Help starting off on the F-15E

I recently got the F-15E and am currently on rank 3 research and, to give you an idea of how its going, my current k/d is 11-53, which isnt very great, so i had a few questions.

  1. is it better to try flying high and slinging 120s, or riding the deck with limits off , turning around after the emrge, and firing from mid altitude
  2. are 120Bs, or 120C-5s better, or are they a trade off with their own advantages on each
  3. any other general advice would be appreciated
    currently ive just been trying to space climb and sling 120Bs (less drag), then notch and rtb to do it again, which my 11-53 k-d should show how well thats going

AoA limits?

from my understanding, 120C is better at the long ranged shots while 120B is better for most other things

watching videos on how to notch or watching videos of skilled players notching is very helpful. another very nice piece of advice I was told, is to stay below the contrail altitude of about 5700 meters. I can speak from experience, a target above contrail altitude is significantly more noticeable than one below it, since nearly every radar doesnt have the elevation to see you at around 5000m within a certain distance, it makes you stealthier assuming you dont already have a marker

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You are a BVR truck, if you try to dogfight any other 14.0, you’ll probably loose. What you have is the joint best climb rate and top speed in game. Use it. Stay fast and ideally stay at medium altitude (20k ft ish).

Bs are a little better in WVR as they have better time to target below 10km, but overall the C5s are probably best beyond 10km. The best strat might be to take both and use which ever is best for the given situation (though im personally too lazy to do that on my aircraft, the Typhoon and just run C5s, for the most part, you wont notice any difference except at longer ranges)

Hopefully the C5s will get buffed eventually

Whilst un-spaded, you’ll probably struggle, and I would focus less on K/D and more on maximising RP gains, take some GBU-39s and sling them at the AI ground targets to bolster potential gains with your A2A fit. After that its just practice. Practice notching missile, practice picking the right targets to fire at and when to remain on the defensive and when to attack.

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do you mean this as in taking bombs and slinging them from altitude with my amraams or try and stay low and get the bombs off as my main priority

it might be intentional. i mean, a buffed 120C would be very hard to evade and extremely capable at range compared to other missiles

the GBU-39 is a glide bomb, so yes, you should get some altitude before dropping them

I would run your full or most of your A2A loadout still, but any spare pylons run the GBU-39s.

The GBU-39s are glide bombs, so best used up high. If you can, sling them off at the AI targets on the ground before the missile exchange begins, just farm a few more kills. I’ve been able to do this without glide bombs, so should be a lot easier with.

I would focus on not dying (as rewards are semi-tied to surviving) and I wouldnt go bombing above all else, but if you can drop some bombs on AI targets and then get a kill or 2 in the air , you’ll come away with more than doing just 1 or the other

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it can only take 4 with full 8 AAM loadout right now, but thats enough for dropping on pillboxes for a little extra SL and RP

Yeah, better than nothing. But might be worth ditiching 2x AMRAAM then whilst in the stock grind if it allows you to take a lot more.

yeah, i mean you dont even get half the AMRAAM stock so might as well bring bombs instead

Yeah that too.

stock you only get the two outer most amraams lol, so ill just bring full glide bombs with it

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the best part is, occasionally someone will waste a missile to shoot down one of your bombs thinking its an aircraft

its pretty funny seeing JDAM’s in the killfeed

Much better to go high. You have more range on your missiles, better overview of the battlefield and more space to avoid missiles (you can notch downwards for example).

120C-5 for high altitude (both target and carrier) high speed launches. 120B for everything else. I would carry 2 C-5 and 6 Bs. Or 2 C-5, 4 Bs and 2 AIM-9Ms.

Don’t dogfight anything. You are going to lose.
Setup full manual controls for your radar so you can switch between targeting low flying in high flying targets easily.
Crank as you are leading your missiles.

Are you dying to ARH missiles in that first portion of the match? Practice your notching. Try pulling a bit more than 90 degrees (as indicated on your RWR).

How much flares/chaff is recommended to bring? Also, what is the best mods order?
(I don’t have f15e yet but I’m grinding towards it)