Wasn’t there a leak stating the F-22 was being worked on?
It’s tough to say because as a Japan main, we’ve been expecting the worst for quite some time lol.
On one hand, given the context of everyone expecting the F-2 soon, Gaijin deliberately mentioning a jet for Japan makes everyone assume F-2. However, Gaijin hasn’t made any hints directly like other aircraft (EFT/Hornet) that this is the case. So either Gaijin didn’t want to be heavy handed or they have something else planned.
Either way, I’m a bit reserved on this till we have corroborating leaks (which the earliest could be this weekend, going by Yukari’s last year’s “schedule”).
5 Likes
I’m not really looking forward to the J-15, because a small number of CM’s will be very unpleasant.
I don’t see the need. Besides an ASEA F-15 but the F-15E is pretty end of the line before the the F-15EX.
What we really need is more ground additions.
2 Likes
I don’t understand why you love the F-15 so much. The elephant plane is literally like the F-104, only a little better. He can’t believe in maneuverability at all, only speed. F-16 much better
MAWS F-15’s, SLAM F-15, AN/APG-63v3 strike eagle, F-15EX without EPAWSS (QA), early advanced eagle (F-15SA), Stealth F-15, all have their role and place
Strike eagles arent the most agile but they are much much better platforms than F-16’s. Eagles are fairly maneuverable, and it gets better with the advanced eagles
1 Like
Only because of the number of missiles and the speed. And I like playing on the F-16 a lot more.
Oh you are talking about game? Fair enough, whatever you enjoy more ig
While I am end of the line for US I don’t know if I would want to research all those. I am still set with the idea the SEPv2 package should have just been a modification unlocked on the SEP.
Are their great enough differences between those aircraft?
Calling the F-15 quite maneuverable when it only gets heavier with each upgrade, and its rivals are the rafale, su35, and ef-2000 is rather condescending. The same F-15EX will only become much heavier and even less maneuverable, and it will lose speed. But it has a good radar and a lot of missiles. But the gameplay is still super boring and monotonous, throwing missiles and running away, and I’m not sure if he’ll be the leader in terms of speed.
Advanced Eagle series get new FBW so they are actually nicer to fly than older ones. Makes them more manueverable too but I don’t have any hard proof for this, only videos
1 Like
Well, okay, I think rockets like the aim9x will greatly improve the situation. Given that they can be thrown from any angle, almost every aircraft in a maneuverable battle will fight not with an enemy aircraft, but with a missile. And being more maneuverable than a rocket is something unreal. Well, in any case, I’d love grind and play on the F-15EX.
1 Like
It’s a pity that they and F-16V didn’t get the built-in IRST either, I think this thing on the nose makes any aircraft much more beautiful and complete. Like the icing on the cake. F-16 block 60 looks very good.
There are IRST pods like LEGION that they can use. But yes, integrated IRST generally looks cleaner (I think F-15EX can do the pod well since strike eagles still look good with LANTIRN)
I don’t use IRST, I don’t really need it. I like him only visually and aesthetically. A hanging container is not that.
Here is the potential roadmap leak list from late last year.
- Obviously the economic reworks didn’t come to fruition since Gaijin would face player backlash but most things are pretty reasonable expectations for what Gaijin has done before.
- F-117 (changed from Event to Squadron), F/A-18C’s, Thailand sub-tree for Japan, Osa SAM’s, Eurofighter, South African Superhind, Swiss sub-tree for Germany (in a very limited capacity as of right now), SEAD-mission, have all happened.
10 Likes
Yeah people say that the F-2 might be added because gaijin said that Japan will receive another jet.
I’ll be cautious, because it also might be the F-15MSIP, another Phantom variant or it might be another F-104.
Knowing how Gaijin screws Japan over on a consistent basis, i wouldnt be surprised if that were to be the case.
10 Likes
This friday first dev blog maybe?
still too early, 1-2 weeks later
1 Like