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

*Oto - Ansaldo, and what was inaccurate was the shell not the gun. Btw the guns of Soyouz were 406 mm based on and Italia 406 mm gun projects.

Tracked rapier inbound, I am very happy about this.

I hope dev stream shows off some good stuff because… these leaked ground vehicles are so underwhelming that it’s not even worth making fun of it.

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one of the best additions is unironically the DF105 which is saying something because it’s both no longer needed, and should’ve been added 4 years ago when French players asked for it.

Yeah, it took gaijin almost 4 years to port over the DF105 to the french tree… let that sink in

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With the size of the leak list I think that’s it.

i would welcome a f-18 with only a gun lol

if they dont add f-18 to germany, there is almost nothing free for germany in this update lol

Germany F-18, bottom of the priority list rn.

  • No A2G ordnance
    meaning it literally provides nothing for Germany currently. So it can be delayed (and likely will since Germany isn’t exactly blessed with an abundance of jets going forward)

the C-701 and C-704 could be added to the game 1 year ago without breaking the game its missiles have similar performance to the AGM 65, KH29 and TE

C-701 T/KD
mass - 117kg
max speed - 0.8 at 0.9 mach
max launch Range - 25 km
seeker - IR or TV
warhead - 30.5 kg SAPHE

C-704KD Missile info:
Missile weight:290kg
Max speed: 0.9 mach
Max launch Range: 35km
Propulsion system: Solid market engine
Seeker: IR or TV
Warhead Type:Blast-fragmentation warhead or penetration blast warhead
Warhead Weight: 165kg

(can be nerfed to have a 20 km lock range like the KH38MT)

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Happens from time to time to different nations, nothing new.

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Treat it as if we got the first dev server’s list of vehicles a day early.

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Everytime I tell myself something along the lines of “this has to be the worst update for ground players” Gaijin tries to outdo themselfs a couple updates later.

I’d find it impressive if it wasn’t a bit worrying and somewhat depressing as a ground player

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the problem is they ae not added, and that’s why he is upset.

I guess good air TT is a good start and things is getting better, but the long term of gaijin making new things makes it not so sure.

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God knows but this gives me hope we see Dutch F-16s as premiums tho

I have a feeling this is going to either be a good day or an abysmal one.

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it will provide something that imo more important than a2g ordnance, a good CAP without the need to raise your ground lineup br

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Only two thinks I’m looking of, and one is the German armed car as I can use that in my event line up : P.

Eh?

small potatoes TBH. I recently played 12.0 and 12.7 pure Ground to see just how often you get uptiered and well… majority of the time you’re seeing 12.7 so, trying to “avoid” top tier by playing 12.0 instead of 12.7, is just as foolish as trying to play 13.3 and expecting to avoid 14.0 in air

Eh the Swiss 18C would likely still be 12.7 even without the CAS loadouts, same BR as the US 18C that has CAS weaponry.

Damn, I’d at least take a Magach or a Tiran over nothing