J32B is useless as it doesn’t have flares, is subsonic and doesn’t have tracers for it’s 30mm cannons. I have attempted to use the rockets on the J32B to use as flares for R60M/MKs but that didn’t work as the heat signatures of the rockets aren’t high enough to confuse the missile. I also find it quite ridiculous that they aren’t foldered, the A32A is just a worse J32B (only advantage is that it gets tracers for it’s 20mm). I also think fixing their flight models is a good idea they rip every time when I turn at low altitudes.
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I agree with you, the current situation in Sweden’s 9.0-9.3 BR bracket is horrible:
- J32B (9.3) can’t properly fight against anything above 9.7 that has both flares and better rear-aspect/full-aspect missiles to not only counter your weak RB24 missiles which are only really useful against slow-moving, poor-maneuverability targets that can’t juke them, but also kill you easily without any flares to back save you even from an early rear-aspect missile;
- A32A (9.0) is only really useful in Ground Realistic Battles as a CAS and even then fighting against any heat-seeking missile platforms like Strela, Chaparral, Ozelot, etc. makes you play at really low altitudes to avoid detection and a potential lock, while at this exact same BR you’ll encounter such planes as A-4E Early with guided bombs and flares;
- J34 (9.0) is just a J32B but worse, self-explanatory.
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I recently took a break from the game, so I apologise for the late answer, but this was exactly my point.
allmost 2 years and nothing have changed. I just unlocked it and its UNPLAYABLE. 46 matches and not a SINGLE downtier. 2 or 3 matches vs 10.0, all the rest vs 10.3. Literally nothing you can do but get slaped with aim9j, aim9g, aim9p, aim9d, magic ones, shafirs or r60m.
Can’t go lower BR
Can you explain how I’m supposed to play this? My only real strengths are the engine and energy retention, but I keep going up against opponents with better engines and 20-30G missiles. What exactly am I supposed to do when an R-60 or magic 1is flying up my tail?
Also, can anyone name a worse fighter at 9.3? I’ve looked through quite a few, and honestly, I can’t find anything worse than the J32B at this BR.
The game is just highly compressed, especially near these BRs. The J32B would be pretty much undoubtly overpowered at 9.0 compared to other 9.0 jets however it suffers at 9.3 due to not being as good as some other 9.3s+.
I just wouldn’t play it currently.
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Honestly, it feels like the game needs to expand the BR system to at least 20.0.
Or at the very least, implement an easy temporary fix by adjusting the matchmaking to ±0.3 BR steps instead of the current ±1.0. For example, 8.0 would face 7.7–8.3, 8.3 would face 8.0–8.7, 9.3 would face 9.0–9.7, and so on.
It would make matches a lot more balanced and reduce the ridiculous uptiers that completely kill certain vehicles.
0.7br spread would be a healthier start but otherwise I agree