Probably about 2-3 weeks.
Statistically the (concrete) leaks tend to be with in around a week of the first devblog, and Gszabi’s estimate for that isn’t for another 3 weeks. HOWEVER, Gszabi’s estimates are just that, estimates, so are normally a little off, so take all these numbers with a heaped teaspoon of salt.
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Looks legit, No ASRAAM which is what is expected. We’ll get that the following update :P
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To be fair those are vehicles which could have been added many years prior still waiting on a proper 14.0 that can compete with raphael and eurofighters in dogfights
Given that top tier is not about WVR gunfighting and far more about BVR combat. Id argue that the Typhoon and Rafale were Italy, Britain, Germany and France getting counters to the F-15C and F-15E. Which we did not have prior.
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all im sayiing is i prefer planes that arent one trick ponys like f15-e
and plus its not always bvr even at toptier you still find dogfights
But the US doesnt really have anything appropriate for that though.
If you want a dogfighter, take the F-16, If you want a BVR truck take the F-15 or F-18. (and I use the term “truck” loosely because both do fine in a dogfight and are no where near a Tornado F3 or F4F ICE in terms of truck-ness)
Sure, of course they will get something next major, they always get something, but I cant think of any reason why it needs to be the F-22 and not another F-16, F-15 or F-18 variant.
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95% of my kills in the Typhoon are longer ranged BVR fights, I rarely if ever actually fire an Aim-9M. Though that is in SB
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Easily could add F15 QA which is a very good equivalent with increased thrust and maneuverability
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you find far more dogfights in RB if you can force them
That would be a more reasonable addition over an F-22 which sounds like a total balancing nightmare, Though I also dont think the US would suffer if they got nothing this next major and instead we saw aircraft like the F-2, J-10B and Gripen E instead. A long with much needed overhauls to TWS+ and other aspects of top tier ARB / ASB
Perhaps, but I still dont think aircraft like the F-15E necessarily suffer though. Unlike previous match-ups like the Tornado F3 haivng to try and dogfight Mig-29s and F-16s with 100m MP and inferior weapons, the F-15E is barely behind the competition, and maybe even ahead of it in some areas.
Its just a different playstyle to what the US is use to
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F22 is completely unnecessary id far prefer a updated F15 as F16C loses to eurofighter in most dogfights
F15-E FM wise only advantage over most planes is speed as its faster than most canard fighters it does fall far behind in a gun fight compared to eurofighter which is why a later F15 model would be nice for most customs and things
F18 bleeds speed far to fast to be good counter aswell
and maybe F-14-D at some point to as thats a plane that should be in by now
F-14D wouldn’t really add that much other than a radar that actually works. Same engines as F-14B. Still would be nice though.
Would also have IRST depending on how Gaijin wants to take it. AIM-120s were tested on it and approved but was later dropped cause the Navy already put an EOL for the aircraft and didn’t want to waste the money on integration. Apparently the F-14D also had used 9Xs in it’s life time according to a pilot but idk.
I guess if you removed the what ifs though yeah it just a better F-14B.
They got enough left to sustain a year of updates that’s just F-15
No not F-15QA, that’s a step away from the EX. An upgraded C, E or even F-15SA to match Su-30SM ARH counts is far more reasonable
We have enough left to add all Meteor variants to last us all year, but will they do it ?
No, why ?
Because if 6 Meteors are good enough for us then 6 F-15s are more than enough for you.
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We only got 3 bc gaijin hates the US
And their we go US claims it’s a victim
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You said it yourself, Britain has 6 meteor, but USA only has 3 F-15