Major Update "Ninth Wave" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

I am always surprised how much crunch there is in the Gaijin dev team when they always reiterate that they plan a year or more in advance and apperantly have models ready for release months before the patch.

There’s a chance of it’s countermeasure count being potentially increased

Based on sources? That would be nice.

Most people I have seen talking about it on this forum have only talked about it having 48 countermeasures.

Why is Russian getting a new SPAA?

Isreal is the real desperate nation that needs a new modern SAM system

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as this reddit post said:
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Yeah ive been waiting for 4 months for something new, at least give us the 9K330 Tor-M1 from Cyprus

I fully agree, or they should just start by giving us the I-DERBY ER now that russia is getting a missle that can almost go Mach 5 and can pull 75G’S

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Day 1097 of waiting for Polish tech tree

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they can add each one and they will still butcher them

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yea it’s insanne they still are getting a new SPAA (at top tier) , when other’s are more i need …

like those are all the gap’s that exist that in my opinion need to be fixed , and yet no new stuff there.

USA

need ta new spaa
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maybe yes maybe no
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maybe yes maybe no
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germany

maybe yes maybe no
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russia (low tier, no need at high)

maybe yes maybe no
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UK

need a new AA
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maybe yes maybe no
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japan

maybe yes maybe no
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maybe yes maybe no
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need a new one
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china

need a new one
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maybe yes maybe no
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italy

need a new one
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France

need a new one
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need a new one
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Swedeen

need a new one
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need a new one
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Israel

need a new one
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Hey @Smin1080p_WT

Back in July 2024 when modern Fox-3s were added to the game, we had a major rebalance occur where all missiles received updated autopilots and drag coefficients. Here is the changelog for it.

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In this old round of changes, the AIM-120A/B lost a large amount of its ability to pull Gs quickly, making it less effective at close range in order to make it better at long range. This eventually bled over to the AIM-120C-5 and now potentially the AIM-120D.

In light of this, I am lead to ask a few questions:

  1. Do the devs feel the AIM-120 is performing how it should be?

  2. If they feel the AIM-120 platform is performing how it should be, what is the justification? Do they have any historical sources, or is this purely based on balance?

  3. If it is based on balance, and not historical sources, would the devs be willing to reconsider the current implementation of the AIM-120 family?

  4. If it is based on historical sources, and assuming they can be discussed openly, what are the dev’s findings for the AIM-120’s performance? We have various bug reports (Report #1, Report #2) that display the AIM-120B’s ability to hit maneuvering targets in a variety of conditions, so I’m wondering if those have been factored in at all.

Please note I’m not coming in to argue, I’d just like some clarification if at all possible. Thanks in advance.

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Oxy confirmed it will be a low tier vehicle, so I suspect something Rank IV or lower

Feels actively deliberate at this point. Some nations they just refuse to give decent SPAA options at particular BRs, e.g. Not moving the Falcon down to give a 7.0-8.0 SPAA, instead giving it a radar and leaving it at the same BR as another radar SPAAG.


UK 10.3 -> 11.3 SAMs

They mostly just need to give the Stormer it’s LMMs already, it’s main issue is no proxy, so uh give it the service used proxy missile?!?!

Type 93 -> Type 81 (C) gap

Just add the Indonesian RapidRanger at 10.0 already aaaaa

AMX-10P -> AMX-30 DCA gap

It’s not like there isn’t options too (AMX 13 DCA prototype without radar, VAB/TA-20, and more)

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Nah not copy paste, gaijin does not have the money to pay for 3rd party model. Coz you know gaijin is indie developer

true.
and its not like they dont have ideas to any spaas they can add, they have a whole suggestion page for each with all of the relevant info for every nation.
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im waiting for a vehicle like the japanese type 93 to come in 9.3-9.7 for us tech tree. we have humvee assets already and other nations get stingers but … ah well…

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I only wish for its digital HMD and wide HUD…they could even keep the same PL12…gaijin having problems modeling those Chinese top tier…

I’ll be focusing on the Hungarian stuff mainly especially the domestic stuff

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Honestly sort of depends if it has 48cm or not.

Hello

All missile performance in game is based on source material. Nothing is “buffed” or “nerfed” on the whims of balance. Its a case of source material showing clearly something can do X or Y.

Regarding open reports, so long as the matter is still open, that means it has not yet been rejected by the devs. Usually this is down to 2 main reasons: 1) The source material is trying to be confirmed (assuming it conflicts with what is already known and understood) or 2) it is scheduled for a wider rework of the missile(s) in terms of physics, performance or a general updating of missiles across the board (such as the above mentioned drag rework for context).

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