I think we both know this is going to continue happening, and I feel like you’re setting the bar too high for what Gaijin considers a unique premium. Their definition of what makes a premium “unique” clearly isn’t the same as what you hope it’ll be.
I also want to address the discussion surrounding the F-16AM in the French tech tree. I was involved in that discussion, but I don’t think the same criticism applies to the aircraft suggested here.
The backlash against the F-16AM was understandable because it was a Belgian version of an aircraft that already existed in the game, making it feel like an unnecessary copy-paste addition. The suggestions here are different and would give each nation a more interesting premium option without simply repeating an aircraft already available elsewhere.
The way some premiums were handled in the last update caused a lot of frustration, but these suggestions are relatively straightforward and inoffensive additions that would give players more options without creating the same issues.
The Taiwanese F-16V uses the F100-PW-220 engine, But it does have the AN/APG-83.
The F110 is in the F-16C Block 50.
Taiwan DID order some F-16V’s with the F110-GE-129 engine, but the one in game is a Modernized Block 20 to F-16V standards (which, according to Lockheed, counts as an F-16V)
No. The Taiwanese is an upgraded Block 20 Airframe with the F100-PW220 Engine with 24’000 pounds thrust. Greece is indeed doing this too for the Block 30 Airframes and does not upgrade their enghines either.
But Greece is upgrading the Block 52+ Airframes too. Which with the F100-PW229 and F110-GE-229 Engine and the better Airframe its the better F-16V Block 72. These engines have 29’000 pounds of thrust.
Oh, that change was positive. But the problem surrounding premiums was not that. The problem with premiums are not them being copy paste, it was premiums becoming too original to be a premium. A content creator argued about anime bait packs, 1000 other creators argued about the real problem (F-14D) but Gaijin went along with the easiest route of just ignoring.
The obvious solution to the premium Eurofighters is to chuck DA.1 at the Germans and DA.2 at the British - the first few years these aircraft were flying they were fitted with Tornado RB199 engines instead of the EJ200s.
This will be a significant hit to the performance in terms of time to altitude and acceleration for the Typhoons, bringing it much more in-line with aircraft like the Gripen and F-16, and if you also take the dual AMRAAM racks off the wing then I firmly believe DA.1 and DA.2 could be at 13.7.
Unfortunately the Italians don’t have an equivalent Eurofighter airframe but luckily they actually operated the F-16, which would slot in perfectly as a 13.x premium that hasn’t been forced in through a subtree, unlike certain Benelux options.
However, I do think DA.1 and DA.2 are somewhat needed in the tech trees to fill the gaps between the F4 ICE / F.3 Late and the Typhoons, but I also think they’d make great premiums, so I am a little conflicted.
I personally don’t care what top tier jets get added. It’s only one small part of the playerbase that mainly plays top tier air rb… but if you enjoy that… enjoy?
There are a lot of great opportunities for some interesting premiums to come in at lower tiers. Lots of niche variants and prototypes which would be suitable.
I think it’s strange that Germany lacks a regularly available premium late Bf109. Sure, we recently got the Bf109T which was very nice to see but that’s a big wing Emil at 3.0. A subvariant of the Gustav (not the Zwilling which is rarely available and inaccurate) would be a good one to have - perhaps a G-4 since that’s basically a G-2 with a new radio and wider wheels, perhaps the G-6 and G-14 should be redone and correctly split into about 5 G-6 subvariants and I’m not sure how many G-14s, plus adding all the /AS versions, so some of those could be premium.
The first new built was seen in flight early 2026. It has not been shipped to Taiwan yet. It is in US. I agree, would have been cool to see it in game too.
You’re now arguing against your original point, and the latter half of your response doesn’t really relate to this discussion.
Many of these vehicles already fit because the nations that operate them are represented within the respective tech trees. They would simply be another way to add an aircraft without introducing completely new things behind a paywall.
My point is Gaijin is going to add more original premiums instead of dull reskins, unlike player opinion, and the list I offered is my expectations, not my wishes
That wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing, as it could mean some of the more interesting aircraft end up being locked behind a paywall, similar to the F-14D.
This list is focused on the most interesting and suitable options we could come up with for the remaining nations. No offense, but the aircraft you mentioned are less interesting choices and, in one case, don’t even have the ability to carry Fox-3 missiles.
A top tier premium should ideally be an aircraft that already exists in the game, allowing more unique and interesting aircraft to be added to the tech tree that can be played for free instead. It’s a pretty simple concept.
I’d also like to add that this is a different situation from ground vehicles, where there are far more options to choose from. You can’t apply the same logic here because top tier premium aircraft have a much more limited selection.
The options for these aircraft are extremely limited, and the ones listed are some of the most interesting and suitable choices available.
Same here, and that camouflage is really cool. The Tornado would be a really interesting addition, but the only downside is that it’s limited to the air role.
