Oh but they chose not to!
Again, the T-2 does this already with better missiles and a bit less sustained maneuverability. What’s needed is a lot of decompression, but until then 9.7 is a good, competitive spot for a flareless F-5.
And do you dominate 9.0/8.7 in full or partial downtiers?
Yes? Thought so. That’s my point.
The solution here is, once again, decompression, but since that’s not likely soon given the current state of top-tier, (F-4EJ at 11.7, F-16As at 12.0, 16Cs and F-15s at 12.3, and SU-27s/Gripen/M4k at 12.7) the second-best solution is what we have now…
I understand that Decompression is ultimately the best option, but why cause MORE compression by lowering the F-5C to 9.7.
It’s not causing more compression when there are already comparable, if not better, aircraft there.
Except it totally would??
It’d be like adding another AIM-9L slugger to 10.3 that constantly faces jets w/o flares. Yes it adds compression. What the hell is an F-86F-25 supposed to do against an F-5C? How about a MiG-15Bis or MiG-17?
Yes, it would be “Balanced” at 9.7, but it would absolutely add yet another threat that subsonic Korean era jets can’t do jack against.
Not to mention that pushing it to 9.7 just to remove ONE ahistoric system would also mean moving down to rank VI again, and that would DEFINITELY cause some very angry players who bought it when it was rank VII.
A bit less? Bruh T-2 has garbage sustain. It is like a mig-21
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A small sacrifice for the entire BR range.
So just like F-5C.
Mig-21S has identical sustained to F-5C BTW.
You’re nuts if you think that statement is remotely acceptable for gameplay and balance
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That is completely wrong.
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It is not.
It creates a really stupid dichotomy where a plane is only viable in a full down-tier and then ruins the matchmaker when it gets a full down-tier.
Mig-21S turn time: 35 sec
F-5C turn time: 27 sec
It’s correct. WTRTI uses localhost which tells degrees per second.
@Necronomica
On full fuel at ideal speeds.*
Statcards are liars.
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/126rvgs9iRGxtL9DsbI0SSDMHXMr3uDf-hSeFkZVvk1Y/htmlview
at tests where both planes can fly the F-5C sustaines at worst still 0.5deg/s better than Mig-21S at its best.
The entire BR range isn’t acceptable for gameplay or balance while they can face 9.7 vehicles, one more under BR’d vehicle isn’t going to change that BR range, it will help 10.3 which at least currently can somewhat function.
Man I could never expect to see this in Air RB
And once again, unlike the F-5C, the T-2 is a BRICK.
Only after you have burnt all your energy. In the first few turns you can very much get inside a F-5 in my experience.