I think the fact that 9Ms were pretty much “accepted” to be added to the F-14B in AT LEAST October of last year just makes things more disappointing. Stock grinding it was a piece of cake within like, the first year of it being out.
eh not really? it was expensive as fuck.
im hugely skeptical i doubt the f14 was the only sweep wing aircraft without extremely expensive maintenance
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That’s what I was going to say, that’s why I asked.
It is extremely hard to calculate how much maintence costs, but sure, it did take a bit more time for the wingsweep. It’s not an extra 30-40 manhours like the tropes make it out to be tho.
Has anyone else caught the fact that the F-14B livery that we have in game has been historically inaccurate? It’s got a Gulf War era camouflage, yet it possesses the characteristics of a F-14B(U) with it’s LANTIRN and JDAM capabilities.
What it should look like:
What a monumental f-you to players. And they wonder why they got review bombed the first time.
You suffer in agony to get the Sparrows. AND THEN YOU CAN’T USE THEM ALONGSIDE THE AIM-54C
Jesus Christ. What a terrible aircraft. I hate this thing so much. I would rather spade another British Phantom than continue on with this chicanery.
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You can, it’s just that since the AIM-54’s need coolant(until the Sealed variant is added), they need to be in the front slot(s) of the tunnel.
What he means is the stock position of the Aim-54s are still ahistorical, so it blocks their use with sparrows during the stockgrind. Effectively making them useless.
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It’s “for all intents and purposes”.
[Grammar/lang nerding ahead]
All intensive purposes is a mishearing of the idiom that doesn’t really make sense. It’s like saying the F-14D is better only if you’re tryharding and sweating super hard (intensive purposes meaning requires immense effort to achieve said purpose).
For all intents and purposes is the correct saying that means (in reference to the post quoted) “The F-14D would be in every practical sense a superior F-15C”.
[/Nerding]
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