Yeah BOL is fired out of the back of the ITSPL - Typhoon cannot fly without them fitted
It’s why even when a Typhoon is ‘Clean’ it will still have the outer pylons fitted as I believe they’re integral to the structure (Im not a Mech so I dont know the correct definitions)
Correct, here an Italian video where a crew member confirms it (timestamp 5:56):
(video has subtitles)
Translation from Italian: “Except for these ones that are part of the structure, they can’t be removed, the other ones are interchangable”
has it been reported?
Currently you need to stock grind the BOL pods (comes as a part of the MAW mod)
32 countermeasure stock grind next patch will not be nice
That’s just Gaijin being Gaijin and treating Typhoon BOL like any other BOL. Aint going to change anytime soon. They wont even fix BOL to begin with.
But hopefully EvoDASS comes sooner rather than later
Errr I wouldn’t be able to back it up with documentation without the potential of getting in trouble at work… lol
I’m sure someone here will have sources that can be found online to back it up - and knowing Gaijin they’ll leave the grind as it is, even if the ITSPL’s are moddeled on all the time (which they should), I doubt Gaijin will give ya free BOL
The only needed source would be the fact that BOL isnt a loadout option. Its always present once you unlock the MAWS mod.
Its a matter of convincing Gaijin to not artificially make the stock grind suck. But that is exactly what they want it to be so you are more likely to spend GE on it. That is all the mod system is actually for. Its to make money
There’s nothing to report. The BOL pods are always there on the model. Unlocking the module just lets you load countermeasures into them.
They aren’t
Which is a bug? I thought this was reported and fixed in the earlier days of the EF…
How come now that lidrcm helicopters can now fire behind cover safely and without ever being targeted is okay, but fnf brimstones are not allowed? Let alone just brimstone 2 SAL?
Huh, it certainly used to be the case IIRC
It did used to be the case. Weird they changed it.
They didn’t even try to balance this MITL mechanic as currently it’s like you fire a propelled targeting pod, which transmits its video in 4K, with a warhead. Most A2G missiles have only 128x128 pixel resolution or even lower. An exception are cruise missiles which go up to 256x256 pixels (e.g. Taurus).
At this point I strongly believe that gaijin isn’t using “version control software” at all and works only with file overwrites while every developer has his own state of the overall software. So if one developer copies his state onto the base, the changes of others to the same files get overwritten if not manually accounted for (which can happen easily if hundreds of files are changed). That would explain so many happenings of “fixed it → it’s back again”, especially for things which aren’t relevant to balancing at all.
Getting removed from helis apparently
Haha. I guess they couldnt keep arguing that LOAL would be game breakingly OP to add for the Brimstone whilst adding it to the LMUR
I mean, they said they only delaying for like 1 patch though, then adding it for everyone.
Still don’t understand their reasoning. You could just make them LOBL at a fixed range of 8-16 km or something similar to IR missiles. You don’t get a warning for IR missiles too, so you rarely use smoke to defend against IR missiles as you’re unable to see them most of the time. The only advantage of the Brimstone is their number on the respective platforms. Even the warhead is subpar to other A2G weapons as Tandem-HEAT is still bugged against ERA.
By the way, do we know the lock-on time of the Spice series bombs? I was wondering which AtG munitions could get a chinese buff as well
Yeah. Mode 2 Brimstones, especially if still artificially limited to Brimstone 1s, would still be some of the weakest FnF weapons at top tier by quite a margin.
You could only engage 1 target at a time not the 20 you can with the F-15. The aircraft has to be in LoS of the target and within laser spot range. None of the MITL weapons need to do either.
Their excuses for why Mode 2 would totally break the game are just getting kinda pathetic at the moment. Especially when they bring up teamkilling as an excuse not to add Mode 2…
Technically doesnt even have that anymore. 15 on the GR4, 18 on the Typhoon. F-15s have 20 FnFs already
Oh they just don’t want you to be anywhere near competetive, that’s it.
Brimstones are harder to intercept and easier to use at short distances where EF’s CAS capabilities truly shine.