Dassault Rafale - Variants, Characteristics, Armament and Performance

Ive literally never claimed I play france, ive openly claimed I havent yet because they did not have any premiums I found interesting enough to grind france with, and though I like thr M2K, I didnt like it enough to warrant subjecting myself to dozens of hours playing a plane I dont like just to get it.

As for why I’m in this thread, as Ive stated NUMEROUS times, I LIKE the Rafale, its one of my fav jets, I intend to get it, I want to discuss it, its fun to learn new things about it (such as the ±70° radar limits), etc…

Im also in this thread a lot because despite wanting to drop this topic like 200 posts ago, i keep getting replied to, attacked, pinged, etc… by ppl in this thread who cant let stuff go.

Technically doesn’t mean possible in the instant.

Again… this 2nd solution is nowhere near what Gaijin intend to add on aircrafts.

The Fix of MICA-EM is the most trustful thing we can have,…

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And M02 is not a serial aircraft, therefore never recieved any number on it’s tail let alone the number 17.

So,… i’m 100% sure this M17 isn’t M02

I’m waiting Rafale B F3 (F3.2 standard) for france tech tree in the future, but unknown located to strike aircraft or bomber aircraft line

Gaijin might add MICA IR on Rafale C F3-R for third or winter major update 2025 after decompression BR to 14.3

I suppose gaijin might ready Meteor for Rafale C F3-R in Q2 or Q3 2028 after decompression max battle rating to 15.3

Rafale, even with all its issues and MICA’s shortcomings, is a beast. I understand the frustration of the people here but there’s way too much doomposting.

By the way, thanks to all the bug reporters teams for their work !

Edit: and yes, I do have the plane.

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And lets be real just because majority of players cant do BVR or dont know how to doesnt make Rafale better or equal in this aspect with say F-15E/I or EFT.

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yeah by this logic i should say the mirage F1 is a better dogfighter than the F-5E because i killed some of them in SIM

Unfortunately, after a few versions, they will add F3R (India) to the British lineup, while the French version will fall behind in all aspects, which will definitely disappoint French players

to be fair this is very unlikely, but not impossible, 'cause smin already stated that having an indian subtree doesn’t automatically mean that UK will have all indian vehicles apart from the gap-fillers (but i guess this doesn’t apply for indian-made jets like tejas)

I didn’t say it is.

It’s obvious the F15E / EFT are better to play agressive and get the first strike on the opposite team. This is the “meta” if you just want to farm kills fast. But that doesn’t detract from what the Rafale is capable of, which is slaughtering multiple target at close range in quick succession. It takes more work, sure. I enjoy a bit of challenge.

Even if they “”““fixed””“” the MICA, they wouldn’t compete with these two aircrafts anyway. But they’re in a good place, right now, because the aircraft carrying them is very capable.

So TLDR its at disadvantage compared to other 14.0s.

F-15E/I and EFT are better for ARB where they can lob missiles from afar and are better for 1v1 where they can dictate how the fight goes.

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Not according to gaijin.

Rafale is better in one circle, the moment they pull into you, just slap them with mica.

Nah, fixed mica would be on range level of amraam, even faster throught portion of it. Yeah, you would have less missiles but they would be almost as potent as amraam and you have significantly better radar.

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And it would have purple flame, so it would even win in style !

They have a different playstyle, that’s all.

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And now you know why they won’t fix them. Because that’s not balanced.

Yeah, they won’t fix it because the mica is neither american nor russian i agree.

balanced like R27ER? that missile alone is why Mig29 and Su27 FMs are broken

LMAO this is getting ridiculous. The R27ER was completely irrelevant in the 100m multipathing meta. You just had to fly low to completely neuter them. Russia was completely irrelevant in the meta from the Mig29 nerf until now. They still are.