I am not offering excuses I’m stating facts… Facts you’d be well aware of if you’ve played other nations-
I never stated it’s “OK” for there to be an AA gap, I merely explained that the gap doesn’t really hurt and is low priority because it doesn’t really hurt the tree.
I also stated that there is far more important area’s of the game that do need that attention, as opposed to the 8.3-10.3 AA gap.
You are constantly saying that all I’m providing is excuses with no facts… but I have only been stating facts, while you’ve been arguing with nothing more than your personal feelings which are not valid in an objective discussion of what a nation desperately needs vs what it wants.
Britain is in far more need of an AA at the 5.3-8.3 range because despite the “lack of CCIP” there is far more factors than just CCIP that go into fighting enemy aircraft in ground battles, who cares if they can’t accurately predict where their weapons are landing if these aircraft move so fast it makes it hard for your guns to track.
I have not discredited your statements that the Stormer HVM is bad, nor have I said that it wouldn’t be nice to have another AA. I have simply stated that it’s not important at current because we at least have these things where they’re needed and other areas of the game and the tech tree demand the attention far more.
This is before we even get into the discussion of real life limitations. Britain didn’t really use Stinger based AA platforms to even mix in there. Now there is potential obscure options that have been suggested such as the Stormer Air Defense and I’ve even heard argument for Singapores 113 Air Defense variant. But there just isn’t a lot to put in this gap to even begin with which adds another layer of extra work for little to no payoff.
So at the end of the day I didn’t discredit your argument, nor did I say that NOTHING should go there but rather that it is low priority and would be more work than it’s worth especially when considering all the factors around it. It is very apparent that you are a fan of the British tech tree and likely have a very tunnel vision view on it, but you need to separate your personal preference from clouding your judgement.
I have been far more than reasonable, Britain doesn’t need anything in that gap at current they have far more important gaps to fill. Plus the few candidates they even have to fill that gap are very very obscure and would require significant work to even add.
I am looking at this situation from the POV of someone who has played all 10 nations up to top tier, so I can confidently say that yes you are being very narrow minded on the subject matter.