The Gnat wasn’t just a trainer though. It was designed as a fighter, but used as a trainer by the RAF.
Judging by the fact that the Supermarine Swift is in the 4th column I can absolutely see the Gnat going there as well, as the Gnat feels more in line with the nimble Swifts than with the massive hulks that are the Javelin and Lightning.
True, would follow on from the Swifts quite well too.
The Gnat was also a very decent fighter bomber that was fully combat capable
Only 2x 500lb bombs or 12x 3 inch rockets in British service. So compared to most others, it would be rather weak for us. Instead it would most likely make quite a decent gunfighter and be of most use in A2A
“Decent” is stretching it lol
It was fine as a makeshift fighter bomber, but it never really shined in that role
True. Then first line I guess
Also, what about the Tejas? Since India is now a uk subtree and is there to stay, we gotta add the Tejas…
No idea. I know nothing about it and im not that fussed by it. Maybe line-1?
The Tejas would go into the first column, most likely between the Gripen and the Typhoon.
The F/A-18E late (Block II) and F-15EX it’s 4.5 gen fighter aircraft
But F/A-18E/F early (Block I) just 4th gen fighter aircraft
I’m looking forward PAF Mirage III & Mirage 5 (basic & ROSE), F-16CJ (Blk 52 plus), JF-17 late (Blk 2), JF-17C and Chengdu F-7
Su-30M, Su-27SM3 (some say the current 27SM is basically an SM3), J-11BS too.
no please don’t build a flanker tower in the Russian tree, would look so bad
Or if we gotta add all the army of Flankers that were ever made at least split them into several lines
And that’s just USA, in others trees we can still get quite a few:
And so on
For top tier? There really isn’t that many aircraft left. Each tech tree has like 2 “major” aircrafts left.
Yeah, and I don’t think adding them all in a few updates is a good idea at all. Look at the recent updates, full of bugs that could’ve been avoided if devs spent more time checking the content before releasing it, instead of rushing it to satisfy the hungry community. Because I don’t know about you, but I prefer a good update from time to time than 4 buggy updates per year
I want all the Flankers. I also want them in my China line I’ve gotten (J-11A and J-10).
I think the Su-30SM2 is going to be a premium, and I imagine at this point the Su-30MK2 is going to be a premium for China. If that’s any help. I have a feeling we are going to see more premiums and/or squadrons. I’m fine with foldering as well.
Alright I guess
Fill gap between Su-27SM and Su-30SM
Su-30SM BR up to 14.7 or 15.0 before add R-74M
But, Su-27SM3 would be 14.3 ?
Su-27SM reverse engine to AL-31F or retain AL-31FM1 ?
Su-30M1 Air-to-Air & Air-to-Ground armaments same MiG-29S (9-13S)
Su-30M2 armed R-77-1 ?
Specifications like J-11B from china tech tree ?
Oh definitely, but those aren’t new numbers, and they aren’t huge numbers either. Besides Gaijin doesn’t add Sub-variants and skips “useless” aircrafts.
The next and last 4.5 Gen step is going to be F/A-18E, F-2A etc…
Then once we get onto Rafale F4/5 and Eurofighter T4 those could definitely be added as a counter to the F-22A (early).
We still have 3 updates before the December update too.
That’s precisely what I don’t like with how they develop the game: they leave holes behind and never fill them afterwards. The US tree lacks a tech tree A6 and some F-100 series fighters, France should’ve gotten early Rafale before late ones, etc
I’m totally on your side, I would like to see the F-106 and F-102, but that’s just not what gaijin does. I’m sure that once we reach the end of the mad rush for 5th Gens, they will add those types of aircrafts.