because the airframe of the rafale is by far the best in game.
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Those other countries vehicles are still mirrored so it has to even out. That’s why British Eurofighter (which regularly fights with France) has a higher winrate than Germany which is mirrored for example.
I don’t believe range is the end all be all. I think time-to-target, acceleration, and maneuverability are more important but range still does matter.
That’s the Eurofighter. Rafale a close second place while having better high speed pull.
the eurofighter beats the rafale airframe StatShark - See All Player, Missile, and Vehicle Statistics
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the truth is that kills beyond 20km rarely happen in top tier due to seekers usually getting notched easily.
So ranges of hundreds of kilometers simply dont fit the meta
The first 3-4 waves of missiles in an air rb game are over 25km and usually 7+ people die by then after 4 waves of missiles, with many more forced to dive and notch missiles. So while it is true that the majority do not die until it is less than 20km, a good portion do die above it.
But ranges of missiles do contribute in other ways, such as shaping the battlefield, forcing players to stay defensive, forcing players to lose energy evading and providing friendlies with more room to breathe, and etc.
That’s why I asked you to essentially put your money where your mouth is and state that you’re not opposed to the Meteor being added to the Eurofighter/Typhoon if “ranges don’t matter” “kills beyond 20km rarely happen” and “ranges of hundreds of kilometers simply don’t fit the meta”.
You have to choose between whether or not ranges do matter.
Statshark quite often gets the Euro-Deltas wrong, I wouldnt rely upon it for them.
At high alt, The rafale gets clear advantages over the Typhoon due the lack of drag for the Rafale.
At lower alts, the Typhoon does have some advantages, but any and all of said advnatages are eliminated when you factor in Magic II and MICA EM’s HOBS performance. Perticularly trying to defend against a short range MICA with BOL Chaff.
Overall, the difference in performance is minimal and isnt enough to justify the Typhoon and its weapon systems to be nerfed like they are
i cant comment on how a missile which i dont know how it will be implemented will affect the meta. It could come with a better than current seeker which would completely change the range dynamics.
It will likely have a C&P of the current MICA EM seeker.
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For the sake of this debate, let’s say it has copy paste amraam seeker.
The Harrier is likely referencing AV-8B+, so could very well be equipped with Aim-120D in US service, but the Tornado makes no sense, they were only fitted with Aim-120B/C5s (and technically meteor :P) before being retired. I dont think Aim-120Ds had even entered service when they were retired.
So that could simply be in reference to AMRAAM in general
yes the raf didint use the D on typhoon
Germany may have done though and just because its not been fitted instead of Meteor, doesnt necessarily mean it isnt compatible.
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Israel is the only nation that won’t get a Rank IX vehicle in this update, are there any plans for the Israeli air tree?
Raptor broke this record not long ago
The missile must have a new engine for this