Rafale cooks Typhoon because they have the one down from the actual F.4
Typhoon in game is Tranche 2…
If they add a new Typhoon Tranche 3/4 with AESA, improved PIRATE a fully modeled DAS
and an accurate fm then yep put that sucker up to 16.0 and let it fight F-22s.
It’s true I find the Radar in the Su-33 better than Typhoon I can actually lock what I want and while it doesnt have “TWS+” and a lower detection range. It will reliably hold a lock and not force me to cycle modes before the Radar acknowledges the target infront of me.
I don’t see how withholding AIM-120C-5s would help with this… We’d basically be facilitating compression at this point by keeping such a good FM limited by its weapons.
Giving the Eurofighter AIM-120C-5s would give it more standoff range against the MICA, even if Gaijin does ungimp the MICA. Not to mention giving the Eurofighter access to the IRIS-T allows it to compete at very close ranges, which is something it severely lacks.
I’d argue we don’t need a whole new Eurofighter for that, especially when this variant has much better flight performance relative to anything that isn’t a Eurocanard and Gaijin can simply tack on radar fixes on top of giving it new missiles.
It can turn tighter and has a new seeker with improved IRCCM
the 9M in game is already largely underperforming.
MICA IR/IRIS-T are a different level ASRAAM slightly below those 2
Gaijin would have to model spectral flares which would make top tier jets near immune to none IIR missiles like 9Ms and R-73s
It also heavily depends on what Gaijin chooses to do with their IRCCM. If they model them correctly and actually give them an imaging IR seeker, we could be in serious trouble.
However, if Gaijin does not add IIR to AAMs, they could simply limit IRCCM to Gate-Width and Suspended Tracking (like the Stinger) for all next-gen IR missiles. That would be much more balanced, at least until they update CMs to be more effective.
Typhoons major weakness is the Radar
and it’s 9M
and that it doesnt bleed speed so you normally merge too fast and die.
If Typhoon was to receive IRIS-T I would carry 6 of them and 4 120s.
Countermeasure overhaul has to happen or these systems will not perform anywhere near what they should. I can already see a 15km ASRAAM shot being single flared by a Su-35
They would, especially considering that every match eventually ends up in a furball, won’t be fun to die 90% of the times to some of those missiles in a 16v16
Yeah I’m afraid the more top tier will progress up the worse it will get as you’ll get nuked by more and more op missiles and it will become lottery to survive the beginning of the match
And there’ll also be less and less diversity the more you go up