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

Wish gaijin would make good collabs man, they could collab with Ace Combat and stuff to bring those types of camos and it wouldn’t bother those who prefer historical camos because you can just disable fictional ones

I’d kill for either a Ace combat crossover or Macross cross over when it comes to jet designs. Absolute peak stuff right there. Hopefully the next game is solid

Though part of me kinda hopes they don’t I don’t want them to go too overboard like World of Tanks and such. But neat camos or decals would be solid.

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Exactly.

The YF-23 was more ambitious(risky).

Post Desert Storm, Post Berlin Wall there was already question as to the need for ATF program when the F-15 just proved it was cream of the crop. It was already looking like the original 750(1 for 1 F-15 replacement) was off the table.

Imagine if it had been selected, and likely had even fewer produced before the axe came than the F-22, how much worse the fleet would look, regardless of how capable it turned out.

Even if it lived up to everything it could have been, it would likely have been the worse choice, given the production reality it would have faced.

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Yeah as long as they kept it reasonable I’d kill for it 100%

Yeah but I can cope lmao. Still one of the more unique design especially for the time. Love the engine placement on it makes it so unique.

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I’d honestly be pretty stoked with a topgun 2 skin for the F14. Very minor but pretty sweet.

So slick imo

I’m not stressed. It’s just the same tired arguments that have been made endlessly on X about the Canadian F-35, with people even less informed about fighter realities.

Welp it is 5:57AM and I am basically off work, I am heading home and sleeping, ping me if something cool drops like B-66 radar gun sight or Hummel later today. That is if I’m not up sometime this afternoon.

off to work as well see you all for the dev
server tonight possibly

Welcome to part 3

I suppose next devblog maybe USAF F-16CM (PoBIT program)

Here I come from the depths of Tartarus, the master of complaining.

Where are my pre-1946 Japanese planes? The trailer was disappointing, and in just 11 days we’ll be celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Mitsubishi A6M5 Hei, the last Japanese TT plane from the pre-1946 era. After waiting 1,815 days (4 years, 11 months, and 20 days), I’d like to finally receive my new plane.

I’m preparing something special for the 5 years of waiting, although I don’t know if it’s worth it.

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@KAISERLION
I fly at 9000 meters in F-18s, Gripens, JF-17, F-2A, etc. Let alone fast aircraft like F-15s, etc… and the upcoming F-16C Block 52.
The worst aircraft from my experience at high altitude is Rafale, cause for whatever reason it’s just too easy to bleed speed in the supersonic range at high altitude.

Chaffing and notching is quick and easy.

F-2A is significantly slower than F-16C which itself is going to be a bit slower than F-16 Block 52.

Comparing Kfir C10 to Gripen, F-16, etc is wild…

I hereby summon the expected Dev stream at 1600 CEST and dev server at 1800

Wasent there not an russian stream that said, Gajin is not implamenting any 5 Gen Aircraft? ( I think it was a MATWAG vid)

dead with the F14D somewhere

grumman my glorious goat of planes never fails to cook

they made so many good planes and won so many contracts that government had to say no

uh. it looks like update will be emply again.

Tho the tanks at the update now look promising. BTR-3 (whom does it go? Surely not to USSR, so im interested if its for them Hungary or any other?), Centauro 2, new Tunguska (again the question is who gets it?). Not much but at least new and unique everything. W gaijin at last! The plane part is depressing tho.

i heard its going to thailand

I wish :’)

Or Leclerc XLR, or another uparmored Leopard, or T-14, or even a 2020s T-80/90…

ANYTHIIIING!

They’ve been focusing so much on pl*ne slop these years that Ground Rank VIII has basically been abandoned beyond the new SAMs made to precisely counter the plane spam…

However I am most interested now in the possibility of Dagor 7, new ground physics and regenerative steering, in terms of ground!

Also, hopefully they will do the right thing and add ZTZ-96B to the regular tree, making the Premium be a reskinned version or VT2B.