It’s so funny to read how you guys have been arguing about the HMD and 6xAAM-4 for over a week now, while missing the most important fact that even in its current form it’s a great 13.7 aircraft without these fictitious things.
Do you want to see it on 14.0 so much that you can really feel the pain and start begging to take away its 2 ARH and HMD to give it back its 13.7?
Just compare it to other 13.7 aircraft, not to 14.0, and realize that it’s superior to many in terms of overall performance. And let’s not forget that in the future it will definitely get AAM-4B + AAM-5
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This plane is great 13.7, but not meta and will play against 14.0 anyway. So 2 more AAM-4 and HMD gonna help a lot. Also, I would like to see 14.0 plane for Japan. Looks like, Japan gonna be the only nation without it.
Future is unknown. BVVD said that new missiles (like AAM-5, AIM-9X etc.) for planes are “not in plans”. I’d expect 5th gen before new missiles
We can definitely expect BR decompression starting from 13.0, because EFT and Rafale should go to 14.3-14.7.
Stop juggling BR numbers, a top jet does not always have to have the maximum BR. Look at the Kfir C10, it is the ultimate assh*le for 13.0 with HMD+ARH and avionics worthy of 14.0. So what did he forget at 13.0?
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We can’t. Gaijin could rise BR of these planes before. But it didn’t. That means, their stats are not that great they need to solve this problem immediately. So, we don’t know for how long we are stuck in this state.
Depends on definition of “top”. It can be as simple as “the end of the line”, but it also can be “plane with top tier gameplay”. Or it can be “plane with max BR”. And Gaijin sells 11.7 tank packs with 13.0 planes and still saying “we don’t sell top vehicles”. Looks like they use last definition of “top”. Cause it’s definetely not second.
Because as much as it’s good at 12.0-13.0 battles, as it’s dogshit at 13.0-14.0 battles. Or 13.7. It’s main problem of all planes from 9.0 I’d say. They are OP at -1, they suck at +1.
I completely disagree with you that he is bad at 14.0. He has great speed, maneuverability, hmd and 4 arh. What does he need to be good at 14.0? 4 more Derbies? They won’t make any difference if you can’t hit them.
I’m gonna be honest, even with HMD and 6 AAM-4, the F-2 will have the same playstyle and won’t be meta since the meta is Eurocanards for various number of reasons.
F-2, even as is, will do fine against the current top tier and will only struggle when it’s a 2 vs 1 or third party but what aircraft doesn’t struggle when in those conditions? Anyone who tries to merge with you dies, and you have enough CMs to kite anyone lobbing ARH missiles at range.
Ironically as the name implies it’s just a top tier zero that punches above its weight thanks to its flight model (which does matter when you’re not a BVR missile bus).
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I think it will be niche but fun. Has some of the best ACM out there and with the wide setting its almost like psudo-hmd (not really but you get what i mean)
Really good manuverability especially at low speeds and single pop CMs is nice especially if they give it it’s full 120CMs. I think it will be fun maybe not fully meta but fun.
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We have to pray it gets its full 120CMs, considering so many planes at toptier are missing either half or 3/4th of their CMs
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60CM gifted to swiss f-18
Am I the only one who sees that the plane in game is the wrong colour? it’s just too bright. It’s like the dark tone is what the light tone should be.
Here is a picture of the F-2 in game. I took the liberty of picking the blue from a relatively even spot on the wing for easier comparison to the later images.
Here and here are two separate pictures of the exact F-2 as found in the game, in reality. The lighting in both images is different, but it’s clear to see, particularly from the markings on the vertical stabilizer, that the F-2 we have in game is way too washed out.
Also can we address just how filthy the plane is in game? like holy moly, somebody needs to hit it with a sponge.
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There was report for it actually, skin on dev are often incorrect and changed before live anyway so we cn only wait for now.
You’re probably going to have to ping a moderator and link your report if it doesn’t get accepted before the update is planned to go live.
Unfortunately, desaturation is a very common and reoccurring problem for Japanese vehicles, e.g., T-2 Blue Impulse, Late Bicolor on tanks.
Is the ASM2 fixed?
Nope
still no techtree early f2
Idk if it’s just Kormoran thing or ASM-1 would be capable of same things, but since J/APG-2 has actual GMTI mode (unlike radar on Tornado MFG) you can lock moving tanks and missile actually tracks them so you kinda have huge SAP-HE AGMs with weird gimmick. Tho on bright side if you manage to launch them missile should be able to track target even through smoke
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Not this update for sure
that’s the only plane I was really waiting for cause I already knew F2 was power crept, and now it’s behind an $80 paywall -_-
It is by any means not powercrept. As light fighters go it is one of the best. The only real competition it gets are heavy fighters and European heavy interceptors, especially in A-A
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it’s 13.7. Top B.R is 14.0.
feels pretty powercrept to me, considering this was supposed to be japans top fighter coming “along with comparable aircraft of other nations”
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