Major Update "Firebirds" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

Yeah… How the F-15E isnt 14.0 is beyond me.

Also had a thought… They need to overhaul designations. F-16C is classed as a fighter right? That means they get 2 very good CAS spawns at the low SP cost you get with the first spawn of each type. Not the only one but most dont have THAT strong of a multirole, especially in the Strike aircraft designation

Yeah fair

I love how the devs introduce the 15E with 229s but keep insisting that Eurofighters are “too modern” literally holding back 3 techtrees… UK, Italy and Germany.

And then the 15E is 13.7… biggest joke of 2024 😂

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France as well if you include the Rafale and maybe also Sweden with the Gripen E. (gripen C does okay, but is starting to be outclassed)

China maybe too with the J-10B but they did just get the J-10A

France is in the same boat as Japan. AESA radar…
Im not an expert on chinese Equipment, but doesnt the 10B also at least have a PESA?

The early Rafale’s don’t have AESA radars.

Yeah, though iirc their early AESA were rubbish, way worse than most M-Scan radars we already have in game. I reckon its the FM holding back the Rafales (maybe also a decision regarding MICA IR)

No idea, you probably know more than me :D

If the F-15E is classified as a attack aircraft/not a fighter than yea, they get both CAS at initial SP cost which is crazy.

Given how they nerfed the Su-34s radar (albeit still good), it’s clear that AESA won’t really be much different. I’m sure overtime they’ll update AESA to behave differently as a new FOMO mechanic, but just like the PD stuff with the old british phantoms, it’s being slowly rolled out in a WIP phase.

I can understand the MICA IR part but there are Pics out there of rafales with magic 2s…

iirc from the Dev server. it is

then that would be fine thne, Its not another placeholder like the RMV is then

I wish i would have become a flyboy, but alas i was only a lowly leo loader… Oh well 😄

Yeah true 👍

Rules of WT law.
No nation shall outlasted Russia’s military technologies.

that means no Depleted Uranium Armor, no AIM-120C, no AGM-114L or other F&F AGM, and surely no AESA radar (until Russian aircraft suitable to implement to the game).

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Come to the darkside.

We have cookies and pretty aeroplanes

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Well the one in game has it’s J-MSIP and the MTDP upgrades so both are correct but MTDP is the more recent one

It was a PESA, way worse than an AESA

Tbh early AESA would slam like every radar in game except for absolute range

Im only advocating for Singapore to Israel that’s all. Japan has many options with ASEAN while Israel gets Chile (adds nothing), Turkey (politically problematic) or Singapore which brings very good additions.

Singapore would be useful for US, good spaa and F-15SG gives an opportunity for an advanced eagle that isn’t the EX which would be way farther off than the SG.

Israel has solid spaa options and has it’s own F-15