The narwhal 262 will now be an entire 1.0 lower than the tech tree me 262s being a 7.0 or higher just because of its hard to use cannon argument. This was already ridiculous, it already should have been 0.3 lower than the other me262.
The plane is just eremins yak 3 incarnate being too low because of firepower and if experienced players catch on this vehicle will just steamroll. Even if one were to argue me262 bad at 7.0 and deserves 6.7 it then should be lowest 6.3 anyway.
I don’t know about y’all, but from my personal experience, the Me 262 platform just isn’t that great. Now, I haven’t grinded all of the rocket-powered Me 262 variants yet, but overall they’re terrible dogfighters that rely on very situational gimmicks, if they even have one at all. As for the C variants, most of them are stuck with low-velocity 30mm cannons, which makes their firepower even less impressive. I don’t see how these aircraft could be considered equal to, let alone superior to, the F-89B at 7.0 BR when the Me 262 variants range from 6.7 to 7.7 BR.
I agree they’re poor but having one at 6.0 is just stupid
Oh yeah, it’s stupid I can’t argue against that. But the current 7.0 air balancing is even more ridiculous. The Narwhal itself is a very difficult plane to use. Sure, against ground targets it gives the Yak-3 a run for its money, but it’s kind of like the Duck: it’s very hard to use, and the majority of players don’t know how to use it effectively. Personally, I don’t think it’s that bad of a balance change. Yeah, it wasn’t really necessary, but at least it doesn’t have to compete with the Albatros anymore.