Hopefully F-2A will come in March update or even before that, there is no justification to delay it even further. It really should have been added this update.
I want to fly the F-2A as well.
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Gaijin’s silence is proof of that.
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Comparing Rafale and F-2 to Kfir is straight disingenuous though.
[This isn’t saying you or anyone in this topic has done this. Someone in another topic already did this though.]
let’s be fair to ourselves, F-2 is not super-plane that gonna be meta for all times (like gripen now). It’s good and can be OP, but only for some time. I really wanted to see this plane early, because that what they been doing with Japan! T-2 was the first real supersonic jet, F-4EJ was one of the first planes with good IR missiles, F-4EJ Kai was first plane with PD radar. And we were able to get F-2A Early as first plane with AESA radar. Not good, but still. And instead we get… This
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I mean, Smin’s justification that J-10B and J-11B weren’t coming was that China isn’t the focus of the update. And I somewhat agree since we got two top tiers in the past updates.
But they said nothing about them being overpowered or breaking the game.
With the F-2A they can’t even use the same excuse, that “there were too many additions for Japan” not long ago.
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You and me both know that’s not the point. The point is Gaijin said F-2 will come when other aircraft come with AESA. Now other aircraft are coming with AESA, Kfir + Rafale and F-2 is nowhere to be found or even mentioned.
F-2 was never going to be meta after the F-15J(M). A plane that can carry more ARH missiles and has more countermeasures on an airframe that can handle carrying a full load of missiles and fly well.
All the F-2 was going to be was CAS for Japan top tier and niche dogfighting capabilities.
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When they were adding F-16AJ they mentioned that we need to wait “few more updates”. Now it’s almost two years
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What a lie that was lol, but looking at the devblogs since then, especially the recent Rafale one, it’s clear the devblogs aren’t always 100% accurate
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F-15JM is gen 4.5 as well while being under-BR’d currently.
Also there’s no such thing as delays @EnglishTeaKett1e If something isn’t released within the existing BR range that’s cause its current state of development isn’t playable.
I want F-2 more than most, but coming up with blatantly wrong reasons why it’s not here isn’t the best way to process why it’s not here.
It’s not playable, it’s as simple as that. Something in development isn’t finished if not multiple things.
They said F-2 will never be a replacement to it and that F-2 is superior, nothing more.
Xnekron shouldn’t have misquoted them.
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Yeah, but I don’t get why Gaijin did not consider to ready the F-2A to appear ingame earlier.
It would not be out of place at all in this update. It is comparable to EFT and Rafale.
They likely were, the thing is anything important that isn’t functioning how it should can cause something not to release that major update [See Mig-29G for Germany as one of many examples, another being A-6 SWIP].
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Wait, f-15JM and F-15C aren’t going to 14.0? That’s ridiculous
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AESA radar can be a good trade-off for missiles. I mean, if I can get kills from all 4 of my missiles with probability close to 1, it would be much better than having 8 random missiles. And yeah, CAS
No, they literally said they want to delay F-2 for “few major updates”
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It is not. It does not pass any definition of Gen 4.5:
Such capabilities may include advanced sensor integration, AESA radar, supercruise capability, supermaneuverability, broad multi-role capability, and reduced radar cross-section
It’s a Gen 4 airframe, even Gaijin says so.
He did not:
Therefore, when choosing between forcing Japanese aviation enthusiasts to wait for the Viper Zero a few major updates
1 year and 10 months ago, or 8 major updates ago. So much for “few major updates”.
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Would you look at that, they said exactly what I said they said.
Also “few” means different things to different people and ranges from 3 to multiple 2 digit numbers.
Also there is nothing about delay in that post, nothing.
“Such capabilities may include advanced sensor integration, AESA radar, supercruise capability, supermaneuverability, broad multi-role capability, and reduced radar cross-section”
May isn’t the same as required.
And we’re not outside the range of “few”, we can be annoyed they’re not on the lower end of “few” but they won’t be out of “few” for another “few” major updates. Hate the word “few”… both as a demand and my opinion on the word.
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Well with how WT models AESA it’s just a better PD radar so it won’t change the kill rate. Expect F-15J(M)'s radar but with better TWS (as in it hard locks the TWS targets to get better track data)
I don’t get why Gaijin went through the trouble to fabricate a fake F-16AJ, when they could’ve added XF-2A instead.
That’d take over a year to be introduced into the game, and F-16AJ isn’t a fabrication.
Gaijin should’ve worked on Thailand earlier but hindsight is 20:20.
That or introduce F-15J with AIM-9Ls and AIM-7s instead of what it has currently.
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I would have expected the XF-2A quite a while ago now.
Makes me think they are holding it back until they release the F-2 and then have the XF as a new premium…
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Oh hell no.
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