Kings of Battle - Rumor Round-Up and Discussion (Part 2)

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I think they would need both: Naval is a mode w/ lineups, and additions in such modes - esp. at end-of-line - place high importance on providing players options to create them. The Bismarck-classe sit in an awkward spot in relation to that, being above the capability of the majority of battleships the DE tt can receive – because of that, it seems unlikely that either will not be freely researchable.

If you mean Gneisenau, her appearance in the 2.7.0.55 leak indicates she’ll be added w/ the same guns as Scharnhorst:

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These would be sidegrades to Bayern, or maybe to Scharnhorst, but I doubt they would be comparable to the Bismarck sisters. And would once again be for lineups below them, like the other WW1 battleships.

This one has the reverse situation of the previous, it 's addition is predicated on the idea that it 's superior to the Bismarck 's to the point that it 's incomplete status would not be an obstacle to implementation, since w/o it the techtree would not have a comparable-power platform to fight the ( completed ) ships of other nations.
And so, would again not be forming a lineup w/ the Bismarck types.

I don’t think we’d ever see either, DE techtree already predicted to need incomplete battleships just to fight built ones like Iowa, and US already having the option of Iowa.
More likely imo is that we’ll see other kinds of warship, which are not yet present ingame, start to turn up when the options for complete and incomplete battleships classes to move upwards in capability dwindle into single ships, per techtree. Rather than trying to move into completely unbuilt paper projects.

There are a number of battleships DE can yet receive yes, but very few w/ post-WW1 capability( effective AA, modern torpedo defences etc. ). Which makes it seem unlikely that Bismarck or Tirpitz would not be in the techtree, since they would be the sole option to form a lineup of roughly equivalent capability w/ the other - very important to the devs as we reach the end of top Rank additions, as we’re seeing in Ground.

Not this image again 😒

It 's utterly fictional, created by a defense blog in the early 00’s ( Pigs Forever? Part 1 - 4 F-111 Life of Type; F-111 Missileers; Supercruising the Pig; Alternate Force Structures ) as part of their campaign to sway the Australian armed forces away from their plans to retire the F-111C. It was never seriously considered at any level, and noone will ever be saltier abt that than the blog 's owners.

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3813

I was thinkling that F-111 image looked a bit… extreme.

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3814

I’m just glad to have sluiced it before we got into another " F-111 could carry 20+ Sidewinders bc I said so " arguement like the old thread did.

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Does anyone have that one screenshot of someone confirming that sweden and britain will be getting something soon?

3816

Haha, yeah, that would have been crazy. It was what, 6x 9Ls and the occasional Aim-54/Aim-120?

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Here it is

Its now been confirmed that this is Dec update not this update unfortunately

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4x AIM-9J/P at best afaik, since fin clearance for Navy-style Sidewinders on the F-111 's couldn’t be achieved. There were tests of one (1) AIM-7 station on an F-111D also, and the F-111B was certainly one of the aircraft to ever exist.

I have Smin confirming that such confirmation existed, does that count ? ( Kings of Battle - Rumor Round-Up and Discussion (Part 2) - #3282 )

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So not too game breaking in A2A then. Is going to be intersting to see its loadout tomorrow

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Which even then with the radar the Gripen will have the exact same radar

3821

Oh right, thats a point… well, never mind then. FA2 would be DOA.

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3822

I hate to harden the blow for yall but id rather yall know now then later

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Hello everyone in this beautiful morning (for me at least). It seems like this topic was locked because of the UK mains. Not Bad!

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I remember someone mentioning it before. I just forgot. It’s gunna be a loooooong 2024 at the moment. Nothing but DOA jets again

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That’s why it’s obvious a SAAF Gripen is the most likely option. Of course, unlikely we’ll get any Gripen this update. Just more prep for ARH + rank 8 ground, so probably some more ARH capable jets that can have their pylons filled with AIM-9s and/or AIM-7s.
Also it’s less than 1 year, not 4. Tornado F3, which up until Kurnass 2000 & JA-37D changes, was the best 11.3, 3rd best is still good tho.

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third best Support fighter yaaay

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Tornado F3 was NOT a top tier addition. It was a barely playable 11.3 added 3 months after 12s had been added. Was only playable in La Royale with a MASSIVE buff. But still only an 11.3.

The last time we got a competitive actually A2A jet at top tier was the FGR2 in 2019. The only thing that is actually superior in A2A combat to the FGR2 since then is maybe the Gr7 but that is a sub sonic cas jet. Not really meant for A2A. Tornado F3 is more of a side grade to the FGR2, why else does the FGR2 not have 9Ls by now If that wasnt the case

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FGR wasn’t playable until PD radars, which wasn’t 2019.
Tornado F3 should’ve released at 11.7, only in hindsight do we see multiple 11.7s moving back to 11.3.

Granted, you want late F-15s before Typhoon.

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Yeah that’s true. He wants late F15s about 6 months before the typhoon can even be considered

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3831

Anyways, I guess the Stream announcement will come in 2-4h

and then we’ll see a stream in about 8h

Dev server opening Tonight probably

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And if it had, it would have been even more DOA than it is now.

This is Britain we are talking about. If there was even the slightest bit of evidence for it needing to go up in BR it would have gone to 11.7 6 months ago. It’s not a soviet jet they spend a year debating. The fact that after every single buff it’s received. It’s still only an 11.3 proves at best worthy of 11.3 rating.

Meaning we still don’t have anything for top tier. And havent for at minimum, 1 year, maybe as much as 4.

The best we can hope for is either some copy paste for another nation that barely has a connection to Britain or a Low spec gen 3. The likelyhood is that we are going to fighting late gen 4s for 6 months in said jets before they’ll even consider an early typhoon. Not too mention even add it. Britain is by far the most neglected nation in game in every single tree

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