Next Major Update - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 1)

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.

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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.
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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.

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This friday first dev blog maybe?

still too early, 1-2 weeks later

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We are not that close yet.

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Are we close to a KH 38MT response?

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NYET!

yes this is a complete sentence

At least earlier than next year?

I mean, I don’t want to be that guy but…

(Dev QnA from 7 February 2023)

[QA] Answers from the developers - News - War Thunder

We really can’t be sure

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I guess it’s more easier for a Agm-65 buff.

I wonder if they will add the air launched IRIS-T along with the ground lauched ones that they have teased along with all similar missiles

absolutely no, we are very far away from these

But they are adding them next update for ground launch

We are not far

A particular type of weapon system appearing on a ground unit (of any kind) is not a given that it would come to air at the same time. Its one thing to have a ground-to-air platform, but an entirely different beast in the air-to-air environment and the impact that has on that gameplay.

So anything added for ground shouldn’t be taken as an automatically confirmed addition to air at the same moment in time.

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We could, but there’s enough stuff that can go to the strike line so maybe premium I guess

The problem is there’s no navy line for the J-15, so I don’t see any other good option than squadron. We could put both the J-15 and J-15T as squadrons tho

Haven’t made enough research on these, I’ll have to yeah

If Pakistan is what Gaijin picks as China’s subtree, then more JF-17s can come in the 5th line

Yeah but doesn’t mean it is miles away

But yeah starting it with ground only would be fine