Your logic is “No one plays them so why add anything to them…”
Except the reason no one plays them is because nothing is added to them regularly and their content is often in a poor state.
If they actually added content to them, fixed the content they have and kept them at even a playable level, then more people would probably play them. I have seen more than a few people say they would love to play “X” nation, but gave up and swapped to US or USSR because they were just so much easier
If you only add content to 2 nations then people will only play 2 nations.
Alternatively, they can come at the same time so there aren’t 1-2 planes that domimate for an entire patch, it wasn’t great when the F-16C swept the floor during it’s patch, the Mig 29 the 3 patches before that, F-14a and Mirage 2000 before that, Mig 23MLD before that, etc.
I don’t like when people are just waiting for “their turn” on the meta jet, instead contemporary vehicles should be added around the same time, though EF2000 amd Rafale would be equal to things like an F-15C late (Aesa/HMD upgrades), Su-35, Super Hornet, F-16C block 72, etc. We’re still a several technologies behind even being able to have them added faithfully to the game.
You are right… That is how it is “suppose” to be done. Reality never works like that though. They’ll never add these nations at the same time and likelyhood is, EFT and Rafale will be some of the last. Heck, they added the F-16C and Mig-29SMT at 12.3 before 2 nations even had 11.7s. Not too mention 12s. The likelyhood is that the Typhoon won’t come until 3-6 months after equivalents and probably aircraft a br or 2 ahead like those you have listed
I had a hunch that gaijin might consider Rafale M F1 from french navy before Eurofighter Typhoon DA from 3 countries (British, Germany & Italy) because IR SRAAM limited carries 6x Magic II, MRAAM 6x MICA EM but none Air-to-Ground armament
Typhoon DA2 could be equipped with 6x Aim-9M/Aim-9Li and 6x AMRAAM
Typhoon F2 might also be outfitted with the same loadout but might get ASRAAM instead (or in a later update)
Neither the Typhoon DA2 or F2 would have very much in the way of Air to ground weapons. I think at most it is 6x BL755 cluster bombs
BL755 was developed as a new-generation anti-tank weapon that would allow extremely low-level attacks against Soviet armoured formations. The introduction of the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun rendered the pop-up attack profile demanded by iron bombs and air-to-ground rockets almost suicidal. The cluster munition would be dropped in pairs while the aircraft overflew the formation at 450 knots (830 km/h; 520 mph) and 300 feet altitude, covering an area of 1,000 by 500 feet (300 m × 150 m).
The weapon’s first use in combat was during the Falklands War where it was used in the anti-infantry role. When dropped from ultra-low altitudes, the bomblets proved to have a very high failure rate because the parachutes often did not deploy in time. A new version was ordered for the Gulf War that added a radar altimeter allowing release from medium altitudes and then opening at the proper altitude.
(due to the lack of CBUs you in War Thunder, I could see these being replaced with Mk.M2 540lb or the HE.MC Mk.13 1000lb)
Its not until later Block 2 Typhoons like the Typhoon FGR4, that they would be fitted with targeting pods and guided weapons.
ASRAAM was being developed/Being brought into service at the same time as the Typhoon was being developed. So it was likely tested with both and likely used both as the UK would still have had a stock Aim-9 from other airframes (Tornado, Harrier, Jaguar, Sea Harrier) that were all still in service.
ASRAAM entered service in 1998 and the first Typhoons were ordered in 1998. With the Typhoon DA2 a Prototype aircraft, it was likely tested with Aim-9 long before ASRAAM was even ready
All Typhoons can still equip Aim-9 as far as I am aware as both ASRAAM and IRIS-T have the same kind of mountings. Its just that no Typhoon nation still uses Aim-9 and instead uses ASRAAM or IRIS-T.
What I am hoping for is a “Euro-Delta” update. Where we will see Gripen E, Typhoon and Rafale all added at the same time as the stars of the show (and not like they usually are a 2 second, blink and you will miss it showing in the trailer like the Gripen was)
For that analogy to be fair you must say that loud customers actually sit at 9 tables. So it is unfair but at least understandable.
It’s the classic dilemma of chicken and egg. Is FRA less popular because it gets less vehicles or it get less vehicles because it’s less popular?
Guys, don’t get me wrong. I play several minor nations as well and I would not mind see them better stocked with more vehicles, however, I do understand why devs concentrate their efforts where more players could actually enjoy them.
Be realistic now … if you’re wwII fan, French had pretty much zero successful tank designs during ww2. Pre war, fine but there were no famous tank battles on the western front. From the airplanes, sure we all know what Brits and Germany was using …French? Nah.
From modern stuff, sure they have pretty fair jets and one iconic Mirage, but again, it’s just not as appealing to anyone except the French, and few of us military fanatics.
Rafale and Eurofighter will be better than the Gripen C, Gripen E closes that gap by adding hardpoints, increased engine power etcetera, although it will need its radar artificially nerfing or get a PS-05/A Mk.4 (the raven aesa uses the same mount so theoretically they might be compatible).
I’m primarily answering the title of the thread with my own 2 cents.
I’d rather wait for a (mostly) functioning aircraft over one that’s mostly impossible to develop well in the near future, we saw how rough the FMs were for planes this patch and how the F-15A and C (early) still have messed up radars, and they don’t even bring anything mew mechanically speaking to the game.
Gaijin struggles to upkeep current code to stop things like armament from becoming unusable, and can’t even model radars that are more or less the same as those we’ve had for over a year, as well as failing to do things like Flight models correctly on a regular basis. Imagine how scuffed the Rafale would look, AESA radar, ARH (Not counting the Pheonix because it barely works), High energy retention delta wing aircraft, new A-A armaments, a ton of newer electronics systems, ECM, and more things I can’t think of off the top of my head. If it were to come any time soon, it wouldn’t even remotely resemble it’s real life counterpart, so my verdict is that we’re a year and a half off from even considering it as a viable option.
If Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Sweden (50% of nations in game) can’t get their next major aircraft for over a year . Then neither can the other 5. Simple.
Andall are rather screwed with very very few options left for anything to be added until Typhoon/equivalents get added.
Britain has a few 12.3s but thats it
Welcome to minor nations.
Tornado F3 = 3 months till it got its actual radar. FM Still incomplete, Weapons still buggy
Tonardo Gr1 = Missing most of its counter-measures, FM still incomplete, Misisng ground attack weapons, missing radar
Sea Harrier FRS1 = 9 months to get own radar and cockpit, cockpit still incomplete, wrong RWR
Harrier Gr7 = Still missing MAWS after more than a year, missing loadout options
Gripen C = Wrong cockpit, Wrong radar, Missing weapons, (and more)
Not a single aircraft in the British TT has been added without major problems or missing components. So no one expected anything different with the Typhoon
I wasn’t saying we’re ready for super Flankers or Modern Eagles either, definitely not, moreso that this is Gaijin we’re talking about, so expectations must be tempered, and the initial post asking for these jets feels like it belongs in the wishlisting thread.
I like that you brought up the Gripen C though, because that is a great example of what I was talking about with the Rafale, it wasn’t ready on launch, still missing a ton of tech, FM had to be sent down the drain because of player stats making it so watered down it can hardly be called a Gripen, and the F-15 isn’t much better.
However, if you like Euro deltas and want something competitive but not broke with an AESA radar that may be added in the near future to a non-US/RU tech tree, I believe you might be interested in the Chinese J-10 series of fighters.