this is official devblog tho
Anyways, the F-16XL will fit in nicely with the list of vehicles that have fantasy specs
Another example to show why hiding ahistorical vehicles is silly
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It doesn’t matter lol
Examples of ahistorical vehicles that are hidden?
whenever anyone says “kik” or “lol” on the fourms they are usually angry maybe delete that from the vocabulary
Ho-Ri, Panther II, Coelian
KT 105, Maus
In my opinion, they do not fit the definition of “ahistorical vehicles.” They are completely fake, but I do see what you mean.
Bro, what? It’s not.
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I mean, the Maus is still available and not really ahistorical, considering there actually is a Maus in Kubinka
I’d consider the KT105 as a paper vehicle though, as they never even tried to build that
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Oh ye, my bad
Nah it really is funny because if you’re active enough on the forums you learn most of the mods don’t wanna deal with us lol.
For someone like Smin I wouldn’t want his job, he shows up once in RxR and instantly gets 4 trillion pings for stuff, it’s the same here, they don’t wanna jump in and deal with stuff because arguing with people online is like arguing with a wall
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i bet smin already got pinged 100 times today, to ask where the devblogs/ teaser are
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Let’s not forget he also gets DMs about them lmao
Being a mod must be hell, so I do give a lot of respect to those that put up with our shenanigans
Also EAP pings
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Fair, we can disagree about what constitutes as ahistorical, fake or whatever, but I’m glad you get my point
Would be nice if Gaijin either always went for proper realism or stopped acting like they do and start using the selective realism on more vehicles when appropriate
Either go all in on the selective realism and use it to provide better balance and more interesting vehicles or stop making up configurations and give vehicles their historical loadouts and specs
Depends on what is your definition for “ahistorical”. I see it as historically inaccurate or contradicting actual history facts. And fake vehicles do fit that definition considering they or their existence contradict one simple fact - they never existed.
Job: Gaijin community manager
Requirements: respond to 100 “where teaser” pings simultaneously and somehow stay sane
Idea for a camo to Gaijin or as a userskin to WT Live creators.
The standard grey camo XL-1 received later during testing but with parts of the original camo showing through as seen here from pictures taken during the painting process.
There’s also this of XL-1 fitted with a laminar flow wing glove during NASA testing.
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Would be neat if we could get more worn down camos in this game
Everything looking factory new is boring
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Some interesting things I’ve found looking through General Dynamics F-16XL Dual-Role Fighter An Illustrated History
Original F-16A FSD 75-0749 (XL-1)
Original F-16A FSD 75-0747 (XL-2)
XL-1 with 2 x BDU-38 (dummy B-61 nuclear bombs)
XL-1 with 6 x SUU-65 cluster bombs
XL-2 without wingtip pylons
XL-1 with it's USAF grey paint wearing off to reveal the original paint
XL-2 with the F-16 FLIR Demo Pod (This flight test also evaluated an HMD but that is mentioned in NASA Elegance in Flight book
XL-2 fitted with a Modular Recon Pod on the centreline station
XL Weapon Stations Chart showing the location of the twin chin mounted LANTIRN NAV and TGP pods
XL-1 flight the day before being delivered to NASA
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They really chose the worst possible combination of configurations of the XL to add to the game lol
(Apart from one without RWR and CMs lol)
Gaijin loves turning planes into abominations I guess
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