aim120a isn’t gonna be meta gaijin won’t let it happen.
I do kinda feel like they need to take the same approach im hoping for for the Tornado F3.
add a second airframe with the upgraded AAMs, that way you get the best of both worlds. The lower BR non-ARH version and the higher BR ARH equipped version. Then you can fly which ever you want.
Only negative is grinding an essentially identical aircraft for AAM upgrades
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6x 9Ls on a supersonic platform with 300+ flares.
11.7 aircraft at 11.3.
The fact you think AARHs won’t be powerful is hilarious.
Sure, Mig-29SMT can go to 11.7 then. /s
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platform that faces 4th gen platforms every game+No this aircraft does not belong to 11.7
also 9Ls are now so fllareable so they’re not something op
They could be foldered
Like F-16s are (Block 10 and ADF)
There needs to be an asterix there.
Because BOL are in a rather nerfed state currently. So most of those are fairly in-effective. Meaning you have to dump a significant amount to defeat a missile.
Fingers crossed they fix BOL before or with next major update. Because we are gunna need them at full strength
(They nerfed not just the flares side of BOL but the chaff side as well)
Down the road, absolutely, not sure how happy they would be to add a “new” vehicle in a folder with the folder RP reduction. It would be the best solution. But that is entirely dependent on Gaijins… generosity
It’s essentially what I am proposing by giving the JA37C the current weaponry of the JA37D. You get to pick between the current limitations on the JA37C, and the new weaponry at offer with the JA37D. The current difference between the two is negligible at best and gives little reason to grind one or the other.
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Its largely mitigated by flares reinforced so it’s not as bad as it is on the F-14B
BOL will probably be reworked some time in the future since IR-based cartridges in the dispenser was a much later addition. As it stands it definitely gives the JA37 a huge advantage over its peers but even the standard 48 flare setup isn’t anything out of the ordinary.
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That’d be quite the jump from J35D
I think JA37C should be left as is
Give JA37D Rb99 and put it to 12.0 (Germany isn’t in much better position with their F-4F ICE either…)
Ideally, they could also “cut corners” and give it Rb74(M)
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Yeah, that was my thinking too. Avoiding gaps/holes
Though im expecting F4F-ICE and Tornado F3 AoP to be 12.7
I don’t see much reason to limit the JA37C to 24J missiles and less countermeasures for a .3 decrease in battle-rating. You’re essentially playing the same plane with less freedom that still fights the same opponents.
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Viggen is a 4th gen fighter.
AIM-9Ls and Python 3s are not easily flared as you falsely claim.
Which doesn’t matter too much cause Viggen’s AB is shrouded + lower temperature.
Except the game doesnt look at the exhaust temp. Only the engine temp. That is why the F-5C on full AB is colder than a harrier
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The problem with ICE is the airframe
I’m going to be relatively blunt here and say that its basically a lipstick on a pig
Sure, you got an APG-65 radar, 9Ls (hopefully 9L/i-1) and AMRAAMs but the airframe is still that old F-4F one. Without 7th fuel cell.
Honestly it might just be the meta to go 48 large caliber flares and full BOL chaff if the 37D gets the amraam
Assuming JA37D gets Rb99 and improved Rb74
It’s not staying at 11.3
12.0 least
What’s the fun of gen 3+ if you aren’t flying a metal piece of junk with weapons of mass destruction :P
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