F/A-18 ruined 11.7

at least its decent

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so u’re telling that i spent my entire life trying to unlock the Su-27SM and Su-30SM for nothing?

Ok so dropping that conversation then

now u’re bullying me¿

I love reading players arguments about Soviet junk planes with overrated stats

What’s hilarious is some dude brings up the MiG-23’s radar as an argument, even though the whole point is that the R-24R is objectively better than any AIM-7 in most performance (why, though?)…

And yes, the MiG-29 is better than the Hornet simply because of the R-27ER alone, that missile’s worth like few Sparrows combined

Hornet might be better jet overall but Sparrows arent simply beating R-27ERs.

As whenever 12.7 MiG-29 or F/A-18A/C early is better, its clearly Hornet. But thats due to 12.7 MiG-29s being limited to R-60Ms and you would have to pay me to use them at those BRs ever again.

No lol, I think you’re uninformed.

no shit they aren’t beating them in some sort of 1v1, but in the context of air rb its clear the hornet is superior overall to the mig29…

Against 12.7 MiG-29s, sure. Which is funny because 29G sits just 0.3 higher and its much better plane (solely due to not having to use R-60Ms).

and yet 29G is made entirely redundant by su-27, mig29s are sad af

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Eh, had my fun with it but yes its funny that Su-27/Su-33 sit at the same BR.

Brah… Whatever, this is clearly a lost cause - the R-27ER is objectively the best SARH missile in the game anyway

I can’t wait for you to claim the AIM-7P is even comparable—or somehow better. At least I’ll get a good laugh out of it

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I wouldn’t say that because it’s not true. It also has no relevance to the previous convo… read my name… slowly…

its turn rate and turn radius
energy fightning is something different

I don’t understand why people can’t understand that trying to compare apples with oranges doesn’t work -other that they both fruits.
Ofc F-18 will “ruin” 11,7 and that’s why it is 12.3 and 12.7 (the BRs that meet 11.7) . It’s more ^powerful^ .
But that’s not a thing about upranking or downranking the plane. That’s a compression issue and happens everywhere and it doesn’t work only for the MiG 23 , but since the MM is mixed imagine there are MANY more planes that can do nothing about it even in US or other nations.
It doesn’t mean that is right.
If it was me the game for F-18A and C early would be MiG 29s , F-16s variants . Those are hard equivalents. And all them were supplementary to Su-27s and F-14s/15s. That’s the game for them , variants between them match and counter eachother… France has M2Ks and M4K in a similar manner.

On the other hand there is no reason non PD phantoms to play against MLD (ex) , because you can find uprated 3 gens (let’s call them 3,5 gen) to match it with. There is always somewhere an uprated version of something… The latest F-4E for example had a CAA mode (let’s say a reprogrammed air-ground mode), that was essentially a type of MTI capability… sure it wasn’t good, but neither were the MTI… there was no perfect MTI . Give it 9L and AIM-7F and you have an equivalent.
It’s not that difficult. Make it a folded-new plane as well, if someone wants it let him play.

But it all depends what you want to do, what you want to picture in the game.
And yes not only MiG 23s have a problem with it…
Because there is always the counter argument… do 10,7s are equivalents to MLD? or even 11.0s? Is MiG 23M a valid opponent for MLD?

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First it was the R-27ER that ruined your MiG-23MLD, then it was the Mirage F1C and Magic 2s that ruined 11.7 for you and now it’s the F/A-18s.

Yes the 11.3-14.0 BR range needs decompression and the Hornets should move up with that decompression, but whenever that is done you’ll just find another jet or missile to complain about.

Just because it has a lot of missiles doesn’t mean it has to do high altitude long range BVR. The 18C late also has 10x amraams, should that plane also do high altitude long range BVR? No, because it’s dogshit at that role despite having 10x amraams.

he wants to stay op lol anything competetive or better is a no no

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Which is funny, because you can arguably be competitive with the MiG 23ML. Then again, it could also be me, but I have no issue fighting F-18s with R-24Rs.

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bro u should get banned for ur toxic comments