Dontreadthisleak, the most active leaker, said they weren’t going to leak anything for the next update “if Gaijin doesn’t do anything bad” which is odd
Then Olivia (leaker who talked about game modes and infantry) said she got a Cease and Desist.
Then Gaijin made a statement about making claims about “confirmed” content based on datamining…
From an outside perspective, it sure looks like all of those things are connected. So for right now, real leaks are out of the picture.
We do have plenty of developer and CM comments to go off of, which is why I keep my post at the top of this thread updated.
We’re waiting on the Q&A video that should be arriving sometime soon, as well as the final CM post of the year before the fifth major update. (These may or may not arrive at the same time, that’s what happened last year)
Everyone is talking about Submarines because they were confirmed to be a part of the Q&A video on the Russian livestream for Spearhead.
That’s what we know now, and when we’ll probably learn more.
F-14D Super Tomcat with 2x Aim-54C+ ECCM/Sealed, 6x Aim-120A/B, 4x Aim-9M, 780 CMs, 2nd Best Mech Scan radar in the game (with these maps anyways), 300km ranged IRST + TCS fusion to the radar will surely save toptier guys! I have a fever and it was in a dream I had. Also the Aim-54’s get their correct 25G pull and loft profile. Coming in December. Trust me.
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In reality, I just hope it gets AMRAAM and some sort of maneuverability buff for the Phoenix. I know the radar and IRST will be bugged on release (and probably forever). The 2 extra Aim-9s probably won’t come either. Best case scenario Gaijin goes full fiction and gives us Aim-152 ACIMD (Meteor before Ramjet was cool) and some cool stuff like RIO functionality. But I’m just spitballing here.
Would be great but I think Gaijin are going to keep the F-14D for one of the smaller updates of the year, maybe March or the September update for 2026.
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I do wish they’d make the F-5C less cold next update, ik 9Ls are particularly flare hungry lately but even then a fully after-burning F-5C shouldn’t be flaring a 9L from 700m with a single flare pop in rear aspect ;-;
I doubt we’ll see the later subs, especially the Type XXI(U-2540). Mostly cause it’s more or less the Bismarck of subs. Prob going to be saved for later. Can see the earlier sub types you listed being added tho.
Yeah. I was in the T10 a little while ago, fired at an Afterburning F-5E I think it was (certainly an F-5 of some discription) the 9L did a 30 degree turn and went for a nearby teammate instead because apparently they were hotter. I dont think the friendly was a in a jet with AB.
Weirdly I’ve been finding that flying F-5’s it’s easy to flare missiles from the rear but all-aspect missiles fired head-on to me completely ignore my flares and track perfectly.
Just today flying the F-5C I had a 9L fired from 2.5km at me and it completely ignored my flares. It doesn’t seem like a case of the missile being able to proxy off me but it actively tracks me and doesn’t even take a glance at the flares. But again only in head-ons.
Only been experiencing this in F-5’s though, I haven’t had this issue in anything else.
A top tier aircraft for Japan and China would be nice.
Since Japan is stuck at 13.7 and China at 14.0 with a mirage - China should really get something domestic.
