I doubt it, rank IX is hardly a rework. It’s just continuing what the game has always done.
Also iirc at the time rank IX was already pretty much confirmed, since last update they said that the rank VIII lines with four vehicles would see one of them moved up a rank once it comes. So it’s be a really weird choice to only call it a “possibility”
A rework of the trees would be nice, even more so if it involves sub-trees, tho I wouldn’t mind if it was the era split, just not care as much. Wasn’t there a sub-tree rework on one of the 2026 guess lists?
Which is also nothing new, it didn’t change anything about research trees, just reorganized a few vehicles into folders like we see every other update anyways. I’m still holding out hope that there has to be something more in order to motivate anyone to put it as a point on the 2026 guess list
I partially want to believe that too, but I also fear that they will just set 14.7 as the cut off BR for AIM-120Ds to appear. Same as 14.0 seemingly being the cut off BR for 120C-5 to appear, which really cucks the F-16I.
I have a feeling that the F-16I situation will repeat itself with the PoBIT.
Well they did say they want to give US top tier air a boost (and a proper 14.7 indirectly hinted), the PoBIT would do neither.