F-18E has AESA radar but has worse acceleration, TWR, and climb rate than F-18C or even F-15E. What BR should it be placed at if given AIM-120A and AIM-9M?
- 13.3
- 13.7
- 14.0
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14.0 and it’s not even a debate
10 AMRAAM+ 2 sidewinders should never meet 12.7 let alone 12.3 aircrafts
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Honestly, I think it should be 14.0, BUT with AIM-120C instead of AIM-120A.
I don’t know, but having several planes on the same tree with the exact same armament is starting to feel a bit boring.
F-16C? AIM-120A and AIM-9M.
F-15C? Same.
F-15E? Same.
F/A-18E…? Make it feel a bit like an upgrade already!
Same goes for the Eurofighters. These being limited to 120Bs and 9Ms just feels… off, as well. Specially when we already have stuff like MICAs flying around.
All of this should come, of course, with further decompression.
Ideally the EFT, Rafale, F-15E and maybe Su-30SM (if/when added) get moved to 14.3, the F/A-18E gets added to 14.0 with 120A/B/9M and the better performing 13.7 jets get moved to 14.0 as well.
Further buffing one of by far the best jets in game is a horrible idea tho (I don’t include bug fixes as buffs, as these buffs shouldn’t be there to begin with).
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That’s copium. Not like the BRs aren’t compressed enough already.
Plus if they really add a premium F-18 ( IT WONT BE TOP TIER TRUST) it’s gonna create a clusterf*ck you’ve never ever seen before
It’s the Super Hornet too, so 12 AMRAAMs + 2 Sidewinders
Watch gaijin add the 14.3 br just so that they can sell 14.0 premiums while keeping the “we don’t sell top br vehicles” farce going
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No, i know.
But giving strategic bombers would only benefit the main four.
Thus increasing the disbalance with the main four nations and minor nations even more…
So much in this case, that the only way to play that gamemode is by playing the main four.
Limiting gameplay to surtain nations is always bad, people are currently asking for the Chinese and Swedish navy.
Also asking for TT heavy tanks for Italy, Japan and Sweden, because battlepass, daily and expert tasks are limited to nations who have these.
Look at the current C&P shenanigans, why would anyone want to play surtain nations if they can play the main four instead. Then they will also receive more vehicles and gameplay options when playing the game.
So limiting gameplay and content to surtain nations isnt good for the overall health. Especially, since the nations receiving them, are also the ones played the most, thus decreasing the amount of people playing the already playerbase lacking nations.
Cold War Strategic bombers! :D
Other than the obvious…
USA:
B-36, B-52, B-58, XB-71 (RIP), B-1
USSR:
Tu-95, Tu-16, Tu-22, Tu-22M
Britain:
Valiant, Victor, Vulcan
Lesser known…
France:
Mirage IV
China:
Tu-16 (H-6)
And the stretch cases:
Japan:
Kawasaki P-1
Germany:
Boeing P-8
Taiwan:
P-3 Orion
Norway:
Boeing P-8
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the F/A-18C isn’t 14.0 material, never was. So not really a reason for them to add 14.3.
Preferably 14.7
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Maybe, I don’t know.
My point is;
F-15C, F-16C, F-15E, F/A-18E, the Eurofighters… they are all honestly starting to feel kinda the same when they all have the exact same armament that was introduced back in Sons of Atilla back in 2023.
They look different, but… they play practically the same and, at the end of the day, have practically the same capabilities in the meta.
I think I would kinda like the 2020s F/A-18Es and EF-2000s to have a different, more advanced feel than the F-16s and F-15s from the 1980s-1990s.
Like… can you imagine if, in Ground Battles, we still had Leopard 2A7s and T-90Ms armed only with DM33 and 3BM42?
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They are the same. Just different models.
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The F/A-18E can carry 12 AMRAAMs.
In theroy the 18E can still out bvr both of them if Gaijin gives it the Aim-174 missile.
Spoiler
Hopefully not, as the 174 would completely break the game, but then again this is Gaijin we’re talking about.
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Like… its so fun.
F-18 with 10 AMRAAMS, but we cant get an F-2 with 4 AAM-4’s and 4 Aim-9L’s…
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So f18e under f14b or av8b ?
That is generally a problem air is getting to now, which ground has already ran in to a while ago. There just won’t be that much of a difference between new version or hell just new aircraft.
Some planes are also just simply better when it comes to how WT is, and always will be better. The Hornet might be great irl, but because of how the game works/plays it’ll always be incredibly mid if Gaijin doesn’t super buff/undertier it.
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What part is copium?
Oh, this update might not be a skip update to me, as if the Harry Hopkins does come this update I’d have something I’m interested in.
12 AMRAAM+2 sidewinders is not 14.0 material ?!
wheeze