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

Where are the gosh darn carriers on the seaside maps?!?

They modelled a whole ahh carrier just for the Su-33, yet we can’t have carriers on air maps???

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VFA 11 Red rippers already has a emblem in game they also Don’t use legacy hornets

We really need a VF84 f14 also

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My best memory from playing early jets was the rare Malta map where you can do optional aircraft carrier spawn

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F-14D will have it ig

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Don’t worry, I got you :)

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Hell, with how bland the current map selection has become I would even enjoy flying over a blank featureless ocean just to have carriers.

Also, I sure as heck hope they rotate the map selection in this update, they didn’t do so in the last two updates…

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Kuznetsov for su-33, but no Nimitz for hornet

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No invincible for shar

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Yeah, but the Su-33 couldn’t take off from the old USSR carrier, you see.
It was necessary to add it.

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Still no ramp carrier for the SHars tho

edit: ramp

UK had CATOBAR carriers?

Don’t need catapult.

Just ramp

Only for F-4

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Oh right, ramp, didnt pay attention lol

Nice

Yeah the Sea Harrier wasn’t a wuss like other naval fighters it could launch with a full payload under its own raw power

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Thinking about it, is the Kuznetsov even on the test flight maps?
I did a test flight in the Su-33 recently and instead of spawning me on the carrier or on the ground like I selected, it spawned me in the air.

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hey matrix i got the f14

An update with just trainers would be peak. There’s plenty for Gaijin to chose for each nation. Some countries trainers don’t carry live weapons but I think if the live equivalent of the dummy weapon is in-game then it should be able to be added with the live weapons.

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US could get something like the T-38, T-45, T-7a or the T-6.

Germany could get the IA-63 or the Tucanos from Argentina but they already have the Alpha Jet.

USSR could get the Yak-130, or Czech L-159, L-29, L-39.

UK could get get a bunch of Hawks, T.1A/100/200 at different BR’s or possibly the Dart Jet but there’s not a lot known about it yet.

Japan could get a T-4 or even a T-6. Could even get some Hawks from subtrees.

China could get the JL-8, JL-9, JL-10 or get the AT-3 or the T-5 from Taiwan

Italy could get a M-345 or MB.339. Could also get the IAR 99 from Romania.

France, not sure what they could get but they already have an Alpha Jet.

Sweden could get a Hawk through Finland.

Israel could get the M-346 Lavi they bought from Italy.

But honestly they missed out on adding a bunch of trainers in Alpha Strike to come alongside the two aircraft the update was named after.

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Alpha Strike was extremely disappointing tbh, they could have added the Thai Alpha Jet in that one as well at the very least