Major Update "Line of Contact" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 2)

cant wait for EFT AESA (late) it would have actual upgrades to flight performance with the AMK kit and if gaijin really wanted to screw the balance TVC since its an option for any operator nation to buy but none have due to cost and increased maintenance. Oh and probably 5th gen IIR missiles lol

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Is this 100%? I could swear the 9th pylon was Pod/ECM only

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I put it down because i cant be any less disappointed like i already am with the standard BS treatment of the worst air tree in warthunder lmao.

If the Gripen E somehow was the 2nd best jet or even top 3 id be shocked but that just wont happen. Cause its gonna need to beat plenty of superior fighters.

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Ah so its 10 pylons with one dedicated I see, fair enough

Still less missiles than the new EFT’s and Rafale

So less missiles, worse flight performance and the same BR seems fair

I think it can do it if anything can, but ofc maybe it is just cope

Which they shouldnt have gotten anyways

Its cope to keep assuming it will be like the Gripen C on release. The air game mode has changed to a whole different meta and the Gripen E doesn’t fit that Meta

Tell that to the EFT/Rafale mains

3 more is nice for the gripen but when the EFT will out preform it in pretty much every aspect AND have more missiles doesnt seem that great lol

Again will also be the same BR so it will again just be a vehicle that was good for the prior 14.3 fighters now placed against the next gen fighters lol

the rafale didnt get more missiles did it? the max should still be 8

Gripen e wont be meta defining or anything but it’ll still be good. if the hornet is 14.0 then the gripen e should probably be 14.3.

No, I was reffering to the EFTs and the double racks

It may have just been the EFT i thought someone had mentioned it got 2 extra missiles.

people were talking about it being a possibility but it never happened

Rafale M is afaik identical other then Naval gear legs so itll be worse

buddy gaijin is putting the F/A-18E at 14.3 lmao

Doesn’t matter, its still a better vehicle with better missiles then some gimped EW jet without EW