I agree the probably should be that low but im not sure it would be better or worse to either put those planes higher in BR or give them worse missiles and put them lower in BR, and as you say further in your paragraph, even the platforms the missiles are on are not comparable at all, the a10 has so much worse flight performance than the su25 so having the better aim9L is what makes up for that difference, if they both had the aim9L, the su25 could probably be 0.7 br higher than the a10 still.
you say that as if the mig21bis doesnt perform well at dogfighting for it’s BR, but yes I agree so lets use something else that gets many aim9L, and performs well but isnt extraordinarily OP, JA37D, the 12.0, of course it also has the skyflashes but I personally think it performs fine, well even for its BR without them, and is similar in its dogfighting level for its BR to the mig21bis (if not a bit worse), so 6 r60m vs 6 aim9l is 1.0 br difference
yes and thank god for that, this game would be so boring if every nation got the same equipment and without the asymmetry (just ignore all the leopard 2a4)
in conclusion the missiles being introduced at the same BR means nothing
I didnt think it was that bad, but maybe, still it only further reinforces my point, the gap between 2 otherwise identical planes with 6 aim9L or 6 r60m is massive, at least 1.0 br difference
Hardly , the issue shows compression on a huge scale.
The f104 and aj37 are absolutely pathetic for their respective BRs easily beaten by 11.0s.
The issue is we have stuff like the f16A which has one of the Best flight performance in the game with 6x 9Ls sitting at 12.3 and an f104 barely able to keep up a single br step below.
The br these planes sit at Is absolutely nothing to do with their weapons.
However the players performance with them.