Major Update 'Alpha Strike" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 4)

If they gave the A AMRAAM then there would be no point adding Gripen C for at least another year. Only other chance is IRIS-T which for a agile dogfighter is probably not until sometime 2025.

I doubt they move it to 12.3

It could come once AIM-120C gets added, and I don’t think it’s more than a year off. Also, IRIS-T could wait and it’ll use AIM-9M in the meantime.

yeah that wont happen lol, as funny as it would be to watch people have a meltdown over it

maybe, we will see. One thing they need to do is move mig 29g down in grb. it has no reason being 12.7 there with it a2g armament it isnt a multirole like every other freaking 12.7 aircraft

the thing is, its still a great air to air platform so I doubt it will move down by much

them getting aim 9m is historicaly inaccurate either way, they should get aim 9l(I) same with italis av 8b+

Maybe, but again, what’s the point. Better to just leave the A as it is, to give a decent 12.7 IR fighter rather than delaying the Gripen C for 120Cs. And leaving a void. Viggen D could be moved up to patch that void, but the Swedish tree just doesn’t have that much. It’s a balancing act.

oh not fighting that. 12.3 or 12.0 the most anything more would be way to overkill

the Gripen C from SA never mounted skyflash or aim9Ms it did mount the A darter but I doubt gaijin would give it to them

finnish f/a 18 exists as well just saying

Yeah, but thats “not anytime soon” as well. It’s not likely to be added next major update with ARH (assuming ARH comes next update)

I dont think gaijin would do that otherwise there would have been more reason to give the UK a CF18 then a Gripen C they have to make up fantasy loadouts for

they did say that ARH missiles are coming in the second major patch of 2024

no but i mean for upgraded amraams as example

there is a huge difference, finland is a sub tree of sweden with even a whole air sub tree as well. canada is not part of the Uk tree and has not garanted place in it. big difference

yes

Ah yeah, also there comes a point where they should add the Gripen NG or Gripen E rather than milking the Gripen C for ages. Would need be needed to fight other aircraft that would likely be added at that BR

*hopefully

Until they are actually added. They could be delayed

canada is in the uk tree, we have the M113 ADATS because the uk lacked a proper SAM for top tier, so saying that they could have given us a CF18 instead of a Gripen C (SA isnt an air subtree either) with made up load outs isnt that far fetched

u dont want that argument again, we have confirmation from smin its not the case, same with soruces saying the coming leo 2a4m can is gonna be germanys premium next major most likely