You have to play insanely defensively, deliberately staying at the back of the pack and looking for people in bad spots.
Its hard work, but the FA2’s decent climb rate means you can at least get some height behind your missiles. Though I havent played in ARB in it in a a few months. Usually I play it in ASB where I dont have to worry about the full uptiers.
SRAAMs would put it at a guaranteed BR of 9.7
Hoping it oculd be a SRAAM+CM combo and could be a little higher
Sure, in ASB it’s fine, but the FA.2 has literally nothing to offer in ARB and staying behind just causes you to usually not get any kills, because as I mentioned, everyone else gets their missiles to the enemy first
Alright, this could be peak gaming if it ever comes
I find it funny slapping F-14s out the sky in it mostly
The thing is the T1/A’s never had CMs, I figure it would give it something over the Gnat (which would be IIRC a better plane kinematicly)
Again, my experience has been that about 95% of my AMRAAMs arrive at their destination way after the target has already been killed by someone else. The FA.2 just doesn’t have the speed to secure any kills
I mean, the Hunter F.6 and Harrier GR.1 don’t carry CMs either. At 9.7 with SRAAMs.
F-14A need countermeasure pods (not BOL) and RIO modeled + radar fixed and AIM-54 fix.
All planes with RIO need to get the RIO modeled. Other than that the F-14A is fine the way it is.
Afaik the AIM-54s are as close to realistic as they can be with how Gaijin models missile flight performances.
Oh and an Omani Hawk 103 would be a nice premium/event, it’s one of the most unique Mk.100s with both the improved RWR & the only model to feature the nose mounted FLIR
Aim-54 with probably never be fixed. Unless the F-14D comes but even then, it would probably just be a whole new missile so the other F-14’s don’t benefit from it
Its those limitations keeping it at 12.7.
Though “RIO” needs to be better modeled on all 2-Seaters. Like the F3.
This just reminded me that i still gotta finish researching the F3.(Been too busy on other games)
F3 is rather solid, F3 Late really needs its Phimat
The radar still has a couple of issues outside of RIO iirc. Could use the CM pods though (less than BOL if I remember right)
At 12.7 it should have 9L, but it doesn’t, so other stuff like CM pods and radar/phoenix buffs are all that’s left without new armaments
It shouldn’t. More CMs? Fair, but no AIM-9Ls until we get more decompression.
Yeah, I’ve heard good things about the F3. Haven’t heard as many good things from the late but that was mainly when it was at 13.3 (well, at least I’m pretty sure it moved down)