Wouldve rathered they reverted the ahistorical buffs to the Rafale and kept PIRATE off the german EFT, but atleast if they go through with this, they couldnt be accused of selective application of their rules.
That being said, I still think this whole Rafale HMD + 8MICA and German EFT PIRATE situation is a can of worm gaijin should never have opened, and very much should be attempting to close, not doubling down on.
Other nations mains are going to start begging for all sorts of prototype equipment, test weapons, and export configs and are going to cite the Rafale and EFT getting said things as justification. Itd be less work for gaijin to just remove the stuff from the Rafale, remove the 9M from the EFT, state they werent operated in X nations service, and deal with the backlash.
The elimination of what makes tech trees and nations unique has always been one of the worst things that has been ongoing in this game over the years, and this certainly doesnt help.
Even then tho, startshark has a disclaimer their charts may have issues and are HEAVILY WIP, and I’ve been told the delta ducks graphs particularly are wonky.
So far I haven’t seen anybody prove its owned by WTD 61, what I have seen is Eurofighter themselves referring to it as an EADS aircraft operated on behalf of the consortium.
I’d be happy to change my view if someone finds something saying its operated or owned by the Luftwaffe, but at least initially all IPA airframes were owned by NETMA.
Given that and the flights were done by Eurofighter/Airbus pilots, it seems there’s no stronger claim to Germany than anyone else.
It bore the 98 squadron tag from the beginning, despite in at least the beginning explicitly being owned by NETMA or Eurofighter.
I believe the BAE aircraft is flagged with an RAF Sqn, its not owned by the RAF.
Either way, you’re asking for an IRST Germany had no part in developing or even financing and fitted a few times for evaluation, with no intent to standardise it, whilst gatekeeping an AMK kit financed by the consortium as a whole and flown by pilots from across the consortium.
My position remains unchanged, give Germany PIRATE, but when the time comes let all the nations have AMK. Otherwise, Germany’s aircraft should reflect their service jet, which is not 98 07.
As I said, I think my position is quite fair and well balanced, let you guys have this feature now which you have a dubious claim to, in exchange for our equally dubious claim. You’re never gonna get a dubious PIRATE with community support, and I’d be happy to support this, if you would stop gatekeeping.
No, as Gaijin have said, skins are cosmetic only, it doesn’t necessarily reflect the standard of aircraft. So just take the model and apply a native skin.
This is the most fair option, and the option most people would support.
IPA 7 used to be with Airbus/EADS, now is supposedly with WTD 61 along with IPA 8.
The sole Eurofighter EF2000 at WTD 61 is instrumented production aircraft (IPA) 3. Besides the ODIN project, the jet is used as a test bed for a project to extend the life of the brake parachute. In the future, two more IPAs are expected to join WTD 61: IPAs 7 and IPA 8 are already at Manching but are still operated by Airbus Defence and Space.
