Hunter Hawkers in the Wrong BR

[NestleKitkat]

I mean you should correct original post because Hunter F.1 and J34 doesn’t face against them.

[Tankskis1]

Why is that not a camo for the Hawker Hunter though?

[Drdarlekzzzz]

well its not wrong tho you can still come against the A10 and SU25 they get even a slight down tier and you get a slight up tier boom

[Schindibee]

@Tankskis1

Why is that not a camo for the Hawker Hunter though?

You can find it as custom camo, for various variants:

WT Live // Camouflage by Fuel_Units

WT Live // Camouflage by Fuel_Units

(Shameles self- advertisment: still prefer the Swiss AF ones myself… WT Live // Camouflage by Schindibee)

[Tankskis1]

I meant like added to the game like how we had a few that where community made added recently. Also imaging seeing that color scheme I would be so confusing to look at you would stare then die.

[Morvran]

Hunter F1 should have gone down to 8.7 when the others moved down like the F-86. As per their own statement on this issue:

Spoiler

@Stona_WT

Reduced Battle Ratings of aircraft from the Korean War

The main changes to the balance of aircraft in this update are focused on a reduction in the Battle Ratings for a group of aircraft from the Korean War period, as well as vehicles similar to them in terms of combat characteristics. These aircraft under the current conditions show a rather low level of efficiency, so reductions are intended to help this situation. In addition to this, some of the vehicles among them that lack missiles will no longer be able to get into battles against attack aircraft with all-aspect IR seekers. This change is intended to improve the comfort of the game and reduce the number of hopeless situations in battle.

The Hunter FGA9 needs to match the BR of the French Hunter F6, they are close enough to be considered the same aircraft. in ARB this is now the case, in ASB they have a difference of 0.7, with the F6 at 9.0 still and the FGA9 at 9.7. They both need to go to 9.3 or 9.0. They should not be at different BRs.

RAF Hunter F6…

Is tricky. SRAAMs have potential… With fixes like increased range and TVC Fixes they would become far more effective, and whilst it cant get full all-aspect without a BR increase which should be avoided, we could get better rear aspect angles than we have now. These changes need to come first and then the aircraft needs to be reviewed again. Unfortunately it cannot get CMs. But something it can get is external fuel tanks, which would allow you to ditch a load of weight when you enter combat which would help.

As a final buff for the Hunter F6, they can get an upgraded engine

Hunter F58, is likely at about the right BR, but could move to 10.0, but there is a lot of compression at that BR.

French Hunter F6, is about right at 9.3 now, I have already mentioned the issues regarding its BR in Sim.

The final thing needed is something like the Omani Hunter or Singapore Hunter to finally give Britain a more modern Hunter that matches the Hunter F58

[Casino_Knight]

I like to fly out the hunter F6 every now and then so I can watch everybody ignore me.

[USA_PilotsAreBad]

Decompression is needed far more than undertiering every single korean era jet just because gaijin decided 9.3 is where mach 2 supersonic jets need to start at.

[lxtav]

@Morvran_

something like the Omani Hunter

Daily reminder that the RAFO pilots were trained by the RAF and in some cases their aircraft were flown by the RAF in combat

[Morvran]

Still insane to me that we’ve not gotten another Hunter yet.

[lxtav]

@Morvran_

Hunter yet.

The magic word there is yet I will cope, and I will seethe until i get my Omani aircraft in game, always holding out for the next update…

also lets not forget about this (not a mockup from what we can tell)

[USA_PilotsAreBad]

Gaijin doesn’t care about anything that isn’t top tier unfortunately.

[lxtav]

I mean, they’re gonna have to at some point, considering we are very rapidly approaching the point where we have no new aircraft left to add at the top

[USA_PilotsAreBad]

I doubt them running out of aircraft will suddenly make them care about what they didn’t care about for 12 years. They are more likely to just jump to another sinking ship.

[llSolitairell]

@Drdarlekzzzz

cl-13a mk5 is 8.7 as is the mig 17

ofc the better aircraft are tiered lower

@USA PilotsAreBad

I doubt them running out of aircraft will suddenly make them care about what they didn’t care about for 12 years. They are more likely to just jump to another sinking ship.

I’m probably wrong but I think the last tech tree addition of this era was the CL-13B Mk.6? Only 5 years ))

[Casino_Knight]

The problem with the hunters is probably down to not being played frequently and the skill level of the people that choose to play them despite their many flaws.

[Morvran]

Unfortunately, as is the case for most British aircraft

[USA_PilotsAreBad]

@llSolitairell

I’m probably wrong but I think the last tech tree addition of this era was the CL-13B Mk.6? Only 5 years ))

We’ve had a few additions since then but it has been minor additions that should have been added in 2017 when the meta was in korea. Examples are variants of Hunters or MiGs (J34 and MiG-17PF/Lim-5P come to mind, though J34 was with Sweden and that came later)

[USA_PilotsAreBad]

@Casino_Knight

The problem with the hunters is probably down to not being played frequently

Wonder why, could it be because they are overtiered relative to their peers?

[Casino_Knight]

My experience playing the F6 was basically flying around and hoping I could third party someone whilst remaining out of the death AoE of all the all-aspect slingers you see at that BR.

More often that not enemies would just totally ignore me because you’re slow or they would die to others before you could reach them. I still like playing it now and then because I enjoy playing trash fire vehicles.