even though F15 is overactive it’s still terrible, I wonder what the developers are thinking, f15 has nothing to compete with, this update is great like how f14a entered the game.
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Can’t put glorious soviet jets against not-hendheld NATO
Disagree, in a team game the F-15 acceleration and high speed retention/maneuvrability are more useful than strict low speed rate fight performance.
Also if ground multipath wasn’t so huge in war thunder the zoom climb ability of the F-15 makes it a far better in BVR compared to the F-16
One thing that I find pretty odd thought is the F-16 being faster than the F-15… is the F-15 supposed to be this “slow”?
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Last I tested, it matched the acceleration charts.
(That was on dev server)…
Acceleration yes, but does it also match the top speed? It seems that the drag doubles after 1400kph on the deck
F-15 is meta.
F-15A/J can’t carry AMRAAMs, and they don’t need them.
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F-15 has AIM-9Ms which is the 2nd best IR missile with AAM-3 being the best.
Yes, acceleration slows down / stops or “plateau’s” at seemingly correct airspeeds based on clean config.
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If ground multipath wasn’t so over-exaggerated in war thunder, we would all still be hugging the deck, we would just be getting pounded by R-27ERs most of the time regardless of staying low.
a later F15J can use Fox 3
Was talking about F-16 vs F-15, yes without multipath everyone that does not have R-27ERs would still be forced to stay as low as possible
To be completely honest, I think even if everyone had SARH missiles with the same capability, I still think people would be hugging the deck. Flying under the radar is a viable tactic in real life for a reason I suppose. The missiles are so lethal now, and there are so many potential unknown threats around you at all times, that you would probably have to stay low regardless. I find I spend more time going defensive rather than offensive if I climb with the SMT, which on paper has a great radar and the best missile.
Even F-15 vs F-16, I’m not sure it would be worth climbing.
Climbing is very worth it, the flight time and the terminal velocity of the missiles you shoot are dramatically higher. Faster climb and high speed retention/maneuvrability are extremely important IRL as it allows to quickly go up, shoot, quickly go down and then start manoeuvring to defend.
Probably in war thunder most players would still try to stay low, but this will mean they will be forced defensive early compared to the guy that climbs.
(consider that you would still need to notch/menuver even when low, by just going straight you will most likely get splash damaged/proxy fused if multipath was the 10-20m that is in real life)
Expext F-15J(Late) then. Gaijin isn’t really into giving top notch missiles to pre-existing airframes.
When missing is coming down from a higher angle, the chance of killing someone skimming is also higher.
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But my FA2
It wouldn’t be called late, it’d be called MSIP 1.
True, however knowing gaijin’s fascination with “early” and “late” words it could be called as late as well.
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There is no fascination with such words in WT.
yeah sure, A-10 late, A-10 late, T-2 early and many more does not exist in WT…
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Because there are no other official designation.
You are the only one obsessed with late & early, don’t project your weird obsessions onto the game.