I am grinding the ja37d rn and I heard that the gripen has really been off the meta lately. How would the gripen e affect the meta ? Does it have better fm than the other 14.0 planes ? Better radar or anything that would make it worth using ?
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The Gripen E is a massive improvement in the Gripen, so I think it would be a bit above the 14.0
Possibly it could be 14.3, together with the Super Hornet.
Should fair very well. Might even have the Typhoon beat at the moment with its currently very poor state:
- AESA Radar
- 2+7 fit (gains 2 extra belly mounts and all 3 belly mounts can take AMRAAM/Meteor)
- (Id assume the same CM load as the Gripen C so would also be more than the Typhoon)
Then it would also have a much more pwoerful engine compared to the Gripen C with a positive TWR.
Those all in all would already make the Gripen E a very decent top tier. Might get a little out-classed down the road by the Typhoon and Rafale, but the Gripen E was designed to be the cheaper option compared to the other 2 rather than directly competiting against them and so did have some compromises, but would be very good nonetheless. (and a lot of those comprosises wouldnt be modeled in game/relevant ingame)
May be best to go for the Gripen NG, which is basically the Gripen E before it was the Gripen E, just so that the E can be ready / saved for IRIS-Ts.
But there is a suggestion up for it, if you want a proper read