Concerns About MiG-29 Performance and Missile Loadout

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It’s disappointing to see that the MiG-29 variants (9.12, 9.13) continue to underperform (shocker). Mainly, these aircraft are equipped with missiles that don’t match their historical loadouts, They are lacking the R-73 (AA-11), which was specifically designed for the MiG-29. It’s not a secret that the reason they didn’t have it when released was that the R60M’s were a placeholder, and now that the R73’s are in the game for good, it should be added to the MiG-29.

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This screenshot explains the issues quite well. The MiG-29 should ideally have performance similar to the F-16

But don’t worry, Gaijin also gave the MiG-29 (9.12/9.13) something it never had : The R27ER ! The 9.12 and 9.13 variants never had acces to the R27ER in the first place. (Which it does have in game)

This person goes more in depth than I did talking about the historical loadout of the MiG-29 : MiG-29 with R-73 and R-27R Instead of the R-27ER.

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It’s kinda like not giving the F-14 the AIM-54’s.

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Gaijin will not give R-73 for 9.12/9.13 platforms, as they told. But funny that MiG-29G received them, while being the same platform.

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Didn’t they say that like 5 months ago when the game was in a completely different state ?

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Like Gaijin’s position will change about this

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The MiG-29G is litterally the perfect MiG-29, the reason im making this post is to have a reason not to grind Germany lmfao. (Oh yeah, and I want the flight performance to be improved, because it is underperforming)

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Gaijin should remove R-27ER from Mig 29 9.12/9.13 and give it R-73.

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That would make it way more fun. We already have a missile bus at Rank VIII in the USSR tree, why not give it a dogfighter ? (And make the game historically accurate while we are at it)

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