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

anything cool today?


dev server just gave me this., i havbent seen the snail in such a long time.
have i been blessed?

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So with exactly one change you can make rank 8 fit all of the 4/4.5 gens that the US will most likely get before we see 5th gens which negates the need for rank 9 (until the 5th gens) so you can keep your rank 7 premiums instead of them being a waste.

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(The BR’s have no meaning this is just to show they can fit.)

Currently looking at the other trees but at a glance with some rearranging those also will work.

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well they sound like absolutely Horrible Ideas so im not even Remotely surprised

you take an Already Slow and Cumbersome airframe and ADD useless weight in form of an external bomb bay that then still just holds the same stuff as the aircraft already can Hold on much Lighter Pylons

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whats funny is we have so many of these american 4th gens in game and yet they’re still missing probably 50% of their irl kit.

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Gaijin are just waiting to add more versions which will have their actual full kit. And to be able to put out more premiums. Premium F-15C or F-16C by the end of the 2026 is my guess.

gib block 30 f16c

Israeli Blk 30 with Python 4 and DASH HMD 🙏

Ooo fancy.

python 4 my beloved♥♥♥♥

honestly at this point just add the damn python 4. nerf it a little if you have to, because lets not pretend they dont have a history of doing that. israeli top tier air has been bottom of the barrel for a little aside from that one month the f15e was good when people didnt know how to deal with it

It has duel type irccm, which is what im pretty sure they’re trying to avoid adding to air for now. heli’s have them and so do SAMs, but its prolly a bit too strong in game rn. It would also make the derby pretty pointless.

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That is nerfed. thats my point. irl it should have an IIR seeker afaik which is much stronger against countermeasures in general than a normal ir seeker with fov narrowing and seeker shutoff.

edit: It has a dual band seeker. similar to the stinger.

just give it r73 or aim9m irccm and be happy with a maneuverable missile

iirc python 5 got the iir seeker, python 4 still has the usual. though thats quoting something i remember vaguely reading some other guys saying on here

On the topic of clouds I haven’t seen anymore people of late complaining about how “unrealistic” to have a blanket of cloud covering the whole map lol

sorta. python 4 uses dual band, so its IR and ultraviolet, and irl has quite sophisticated irccm. Python 5 uses IIR seeker which is where i got confused myself.

There’s enough issues as it is and they have been like this (+ other issues with clouds) for ages and it seems like they will just stay that way.

I’d be surprised if they even remember what folder the clouds are in.

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