Why? This jet looked promising, bought it, played it, did well the first couple matches.
1 week later; F104, MIG19, MIG21. While everyone is crying there eyes out over how OP this jet is, damn, this thing is a literal waste of time. This used to be 8.7, and now 9.0???
Lets talk missiles first, red tops: 12G, rear aspect (while they should be all-aspect anyway), large explosive load, 6KM lock range. Sound promising right? Well not in practice, any uptier, even the slightest, any jet can outrun these missiles, the only, and I mean the ONLY chance you will get a kill if someone fell asleep spawning their bomber, lining up perfectly 180 degrees behind target, firing the missile at 2-3km and pray to the lord. Myself? I focused killing AI, they fly straight and make weak turns. Forget going after players, by the time you try to intercept, your team is there faster, with more gunpower and much greater efficiency. If you, however, manage to get a missile fired, it might lock onto your teammates, digging a SL debt. Repeat this process 3-4 times and you are back to base. No assists, no hits, no kills, no points. Nothing more than a waste of time.
The jet itself: speed is good, agility is good, at 8.7. NOT at 9.0+. Can and will be outrun, outturned, outgunned, because yes this jet does not have any guns.
I can not imagine why this jet suffers from uptiers this bad, not even to speak about the recent BR increase. If I’m talking nonsense please say so, but anyone else that follows my rant; make Gaijin realize.