Next Major Update - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 2)

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I dont get why people still think its pre set schedules when the update we are currently on dropped so fast, that the vehicle XP bonuses werent even active on the previous updates vehicles for half the update

yes it was lol the yf17 was literally the competitor of the yf16 and lost, the navy just turned to northrop and said hey what about you work for us instead?

my question is could we get tech demo planes in like F18 havarr and f15 stol mtd just give them standard carried weapons

that’s another possibility which is valid indeed, but I like the idea of putting stuff under the attacker line to prevent holes

The column hosting the AV-8B+ isn’t characterized by all the planes being used by the airforce.
That column is defined by hosting attack aircraft, which the F/A-18 partially is.

Since the F/A-18 has been operated both as a carrier and airfield based aircraft and historically more as an attacker than as a fighter it could go into both the Navy column (the one with the F-14) and/or the attacker column like the AV-8B+ and the AV-8C.

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There are schedules for sure. But that doesn’t mean the update must fall on a particular date simply because it did last year. As I mentioned earlier with the exception being the final winter update as that is dependent on when we can deploy a large update over the holidays before it becomes impossible due to platform restrictions.

It’s understandable where the assumption comes from however when people look solely at the spreadsheet of past dates without context or understanding they are not fixed to the exact same dates each year.

Nonetheless, it feels like this conversation happens every major (“Omg it’s late!” Or “wow this early?”).

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maybe as premiums or event vehicles but imo it’s not a good idea to clutter the tree with prototypes in a nation that doesn’t lack anything anywhere. Prototypes are good at filling holes

oh i see your point

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yeah tbh that’s half why I prefer the scheme I explained, otherwise putting everything under F-14 would be much less controversial and simpler

Ok sure but can u give us some leaks?

Ever seen a community manager leak something on the forums?

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Stay tuned to the news though. There might be some to disclose soon TM :)

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F-18 High-Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) on test stand (NASA photo ...
these could be future sqaudrons instead of event vehicles i think they be fine as yes they had no weapons but to be fair there are many planes in this game that have weapons tthey didnt have give it like aim7 m and aim9m and it should be fine as its a pre prodcution f18

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sure, as someone who doesn’t have money for premium I’d love them to be squadron
and yeah giving them weapons they never carried is not a problem for me as long as said weapons would have been coherent if they had entered service

Should i, theoretically, for no apparent reason restock popcorn this week?

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yeah like since F15 stol mtd was a F15 B it get aim7 M and aim 9m
McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD | it.dir.bg

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A restock is never a bad thing.

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So now do we just sit and wait?

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yes

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