It Is Indeed the best radar
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Usually, the stronger the airframe, the more limited the loadout and vice versa.
Typhoon actually doesnt have that good of a loadout at the moment, its fine, but very limited in performance. Especially A2G. Heck, the Typhoon doesnt even get its proper CM suite currently, those are even nerfed through the floor
The F3 at 12.0 has a very strong loadout for 12.0… but its a Tornado
and on the flipside, something like the Gripen A has a very good FM, but quite a limited loadout for 13.0 with 0 meaningful BVR ability.
The Rafale has the second? strongest FM In game, with the best radar, defensive suite, missiles (which includes HOBS which closes any gap instantly in terms of FM), etc etc.
Thats the difference, It has 0 negative at the moment, there is nothing the Rafale cannot do and do well. Heck. Its even got the second best AGMs in game right now and can carry 6 whilst maintaining a very effective A2A loadout
From my experience while it has the best overall radar coverage, its range is so so, and the time to scan the zones is one of the worst overall (when the Russian radar scan speed increases with the zone size, the RBE2 is constant, and its smallest zone is bigger than many radars largest zones).
This means that the radar is overall worst at scanning the sky that you want to scan compared to the Russian radar (mostly in RB situation where the enemies are usually in a small sector to you)
The size of the scanned zone would be more important if ESA radars where not already capable of tracking detected targets outside of their search zones.
Overall I’d give a slight edge to the Russian radar, but it’s really potato potato
Important to differentiate between irl and the game. Russian radars have a faster scan and update rate (somehow)
Which makes it even more confusing when people simultaneously ask for AESA EFT and also asking for Rafale’s 8x MICA and HMD to be removed.
Idk about others, but for me it’s an either or thing
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Sooo i checked my replays sadly it’s too old… should have save it RIP
Yeah I think @DirectSupport is missing the fairly obvious point here.
Being that one (Rafale players) cannot oppose the addition of Eurofighter AESA due to it’s tested nature, while taking advantage of their extra MICAs and HMS.
But this goes both ways, so I agree, it should be have both aircraft recieve trialled features or neither (hopefully not the latter, as no one benefits from that)
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F**k the CAPTOR-M radar, it is bullsh, no vertical radar scan at all, you need to adjust it manually or face the enemy directly to scan it, big piece of 💩
F4 ICE, Mig29G Radar >>>>>>>>> Eurofighter CAPTOR-M Radar
:)
Alternatively, we give the French players what they’ve always wanted and replace their Rafales with Typhoons. Let’s be honest, most Frenchmen aspire to be British.
Drops mic and runs for cover. Awaits explosion.
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That’s probably the most insane thing that’s been said in this thread. At best we like you slightly better than the germans
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How dare you compare us to the br*tish
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The narrow mode at least has an ok height, but ofc, it’s extra narrow, so not much volume gets scanned horizontally.
That’s one of the takes of all time
Yeah a bit of a stretch, I consider the radar bad myself, but not Mig-29G bad…
For me its inconsistant.
I’ll have a match where it works beautifully, still not amazing, but more than acceptable, followed immediately by a match where everything that could bug out or break did. From ghost contacts, to failing to track and easy target, to not being able to locate something I could visually see, etc etc.
Other radars, like the Foxhunter in the Tonka F3… Dont really change from match to match and its the inconsistancy that puts me of the Typhoon more than anything
