Major Update “Air Superiority” - Rumor Round-Up and Discussion (Part 4)

uhhhhhh i believe PESA picks up enemy radar? Im not sure sure

The name seems to imply that.

A PESA contrasts with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna, which has a separate transmitter and/or receiver unit for each antenna element, all controlled by a computer; AESA is a more advanced, sophisticated versatile second-generation version of the original PESA phased array technology. Hybrids of the two can also be found, consisting of subarrays that individually resemble PESAs, where each subarray has its own RF front end. Using a hybrid approach, the benefits of AESAs (e.g., multiple independent beams) can be realized at a lower cost compared to true AESAs.

They aren’t adding 12.7 together with SU27??

LMAO… RIP every 11.3 ingame.

As they said, they may.

Ever want to play 11.3s again? you have less than 3 hours

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Just getting ready for work, so my 11.3 career is already over…

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I’m happy I rushed through the F-4J really quickly earlier this week.

I’ve been farming SLs today. So im ready on that front.

But im guessing i’ll be spending tomorrow bombing in the Tornado Gr1 farming the Gripen C. At least as an SB main I have a somewhat advantage in that I can partially avoid them. At least short term. I may also need to consider dusting off a premium like the Harrier Gr1, but I think i’ll prefer the Tornado. Failing that the FGR2 does have a 10.7 BR in SB, so can avoid top tier altogether and still make as much RP as the Tornado Gr1. but I dont know if I can bring myself to do that

I’m currently grinding through China, but I have the F-14A ready to buy when the Christmas sale starts.

With how crappy the last year has been, Im debating between buying some GE to boost the research along for the Gripen C so I can finally have something top tier to play or not giving Gaijin a penny because of how crappy the last year has been with no top tier to play

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I’d say wait until the 2024 roadmap is released to see where they plan to go, however that may very well be in late January, so it’s up to you.

Yeah, i’d have it by then, even with conventional means. SB is a really quick way to farm new aircraft

Just ask yourself this: do you want to/can you grind it without losing your sanity/without it affecting your daily life?

I’m planning to GE the F-15A because I have no time and sanity to grind it now (too much stress in my real life already). And my money is likely to end up in the wallet of some “shitty” company/person no matter what I spend it on, so I really don’t care anymore.

As I only really play SB it depends entirely on:

  1. how quickly other people get into the Su-27/J-11
  2. What the current EC bracket is
  3. If they fix the EC brackets with this update

The Tornado Gr1/Harrier Gr7 vs Su-27/J-11s (Always vs USSR, China and Germany and always matched with the US) would be rather torturous and if its 11.3-12.3 or the 11.0-12.3 brackets, then it would see them 100% of the time. That would mean trying to sneak past them to get bombs onto bases and then sneak back again and after an entire year of doing exactly that but against Mig-29s and F-16s… I dont know how much of my sanity I have left.

The US tree is the spare parts bin for every tree in game and gets nothing in return. What makes you think Germany would get something back for a few vehicles?

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I have a hunch that gaijin might consider Rafale M F1 for french navy before Eurofighter Typhoon from 3 countries

But Misubishi XF-2A & F-2A Early service limited IR AIM-9L & AAM-3 and SARH BVR AIM-7

EC brackets and the rewards payouts. I somewhat understand what they were trying to address when they readjusted the payout system to be more focused around the “Useful Actions”; but the current payout is far too low in my opinion. Especially when sim is the harder/more realistic game mode.

An 8800 score with 8 gun only kills, a decent amount of base/output bombings, and 3 point captures in the premium Milan should payout more than 66k RP for nearly two hours of activity. Man, I miss the older sim reward system.

The difference between the old and new reward payouts is just…disappointing.


Yeah, RP gains are definetly too low. I dont have direct issue with the useful actions system but it certainly could be better.

Unfortunately, blame the bots. They ruined it for everyone else and it had to be nerfed through the floor

RP gains, you mean.