Make the A-7 Great!

[Daft909]

Bro i have agreed with everything you have been reporting on the harriers, and they kind of suck right now. BUT. so do the A-7s

they are very comparable to the harriers in performance besides having a much much slower acceleration but higher wing loading and energy retention (but that’s compared to attackers, not fighters)

The A7s ingame are being balanced as if they where a much better platfrom then what they are. They suck and need to go down in BR

The harriers DO ALSO need fixing!

lets make this game great, one change at a time!

[Schindibee]

@MatrixRupture

Functioning flight model

Well, the SLUFF is prone to snap wings at the slightest negative G though…

[Pangolin_Fan]

@MagikWT

We’re pushing more high power missiles down, decompression is always the answer.

They wouldn’t cause any issues. The missiles they get are all rear-aspect, aside from the event A-7.

There’s planes with the same missiles and better flight performance lower than the A-7, and they don’t cause issues, so moving the A-7s down simply makes sense.

[MatrixRupture]

@Ion_Protogen

The A7K should be 10.7, because 11.3 is unreasonable. It would be in a similar spot to the AMX, Shar, or A-10.

I agree that 11.3 on these jets is insane. Unless Shars got their IRL HUD and FM ect. than they would be perfect there.

@Ion_Protogen

Just accept that the A7s are overtiered relative to other stuff with similar performance.

I think one of the main reasons they are so high is because of AGM-65 and at 10.3 that is not too bad.

@Ion_Protogen

The A7D would be best at 10.0, because it is better than the harriers at 9.7.

The A7D is already at 10.3? 9.7 is basically 10.0 as it almost always sees uptiers. Not sure how much of a difference 10.3-10.0 would be.

@Ion_Protogen

The A7K should be 10.7, because 11.3 is unreasonable

I can agree with you on this 2 AIM9L is not enough to be 11.3 however in Ground it should remain 11.3 due to ATG abilities.

[Bonrath]

@Daft909

A7E - 10.0 (2 aim9G, same story. a sidegrade to the harrier with a better cannon)

The A-7E ( US) should be a top of the line A-7, not the K. Therefore it should also present better weapons than the 7D.
They should give it it’s 9Ls ( which it DID use) and a pair of AGM-65F/Gs ( which it ALSO USED). It wouldn’t be busted at all and could stay at around 10.3/10.7.
As of right now though, the devs don’t give a damn, they’re too busy powercreeping it.

[Bonrath]

While this topic is up, we need to report missing AGM-62ERDL, AGM-65F and AIM-9L/M on dev.
If the hornet can get them so can this old beauty.

[ayung0227]

now add agm-65f for a7eeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Bonrath]

Hell the AIM-9L would also make it way better

(Let’s not talk how it had 9M during desert storm lol)