Remove the R27ER and I would agree. Adding a plane to 12.3 with R-27ER and a good flight model is like putting a plane with two Aim-120s at that BR- and arguably worse. Nothing is going to touch it while it has those missiles.
We need depression quite a lot. If it were to go down right now, I’d advocate for the removal of the R-27ER first.
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About as fun as fighting F-16s and F-18s
Or as fun as fighting F-14s the last few years
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Aim9Ls are as easy to deal as r-60m, but the R-27ER are orders of magnitude better than any sparrow
Better solution, put the F-16 and F-18 back to 12.7 and then on the Mig-29, get rid of the R-27ERs but give it R-73s.
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R-27ER on 12.3?
for against F-4J(UK) or Harrier T.10?
Nah, We need to deal with compression caused by American skill issues instead.
Then, will it become a sidegrade-ish version of Bison, but on 12.7?
R-73 + R-27R/T, better fuselage but worse RWR.
Sounds fairer than sending MiG-29 to 12.3.
but I think I am hearing mad F/A-18C (Early) noise caused by no AIM-9M. :/
f18 is much more maneuverable, thats the tradeoff for it, making it a bison but 29 doesnt sound that bad to be honest
It’s, if nothing else, a historical modeling issue, the Mig-29 never used R-27ER. But it was given it instead of R-73s because they werent an option when it was added.
It can now be fixed and then modeled right. I also hate the ERs WAY more than R-73s. Still the most dangerous thing I encounter in something the Tornado Gr4 are the R-27ERs. Worse than AMRAAMs fired from the ICE imo
They will complain anyway.
‘Letting no US planes use IRCCM on 12.7 while giving R-73 on MiG-29 is blasphemy. soviet bias as always.’
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Lets not devolve into blaming mains and the playerbase as a whole, they dont control the balancing,but i understand
I think, Gaijin was way too scared to release the beast named R-73, so they just released a bigger beast named R-27ER instead.
Yeah, R-27ER is somewhat annoying to defeat imo.
27ER from well skilled MiG-29 were always painful to face.
Fair, My bad.
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Only if it goes to 13.0. The belgium F-16 block15 is there for a reason and has no radar missiles
like i said 27er sure is a good missile, but even if they dont remove it, you still only have two, and not many planes would be affected, there isnt all that much at 11.3, this solution helps the mig escape gripens and stuff, but it does create other problems for sure
Those reasons are: Far greater agility, greater range AAMs than 73, and additional CMs.
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From memory, there are RWRs that lack the ability to pick up an ER launch at 11.3. Provided you remove the ER, there’s not much limiting it going down, but with ER, it’s about where it can be.
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Yeah, it may result in BR shifting, but so long as it was fine at either BR, then it should be given a historical fit and then a BR based upon that fit. Not the other way round
oh, didnt know that, that does make a lot of sense then
Agility is not much better, its a block15, and its slower, no tws, no hmd… It has double drop 60 CMs same as the mig29. Unless you want to ditch some of your already limited missile count to bring some more. Range between the R73 and Aim9M is almost equivalent. The 9M is better at ignoring the occasional flare or missile at range and the R73 is more reliable at close ranges
I dont think that is the issue, rather you can fire the ER, and unlock, letting it guide via IOG for a bulk of the flight time with no RWR pings at all
I don’t like using the ER, so I am not aware of the various nuances with it. I carry mostly ground attack rubbish and ER just isn’t fun so if it takes up a pylon that could carry air to ground, I generally don’t touch it.