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Yep. If it was modeled correctly in game.
If/when we get them. Im imagining they’ll be the Dual Mode Brimstones (which have a semi-active laser) and will operate essentially like AGM-65Ds. Lock onto a target with something like a T-Pod and fire. They’ll then go and hit that target. with things like normal smoke not really being effective in defeating them
Just the main thing to balance will be the 12-18 per aircraft and firing them off at 20km. Could wipe out the entire enemy team in a single sortie.
Though I really want them for SB. I want them to start adding A2G weapons for other gamemodes and if they are too strong for GRB, just disable them for that gamemode. Kinda annoying Aircraft being handicapped because of tanks
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No need to worry about the firing range, the ground targets rendering distance in the game is 12-16km, which means u r in most of SPAA‘s shot range, and the Brimstones’ flying speed at the end of range is very slow, same as AGM65D, which is easy for SPAA to find a barrier to hid themselves
Yep, though Id hope the main aircraft that can carry them will include Gen 3 Optics and hopefully with them, they might finally increase the render distance, so maybe we’ll have the full 20km
(assuming render distance even matter with their LOAL & find their own target thing, if that is modeled)
But yeah, though shear quantity means you can at least surpress the enemy team. Fire off 5 or 6 and pull away, they either need to defend or risk being hit and then you can come in at another angle and do it again.
1-2 Tornado Gr4s could disable an entire enemy team, even without getting a single kill (and lets face it, they’ll get plenty of kills)
(especially if you pair 12 Brimstones with 4x ALARM to further surpress SPAA)
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I’m woundering if the new event vehicle will be Chinese, as it will coincidence with the Chinese new year, and we haven’t gotten a store announcement yet
That would be logical, they also didnt get an event vehicle in either of the last events right?
Unless Gaijin update the top tier SPAA, (like Tor-m2 or FK2000? I am not familiar with NATO’s SPAA system), this range will be limited in 16km.
I really doubt that Tornado could do that, at least during my F16C experience, when I killed 2-3 targets, there would be at least 1 fighter who wanted to have revenge kill. And I am pretty sure that Tornado can’t win any of the dogfights in the top tier.
Till now, all of the FF missiles are not good, they will lock on the dead body, or the ground, and sometimes is just a hit( AGM65 daily) , so disabling an entire enemy team is pretty hard
If Gaijin really wanna balance, the best way is to limit the amounts, just like A7D with only 4 AGM65 a few years ago.
Well… It depends if it gets ASRAAM or not, could carry 2.
But ultimately, yeah I reckon there is more fear than actual threat with them, though even just 1/4 strength they’ll be good and I would love them for Air Sim.
But yeah, hardpoint limits would be reasonably easy. triple mounts but could be limited to 2 hardpoints on the Harrier Gr9A very easily for 6x Brimstone. Tornado Gr4 I feel it should get its full belly load of 12 (unless T-Pod was a hard requirement, then 9)
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Britian does have a truck that fires ASRAAM, though I think that range is still like 17-20 km. But far greater than anything else we’ve got
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I think starting off the new event cycle with an event vehicle for a minor nation would be fantastic. I hope this is true.
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Last Chinese ground event vehicle I can think of is the QN-506, and that wasn’t the biggest hit. And then the F-100F or whatever for air. So yeah an actual cool Chinese ground event vehicle would be cool, so long as they don’t lock another autocannon behind it
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I hope some day China won’t be referred to as a minor nation lmao
Wont be cool, Its not US or USSR. But certainly could be good.
100% guarantee it will be an IFV :D
Minor in the sense of both the scale of the tree and number of players. Nations that aren’t the US, Germany, or USSR count as minor nations, and Britain is in a weird in-between spot.
Ex-Major nation is what I think of it as.
We were back when Spitfires were king. But these days, we’re pretty neglected and forgotten. Have been since about 2018-19 I think.
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I’m still amazed we don’t have an modern IFV for China, although we have actually been getting good things as of late. I’m hoping that the VT-4 will be it for a while as far as MBT’s go and gajjin will now focus on other parts of the Chinese ground tree.
Yep, multiple nations seem to have just been… forgotten in that regard. Britian as well.
Britain:
Can we have some Light tanks and IFVs?
Gaijin:
Sure
Gaijin:
Adds Challenger 3
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The Vickers car was decent, but tbh I think most UK mains just want something to replace the Warrior at this point lol.
Also some sort of Man pad or Saclos SPAA to replace the fucking stormer god
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Britain and Germany already have the Typhoon, and thus should not get them.
Yeah. And too many of our iconic light tanks have been replaced with south african stuff as well. What we’d give for Scimitar/Scorpion
But yeah, Something 10-10.7 at least with wise of IFV would be glorious.
And yeah, Stormer fix is needed ASAP (or its missiles replaced with LMM) but we could also get a landrover with a Javelin (MANPAD) on the back. That would be sooo much fun at 9 ish. But we have many good options