I just wanted to ask, what’s the idea behind putting this thing at 10.3 BR? Yeah, it was weak at 11.3, but it was more than fine at 10.7. At 10.3, it’s completely busted.
I’ve already seen players with 0.5–0.7 K/D ratios in planes (even top-tier ones like the Eurofighter) suddenly pulling 1.5 K/D in this thing, something they couldn’t do in any other vehicle.
I bet it’s going to end up at 10.7 again in the future, but seriously, what were the devs thinking putting it at 10.3? This plane is so overpowered that even if you’ve already finished the Swedish tree, it’s worth buying just to dominate matches. It can hold its own even in a full uptier, and in a downtier it’s pure chaos.
J7D, A10, Su-25K each are seal clubbers if played right. I mean hell i have a 3.1K/D in the F-35 but its not a good aircraft at 10.3 lol, lackluster flight performance, 2 missiles lol. The 10.x area is just compressed to hell lol. If the XS is you’re main complaint its a skill issue.
Also A10 players, learn to use bombs as weapons seriously none of you are gonna get a base, just play it like a fighter and pull clueless players down to meet your 2000lb bombs
J7D is busted yes, the pl5 at 10.7 are crazy but I still belive 35xs is far more busted at 10.3br. A10 and su25 are easy to kill, dont see what is the problem. And your picture/video dont know what have to do with the topic.
People on average have no idea how to play vehicles, its why when i fly the F-35 im pulling top of the team while the XS and J7D players are eating crayons and crashing into the floor because they G locked themselves.
Again its a compression issue, the XS should go up but so do a lot of other 10.x vehicles, to say the XS is the strongest one is pure cope. Id have to say the SMT is probably the best 10.3 vehicle all around imo
Also from me playing both the A10 early and Su-25 (i dont have the premium since i dont care, and they are identical) they both club at their BR if you pick your targets. Most vehicles don’t have CM’s so its basically 2 free kills every match
You could also give the XS its correct missiles to make it more useful at higher BR’s since its currently lacking 3 missiles it used IRL
I think having its two R13M1’s and RB27/24 would give it a more unique kit compared to the drakens we currently have qhile also allowing it to do something it couldn’t do before which is high alt head on engagements with its radar missiles, additionally it would allow you to climb and be more risky as you now have a weapon to fight others with at hugh alt even if you dont have a RWR
J35XS is definitely a seal clubber. Its 6 Rb24J(Swedish AIM9J/P) can easily kill those jets which has no any flare. It is a true nightmare for most of 9.3 and 9.7 jets.
Anything that has the combo of unavoidable missile+flare+supersonic is just evil and way too good at 10.3. The only mostly fair 10.3 fighter is the mirage 3cj cause its weaponry is pretty poor.
the thing constantly gets up tiered to 11.3 to fight j7d and mig21 and f5 99% of the time
it is a crap plane with crap missiles , try it yourself before judging it as some OP plane like if it is a broken like if it has an F5 flight model or something
I do think its pretty strong ontier and in a downtier but the compression at that BR makes it pretty rough to play in most uptiers, again sole massive decomp and actually giving it its real kit would help it a lot.
I mean I haven’t touched the XS since it was at 11.3 because i was waiting for my homes Draken to arrive and now that we have one of them im only going to play the F-35, its only a little worse in flight performance but its lacking a lot of things to make it 10.3 imo
I agree but even i know its a good kit, though its a bit funny to say its a good flight model lol, its a one turn type vehicle, and people.forget it lacks an effective gun given its off center with limited ammo, its missiles are the only thing that make it scary, i see too many pilots get stuck in a low speed fight with a draken and either the draken pilots falls out of the sky or the pilot keeps nose on target and they die. Its definitely a vehicle that takes some skill to do well in a dogfight, but thats why it has 6x missiles.
even the missiles aren’t that good , planes can simply outrun them even if launched within 1.5 km and some even dodge them by pulling a hard turn
and yes the gun is tough to use and requires some practice and limited ammo
and even sometimes when a 30mm HE lands on a plane all you get is “hit”
The missiles require you to learn how to use them, you can use the IRST to get better off bore shots to guide the missiles but its for you to know when to use them. I see plenty if players treat them like they have R60 turning, thats not how they work they start slow and need time to move and then they only turn so much, hell look at my clip of me vs the F-1 i baited into keeping too much speed, i had to wait and aim my missile because i needed to guide it ahead of the target because i know it can’t turn that hard. I got lock early and brought my nose up further to get the best angle for my missile because i know how it will pull off the rail. You need to visualize what your missile will do before you waste it, if i had fired before i actually did it would’ve missed
Side note snail give the F-35 its AIM-9N-2’s it never used base 9N
yes i know about irst , but even so , if it is moved to 10.7 it is by no means on the same level as j7d , it is a one trick plane that is dead in the water if it dares to turn
Extra burn time(id probablyneed to check Gszabi’s site but iirc its not much more than the 9J but a buff is still a buff), also i find they hit targets at distance more often than the J, they also seem less flare prone in ny experience, its why i always keep 2x belly mounted R13M1’s on my Mig 23 and Mig 21Bis.
Also im a stickler for historical stuff, like the AIM-9B on the F-35 is wrong ut should be the swiss model as irl they had a better resistance to locking the sun. Even if its not different gameplay wise it should be corrected. In the XS’s case its currently a J35D with flares to put it bluntly. It should get its full missiles selection to make it more unique, it better represents the Finnish air force and their modifications to the vehicle and its a disservice to not give it its full capabilities.
Irl the R13M1’s would just be mounted on the outer wingtips, so it would give a bit of a longer range IR missile for the XS while the RB27/28 give it a radar and IR Falcon missile with air prox fuse
