So how will they nerf?
They would be brick like Phantoms?
It’s a 50% maneuverability nerf “because of the airframe”, even though they could both pretty much cobra, with no airframe damage. I mean, even the flight manuals say it could do more, but they are choosing to follow some random guy’s math.
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Bruhhhhhhh
IDK about JA37D because it can carry AMRAAMs as far as I know but, JA37C would be horrible since Skyflash is not good as few years ago :skull:
First, AIM-7E isnt worth taking. DO NOT EVER sacrifice your cannon.
Your engine is nuts, and the F-104S is very speedy.
6x AIM-9J/P is a good loadout + the Vulcan is the best cannon in the game by far.
IMO the italian F-104S and variations are all competetive aircraft at 11.0 and 11.3.
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It can carry them IRL, but I think to keep it “balanced” they aren’t going to give them it. Yeah, I remember when it was meta and almost un-beatable.
Probably JA37C can gets some current JA37D functions such as BOLs if it is so awful after FM changes?
They often do things to remove features that should be there for balancing.
The lazur M can suffer but at least you actually have some all aspect missiles
Also, on deck? what next, ask me to dogfight with a starfighter?
you are the only one who say that the 104S should stay 11.0 without any buff or changes
In the end, resoting to stat shaming ?
Rly?
Which is super easy to dodge unless you are not on the plane that has massive heat signature like F-14A.
Don’t get me wrong. R-60M is still decent but, not worth for bringing x6 missiles.
I would take x4 R-60M and x2 R-13M1s because R-13Ms has longer range.
Keep up speed and wipe out unprotected players.
It requires a style of play that does BNZ, and that applies to all starfighters in the game.
Even the mention of CommunistBalls only a few minutes ago proved it wrong.
That’s because I don’t have huge issues for playing F-104S as you.
If you had learned how to play Jet RB with lower BR before spamming rank 7 premium jets, you would have had a better experience.
Whatever, it is compression problem NOT F-104S itself problem.
That’s because I don’t have huge issues for playing F-104S as you.
If you had learned how to play Jet RB with lower BR before spamming rank 7 premium jets, you would have had a better experience.
8 battles in realistic and 2 in simulation. Ofc you don’t have problems in a plane that you do not use
Which is super easy to dodge unless you are not on the plane that has massive heat signature like F-14A.
Don’t get me wrong. R-60M is still decent but, not worth for bringing x6 missiles.
I would take x4 R-60M and x2 R-13M1s because R-13Ms has longer range.
You only forgive that the lazur is just slighly slower, far mor agile and the missiles you are talking are still in a better position than anything the 104S have. At the same BR
J8B have 4 pl5b or 2 pl11&2 pl5b without remove 23mm gun
but most of time chinese players won’t choose J8B, J7E is better for a skillful player
so yeah, F104S TAF could be one of the worst jet in 11.0, only J7D can compare with TAF
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*15 and 12
I guess you don’t even know how to look stats.
I played with it on the ARB after this topic was posted to see if it was actually terrible and it really wasn’t that bad, except for the compression. If it was spaded, 15 plays is enough times to determine if it is decent or not since I played other variants many times.
i love how your 15 games are enough to say IF the 104S is right at 11.0 but my 176 are not
That plane should not be in that position
no matter how many time you will say otherwise
You missed it has really bad energy retention.
Also, MIG-21bis would gets big oof flight model nerfs as far as I know because of same reasons with MiG-23s and JA37s.
I don’t know about Lazur-M because I usually play MiG-21bis SAU which has huge ECM pods on fuselage but, while R-60M is all-aspect, it is not that good at 11.0BR+ and is decent at best. If the MiG-21bis had a x6 R-13M1 loadout, I would take that rather than the R-60M since “long range” missiles are really good after AAM drag nerfs in 2023 or 2022.
If you had fairly decent stats on other aircraft and the F-104S stats were bad, then there would be a lot of persuasiveness to your argument, but when you have negative KD on most jets, it is more likely your skill issue than the F-104S being awful.
At least I don’t have any negative KDs on the F-104s (F-104A, F-104G, F-104S) I have spaded so far.
Are you really comparing the 104A at 9.7 with the other starfighters?
Also, you are talking like i’m the only one who say that the 104S is bad at 11.0 while even the og poster say the same while having a better K/D than me and on top of that most review also say that is better avoid that plane.
You are clearly a better pilot than me but this doesn’t make the 104S/TAF a good plane
It’s “better to avoid” primarily because it’s the same thing as in the TT. IMO, buy whatever you want, if your gonna grind the tree, and want a premium to do it, it works fine, but it’s nothing special or OP like the 2S38.
usually the argument is more like
at 10.7 was fine but at 11.0 suck
i’m griding for the MIG-17 PF and honestly i’m finding the AMX a better plane to help the grind
*9.3BR
And I played this thing when it was 10.0…
At least he was still flying the F-104S decently, so I explained why it could not lower it to 10.7BR compared to the current other 10.7 BR aircraft. The F-104G (Germany) is often taken as an example because it is still Starfighter and has the closest loadout to the F-104S of the G variants.
Even if compared to other 10.7BRs, the only aircraft that could beat the F-104S 99% of the time would be the Kfir Canard, which is cracked at its BR.
It is literally just a “rebadged” F-104S that’s in the TT. The starfighter is, at a minimum, fast, like, have you seen it’s 0ft take offs? Its ft/lbs of thrust is insane, and you can outrun most missiles from a distance as small as 1.8 km.
Yeah, anything with AIM-9L’s at 10.3 is busted. I hate the AIM-9L at 10.3 with a burning passion, there is nothing you can do about it if you don’t have flares.
JATO F-104 when 😭
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So his argument was fine but if i say the same is not?
You are not even worth any futher reply
I have to admit you are right, no aim-9L should be that low in br
but also the starfighter should not be facing 12.0 planes all the time