That is done purely for “balancing” reasons. you don’t see the Gripen carying Brimstones in game do you? only reason the Swedish 39C got AGM-65G was because of the outcry of making the Swedish one just objectively worse than all others. It also doesn’t have GBU-49 which it does carry in Swedish service since the first round of MS20 upgrades.
We didn’t cried, we simply demanded equal treatment and as I’ve said as long as Gaijin thinks any Gripen needs better weapon system that is compatible they will add it.
don’t kid yourself, there was some outcry to get that added. I was there as well mate. And what you are saying is that the GBU-49 should’ve been added to the Gripen when it became available to the others that got it as well by that but it hasn’t.
The odds of a vehicle getting a munition increases by a lot if the country actually used it in service.
Any non-service munitions are purely for balancing.
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Don’t try to put my words into my mouth. You might have cried during that period but most of the Swedish community was demanding equal treatment with sources.
Gaijin’s policy is clear as day: if X vehicle is compatible with Y weapon system it can be added in order to fulfill balance.
Most important factor is vehicle should be capable of carrying munitions, if vehicle fulfills this check then it’s up to Gaijin to add it.
In this case munitions such as Aim-120C5-8 are totally fine for Swedish Gripen as it carries in real life, and let’s not forget it will eventually receive Meteors with IRIS-T as well.
have you heard of the term/saying public outcry? because that is just about exactly what happened in the community.
Outcry=/ Demanding equal treatment.
No, i have no interest to play a dead vehicle especially one thrown into 14.0 because of its missiles
I still place top 1 or 2 regularly in the Gripen. new missiles would just help give them more energy farther out giving you more posibilities. even though the FM is nerfed and AoA and everything is lower than real life it is still very much competetive at 14.0 right now since that is basically all you meet.
Let me rephrase that, i have no interest in playing the Gripen because i dont care for it because i have no interest in playing a fake jet that never existed in its current state
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what the hell. the hud looks so cool, is that a repeater?
Perhaps
The helmet is freaky as hell
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Think I’ll put my two cents with the upcoming Gripen D
I find it a little weird it’s a squadron vehicle. Although not my favorite variants of the Gripen, was hoping that it would go after the SAAB-105 line and hopefully finishing it off as the Twin seater Gripens are trainers after all.
Also pretty DoA. Obviously the internal gun being removed is going to suck. Very limited missiles for 13.7 and on a heavier platform. Feel like the Gripen NG demonstrator would’ve been a better pick.
Unfortunately I can’t find much about the Gripen having a gunpod. IIRC Sweden has the Sk60/SAAB 105 30mm gunpods in reserve but unknown if it’s a compatible fit for it.