I think it’s more of a “oh shit we shouldn’t have added the F-15E this early now we have to add counters AND OH WAIT THOSE ARE TOO GOOD” patch
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Considering the hornet is supposedly coming to the game sometime during 2025, it seems pretty certain to me that rank 9 will come with it
From what Smin said, the Eurofighter and Rafale were planned way in advance, I do think the F-15E was better than they were expecting though, I mean they didn’t want to give the US one the better engines, and it makes more sense that the big December patch was where 14.0 was planned. It’s just that the F-15E, Eurofighter, and Rafale were all better than they were expecting, and it’s 3-6 months before other nations will start to catch up
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I’d expect the F/A-18C is still rank 8, and the E is 9, but what we have confirmed is the C, so maybe the F/A-18C is coming for March and then the E will be added with the SU-30SM in June alongside rank 9?
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And that how it’s always been like Germany used to wait a couple of months before getting what the soviets had.
China would be the easiest nation to catch up, and according to the lists they had it planned for this update too. Both the J-10B and J-11B would be very nice 14.0 alternatives.
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yeah, the boot is on the other foot now, it sucks when it you, I’m just glad it isn’t us this time xD
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Yeah, hoping for one of those in March, preferably the Flanker
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Mhm, I think the plan is for this half of the year is to fill those gaps, then more subs and finally add rank 9.
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Yeah no IR missile will have an easy tracking that lol.
In ARB i will agree with you. The stealth characteristics of the F-22 are almost moot besides protection from early SPAMRAAM. So for ARB yeah WT is actually ready for an early version of the F-22. That being said I think where you will see a massive power imbalance would be sim with their EC maps. So cause of sim WT is not ready for the F-22.
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WT modeling of IR signature really wouldn’t protect the F-22 from a 9M. You are over exaggerating it’s reduced IR signature. Just look at the large debate of the 117 where people disagree with it’s heat signature. The 22 has a higher IR signature then the 117.
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WT is barely ready for the Typhoon; it is in no way ready for the F-22, they need to add a lot of stuff before the F-22 becomes a reasonable addition
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Barely ready for the tyhpoon. Well it’s already here. Whether you thought it was ready or not it has come and moved the boundary for where WT is.
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exactly, we need everyone else to catch up before we start pushing the damn boundary again with the F-22
Yep, R27ET says hi from 15km out casually.
Also they will need ECMs.
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Exactly, great jet but not invincible
Yeah, maybe limit it to 2 F-22 per sim game like release abrams
The issue is how well does stealth work? If it is that AMRAAM thrown without getting touched at all, still problematic.
Yeah, it’s a balancing mess. Either it’s immune to radar guided missiles or the Americans will complain like mad.
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