Ignore the disgusting instantaneous turn ig
Yeah, although I suspect the missiles to be nerfed across the board eventually because most of them except the derby and probably the AAM-4 are overperforming
i dont think that will happen anytume soon
since the fox-3s (besides the derby) were “reworked”
and the gaijin twitter account announced that the derby will also recive a rework
Worst plane I played in 13.0. Mid radar, Mid flight preformance, Mid lodaut. Overall MID.
cope it is the strongest aircraft at 13.0 and literally bullying everything at its BR
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Literally the best 13.0 jet by wide margins except for MAYBE the flankers coming close but people can’t notch so they always think everything sucks
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I legitimately cannot see how a good FM with absolutely middling weapons puts this thing on-par with the F-4F ICE or the new Greek Phantom, or the Su-30mkk
The Phantoms’s lack of maneuverability is made up for the 4 extra AIM-9Ms and they both carry a better ground payload, and 30 extra counter measures conpared to the XL
I have more matches getting clobbered by missiles than actually getting into turning fights.
The F-16XL is literally just a US version of the JA-37DI. If it gets moved to 13.3, it needs an armament buff as AIM-9Ls are simply not doing the trick, and have it carry 6 AMRAAMS instead
You have the F-16A at 12.3 and the F-4EJ at 12.3, both share the same BR. The F-16A has a weak loadout, but far superior FM. So it kinda balances it. (not perfectly because I think the F-16A is kinda weak at 12.3, but just for the sake of the example).
This is a undertiered premium that should belong at 13.7, most agree with this.
I don’t like to evaluate BR’s against vehicles that have preferable treatment, unbalanced stuff should not make the standard for each BR.
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I get that. But SARH slingers are the norm at that BR, and you need to sustain track for those missiles to work. It’s doing the J-7E thing with the F-16A.
We’re dealing wth ARH missiles where someone can dump a missile on you and quickly get out of there while you have to defend.
You’re also facing IRCCM missiles so you can’t just pop a flare and watch it fly by.
Honestly, if Gaijin wanted to. They could just change it to the F-16XL-2, give the better engine, HMS it had and give it some of the armament the F-15E carried and shove it up at 13.7.
It’s a prototype, Gaijin likes playing fantasy with prototypes. Look at the Yak-141
But if they’re gonna move it to 13.3 it’s gonna need an armament buff as “It has a good flight model” would’ve cut it down at 12.0 not 13.0
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and that is why the F-16XL has an RWR and CMs
Hey I respect your opinion, to me F16XL is just not it, MID at the best theres much better planes at 13.0.
and those are?
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I see a lot of “i have grinded it therefore so i shall not acknowledge it is better than every 13.0 so it stays this way” in this post.
It is undoubtedly better than other 13.0 ARH slingers like AV-8B , F-4F ICE and J-8F, yet some people still refuse to believe that.
Hell, Mirage 4000 and JA-37DI is 13.0 and they are inferior to it almost every way imaginable.
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Mirage 4k… Again, bro have your opinion, also you are wrong thinking that plane will play at 13.0 BR, its like maybe 5% of time other 95% are uptires… like be real.
and you think the Mirage 2000 dosent have uptiers?
it is at the same BR as the F-16XL
so that is what the F-16XL will get compared to
then make Mirage 2k lower BR… like I dont know what you want from me.
so we have to move every 13.0 aicraft down in br becasue the F-16XL is better than them?
there is a simpler solution and that is to just move the F-16XL up in br
But wouldnt that make F16XL inferior to other planes? Same thing as Mirage 2k??? Dont you see you not doing anything with that, just play the game bro and let Devs decide.
Mirage 4k is a quite mediocre 13.0. The F-16XL is arguably the best
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Hey appriciate your opinion. Have fun.