I would expect both, since both were leaked.
Only speaking on what is necessary, I would welcome both but only one is needed to get China to 14.0
Fair.
Correct. Because Japan is getting another F-15J instead!
Yippee! Another 400k+ rp for what’s effectively an identical aircraft! Yay!
Not suprising when i see all the other things missing/being unfinished on Thai Aircrafts
But yeah, for what we got, it was really just mediocre for the “Big” Dezember update.
Would have been a bedder addition for a smaller major.
I think the JDS Yubetsu with harpoon missiles would have been more fitting for the “Big” Dezember update, introducing a Larger Vessel with ASM for Naval.
Anti-ship missiles are probably the one thing that could get me into naval battles, I mean I am literally playing Sea Power right now xD
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F-2 is not likely to come overly soon. Japan just got a subtree with new stuff, the Hornet is essentially confirmed to be next patch and they absolutely don’t want to waste too much hype in a single patch, especially when the F-2 itself is both very hyped and essentially end of the line, and so on.
It’s confirmed for next year, but the big updates are usually June and December, it’s probably just as likely if not more to be June not March
F-15DJ, it has jdams, have fun
I would be skeptical and say the plane would be introduced after the US has even better planes, since it is clear that these are not going to compete with eurofighters.
If you use 10 Aim-120s on the hornet, say goodbye to being able to go Mach. The Hornet is a slow POS.
That goes to the F-35.
Let’s also not ignore the multiple F-2 variants and prototypes.
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Even without the F-35, however, there are multiple iterations of the F-2, so the first one wouldn’t be the last.
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I would bet on everything in the decal for the first patch (March). The reliable leak lists confirmed it was under development and coming soon (even if pushed back for reasons), and the devs should know full well that teasing things a few months out then turning around and saying “technically we only said 2025, it’ll be later” is only going to create a bunch of complaining, a complete hype/marketing backfire.
The F-2 itself as a whole sure but not in terms of it being just one vehicle. There are like 3 different variants with 3 different radars. One with a unique sensor + plus early prototype…so a whole line of F-2s can in theory be made. What sucks is that they havent added any of them not even the early or prototype forms which would of fit the game more then fine by now.
TBH given how fast the game develops, wouldnt be surprised when the GCAP gets introduced on the same year it plans to go active service. Actually given the 2030 projected plan it might even be before that.
I wouldn’t underestimate the power of 10 of the best A2A missiles currently in game, the Hornet might not be the fastest thing in the world but it isn’t a sluggish aircraft, it’s still a very good dogfighter, and being able to react quickly to things is important.
For 14.0 it’ll be like the F-14A is to the F-16 ADF, poor thrust but a great dogfighter and perfectly capable BVR platform once you get some altitude
Eventually Gaijin will have to look ahead, so I wouldn’t be surprised if, once all fifth gens are added, Gaijin starts to push into the territory of proposed sixth gens.
The F/A-18C is worse than a lot of 13.7s. There’s no reason to believe it’ll be 14.0.
I’d rather a Tier 0 with WWI planes, personally. :P
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