Since the US is almost always on both sides in the current 11.7BR matchmaker, it can almost always be assumed that the enemy team has F-14s.
It’s your fault that a huge smoke is headed to you or your nearby teammates, but ignore it and get wiped by the AIM-54s.
However, F-14 vs F-104G, F-5A(CN), Su-22UM3K etc… is simply unfair, so either way both F-14s should get a better missile and move to a higher BR.
bro, I ALWAYS getting killed by SMOKELESS AIM-54’s, they’re becoming smokeless after 20 km (and I’m playing with low graphics)
Just use right click to look up at the high.
In most cases, you can see it right after the missile is launched.
Problem solved.
I played ULQ with RTX3060 back then because i wanted to see how performance would be good but, it is still possible to see smokes.
I don’t know F-14B(U) would be 12.3 or 12.7 BR (Air AB, Air RB & Air SB). but x2 AIM-9M stock sure
It may be one of the modifications, like additional guns of Ki-43-I and Kikka, because F-14B(U) is too nich for implementing as different vehicles in the game.
Its funny that no one has had a problem with the BR of the f-14 until after the the patch with AHR missiles. When the F-14 came out there was a lot of spam but that died down after a bit. occasionally you would get the post about getting killed by a phoenix and it being annoying. Only after the update did people start complaining about the f-14 being broke because they were not paying attention and got hit with a phoenix.
If a f-14 shoots 6 phoenix missiles most of the time 0 to 2 planes are killed with 0 and 1 being a higher chance of happening. Occasionally you will get 4 kills but that only happens when f-4S pilots are not paying attention and are being bomb trucks.
The aim-54 is easily dodged as they are typically fired from long distance and are essentially gliding into their target. Fly in a straight line you will probably get hit, you move around, your drain the phoenix of its energy it will fall short or loose track. You can see the Phoenix spam being done if you just look up. do a 360 and dont fly in a straight line and maneuver and you will never get hit by a phx. Be a typical bomb truck ( which most f-14 pilots look for ) you will probably get hit in the face with the phoenix.
the only time i’ve been killed by a phoenix is i was not paying attention to my rwr, not looking for smoke in the air and again just not paying attention.
I feel the real issue here is there is that we need a major decompression between 11.0-11.3
^^^This tbh^^^
People complain that “the F-14 is OP” but somehow people forget that there is an aircraft called the M2K that is equally as cracked as the F-14A.
I’ve yet to die to an F-14 using J35XS.
It’s partially me using the Mirage 3C again but J35 edition.
@Laurier_Dragon
Except there’s only at most 0.3 BR of compression at 11.0.
Me when I see F-4Junk which is same BR with FG.1/FGR.2 also, regular F-4J, F-4S.
Now I don’t know another lightweight fighter aircraft 11.0 ~ 11.7 between F-5E Tiger II and F-16A Block 10 for USA tech tree in the future
Compared to what?
I do agree 100% that if anything mirage need to go up first, despite me being French main.
Not sure about the light counterpart, but the heavy can have F4J early that does not have HMD and only fires Aim7E2 (There is one right?)
Not change battle rating but nerf medium-range Air-to-Air Missile
Add x4 AIM-9H, AIM-7E-2 switch location to tier IV but AIM-7F down at tier III and replace by AIM-7E
Well they can implement the Iranian F-14As as a premium or event vehicle.
In the case of the IRIAF service F-14A, it makes more sense to model and implement in the game those of the IIAF service(late 1970s) rather than the IRIAF service because their documents are either contaminated with propaganda or so many unconfirmed stuffs such as F-14 with R-73.
It looks almost identical to the F-14A Early we currently have, but instead of the AIM-9H + AIM-7F, they use AIM-9J + AIM-7E-4 which is ways worse so, it would be balanced.
Also, their F-14As never received drop tanks.
I’ve seen exactly 1 F-14 so far today playing my Phantoms.
Independent Iranian tree would be more viable imo, tons of unique vehicles, especially for ground, and even air. Not enough to fit into nations as a sub tree with so many unique options. (Similar thing for Turkey, but I digress)
Also, from the little research I did, it turns out a single F-14 did in fact become modified to test the capability to arm itself with R-27s and R-73s. Although it proved to be capable of carrying them, due to the fact Iran barely had enough of either missile to arm its fulcrum fleet, they didn’t pursue the upgrades for any other F-14 platforms. I believe the internet, or possibly Iran, refers to that one singular specific tomcat airframe that was modified (Tomcat 3-6049) as the F-14AM.
F-4N possibly
