F-14EX with 4x AIM-174 (or more) would certainly be an aircraft of all time. But more likely if the threat of soviet supersonic bombers remained, they’d have 6+ AIM-152 on the F-14D+ or something.
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Do we know if that recent leak list was just a speculation? Or is the F-14D pretty much off the table for the upcoming patch?
The full leaklist isn’t out but them choosing not to reveal the Superhornet might mean that Gaijin told them to hold off on showing the Air Additions. It’s most likely not coming this major.
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It’s probably just an indication that they (The Hornet) won’t be receiving blogs, since they’re old news (especially if it’s just further propagation of the baseline Hornet variants (Aussie Hornet is odd, as ASRAAM has been denied)). so they may be less evidence to confirm their presence I doubt that they aren’t coming.
If they don’t appear on the Dev live stream, or server they they probably won’t turn up but until then I’d expect they are at very least tenuously confirmed in my book.
In terms of the F-14D, it really depends on if it would receive AMRAAM / AIM-9X as 5th gen IR missiles have been denied, and a functional AAS-42 + AXX-1TCS/IRST (and other trialed ordnance e.g. HARM, AIM-9X, and prospective advanced A2G radar modes etc.) or not, as a copy pasted F-14B(U), with A2G radar modes, -9Ms, and Sealed -54’s (at worst) isn’t that much of an improvement over the -14B as implemented.
The issue is that It’s not got markedly better Flight performance, electronics or access to ordnance than the F-15E / F-16C, AV-8B & F/A-18C so it’s really much of a sidegrade And I don’t see Gaijin not spending the Slot on a non-meta defining addition
Though at this point with knowing the F-22 / F-35 (and AIM-9X / AIM-120D) aren’t an option the US doesn’t have many intermediary options unless they start reaching to shift the meta, the late Eurofighter / Rafale are clearly superior since the US is being hamstrung due to a lack of IOC date advantage, or an edge in ordnance & electronics due to lax configuration control on Gaijin’s part, which is really quite frustrating.
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Best Radar out of these + IRST, Better FM than F-15E, AV-8B, F/A-18, ( because of DFCS) and a sidegrade to the F-16C FM if you know what you’re doing, still has Access to the Aim-54C+ ECCM which is a huge advantage in BVR when with it’s AMRAAMS. Because the can’t guide their missiles onto you effectively if you launch a Aim-54 from 70km that will hit them if they ignore it.
If they add it right along the superhornet it very well could be meta as a 14.0 addition.
It could be, but BVR sucks in game.
aim54c and top tier will not be meta…
if it had amraams, then prob yes, but only f14a has it
Aim 54c Eccm would be interesting tho
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That’s what I’m saying. If it gets AMRAAMs, it’ll be meta.
No, the F-14D had them. That F-14A you’re referencing had the F-14D’s avionics.
Aim-9M and AMRAAM could make it bearable in WVR too. Atleast better than the F-15E since you’ll always have atleast 2x Aim-9M and 700CMs.
is this not the full leak list?
-the hint about an “Aircraft that stings” could just be about the F/A-18A or CF-18A for Aus/Can being an event?
they wouldnt.
it’s not meta, not even close.
Stuff like eurofailure2000 can use that combo, due to their FM.
But on top of that F-14D lacks HMS/HMD…
now, compare to proper toptier plane and not brick.
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apparantly that’s only the first phase according to gzabbi or however you say it.
Yeah a f14A with the upgraded apg71 radar and avionics so the f14D should get it because theirs no point in having another f-14a at 13.0-14.0 when some people already complain about copy and paste vehicle and I could’ve sworn I read that the navy was never gonna give the f14A/B araams because they didn’t have the apg71 and upgraded avionics to do so only testing aircraft (f14A) did because that what they used for testing the apg71 and other projects
i dont think gaijin has the ability to understand this logic…
I mean I would be fine ig with a f14A with upgraded radar and avionics with araam but I think it should just go to the f14D even if it means a higher br so as long as the apg71 and irst isn’t gonna be neutered
What is your definition of meta? I’m talking about Air RB performance in the US tree. For the US, and F-14D would be a better F-15C for all intensive purposes.
The F-2 proved that HMD isn’t needed at top tier. Tallbox ACM is enough and is more consistent. Especially with the IRST, it’ll do fine.
- The F-15E is a proper topteir plane… It’s quite the skill issue to think it’s not.
- For AirRB, it has a better FM than the F-15E, SU-30SM, F/A-18C late, and Mirage 2000s. And F-16C Block 50 slightly beats it out but to be honest whoever is on lower fuel by more than like 3 minutes is going to win.
The tcs kinda works like hms from what it can see because it can slave the radar/irst
Leak lists never include all vehicles for the update.
Ha ha! Man, I really thought that.
This is such an awful experience. I’d rather fly a stock Lightning.
Jesus Christ the 9L and 54C are just so awful… I wish I had MORE THAN TWO OF EITHER