honestly idek, those are the 2 i hear thrown around a lot
wierd, if you google “when did France get Scorpion HMD” stuff like this comes up. seems like the order was placed, not even delivered, in 2021
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Ahh ok as I said I know practically nothing about this, just some shit I’ve heard somewhere on the forums or bug reports.
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the Rafale F.3 in french service neither had a HMD nor 8 missiles
they both got added because “it could technically have it, because it got tested”
India is using both a HMD and 8 missiles on their Rafales but the one we got in game shouldnt have that
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So is it a case of it can but never did?
Or is there something stopping it from using said missile loadout.
As for the HMD If the in game Rafale variant never had HMD it shouldn’t have HMD
“It could technically use it and has been tested” has been the standard for many jets added
Scratch that, most of the game
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i think the IAF used HMD on F3’s, but French air force never had them integrated until F4 afaik
ehhh, there is obvious things specialy coming to my mind of getting denied because its not the in service variant even when tested
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That’s more of “It should be on those planes if it actually functions” than “remove it from everything else”
Imagine how many missiles Germany would lose, for example
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Idk I still think the Rafale is perfectly fine as is rn. Since it’s pretty much the end of the line for a looong time to come
I do think it should be increased in BR along with additions that match it, and then its spot filled in with earlier Rafales
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i would say armament variants and literal weapon slots and hmd are a bit different.
Besides that germany specialy would only use a few guided bomb variants. the brimstones should have been upgraded to better variants long ago in the game
This seems like the most reasonable thing to do
honestly the fact you instantly got one of the best rafale variants and skipped the early ones is propably the biggest bullshit. The pesa ones would have performed just as good
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But its not armament variants, mostly east German jets from Russia have missiles Germany never even owned, matching things like the Yak-141 getting things that were planned, etc.
It is the standard that if it existed, could be used, and was tested, it gets added (At least for Air, Ground is a mess of double standards)
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Probably more accurate to its irl radar if they added it with PESA
cant tell you enough about the russian missles specialy with the ET and ER.
But the typical claim that often came up. Germany did have R-73s
It was a strange option to add tbh,
but i think it was to give someone else than the US or Russia the top dog for a bit.
Since the smaller nations are pretty much never “meta”
I support adding more advanced aircraft to smaller nations to vary the player base from just the 2 largest nations
(If they have indigenous aircraft to add…)
US has not been sole top dog since F-14A on release
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Well yeah it’s still usually been one of the best since e most nations got the same shit when the F-16/F15 etc was added