one.
Fair enough. Not gonna shame you for having a broken computer.
Why did we get numerical superiority? Why do we have more fighters?
The whole premise of this thread is that there will be no blue side players at 11.3 down tier days because of how OP the MiG-23 series is.
It’s OP for it’s current BR. It was fine at it’s last BR except for the fact that it fights IRCCM missiles from Mirage F-1C and Aim-9M from A-10C at that BR. And that it fights F-14A and F-16A when it is at bottom BR.
It’s also not the only OP plane due to battle ratings changes. USA gets F8U-2 at 10.0 today which is just ridiculous. F4E will also have a day where it gets to be a seal clubber. Ja-37 gets to seal club today as well.
Mirage F1 is from them probably most dangerous thanks to Magic 2. But it can be solved. Give MLD R-73, R-24MR missiles, adding BS modes for the radar and the ability to carry additional chaffs for the UB-16/32 and B-8M, and it could go to 12.3. And we will have nice support for Su-25SM-3. And for BR 11.7 we can have MiG-23P which will be more suitable (also with BS modes and additional chaffs).
In average players hands the Mirage F1 will not be better due to Magic 2.
But also Aim-9M slinging A-10C is also a threat if it gets anywhere within 4km.
AIM-9M is always threat even on slow aircraft. It have pretty insane IRCCM.
Is no one chocked by the BR changes for Sim especially for F4E models and Chineese planes, or only me???!
-What a stupid idea in the head of Gaijin employs for lower to 10.7 the F4E/J/Kurnass same BR as the F4C or F5C etc…While F5E with 2 same IR than F4E and only weaker Ground payload are 11.3! More why Up to 11.3 my J7D (thx up to 11.3 j7E in Rb!!!) and the worst for the end is the J8B at 11.7!
WTF is happening? He have the same crap radar the F4E more bugged because loose lock so easily and no ACM, and he have a 23mm crap soviet vs gatling, and half his paylaod for Air with near nothing for the ground, with same kind of speed/mobility/weight and size. How explain how this is so stupid AGAIN without be Erased by dev for say what i think avout Gaijin employs but…grrr you feel it? And Mig 23 lower again and let Mirage F1 is equal plane at 11.7/12.0.
So tired, last day i look my account profile and calculate approximatively the amount i spend, more than 6.000 Euro in my 11 years with all premium time, golden and pack. And many many players are like me, so we have easily earn the right for be listen, bordel de merde!
one of the best IRCCM it is invisibility, IDK why our ARB friends still have the marker on 9M, we should share this joy of an invisble IR missiles with them