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

F22 raptor?

didn’t know the raptor carried meteors

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yes

I wasn’t talking about raptor. I’m aware of the original reply

Not if you all start at the same speed and altitude.
Typhoon is a meta jet because it is FAST and has great climb rate.
Gripen could also be a BVR menace if it was at a higher speed for missile release.

120 on Typhoon is only good because of its release speed and altitude.
Gripen releasing a 120 at the same/similar speed and altitude would be as much as a threat.

That same Gripen taking off from an airfield is never going to be able to contest an F-15 or Typhoon that have also taken off an airfield.

What jet at top tier is a flying brick?

Anyway you have your views and I have mine :)

Just so you know Taiwan isn’t a sub

I accidentally touched the delete button, and remove anecdote

Here is under the Spoiler

Spoiler

Lieutenant Rzhevsky:
“Why don’t we play a new game, gentlemen?” The “subtree” is called.
“Teach me, Lieutenant!” Tired of classical!
-The game is very simple. Deal the cards, gentlemen. And immediately put a vehicle on the line. I’ll teach you quickly.
The cards were dealt, and the T-90S, mig-21, Strela, and Osa were put in the bank. They’re waiting.
Rzhevsky puts his cards on the table:
-India! - and scoops up all the vehicles.
“And what’s the point, Lieutenant?”
-It’s simple, gentlemen. Whoever throws the first cards on the table, shouting the name of his subtree, he takes the prize.
It’s clear. After the next hand, everyone abruptly throws the cards on the table, shouting:
-Switzerland!
-Taiwan!
-Benelux!
-Thailand!
-Hungary!

Rzhevsky, calmly and calmly puts the cards on the table:
-British Commonwealth, gentlemen.

I fricken love Soviet copy paste!!!

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Where Arjun, Marut, Rudra, etc?

Having all planes start at the same altitude and speed doesn’t level the playing field tho.
The planes still have different radars, missiles, loadouts and flight performances.

Spawning a Gripen at the same speed as a Typhoon doesn’t change the fact that the Gripen gets fewer (and in case of the SAAF Gripen worse) missiles and a worse radar. Wether you have to take-off first or just get spawned in the air has no effect on these differences.

If anything, this approach only makes the performance differences even more impactful. Also, what about the 13.0/13.3 planes? Do you just expect Gaijin to remove up- and downtiers?

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It does get fewer missiles but the Swedish one can fight back with it’s own 120s.

Well we cant balance for uptiers and down tiers.
I would like to see more decompression.

T-72 with Leclerc autoloader:

So you just expect something like the JA37DI, F-4F ICE or the Harriers to accept that they will be nothing but cannonfodder in such a match?

With smaller teams you should get fewer uptiers.

No really as those aircraft have 120s.
Harrier like an A-10 will always struggle and it would be recommended to concentrate on support and ground striking.

Just because the teams are smaller doesn’t mean you would get fewer uptiers. Currently 4 players per team get max downtiers, everyone else is uptiered by either 0.3, 0.7 or 1 BR. That’s 25% of a team that gets a downtier and 75% that gets an uptier if the team has the maximum size.
If we reduce the teamsizes to 8, you would have either 6 players getting uptiered if we keep the percentages or 4 players getting uptiered if we keep the 4 player rule.

And having access to AIM-120s makes up for lacklustre flight performance and weak radar sets how exactly?
What about those that don’t get AIM-120s, but rather Derbys or R-77s?
What about those that don’t get ARHs in the first place?

You are spawning everyone at altitude though and the Sea Harrier is not even an attacker.

Since J-11B is going down to 13.7, China no longer has a 14.0.

Should a 14.0 option be added to China in the next June update? 🇨🇳

  • Yes, it needs a 14.0
  • No, it’s getting a vehicle this update (J-11B)
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What would they add to give them a 14.0?
Why does it even matter that they don’t have a plane at 14.0?

dogk5ogs8x7z
Smiling J10 pls :D

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Probably J-10B, but I’m uninformed on Chinese equipment.

That would require a new model.

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Ofc, just like many other vehicles that get added each update.

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