Such a peak update
im doubting that as south dakota got added musashi aswell so well likely see it as a tech tree next year
I mean I agree that the US doesn’t suffer, but at the same time they do usually draw the short straw when it comes to “technically capable of carrying X”.
Since all the AH-64E now get the LDIRCMs because the US mounted them, US players asking for meteors on their F-35s because they were integrated on a US aircraft isn’t too far fetched.
Hell unless the AH-64E LDIRCM get removed again from all non-US AH-64Es, the US asking for meteors for their own F-35s because other nations use them on their F-35s isn’t already too far fetched.
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So the picture has R77s on it, but in the actual devblog there isnt a single word about it getting them, Which one is it???
thats cause you lack the skill to fly the aircraft maybe?
don’t worry you’ll be ready for that TRUTH NUKE someday
I usually wouldnt agree with this but in this case I do. Its similar deal to HMD for top tier aircraft and how crucial it is for balance and survival in air battles. LDIRCM is very much needed as a standard for top tier helis but not because of US alone but because other nations such as China or USSR already have these systems.
It isnt but at the same time they would most likely get domestic equivalents so I’d say Meteor wont be needed for them.
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Stock grinding 13.3s and 13.7s tomorrow be like ( joining the 12.7s and 13.0s which suffer due to premium spam):
thx devs for being reasonable and reading our feeback
A lot of the devblogs are written in advance, you can tell with the Ajax’s problems “being resolved” despite a big scandal a few days before being posted. The R-77s were a later addition in the dev server, so they probably didn’t plan on it originally.
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Oh yeah I agree that meteors likely aren’t needed for them.
I just think it’s a bit hypocritical for some people here (not you) to talk shit about US mains asking for the meteor while they themselfs will gladly accept the LDIRCM for the AH-64E that, if they followed their own logic, they have no right receiving.
I guess it’s just the typical “rules for thee but not for me” mindset that a whole bunch of nation mains have.
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tbh Im more then willing to drop the LDIRCM that way its more balanced but im also not gonna say no if everyone gets them
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Dang update tomorrow!
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While i agree the issue i have with US domestic equivalents is that one of them (AIM-174) has only ever been put on Super hornet and the other (aim-260) has never been seen publicly afaik and basically nothing is known about it.
Then again gaijin did give the Eurofighters all the same weapons fits so they very well could pull the same stunt with the F-35.
Though i guess Australia is buying some now so that might change soon?
Arent there like AIM-120D or even E models available that have some Meteor like range?
D is longer ranged then C but its not really a meteor equivalent and i dont think E exists yet.
120 only goes to D no E’s yet
Clearly somebody should go back in time and convince the US to keep developing AIM-152.
Nah, they needed to keep developing the CATTB. Someone needs to go back in time and tell the US to adopt the XM8.
On the other hand, with how tiny our maps are the range advantage METEOR has over 120D doesn’t really come to play. It’ll have time to target advantage at long range, but it’ll have that against almost every missile.
If we get bigger maps where the range advantage matters I’d say it’s fair play to give it to every F-35 user, but as it stands I’d like to keep it limited to European platforms, to give them something unique to stand out.