Major Update "Hornet Sting" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 4)

👍 ok

We have a Rafale from 2019, I’m sure that one should also have meteors already and thus not be in game by your logic.

1 Like

I would say it massively depends on you as a player in terms of personal skill in leading missiles along with your ping. The very small blast from the missile can require 2 or 3 hits to really knock out an enemy plane in tests, however the missiles extremely good at following targets.

I would put it below the OSA in terms of ease of use and efficiency but thats simply because the OSA is a really good system for general use anyway in my view.

For UK only systems, I would argue its superior to the starstreak on the average level, but if you have exceptional PC/no latency stormer can come out on top.

Strela is strela, cant really compare imo.

If the Rapier had its dual purpose missiles it might be a difference case, but I have never seen any useable documents to judge if it would be a good system with a light anti tank capacity.

But yeah, this is why I pushed/hoped for an early version to be added too in the dev server forum area, as it would mean we can get use out of a lower BR version with impact only (which tbh, I find you are pretty much trying to do anyway lol)

2 Likes

There have been lots of instances throughout the history of WT where an aircraft has been added without a missile it was most often intended to use, or a tank added without a round it mostly intended to use.

Prime example - Apache Longbows have been in the game for years now without Longbow Hellfires.

1 Like

gaijin should add veichles with their respective armmamnets of what they carry irl.

actually, the in game rafale is closer to the f4.1 standard then f3r (stated by the game), and thats because it has access to the scorpion HMCS, which makes it 2023 machine

EDIT:

It was added as a technical possibility as it was tested on f3r, so yeah the rafale we have in game is f3r

2 Likes

since long time ago, gaijin has stated that armaments are subject of balancing the vehicle, and not a historical innacuracy, thats why f4e doesnt have aim9L’s for example.

1 Like

I suppose Legacy hornet for british tech tree, the early aircraft pre-order premium rank 8 for china or russia

New APFSDS ammunition for NATO MBT after decompression BR 12.0 → 12.3 and another active radar homing medium-range Air-to-Air Missile for USA & USA allies fighter aircraft top tier better Derby, AIM-120A & AIM-120B

I wait Sniper XR, Thales TALIOS and Litening AT pod for next quarter or third quarter

Sure, when it’s balanced to do so. But there’s nothing stopping them from adding their best armament later down the line when the game is ready for it.

It would be better for Swedish players to get Gripen E with AMRAAMs once Gripen C as an airframe becomes obsolete, rather than waiting years stuck with Gripen C until Gripen E is able to come with Meteors.

Same logic applies to Israeli jets and Python 5’s. US jets with Aim-9X, British Jets with ASRAAM, German jets with IRIS-T etc etc. Plenty of things ingame could use these missiles, but these countries did not need those missiles right now, they simply needed the better airframe to more competitively employ current meta missiles.

1 Like

AIM-132 (Block 6), PL-10/PL-10E, AAM-5B and AIM-9X-2 (Block 2) equivalent. maybe

First block before block 2, lack datalink and LOAL

Another guided Air-to-Ground munitions for USN/USMC legacy hornet, new AGM-130 and domestic israel Air-to-Ground missile

1 Like

Soooo 11th or 12th for the update???

Should be

Any news (or leaks) on the supposed Thai tank they mentioned during the dev stream?

There’s no need to advertise (randomly too) bug reports. Technical moderators will handle them, please be patient.

That’s my bad. i have 2 tabs open. I thought this was the Aim-54 topic.

1 Like

It has a place but ill still take the two stormers. Actually might play it for wargame nostalgia lol

why does that plane have 3 flare dispensers on hump but the one we have in game only has 2?

The one in the picture will likely be a F-16I, not an F-16D like we have in game

1 Like

Can we not get the Eurofighters fitted with “limited” fire and forget Brimstones like 4, or can we not have Mavericks (Did they use them ?)

Eurofighters don’t use mavericks. Brimstones are their only anti-tank missile.