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

Yes, Pantsir is currently the most capable SAM.

That being said, its radar is incredibly annoying sometimes, as well as HQ17’s and TOR-M1’s; for some reason, they will more often than not lose lock on the plane by automatically locking and switching the tracking to bombs, missiles and chaff every time!

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why aussie f18a instead of f18e

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That plus consider the fact that especially at middle tiers the AA for every nation’s become quite strong.
The Stink is near impossible to strafe, the Subaru is a rat af, the Z45 is a menace. And that’s just some examples.
Idk why people still cope about cas lol, admitting skill issue is the bigger problem here.

Yeah that riddle was transparently about the F-2. No AI necessary lol

They had SU-34s so our mbts where hiding behind buildings. Lucky our cap got through once I handled the pantsirs.

If Britain gets an F-18, the most useful would be an SARH one about 12.7.

But the US mains want the F-18A from Australian because it would give them the possible option of a decent IR missile in the form of ASRAAM.

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Just checked, and a mirage 4 on MTOW is still within the payload of a B-1,B

Hmmm… now I wonder: will F/A-18C and F/A-18E be on the same line, or will they sit on different lines (for example, one on the F-14 line and the other on the Harriet one).

eh, it is still incredibly annoying, and the problem at the end of the day for just about every BR. Is that you as the ground vehicle they’re targeting. Really cant do anything to defend yourself.

Hypothetically you could smoke to block vision but, that implies you’re aware you’re the target.

To be fair, there is a BR range around 10.7-11.3 where CAP isn’t much of an issue at all and flying high counters all possible SPAAs and SAMs

But was it from an actual proper source?
Given the covered discord user profile it could just be a good guess.

Me when F-4E

I enjoy the CAP/CAS I always have teammates mark targets and I love watching that 2000 pound GBU hit next to the tank and melt them .5 secs later.

I can’t wait for the F15E that’s gonna be super fun.

F/A-18A/B 80’s and F/A-18C/D Early (gulf war era) equipped NITE HAWK basic pod

F/A-18A (early service) in early 80’s with AIM-9H/AIM-9L and AIM-7F, but pre Operation El Dorado Canyon ~ Desert Storm

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I think CAS is fine - until we get to stuff like SU-34, Rafale, etc.

Specially SU-34; because it can’t face the only SAM that could more reliabily counter it, the Pantsir. Most SU-34 players will launch all of their KH-38s and turn back to rearm before even getting in range of the other nations’ SAMs.

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Thank you so much

I was a bit worried the C would be premium

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Honestly no idea if it was or not, but now Gszabi’s list has the F-2 on it anyway.

That’s massive copage right there.
When you spawn AA and sit in ur spawn even a P-40 will own you. You have a map to play down on the ground iirc. Idk what to do with that info tho cuz lack of brains amirite. If you haven’t figured it out yet, being an annoying little sh*t is what the game’s about.
But hey, enjoy top tier lol

I’m sure the guy on the receiving end loves that just as much, especially when they don’t have a way to fight back.

Luckily this is supposedly being fixed by adding better SPAA/SAM systems

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Ironically the Su-34 scares me the least of the top tier CAS offenders. Because it’s absolute garbage at defending itself.

The Rafale and F-15E can simultaneously ravage the battlefield the same way the Su-34 can, while being almost untouchable by CAP because they also happen to be some of the best jets in the game.

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