Japan and Italy does not have enough rank 5 BR7 or below jets for Arcade

The removal of the R2Y2s is absurd they are purging Japanese planes from the Japanese-tree replacing them with non-japanese copy paste aircraft!

This leaves Japan with only a 7.0 and a 7.7 jet meaning you need to fill in the last spot with a propeller aircraft.

Somehow China and Israel is allowed to have a minimum of 3 for Arcade that is bollocks!!!

Oh I saved the best for last…

Next up Italy! Japan is not the only nation that has not enough aircraft in it’s BR7 or below rating on rank 5 Italy also has the same problem!

Actually here it is even worse they go straight from G.56 and 109s to BR8 and the lowest they have is ONE BR7.7?!! Bruh…

How can I make Gaijin listen instead of tossing more universal backups at us? :(

What are you suggesting Italy should do? Or Japan?

Italy is a nice nation for arcade, it has a wonderful lineup in rank V. You can use all their rank V planes in an 8.3 working lineup except for one. So you either drop a Fiat or the MiG to stay at 8.3.

For Japan, you got a small korean war lineup at 8.0 with which you could grind further. The ww2 jet aircraft are isolated orchids which you will better play in RB. Not sure if the new tree additions will cover that gap. Few nations actually had very early jets, unless they were the actual winners of ww2.

Italy could get a ton of different subsonic jets including those which would fill this area, Japan could get T-33, maybe something else.

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Given how much of a focus is placed on armament in Arcade (With the Ki-84 with 30mms still being at 7.something IIRC), a jet with only 2 .50s would end up at a pretty wacky BR.

While some of the italian planes you link are interesting, only the T-33 would clearly be in the first jet BR range. Those other trainer/attackers would be rather near 8.0, if you judge by the alpha jet BR. Or they end up as rank IV, like the strikemaster.

I don’t mind their addition, but I don’t think Italy has a problem with rank V in arcade to begin with.