I just want Rafale to be balanced and close to realistic performance in one way or another. Be it export pylons, radar/fm fixes or addition of new weaponry. I dont see any problem with introducing export configurations or technically possible features because after all War Thunder is a video game and its about fun.
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I’ve issues with the export stuff being added because the French platform didn’t have the hardpoints and it’d just not quite sit right. I would be a lot happier with less missiles that excelled along with good flight performance than 2 more missiles of questionable efficacy.
That, and it isn’t labeled as an export F3R. Which would also work for me. We’re already stretching it a bit in some ways (though these ways have precedent, and the HMD was trialed which is better than a few platforms that set the precedent), would be a bit peeving to outright break it. But I can also see why people would hold the position that it should have more missiles. The current state of them doesn’t leave us with less missiles that excel, but less missiles that are subpar.
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The Rafale now has the same problem as the mirage 20005F had when it was first added. It brings too many new additions that the game isn’t ready for. The Rafale relies heavily on its EW defensive systems rather than countermeasures, and for ir countermeasures in particular they’re designed to mimick the rafales engines. That also doesn’t exist because few planes would even have this type of system in game. The Rafale won’t be “fixed” until the game around it evolves. It’s a damn shame.
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Are you talking about switching to the IRST? You can disable it in the game settings
The game would be ready to begin attempting to simulate these things, which we should have seen the ground work for it with Rafale being added tbch.
But you’re ok with an HMD despite it not being used in french service…
Where, please tell me.
where
I get you’re not the sharpest spanner in the shed, but I really shouldn’t need to explain something to you that we’ve all explained to you half a dozen times regarding precedent. Rafale is significantly closer to it than several aircraft that set the precedent for HMD. This was trialed on Rafale. It is currently in use by the French. There are platforms in game that A) did not trial it, and B) did not receive it on the standard depicted, but they still have HMD.
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Thats not it, that will turn off switching between targets with one button and allows you to use TDC. I mean where it automatically swaps between radar and irst.
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I mean we already have Mirage 2000-5F in export config, Mirage 2000D RMV with weapons it dint carry in service, F-16AJ as a whole, F-16A Blk 15 OCU carrying AIM-120, German and Italian EFTs carrying Brimstones, so on and so on.
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also, is anyone experiencing lack of damage with MICA-EMs ? I keep getting crits or just "HIT"s rather than severe damages or kills
Yup, normal mica.
And I’ve issues with these as well.
this Vne is making me rip my hair out, as far as i can see there is no source that is close to making it not that
This is exactly what you need. Sometimes to maintain target lock, the game changes your radar mode. I dont remember the exact order, but when the lock cant be maintained in any radar mode, it switches to IRST
I dont. Its a game afterall, not super realistic simulator
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Iam using it for months, its not it. It still switches between PD/IR whenever it wants to.
If they acknowledge it as precedent, then I would be okay to go along with it. I am okay with HMD on that premise, as well as it being trialed, but I would much rather we at least try for some level of realism on hardpoint utilisation. If they acknowledge it as precedent, then fine, I’ll not be thrilled but at least there’s an acknowledged precedent.