i want to use very fast takeoff roll to do a MAWS check in top tier
the harriers main benefit is stupid fast takeoff and that is worthless at top tier as its only air spawns. I can live with really hot IR as I spam the hell out of flare BOL either way. Very hyped for the buffs after the update. ill be squadding up with other brit mains to hunt hornets in the thing update day
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same! looking forward to finishing spading the FA.2 with the better flight. and T.10 custom battles when a euromogger gets outskilled by chubby harrier final boss
when F-15A/C/E (US ones) and F/A-18C late get BOL :(
Ive made my mates in su27s furious that they couldn’t win fights while in a harrier. made one uninstall after going 10-0 in the FA2. they are good but after two turns unless you get vtol to work and they bleed out of speed trying to get guns on you they have been useless
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great for 1 v 1, but in 16v16 im lucky to scoot 1 kill in matches even when you dont die. you just sit back watching everything
im looking forward to the GR.3, FRS.1 and T.10 (and ofc to keep outskilling in the AV8B(NA))
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gr1 and gr3 are best played completley different as there isn’t any (good) radar missiles to kill you. send it up high and dive on people is basically free
the shar variants are stuck in mpathing but at least they will hold up in their domain now
Both lack AIM-9L
pre MLU 1 & MLU 2 from dev server
After regular F/A-18C. add SAAB BOL-500 dispenser, The Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS), AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM and AN/AAQ-28(V)4 LITENING AT pod
Retain GBU-10E/B & GBU-12B/B Paveway II laser guided bombs, AGM-65 maverick and AN/AAS-38B Night Hawk targeting pod
Replacement AN/APG-65 with AN/APG-73 radar (not sure RUG Phase I or Phase II). AIM-120B AMRAAM
But pre upgrade Sniper XR pod, AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), AIM-9X Block II and AIM-120D AMRAAM (post HEP Phase I & Phase II). and the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS)
Air-to-Air Missile AIM-9L/AIM-9M sidewinder and AIM-7M Sparrow (pre AIM-120 AMRAAM). but no targeting pod and Paveway II laser guided bomb ?
Similar to IMP I but integration the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) and GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II
Pre MLU 1, the model in the dev is from 1994 and the oldest of the F-18C models in game classed as Late models while the US model is from 2006. MLU 1 is being skipped to allow for the US to be the only nation with a hirnet at 14.0 with HMD. MLU 2 will likely IF no new missiles come, will be 14.3 because of BOL. Its essentially the same as the model in game with the US but upgraded to use 9X and uses Saab 500 as standard issue as devs have stated its not standard issue on US F/A-18/C
As far as gaijin is concerned MLU 1 will not be added to the TT and more than likely being held on until it can be added as a premium.
i thought stuff that wasnt standard issue could come to jets payload?
Depends on gaijin. Right now we could be looking at gaijin refuses BOL on US hornets so that the MLU 2 is actually unique considering they got the HMD for the current 14.0
But the MLU 2 isn’t on the dev server Smin said it was planned for the future
Think he was just listing the models in service with the Fins
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but there are other ways to make them unique from another, outside of screwing over future US hornet survivability
Not like gaijin didn’t just screw the Fins over but whatever. More than likely what will happen is the MLU will be the same BR as the F18E or the C model with AESA.
thats even worse tbh. hugley better survivability for hugley better awarness and ability to employ AMRAAM effectively. ideal would be MLU 2 .3 below US AESA hornet (.7 if decompression), both with BOL
Unlikely, gaijin would be more likely to make them the same br because Finnish tax lmao. I don’t think they keep BOL from US vehicles but given the bug reports for them it seems that trial tests with them are not sufficient to add them to the US especially when the US players are using Finnish Sources for the MLU 2 to try and pad out their bug report.
F-15 have used it in service. i dont see it ingame
all 3 should be able to use it iirc
In service current info for the US hornets is not service based. Rather tests. Which is why i think they won’t add BOL for the time is so they can use their logic of sufficient differences. Smin deletes my posts when i bring it up but in the past 1 missiles is apparently the sufficient changes he talks about that warrants 400k rp sink but maybe thats just a swedish thing.
Meaningful difference on launch being 1 missile lmao
So im inclined to say maybe gaijin is artificially holding the hornets back so that the Finnish MLU 2 is actually decent (unlikely since the current 1994 model.is at 14.0 same BR as the 2006 lmao.)
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AESA radar is a big enough difference imo. could also have different TGP maybe? and cockpit would differ.
idk if Finland has LJDAM but if not, that too, as well as GBU-53 and AGM-154C