Going off of total statistics on performance is a terrible way to balance (they still do it anyway), its half the reason most of the absurd BR matchups in this game exist. Saying anything is over/underperforming based on the stats is going to be so skewed its not even worth considering worth any salt. Comparing first starter nations to second/third choice nations primarily played by experienced players like france/sweden/israel is flawed from the start.
And while I prefer RB and mainly play it, SIM basically is a great example of showing the flaws in every issue of war thunder because of its low playercount. Which is to say, Red team ussr/france/china/etc gets reamed by blue team for 10 patches straight who then go on to learn how to fight on uneven ground. Now that red team has received comparable tech to blue team you have everyone calling things like the rafale OP because theyve spent the past ten patches playing match 3 on their radar while red team has been screaming just to get to a merge.
As for inconsistencies and double standards, more valid. But seriously, everyone here knows there are no real standards, its a shotgun blast of balancing and implementation decisions. You’de be better off making sense and drawing reliable patterns from the stock market.
The Rafale is the second best in a dogfighter but the typhoon trumps it in all FM regards as of last I checked (in game). Both sit in this odd position to be nigh incontestable in a dogfight while being strong elsewhere. Meanwhile most kills happen in the first minutes of the match in BVR. Were it the kit the Rafale has that = its perf, the typhoon would be even higher in WR, yet it isn’t. Not saying top as the f15cs radar isn’t a RV microwave taped to the front. But the Rafal’s radar is not something amazing, it’s advanced features are still not modeled and in game its basically a f15 radar with a slightly faster scan and schizophrenic target updates.
This is to say, if you’re argument is the 8x MICAs + the Rafales FM is the sole reason its WR is so high all because its unmatched and no one else has anything to compete is wrong. Were this not true, the f15C, f14a, all with the ability to be incontestable in their meta would have had better WRs. The real determining factor in WR is playerbase skill * kit, there’s a reason everyone experienced stopped playing US and its become a joke, just like the german ground mains of the wehraboo era.
The current meta of typhoon>rafale>f15 is rather tight, the issue is that everyone else is left with nothing to compete, even 6x ARH is a pathetic loadout, especially so without 120s as an option. Everything should have 8x at this BR, even one short is a major handicap, Rafale or Gripen. And no one should be holding their breathe for any missle changes for the MICA given whats been said combined with statistics making the priority even lower.
If you’re genuine goal is to push documents and get realistic and documented in game features and changes, the sad notion everyone here is familiar with is that words get you nowhere, you need to be persistent and lucky.
That said, the snail loves their statistically driven balancing decisions, it’s your best bet, the Rafale isn’t a premium after all, no new players to drive down WR.
Overall performance between Typhoon and Rafale? Pick your poison, BVR king vs WVR king. Depends on your position, literally. Also EFT will favor those used to BVR in things like the f14 while rafale will cater closer to play styles the French playerbase have been used to.
TL;DR Rafale is not overperforming, playerbase bias. Snail double standards would imply they have standards. MICA will not get its buff, especially as long as French win rates are positive. Rafale and EFT are both currently great planes, but not only is the German playerbase more of a first nation choice, but lacks planes that play similar.
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