Israel always receives its vehicles in a “suspicious” way in this game, either the vehicle comes completely underdeveloped or it comes with horrible timing
Let’s remember Israel’s latest additions.
when f16C came into play, Israel received a D version, a version that because of its weight is clearly inferior.
When the fox3 came to the game, the first 2 launch platforms of fox 3 that Israel had were the F16D with derbys and the f15 improved baz, without dl, without tws.
the f15 only had its radar fixed 3 patches later…
Israel only received its F16C in the Dance of Dragons patch on September 10, 2024… almost a year after the American F16C that came to the game on September 19, 2023.
When the F15E/I was released there was controversy with the engines, the Gaijin gave in and put the same engine in both planes, but the F15I was left without AGM for 2 patches.
Now the victim is the F16I, a plane that was killed on the dev server, overshadowed by a buff on the American F16C and on BR 14.0
Not to mention its extremely limited loadout for its role, the F16 platform doesn’t handle the start of the match well in the strictly BVR phase of the match, when it faces the F15E/I, EF, Rafale and SU30.
You are forced to play completely defensively until combat reaches short and medium range and that’s where the loadout problem comes in, you are stuck with only aim120C, which is an excellent missile for the initial BVR phase of the match but inferior to short and medium range engagements when compared to aim120b and derby.
Every patch that has new additions to Israel is a new, different frustration…
