I hate it because the Kfir’s airframe is promising. If the vehicle simply had a some kind of All-Aspect missile instead of it’s Aim-9G, it would feel so much better.
From what I can see and my Friend’s perspective on the F-5E, it appears that the real issue is planes like the Mig-21 and Mig-23 with all-aspect missiles being at 11.0. It doesn’t help that the F-5E FCU is only 11.3 and gets 4 All-Aspect missiles (with 2 Python 3)
From using both, I can comfortably say these two guns feel similar. Back when the SPS-K came out, I was using them nearly all the time.
Nah the F5E is quite a lot better than them in most regards, the draw back is the missiles thats it.
The F5E has good enough engines that it can accelerate and keep up with the mig21s acceleration (just not top end speed) same with mig23, so it can actually out rate them in a dogfight providing you play it right.
The issue is now everyone just looks at missiles rather than the whole package.
Ive used both as well, ive got france to near top tier and britain to top tier all use adens. As well as isreal to nearly the first mirage clone.
The aden cannons are brilliant if you learn the velocity, the issue with the GSH is you cannot make errors with it, for me its a last ditch thing, the adens are a go to.
Atm 10.7 would be a fine br for it, if we get like 15.0 then maybe bump it up a bit, but currently its just eh, like a kfir canard cant really do much against a f4s phantom that keeps its alt bc the moment the kfir climbs for it, the f4s will radar missile it, the same to a lesser extent with the mig23s
Maybe even 10.3.
J-35XS - 6x Aim-9P with IRST slaving = 10.3
J-7D - 4x excellent PL-5B = 10.7
Mirage IIIE - 2x magic, 1x R530 (not very useful but still) = 10.7
F-4EJ - 4x Aim-7E (still front attack missile), 4x Aim-9P = 11.0
F-5A(G) - 2x Aim-9L and better airframe (but worse engine) = 11.0
Would fit nicely with the F-8U-2, which has 4x Aim-9D (worse missiles, mostly in caged seeker during lock has but more of them)
i was thinking of getting it, test flew it and went “nah, im good”
Main issue is low missile quantity, and quality for the small quantity (at least mirage iiie has magic which are much better)
completely covered by it’s ridiculous engine signature and flight performance.
Better missiles and fp
5x 1000lb for highest reward multiplier while still able to kill base,and only thing that beats me to base are 23ML with napalm and TAF,otherwise i am faster than anything else.
Just give kfir Gderot napalm. Would be more bearable at 11.0
Well knowing Gaijin speciality is to sell premium vehicles then implement new ones and nerf the older ones with higher BR the chance they do last time with so called Decompression was implemented with 0 knowledge of the game it’s self the data they have is not mirroring the player skills base or the stats of the Vechicle it’s obvious how can Gaijin put at the same BR F-5C F-5E J-7E and many many more chances like this
Kfir Canard can’t fight at 11 BR is a joke on people that actually pay for Vechicles and trying to support the game like many chances that they implement they mirroring on Premium Vechicle the most why because you cant make disent SL and RP with normal Tech Tree vehicles so the time this chance was made they have already trying to sell Barak that is bigger patatoe from all 80$ premiums
It’s just a business with premium Vechicles and they know how to frustrate people they have practice doing it long time.
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The f5E engine isnt that cold as it has more thrust compared to the smaller engined models
The plane is pretty bad
flare bugs
100% speed lose in 1 turn
It’s hilarious that the Kfir C.2 with a pair of Python 3s sits only 0.3 BR above it just like the F-5A(G) and F-5C. The level of compression is beyond belief. Only naval is worse
Make sanse tbh
Well from all F-5 you have FCU at 11.3 with 2x Python’s and yes going for C7 that sit at 12 make no sense at all to have Canard at 11 comparing to Shahak as fighter and Nesher as Attacker that sit at 10 BR , Kfir Canard is uptiered for Money reasons not balance can’t cope with the Meta atm you can’t bomb moste the fighters and some attackers are faster that you RWR is crap ML just missile you with no warning J band moste the time you fight vs F-4s and MLs it’s a Joke feels like Milan in France
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Well, kfir is on sale as we speak.
I don’t think they make premium vehicles worse on purpose. They, however, balance with a very ‘interesting’ method, by SL earning. That’s how you end up with F 104G at 11.0
Take away the bombs and kfir canard will go to 10.3 overnight based on this method of “balance”
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What is the point of SL earnings if you die before you do something, and the best SL earnings have Mig21S (R-13-300) from all the Jets
Kfir Canard is also getting removed from the store after this sale lmao. They really wanna force people to buy the inferior Netz 1987 Modification since everyone is buying the Kfir Canard over it.
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