Major Update "Spearhead" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 2)

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Tbf i started it since i didn’t see the Smin comments so thats on me

MANNN I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE LAGS (Laser guided AIM-9L) that thing would be literally an APFSDS going mach fk to hit the tank from the top

lmao no
It’s gonna have the effect of a HE hydra and that’s about it

unironically its propably norwegian f16

Would it take that long to add though? I mean im all for it given what it could get but that seems unlikely

I more so wanna see it for A2A tbh, would be literally unflarable xD

F-16s have been drip fed into game ever since apex predators released… nothing suggesting they wont add some more now

Idk i feel Gripen E would be pretty much meh, add it now without its main ability and it would be pretty mid, its just the problem with Powercreep maybe if it had been here 10 months ago it might be useful but currently i cant see it.

Would be more Smart to go NG so that Sweden has a current EFT equivalent thats more lightweight and then that bridges the gap for next gen weapons. Gaijin could also folder an NG under the other NG and give it the changed wing design or the Removed IRST on the Nose so that they can have ome at 14.3 one at whatever BR next gen IR missiles are at and then with ECM we can get the Gripen E. Slightly heavier but allowing it to finally utilize its main feature.

That is if it doesn’t get affected by the laser guidance bug the laser bombs have been having for months now.

I can see it now, fire the missile with a clear laser lock, and then watch the missile wander off like a lazy eye.

Idk, they could but it feels unlikely given how long its taking to show. I mean look at the F 35 or the Apaches, those were literally copy pasted and seen early on so why would an F16 be different?

I cant see it being a Gripen as that feels like something you’d show in a trailer but given the Gripens in trailers yeah i could see the E or NG being excluded from a trailer or just shown as a burning wreck lol. More likely December for something big, its probably just some rushed tank or the Otis lmao

I am still confused about the E and NG.
Specialy since sweden pnly now received their first E variant themself

Whats confusing about the swedes and them naming around 20 NG’s all nearly different the same name?

/s lol

But what specifically confuses you?

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include israel on that too because oh boy the battlehawk in 13.0 its just insane, no LDIRCM and the Spikes are horrendously awful i dont know what gaijin was thinking when uptiered every heli with Spikes ER like if they were on pair with the rest.

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Not a developer so I might be totally wrong, however this could maybe be a thing that’s so simple to add that it becomes less of a priority. A “We know we could finish this in like a couple hours tops, so we’re saving it for last” kind of deal.

CV90 MK.IV was pretty last minute given its “problems” but i guess if its not unique its not worth showing off, welp i know exactly what it is now lmao

Unique thing that’s been cooking for a long time - probably leaked
Unique thing that was just put into the oven shortly before dev - less likely to be leaked
Copy pasted thing that was literally put together during dev period - definitely not leaked

Does that track?

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Clearly its the Leo 2A7DK lmao, enough to copy and paste and worthless enough to do anything while casuing controversy lol.

God please no snail i beg we dont need it, just gib something decent like SPAA or a good aircraft, ill aslo cry if its a JA37D with Otis lol

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U guya just got the E into service. So sth like the NG just realy doednt make much sense

You guys? Since when was a Danish guy Swedish?