F3H-2 was already too strong before the update to be 9.0, it should have been 9.3 before the update and now with the buff to the sparrows, AIM-7C hit accurancy is too great to be the first sparrow you play with and with that buff F3H-2 is more than capable to be 9.7; it has decent flight model (it is a good dogfighter), it has afterburner, quite fast in the 9.0 - 10.0 bracket, it has a really good payload for air targets.
The F3H-2 sits in a privileged position where it faces absolutely no disadvantage; none of the aircraft within a 1.0+ BR range have countermeasures (just for few like AV-8). Consequently, it operates with great freedom, as all the aircraft it encounters are not only devoid of countermeasures but are also subsonic, this renders “notching” maneuvers—which are already difficult in a slow aircraft—practically useless. The situation is even worse for bombers in the 8.0–9.0 BR bracket (Yak-28 and the B-57B—which can only equip chaff by sacrificing their payload (bombs, napalm, or rockets, in the case of the B-57B)).
I really hope they increase the BR of F3H-2 or it will be another case like the issue with premium SU-30 that they chose to ignore it.
not sure what all the hype is with the f3h-2. even with the new update you can just roll and avoid the missile. just took it out and got 0 kills as everyone just rolled and left.
To be fair so far the only times I died to a demon’s sparrow were pure skill issues on my end, so I haven’t seen the issue that much
I can see that it’s better than before but it’s not that strong
It never was a bad plane, it over performed before the update in 9.0 that shouldn’t have been moved from 9.3, now with the update it is a really strong plane that could be 9.7 without problems and F3H-2 wouldn’t suffer.
Of course a whole decompression from BR 8.0 to 14.7 is needed but that is something GAIJIN will never do.
This is the issue, and the fact it gives the US team the energy advantage in every single match is unbalanced.
9.7 is insanely high, but I think 9.3 is fair for it.
Absolutely not. It was good at 9.0 before, but wasn’t worthy of 9.3 in the slightest. Now it should be 9.3, but it’s objectively worse than every single 9.7, and worse than a few 9.3s too.
This wouldn’t matter anyway as if the missile is already fired they have to notch as well, not just chaff
You can still notch, its just that you need chaff AND you need to be at the correct angle probably without a rwr, but I understand this is probably your point
It prevents the entire team from climbing? Besides that, the airframe is extremely easy to turn with the first guy you meet and still win at least 50% of the time due to having high aoa turns and good thrust to stand on
My first 5 games I got something like 18 kills with 1 or 2 deaths
Consider the consequences of never being allowed to climb, and no, nobody really has chaff at this BR. Don’t even know why you brought that up. Chaff also wouldnt do anything without notching unless you prechaffed.
Ppl probably just don’t react in time at least for the ones they see fired during guidance delay somehow
All depends how long til people stop going the same predictable high+middle of map at the start to see how high in rating it gets raised
All they need to do is not fly AFK in a straight line at altitude. At shorter ranges the missile icon pops up. No different than the planes having to deal with 9B’s without flares. Sometimes you get into a situation where you can’t avoid them, but usually you can just evade them provided you are aware of them
