Nah they can be released up to 48 hours before the update releases.
This has been used as an early warning system for update releases for years now.
tell me you dont play on console without telling me…
the max we got them ahead of an patch as 1 day, never 2… also most of the time we get the packs AFTER the patch went live
From memory that was back end UI stuff.
Not actually pop up notices for people logging in that new packs are available to purchase with the ability to buy them
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I think you should probably read what I said again, because I’m actually agreeing with what you said.
You know what an early warning system is right?
It looks like the Typhoons will be getting JDAM-ER too, there was an image posted on a chinese site that seems to sum up the recent dev server changes,
The translation of it
Gameplay changes:
- fighters/attackers carrying sufficient quantities of ground ordinance will be re-classified as bombers,
radars will not require the parts modification to be able to be repaired,
Aircraft changes:
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C-3604: now a tech tree aircraft instead of a premium, now placed after the he-112b-0,
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F-2A / F-2A (ADTW): RWR changed from J/APR-4 to J/ASQ-2,
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F111C/F:
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- Added fuel dumping,
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F111A
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- Added lower and upper speed limits for fuel dumping of 200/300 km/h respectively,
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A-10C, F-16C-50, JAS-39C(all), EF-2000(all), F-2A, F-15C(all), F-15E/I, F-16AM, F/A-18C Late(all):
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- Added GBU-62 and GBU-64
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F-15E, F-16C-50, A-10C: added SNIPER TGP,
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F-16C/D (ISR) → Added SPICE 1000/2000,
Ground vehicle changes:
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M247, XM246, Type 87: added “easy box opening” functionality (???),
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CLAWS (TADS)/(TEL): added spotting,
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IRIS-T SLM (RS), elde 98 (Giraffe 1X), PGZ-04A, SPYDER AiO, lvkv 9040C, ASRAD-R: added ability to lock targets outside of visual area (whatever that means),
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BT-7(all), BT-7(F32), BT-42:
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- max speed: 49.1km/h → 53.58km/h,
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- max reverse speed: -9.64 km/h → -10.53 km/h,
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Badger: reworked armour layout,
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“Raider/Starlight” (Rapier?): Removed new AA interface,
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Leclerc MSC:
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- LFP now produces secondary shrapnel,
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- UFP now no longer produces secondary shrapnel,
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- composite internal structure thickness increased from 1mm → 80mm,
Naval vehicle changes:
- All battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers: improved overpressure damage functionality,
- All battleships, battlecruisers, some cruisers:
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- ammo elevators are now immune to armor-piercing shells,
- hull resistance to high-explosive shells reduced from 10% to 7% (more susceptible to high-explosive damage),
Ground weapon changes:
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AIM-9X:
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- renamed to AIM-9X Block 2,
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- added GNSS, datalink and lofting,
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IRIS-T SLM:
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- decreased proxy fuse radius from 15m → 6m
No idea if it’s real or not since it doesn’t seem to be from the main credible leakers but from what has been gathered so far it seems real.
I remember a lot of times as far back as 2018 where the packs being made available would indicate the update was at most 48 hours away.
I really miss those times, much simpler. Back then there were still updates I could actually be excited about.
Did the Typhoons ever use JDAM-ER?
So what’s GBU-62 and GBU-64?
JDAM-ER
Can you be more specific?
looks like larger versions of the GBU-39, so like the JDAM’s we have in game but with glide kits and therefore more range
air radar general: ground and sea modes now have different names
Thank god they actually changed that. That was going to be annoying.
Most likely Stormer with Starstreak.
It has a IRS, so removing the AA menu from it would not be the weirdest thing Gaijin did.
That would put the Raider as Ozelot. Two IRS users.
62 looks to be a 500lb version and 64 a 2000lb version.
KInda a shame they might be adding another ahistorical weapon to the Typhoon isntead of adding historical ones (I dont think the Typhoon ever used them)
Okay, maybe for console. But the KMS Gneisenau, at least on PC was first published, long ago. I bet almost a month ago
yes, because in the Gaiin store all these packs are real Pre-Orders
SAL Brimstones is busted, I had to deal with this earlier today, plane is very agile and really the only way to desperately deal with the Typhoon using them is something like the strela.
If SAL Brimstones are busted then KH-38MT are a god-tier weapon.
Typhoon should have SAL Brimstones 2 for something actually decent for short range and Spear-3s for some form of GPS stand-off wepaon
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I mean Kh38 is a god tier CAS missile regardless of how good the Brimstone SALs are perceived.
However at least in squadron battles it’s pretty common that people prefer Brimstones over Mavericks, so I partially get where he is coming from.
AGM-65s are a 10.0 weapon that is still being used at top tier. They are slow, weak and easily defeated. Also very little can carry enough to overwhelm something like a Pantsir.
Brimstones whilst just as slow (if not slower) can be spammed and overwhelm a Pantsir. We’ll have to wait and see what hte new SAMs do, but if their performance is anything like IRL. You will not be able to enter range to use the Brimstones using the current tactics because you will just die. and dealing with multi-vehicle SAMs will be impossible.
Also in SQB they can be taken without sacrificing A2A ability if needed as they also dont weight very much and you can take 12 without giving up any missiles
Though Im surprised its the not the Rafale being used for SQBs at the moment.
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