Agreed, im just still stock grinding it and havent had much free time.
ok the JAS39A being added alongside early F-16s argument is justified by the idea that the A early was armed with only 9L no SARH and no GBUs
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It really isn’t that hard. Most 27ER slingers don’t bother to crank (because why would you?) and get smashed at altitude. It’s the deckskimmers that can get under you with full immunity that are the problem since a 27ER at 10km is basically impossible to avoid. At any reasonable range though an 8km altitude advantage will ensure whatever you’re shooting, be it a sparrow or a 530 will hit long before the 27ER shot from the deck.
so am I, it’s a pain to have bombs as a rank 3 mod cuz that thing ain’t fight worthy
Yes, there’s nothing to say because the ADF would have better radar missiles and still competitive airframe.
This doesn’t make sense. 11.3 isnt the top BR, so it’s not applicable.
You didn’t address the whole comment. Even if it’s not moved up to 13.3, Gripen A is still going to deal with fox 3s nearly every match.
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Id say it would still be annoying to fight with its counter measures and its SEP but outside of that i dont think it would be as annoying to deal with as 9m’s are insanely strong
I hope not. They should remove pythons if needed and put it at 11.0 so it can be in line with Type 90, Type 81 and TKX
We are getting split BRs next update if im not mistaken
yea expected to arrive in june
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Of course the Skyflash isn’t on par with the R-27ER, nothing is. It’s still good enough to be effective even in an environment filled with AIM-7Ms and R-27s.
The Gripen would have absolutely dominated at 12.0. It has a much better flight performance than the 12.0 planes, it has a way better radar, more countermeasures (large caliber as well) and the same amount of pylons as the competition. The only thing I would consider worse is the gun, but thats only because of the lower ammo count.
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Honestly imo there aren’t enough jets in the world to make the transition in capabilities of jets smooth in the game, especially not to balance 10 nations… This is bound to happen - Just wait until Eurofighter and Rafale arrives lol
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I agree with you that it’s natural for different countries to have their time as capabilities progresses. It’s not possible to completely balance everything and make every country progress at the same capabilities when every country has gaps in certain technologies.
Hoping, coping and praying.
Get out of here with that dumpster fire of a take lol
You say that, as if the damn thing doesn’t arrive before anything else.
No I get that. But my point is if Multipathing is removed, avoiding the damn things is gonna be a whole lot harder because now you can’t just fly low and magically be fine.
Don’t get me wrong I think removing Multipathing is honestly not a terrible solution, albeit I’m not entirely convinced, but currently, aside from the Phoenix (and we all know what that thing is like) there’s nothing comparable in the range department.
My original comment is made under the premise that Multipathing does get removed.
Imagine if they would split BR not only by mode but by armament taken too… Unfortunately no way they will do it. :/
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Yeah but we can agree gaijin adding the f14 with no competition was dumb.
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Have you tried the Skyflash DF?
I always fly with 2 Skyflashes on my SAAF Gripen, I have played the Tornado F.3 lots and I did fly the Phantom FG.1 a fair bit, so yeah, I have tried it.
Hey its fine to like the goofy ahh gr.3 harrier nose but i prefer the gr.1 nose rather than having a pringles can mounted to the front. Its like the F4E having the nicer long nose rather than the short stubby nose of the phantoms without the internal gun.
I’ve flown it a ton as well on the Viggen, the statement: “Effective in an environment filled with aim7m and 27’s” is shocking to me lol. I don’t know what to say… Terrible range, high drag. I’d rather take like pretty much any other missile at top tier, IR or SARH
Remind me how many JAS39 players use those?
That’s not what competitive means. In what world does F-16A ADF have remotely comparable flight performance to JAS39?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but AFAIK the matchmaker rules still apply. If 12.7 JAS39A with no ARH were to be getting dragged into a hypothetical 13.3 matchmaker of ARH, there can’t be more than 4 13.3 planes per team since they are second highest BR. ARH still won’t be so capable as IRCCM RB M74 and ~700 flares.