I propose to reduce the BR for the A-10C

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Aircraft in GRB go to 12.7, and it does matter. Ground matches of 12.0+ exist, it just means less severe downtiers. 12.0 only matches are in essense “13.0” matches, etc. Queing with a 12.7 aircraft in GRB means you can not face people with lineups with 11.3 BR maximum, etc. It matters.

I believe actually since 12.7 BR exist, it’s also possible to enter a “13.7” match so to speak, meaning that everybody in the match has a 12.7 aircraft in their lineup. Anyways, for CAS this mainly matters because entering a higher BR bracket against Russia means a higher count of Pantsirs.

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AV-8 Plus is always in my setup, until I unlocked F-15E or F/A-18 I only attack on it. But I would like to attack on A-10C, I would like to give it a second chance.

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Glide bombs use wings to fly further than the 7 - 12km that normal bombs can fly at.
That and with the massive SP nerf IR guided weapons got, glide bombs are the most interesting anti-SPAA weapon since they out-range all SPAA in the game by over 10km.

@SFmerc
I’ve used glide bombs and faced glide bombs for over 2 hours in practice.
Custom battles in F-15E don’t show up in stat cards. The glide bombs have over 60km launching from 10km up BTW.

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That’s the point, we have a maximum combat rating in GB 12.0/

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OH god…
F15E vs A10C on glide bombs have enormous difference.
F15 you can actually get altitude and reach that mach 1.0
In a10C you have max speed little over 600km/h and you wont get that altitude :D :D :D :D :D
Proving my point of your fantasy land

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It is also objectively the correct thing to do to trick the system to put 6 Mavericks on the jet, given it is the devs own pathetic fault for limiting the aircraft to an anachronistic TGP, which is the only one with the limit, and not allowing a 5x maverick load which is also possible with said old TGP.

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What? Did you read my message? In GRB, planes can go up to 12.7 so if youre playing an actual 12.0 lineup you wont fight the 12.7 planes every game

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The max BR is 12.7 not 12.0 due to higher BR CAS.

@SFmerc
Yes, the max range drops from over 60km to more than 30km, and the max game-limited range is 30km when using targeting pods.

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Ngl, it’s the only reason why I even play the thing. If it had less than 6, I would just not use it at all at its current BR. Just no reason over the AV-8B at that point, the GBU-39s are cool and all, but with the airframe, being condemned to fly treelevel only due to Pantsirs is not fun.

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and yes, I do use GBU’s and Maverick on F15E in GRB , fun fact soon as I spawn
I drop GBU’s on enemy spawn, and they land 40s later in there. And that is completely from spawn and going mach 1.

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Yeah, but popping up to spot the tented up S1 in their spawn, then dipping back down and lobbing a load of SDBs over a hill at them will never get old.

And it’s fun to remember how limited the jet is by “balancing decisions” that only go one way…

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Don’t you understand? We don’t have tanks with such BR!

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Literally nobody has said there are 12.7 tanks, there are 12.7 planes in GRB

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That’s why I don’t bring top BR CAS, cause perpetually permanent uptiers for a vehicle that costs 3x as much as an average next-spawn is not a good idea.

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Bleh, became a bit more of a wall of text than I wanted it to be. Basically, you can get some pretty good range out of the GBU-39s even from the A-10C.

I think you’re underestimating the range of these glidebombs, yes even from the A-10C. These wings do a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to range. At sealevel, going 600-700kph, the A-10C can still get around 6km of range out of these bombs, a JDAM however only gets about a 2km range in comparison.

I tested it just now, you need between probably around 2.5km of altitude in order to outrange Pantsirs, so for 20km range. So it’s not that extreme. At 2km I managed to get a range of around 16-17km, at 3km altitude it had more than enough energy to do 20km.

Problem really is the flight time, altitude doesn’t seem to matter much, but it’s around 2.5 minutes for 20km, which is kinda really unuseable. Even for SPAA, it’s unlikely they sit completely still for that long. Especially considering US teams, it means you potentially lose a lot of ground, giving enemy SPAA room to move. It will definitely not be great, but it’s doable. With a faster launch speed, like with the F-15E you could cut down the flight time well in half, which is much more useable.

Climb time to around 2.5-3km altitude isn’t too bad. Maybe a 1-1.5 minutes or so, with some extra to regain speed. But it’s comparatively pretty bad, and usually you don’t have the luxury to spend much time in GRB anyway. A lot of my matches end in around 10-15 minutes or so, and spawning CAS may only happen much later in the game.

Anyways I myself can’t really imagine using the A-10C that way. Never did that. I always used it treetop level at <6km away from the battlefield in order to cut down on ammunition flight times, can’t be any further because the weapons lack the range, can’t be any higher at those ranges due to SPAA. Outranging on the other hand just come with too large flight times to be effective.

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For air rb:
I use 4 aim9m and all glide bombs. There is the issue of getting to the battle but it can hold its own against other jets. The HMD helps a lot too. The glide bombs are amazing for ground pounding.

For ground rb:

Its hit or miss. The glide bombs let you attack from outside spaa range but rely on the enemy not moving. It works okay VS spaa and it does have to fun factor of watching the spaa waste their missiles shooting down like 12 glide bombs.

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I’m only talking about it’s BR in GRB

From the A-10A late you get the aim-9ms, Glide Bombs, TGP, and a MAW. That doesn’t warrant a 1.3 BR increase.

It’s speed is what holds it back. Mavericks and glide bombs cannot be used effectively outside the 5-10km range making it extremely vulnerable towards spaa. It’s guided rockets is only useful against lightly armored vehicles.

It should be placed at the same BR as the Su-39. It’s not better than the F-111F or B+

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Literally all the things you listed warrants it being a higher BR.

It’s literally heck a lot more capable than the Su-39

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I said it doesn’t warrant a 1.3 br increase…

It’s not more capable than the Su39. The Kh-29TE, Kh-25 and Vikhrs make it a extremely deadly platform.

Edit: I highly recommend you use the A-10 or at the very least use aircraft that have mavericks. If I hadn’t use these systems like you, I probably would’ve said the same thing

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i’m spaa player and ill tell you right now, the su-39 is harder to deal with than the a-10a late
those bombs aren’t effective because the aircraft is too slow which reduces their range, and the a-10 is in general way easier to shoot down as the maneuvering won’t be too effective.
the su-39 is already a significant threat due to kh29te and speed combination which is a significant factor on when you can employ your weapons, will the aircraft be able to dive fast enough, will it be able to run away from the range of your missiles etc

even closeup strategies are significantly less effective in the a-10 because you are so slow the sam missile will have time to maneuver to produce a hit. the su25 may fly over you quickly before you can get a weapons solution

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