I think in some the cases, they simply dont want to give a specific date or variant because it forces them into a specific set up for the aircraft, with little room to change it later.
for example
Tonardo F3 Late I think explicitly has the “late” not “AOP” or “FSP” prefix because it allows them to change the loadout. We could go from the Aim-120B to Aim-120C5 on the aircraft and it wouldnt necessarily be inaccurate to the aircraft because a specific variant wasnt given.
Likewise, one of the excuses given for the Tornado Gr1 being nerfed to have the Mk101 engine is that the Tornado GR1 isnt from a specific date and is an amalgam of the GR1 throughout its service. Its the biggest load of BS ever, given not even the “early” Tornado IDS like the one found on the Italian TT have the Mk101 engine, but if they actually gave a specific date for the Tornado GR1 (such as the fact it has TIALD and therefore is from the mid to late 1990s, about 15 years iirc after it got the Mk103 engine) then they couldnt artificially nerf it
It’s that right there why I want an aircraft date. It would be much easier for me to not waste time on a bug report just to be told. Hey that aircraft is actually this year go do something else.
I had that recently as the M1A1s armour matches the M1A2s armour in some places with certain shells, I do not feel like arguing the armour but either way it should no do that unless its the HA version or a upgraded 90s version but because its just called “M1A1” I have no idea what version its meant to be and thus my report was denied although correct
Admittedly i didnt have an intention to nerf it, that was more of a side bonus thing as i did want to find out what version it was and that was the best way i knew how lmao
Honestly no clue. Could be all AI, to respawns etc. It would prob be up to devs/ beta testing as to whats most engaging.
But if conceptually you’d want to fit in weapon teams/ squads into the game, it seems to work quite well ( by mostly utilizing aircraft ordinance mechanic for squad management)
Imo it’s better to have a TT with multiple even slightly different variants than half-empty TT. Although such planes are better to be placed in folders, when it’s possible.
For example:
【F-104S → F-104S.ASA]
→
F-104S.ASA-M
→
F-16ADF
While we have such variants, respective planes shouldn’t be limited in any way, like ASA-M receives its AIM-9L/I-1, which would be its key feature compared to other F-104S. (F-16ADF gets its AIM-120B instead of AIM-7M it didn’t use in Italian service).
I think it’s much better to have something new to grind each update in your favorite TT than having nothing, even if it’s just a slightly different variant (even if it’s at the same BR like RET.8 Tornado for example) or in my case I’m happy even with copypaste.
Indeed if the do another WW1 event it needs balance looked at.
But if this successful even makes them look at added WW1 to the trees they have the BR system to work with(hopefully it come with the required BR rework/new BRs. But that’s unlikely) and the fact there is more then the small handful of vehicles that could be used.
i want ww1 planes as i know ace thunder is coming out and its supposed to compete with DCS or something which i feel it will loose (like how they introduced naval lost to wow) so when it does i hope we get triplanes and stuff as they be fun to dogfighting in as they can turn on a dime like fokker DR.1 triplane and some can hang on there prop like helicopter like fokker DVII so basiclly they be moving like su30 through the sky
