Yeah. But that same aircraft would be fighting something like the Typhoon T3 Centurion.
With a better AESA radar (which can angle meaning you could sit in the notch whilst supporting your missiles), ASRAAMs (which massively outrange Aim-9X) and Meteors (which also have greater range)
We both know ASRAAM will be gimped by seeker lock :D
As for the Meteor i doubt Gaijin will add it until Aim-260 arrives.
Meteor is the Aim-120D equivalent.
So something like the Typhoon and Rafale would either get ahistorical Aim-120Ds or they would get Meteors.
and yeah, ASRAAM will be nerfed into the ground, but on paper, it should be a lot better>
Meteor should be better than D version iirc.
That bein said if that is the case then there is no reason not to add Meteor.
The balance that I understand is the Aim-120D has much better time to target at shorter ranges with the Meteor having much greater range.
basically no different to the balance between R-77-1 and Aim-120C5 we have at top tier right now.
I think the Germans were debating running a mix of Meteor and Aim-120D
Make sense, bein versatile for both long and short range will be good.
Its also same reason why Rafale started to use Meteor as well.
Nah, the J(M) has the best staying power of any C eagle in game, given just how much they could give it. IRST, MAWS, the AAM-4B and 5B (which are better then C-7/9X blk IIs).
The J(M) is a better 13.7 airframe then the F-2, yes. But its still sufficiently enough that its BR is appropriate. As i’ve said before, if there was some decompression then yes they could move apart maybe, but in thr game’s current state it would be very hard to move the F-2 down.
what upgraded engines? it never got the 229
Some of them got the better engines as testbeds which can be added without any issue.
US F15C can get AESA radar,IRST through targeting pod,Aim-9 Block-ıı and Aim-120D which outperforms AAM-4B and 5.
It can also equip BOL Pods which will give insane amount of survivability.
So no Japanese version will not be the best,
Theres nothing I can find on F-15Cs getting D block Amraams, and AAM-4Bs /5Bs are better then 120C-7s / 9X Blk IIs. And while F-15Cs can get an AESA, the one specifically we have in game does not have it. Also Sniper is in game but doesn’t have IRST functionality so…
BOL pods are the main advantage it would have, which would make it arguably better, but gaijin has been iffy on giving USAF Bol rails not used by the USAF.
All in all though, back to the original subject, yeah the F-2 is kinda underwhelming, and was definitely added far too late to be meta, but it’s not really suffering where it is aside from just average pains from how compressed top tier is.
There is no restriction that late model F-15C’s cant carry D block Amraams.
I was talking about Late F-15C model.