Today we wanted to go over your feedback from the dev server and the latest Nuclear Escalation test.
The F-16AM premium Rank VIII for France
Based on your feedback, we’ll be changing the Belgian premium F-16AM to a Dutch example. We’ve heard your suggestions regarding a change to diversify the available examples away from the existing Belgian ones, so the premium will now reflect a variant from the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). This changes a few things about the aircraft, for example it will have a different radar and electronics and the inclusion of a LITENING pod. The aircraft will retain its AIM-120 AMRAAMs.
F-14D weaponry
You may have already noticed on the dev server that both the F-14B and D have received AIM-9M missiles to replace the previous AIM-9L. The F-14D also had its AIM-54A/C replaced with the AIM-54C+. The previous variant was removed from the options, the new version will be functionally identical in performance to the existing C model, just with different cooling methods.
M-346FA position change
We saw your feedback regarding the position of the M-346FA , and have moved this aircraft to the Tornado line, as a logical progression from both it and the AMX.
PUMA
While working with the suggestions and reports on the PUMA IFV and studying additional sources and materials, we came to a conclusion that the current Damage Model and armor can be revised. And some changes will already be made in the Heavy Cavalry update. In the future, we plan a more through revision of the Damage Model (including armor), which will eliminate current inaccuracies and improve clarity, as well as an addition of spall liner and correcting the placement of internal modules.
Nuclear Escalation
We’re closely following the game mode and are aware of the balance problems at hand. To help improve balance, we have weakened the AA of the “Red” team by replacing the grouped Pantsirs with 1x Pantsir + 2x Tunguskas. We’ll also improve the efficiency of the “Blue” team by improving the Aster missiles autopilot, which currently struggles with intercepting the Kh-31 missiles. Apart from that, all short-range SPAA including the ItO 90M now use their search radars as well when firing, which allows for a broader range of ARMs to be used against them.
We also plan to fix some SAMs like the HQ11 and SPYDER not using their capability to launch missiles at multiple targets at once. Ships will also be developed to be able to engage incoming missiles and fight back.
Next week, we’ll cover the Abrams, so please keep an eye out on the forum for another post.
We want to thank you all for your continued constructive feedback.
