So gaijin feels that the fa-18a is only marginally better than the 12.0 phantoms?
Why do we continue to compress the BRs so drastically? We need to raise the max br limit and decompress, the exact opposite of this!
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Actually it is.
In RB it would be quite close, due of less missiles on F/A-18. But yep, has superior IRs.
While F/A-18 has superior maneuvrability - F-4 has better top speed.
Also about radar they would be on level, due of 12.0 phantoms having HMS, but lacks of MPFR.
If youre talking about british phantoms - theyre overtiered
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overtiered? they are trash, they should be 11.3 at most but they can recieve aim-9l’s that would make FGR.2 11.7 and FG.1 11.3 since this one never used skyflashes, they also used mavericks but thats for another topic
Better top speed? Why dont you mention about the acceleration than? Not to mention they are just marginally different in terms of top speed.Also have you ever tried the radar on F4J/S?They are no where near.It is insane that F18 at the same BR as EJ kai and Kurnass 2000
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an IR only F-16 is 1 step higher in BR. Amazing
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Insane they would rather put it at 12.3 than give it aim7ps
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Don’t forget about the F-4EJ Kai, it’s significantly worse than the F/A-18A yet they will share the same BR by the looks of it - Gaijin and their BR decisions is a genuine mystery.
Does this also mean the British Phantoms can finally get their AIM-9Ls? They have no right being 12.0 alongside the F-4S as of right now lmao
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The f18 is miles better than most other if not all phantoms ingame… while having superior IR
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Kurnass 2000 with 6 Python 3s at the same BR as this thing is a joke, as is the UK phantoms being .3 BR below this
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I think the idea of it being 12.3 is because of the 18c early being 12.7. To me it seems it’s their way of making the 18a desirable while also not moving the 18c early up to 13.0. I think it will make its way back up to 12.7 and the c early will move to 13.0 or just stay 12.7.
Both shouldnt see 11.3/11.7
12.3 feel quite low for that craft. But on the other hand the main issue is BR compression as a whole. Monsters like EF, F-15E, Rafale and now SU-30sm can face hopeless fox3 Tornado or vanila 4th gens without fox3’s. IDK why gaijin is so reluctant to push BR limit, especially given that few people enjoy 16v16 matches at top tier BR.
Its Gaijin, expect a new max BR for Air in uh 2028 (3% chance)
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It would be fine at 13.0, I would say the F18A is comparable to the F15A because it trades 9Ms for more sparrows
In no way shape or form are the two aircraft in any way comparable. and aim7m’s are much worse than 9ms