Kings of Battle - Rumor Round-Up and Discussion (Part 3)

I’ve got mixed feelings about that. Would certainly prefer the RAF D over the SAAF C. but it would be fine short term.

My biggest fear with it is the “Why do you want the Typhoon, you have the Gripen, just use that” even after the point where Typhoon could have been added. Basically what a few have been saying about the Tornado F3 whenever we ask for something A2A recently.

But as a short term stop gap, it would be fine. Though I’d also quite like the SHar FA2, if it doesnt come soon, it would be a filler in a future update, and that would be a shame. Kinda like the FRS1, good aircraft, but not quite as exciting as it would have been if it was added when 11.0 was top tier.

Though im suspecting a German Mig-29 Situation and if we get one, it will be March update.

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Ah I never thought about it being used like that, kinda like the AJ in a way but not nearly as painful as the Tornados comparison, Britain needs help so bad, the people who use the “well you have something just use it” or “just play another nation” dont have Brit main friends or see the forums (although I cant say I havent been apart of the “play another nation” folk)

the grippen operated by the RAF is a 2 seater with no internal gun (the 2 seater versions had no gun and could not mount them) id rather a single seater from SAAF

Kinda why I’m expecting the D. No way we get something that doesn’t have a “Britain tax” in there somewhere.

Anything new been datamined or leaked from the update yet?
(Hoping Gaijin pulls a Kurnass 2000 with an aircraft or two…)

Only F-4S has lead indicator. USMC F-4J and F-4J(UK) don’t have that feature. (if it wasn’t answered already)

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F4S has a Lead indicator?

I only use it with missiles but I didn’t know that

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Yee
Also has a HUD in the cockpit interestingly (probably basic info, but I only discovered this like a month or two ago)

I know the HUD, I play Sim

it’s fine tbh although I still would’ve preferred F4S being TT and F4J the Prem

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There is a simple solution, though people may not be a big fan of it: prem F-4S is renamed “F-4S early”, then we get a late F-4S in the TT with 9Ls, as well as different skins (probs mostly low-vis).
I’ll leave that there for now, since this may be getting a tad off topic

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NG is literally E/F iirc. I expect more like JAS39E, JAS39E (Late).

with “late” having updated wings and later blocks of its weapons:

Spoiler

late:

early:

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God I never fail to re-realize how beautiful the Gripen is every time I see it

I cannot wait for December honestly im so ready to have CAS

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me coming here to see if theres any last second news about thd update just to find 50 more posts of brit mains whining about airplanes

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As far as I’ve seen, there’s been no more leaks.
We’ll have to wait until the changelog comes out to see what is new

I mean you are a bit too early. Between 2-3 hours from now is when the potential suprise additions usually get found in the files.

They have every right imo.

The only new vehicle is the leaked Opytny.
Anniversary hangar is here, same as last year’s.
There are however, some tidbits for the upcoming anniversary event. :)

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You are not wrong, however we forget that this is still the R&R thread, that doesn’t change even though we made it the “nation main whine thread” way to many times already.

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Yeah but we understand how oppressed they are by now. They’ve said so several hundred times just in this thread alone.

They can lay off it for a while.

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Does by chance the same Hangar as last year mean we get the “walkaround” feature again ?

Would be cool, i still hope they implement it one day