Well, 12.3 is too high for Su-30MK2’s ground attack capability, so that leaves its anti-air.
Anti-air they’re about the same, so yeah they really shouldn’t be different BRs… unless Gaijin thinks people will bring air to ground weapons, taking up valuable R-77 slots; even then, I think that’s a silly assumption to make if they’re making it.
Su-27SM has access to TV guided munitions [5km lock range] and no targeting pod.
Su-30MK2 has access to TV guided munitions [5km lock range] and no targeting pod.
Su-24M has access to laser guided munitions and GPS guided munitions with a targeting pod. It’s even better.
With a range of 10km… The S-25LD is inconsistent and acts more like APKWS.
Which isn’t maneuverable and only works against stationary targets like spaa.
Please do your research, as it doesn’t have thermals and it’s fov/zoom is similar quality of the Kh29 seekers but it has color.
You can only carry up to 3FnF and 2 laser guided agms. The only argument you can make is that it it has MAW and you can bring it in for cheaper SP (using only laser ang gps but it’s worse than carrying no FnF agms). Is it better than the Su27SM, maybe. Better than the Su30MK2, definitely not.
Again, please try to think deeply about it’s capabilities.
Hopefully they realize their mistake and change the BRs.
This is the devserver so there is still hope, because 30MK2 being lower BR in ground than a plane with no anti-tank munitions is a bit absurd. The fact that its lower than 27SM also doesn’t help either.
Remember this simple truth. In ground combat, you need CAS aircraft, not air defense aircraft. Air defense aircraft are not needed at all. I haven’t seen a single player playing ground combat just to accumulate respawn points to take an aircraft with air-to-air missiles.