They love the Soviets. Im more expecting a repeat of December 2022. Where US and Soviets are going to be a full BR ahead of everyone else. Except this time the 3 Gripen nations will also be with them instead of a full BR behind,
Don’t worry too much Morv, the way they botched (still botched) the MiG-29, I’m sure the Sukhoi’s will all just be missile-bus food that US mains will complain aren’t the functional equivalent of a flying pinata, and so they too will be nerfed upon release.
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Yeah, At least this time we already have the Gripen, so it wont be another Tornado Gr1 vs F-16/Mig-29 situation for me and I actually want the FA2 which is ultiamtely an upgraded 9.3 aircraft. So Id be happy with a downgrade next update :D
The list is not up to date yet and will be updated within the next day, as I said on the list itself.
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So, now that we actually got the F-20 in-game…
Drop tanks for F-20 when :D
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@Smin1080p I’m sorry to ask such a hypothetical so soon, but with the possibility of more vehicles for Japan from nations like Thailand in the future, I wanted to ask for clarification about Chinese vehicles in Thailand. Has any official decision been made by the devs on if they would consider ever adding the Thai VT-4 or VN-1 to Japan in the future? Or has no official decision been made about this?
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I am kinda surprised by that. The Buc S2B got a fuel tank even though it really doesnt need one. So I thought maybe their default going forward was to just add them to new aircraft from the start. But perhaps not.
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My theory as to why the F-20 didn’t get them is due to them being the same as on the F-5Es (both wing and fuselage), and just haven’t been modelled yet (or are ready for implementation). I imagine all 3 F-5Es and the F-20 will get the drop tanks (wing and centerline) by June or August.
But that’s just a THEORY-
Again, surprising they didnt pair the F-5 getting them with the new F-5 that was added this update. They like pairing those types of things up. But yeah, sometime next year if you are lucky by their normal rate
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Afaik Mirage 2000s didn’t get them too, when they were also in the files
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Yeah, a lot is in the files. Like the Hindenburg tanks for the Tornado.
In Chinese blog’s comment, they said no. Like what they said in blog, this need to be considered carefully.
I don’t know why they got to be careful adding Chinese vehicles to other trees.
It’s not like China is 100% unique anyway. Most of there tree has got like 5 in game nations.
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Chinese players need to realise that as a major arms exporter Chinese stuff is just going to show up in other trees.
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This is due to the historical relationship between Japan and most Asian countries, and this still have large influence now.
It’s not about something like “China is 100% unique”, but about “Chinese/Asian vehicle in Japan”.
It’s fine for most Chinese players to see Chinese things in other TT in normal situation, will only ask for a C&P in Chinese TT too at most, like what happened to KF41.
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It’s not about relationships here. Thailand will be the sub tree for Japan end of.
The main issue here is double standard Chinese players don’t want there tech added to other nations.
For Majors I understand that but when it’s China rank 1 to 5 is full of other nations tech.
Unless they want to support to make China an Israeli style half nation then they can’t really moan.
I’ve always said this if you don’t want your nations tech in other tress then complain to your government to stop exporting it not to gaijin.
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Japan won’t have a sub nation; it’ll be a collection of East and Southeast Asian countries.
I would imagine Thailand would be the major player here but yea I would assume other Asian nations would fill gaps too.
Bit like the Commonwealth reason
It was confirmed by a Russian dev that it would be more than just one, so it isn’t speculation. I expect Thailand to be the most prominent one, also, however not that it will be the main one.
I heard people say he deleted it now.
But given Japan has a 4th line in ground a sub tree/nation would still be a thing