I dont get why you want to change the premium version of F2 into the 13.7.
Just play the 13.7?
Some people will get mad at you for saying this because “muh queue time”
Most will get mad at gaijin for not doing decompression or even doing it properly
Oh wait, that’s already happening
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Just Because there is an attempt to fix the issue it doesnt mean there doing it well
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Gaijjn’s “attempts” are basically just a little kid shoving his mess under the bed instead of cleaning his room properly
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Sadly and i fear its not gonna change
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Sorry bro, but this is true for 90% of vehicles in this game, even the ones considered overpowered at its BR i.e Tiger II early, XM800T, 76 mm Jumbo.
You don’t need to play according to the meta, the F-2 has the second best flight model in the game paired with one of the best IR missiles, a pretty decent Aim-7 variant (the recent buff helped them a lot). I don’t know your level of experience at top tier but the ADTW is for sure a plane for a more experienced player (not talking about me just to be 100% clear).
What works for me is this: try to stay away from the inicial BVR exchange, use the AESA radar to see where the enemy planes are going and chose the oposite direction, you may encounter a rougue Su-33 but you can make quick work of them in a single turn, try to stay low and save your CMs. when you are past the furball that forms in the middle of the map, turn into the fight and gain altitude. If a plane is heading your way, perform a “cranking”, where you keep them at the gimbal limit of your radar (you have an advantage due to the AESA). Try to launch the Aim-7s at no further than 10 km.
I swear to you, there is no better feeling than doming the premium Su-30 who think the cobra button is the “Auto-wiin dogfight” button.
Edit: I 100% agree with you that the F-2 ADTW is a victim of BR compression, and this needs to change. But we need to find a way to enjoy this vehicles that we pay real money for,. If we don’t the snail wins, and we can’t let that happen
I do play like this i leave every nuclear with 20+ kills that still does not change the fact that its a one trick pony since the Radar tends to lose lock out of nowhere so the M Variant is kinda meh. Its prob the most fun dogfighter i played but in bvr it gets the short end
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Nope, went down two steps because top two rn are F-16XL and MiG-35
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It always will since it has non-datalinked sparrows
But otherwise it’s a great plane
exactly but in a Pl-12 and R-77 filled match its kinda a bit iffy to be forced within 8km since if you launch a 7M they are either gonna multipath it seconds after launch or notch it wich is fair and you as the F2 have to hold lock instead of being able to counter the rapid ARH aproaching
The issue here would be solved with proper decompression so this happens less
F-2 doesn’t need any changes
Matchmaker does
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I haven’t seen the most recent test to be honest, but I don’t think the XL wins in a dogfight, sure it pulls a shit-ton on AOA but it also dumps speed quicker than Lance Stroll abandons a race.
Oh XL is a monster rn
And MiG-35 touches everything non-consent ally in dogfights too
I mean tbf I’m just repeating what the duellists ik are saying but still
Really? I havent played it much since I got the short end of the stick with the 5 free modifications. I’ll tell you this, playing top tier with almost no flares is an absolute hell
Exactly i love the F-2 its prob one of the most fun but infuriating things i ever played and “once” we get decompression i think it will be maybe the best prem out there for air respective to its br
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The F-2A is probably perfectly situated at 13.0. The real problem are that flankers need to go to 13.7. The F-16XL also could be up tiered to 13.3 without it hurting much…
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