russian and english dev streams confirmed that the gripen e is 100% coming this patch. its just a matter of days until the dev server gets updated and a new meta begins
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Oh… what does Gripen E bring, i was under the impression it was kind of like a AESA EFT but with 7 Aim-120 instead of 6.
better cas for sure. not quite powerful but still a good upgrade over the f18 in the sweden tree
Can we please, please get a solid answer as to whether the VT-4 is coming to the Thailand subtree or not? It’s a matter of principle at this point, regardless of vehicle performance.
Most Chinese players are not opposed to its addition….
A heavier Gripen C with 7 Fox 3 hardpoints and worse agility. F-15E counterpart mobility wise, basically worse than the current EFT but now at the same BR as the better EFT
its all public, not stalking.
Does the new engine not offset the weight?
From calculating it does provide a higher base TWR of 1.25 compared to 1.207, based on Wiki stats tho, channel losses will change these stats drastically as they’re different engines, empty weight in game might also differ, and fuel consumption of each respective engine will play a part.
While far from TWR like EF or Rafale it does also get AMK compared to Gripen C so it should just be better in that regard unless i missed something.
So if Gaijin doesn’t murder the engine it might actually be pretty good.
I don’t think Brimstones would count as better cas lmao, it already has GBU-39 and AGM-65.
Technically speaking Israel does have the Kfir C.10 Block 60, but it lacks a top tier AESA equipped aircraft.
Still, even if all that is modeled, it is a strictly worse EF in every metric.
Worse accel/TWR.
Worse agility.
Same weapons but less of them.
Worse-ish radar.
99.99% of being 14.3
Better than nothing I guess.
Yeah, it does kind of suck when you put it like that, i imagine even if there’s decompression the Gripen E won’t be lower BR than Rafale or AESA EFT.
In GRB it has better cas, so it has that going for it…
I think that kinda depends on what 14.3 you compare it to. Rafale 100% agree its not going to be better but id say the Gripen E would absolutely be on the same level as the SU30SM and the non-AESA EFT
Yeah thats true. Shame that all of these are crammed into a single BR.
They are stealing our planes, when Japan never even used a hornet. The “unique” stuff is just American aircraft that are unfairly not in the American tech tree
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If i had to guess then Gaijin will probably move up the Rafale together with the AESA EFT and the J10C to a new BR ceiling so maybe (fingers crossed) top tier will get some decompression
They most certainly will stretch it to 14.7 or even 15.0 somewhere down the line. But as of now all of these are 14.3 and therefore will face each other all day every day every single game, no exceptions. Thats why I am making a comparison between gripen and EF.
But otherwise - yeah, those are not the same whatsoever.
Im pretty sure they will not be 14.3 on release. Even Gaijin should realize that having both EFTs on the same BR doesnt make sense so i assume the spaghetti code just prevents them from easily raising the br ceiling or something
Crazy… Anyway
Bigger wing span doesn’t help with its agility. Again better speed and acceleration for worse flight performance
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prob with the upcomming new air RB that bvvd talked about