Will other nations/planes receive something to increase their efficiencies in the nuclear thunder mode?
Nothing to announce regarding this currently. AARGM-ER was all for now.
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As and where required in spesific cases, it will be looked at. However its less about spesific planes and more about balancing both teams as a whole currently.
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That is sad to hear and I hope this changes, there are many players that don’t care to play the US/Russia and also want to see something different for others as well and not just focusing on efficiencies of “blue” and “red”.
Let’s give another example. The air combat BR of the f4j is the same as that of the adv, which means their air combat efficiency is similar. But the adv, without any air-to-ground weapons, has a significantly higher ground combat weight than the f4j, although the f4j still retains unguided weapons. You might say that the Typhoon has better radar and infrared missiles, plus more countermeasures, but I want to point out that the Typhoon’s heavy airframe drags down its air-to-air weapon advantage. The bol’s countermeasures can’t effectively interfere with missiles like the 92k, 9m39m, or 81 either. The low deployment rate of this kind of aircraft is for a reason—it’s completely unreasonable.
When the mode is in its infancy, the core matter at hand is balancing the mode and ensuring both teams are as balanced as possible (as can be in an asymmetric mode) and there is general stability.
What you are referring to is naturally something that comes later on. Not during the early stages of any new mode. So general wider balancing is something that should be expected currently, not more induvial tweaks.
Again, feedback on the mode is welcome in its dedicated topic, including suggestions for what the “something different for others” you want to see too.
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The only answer I can think of is that beginners buying the F4S pack to join ground battles makes its combat efficiency relatively low, so it got a decrease in BR, whereas the ADV can’t achieve this because there isn’t a pack released for it.
what nations count as blue side as china and sweden iirc were on both sides?
Are there any plans to add a 14.7 jet for the US in the coming Fall patches (or even December patch) at all? The only plausible option that comes to mind (for me at least) is the F-15EX, which surpasses the RMP in capabilities.
If we aren’t getting an RMP soon, that makes me worry we’re either not getting the EX this year at all, or we’re skipping the RMP.
I’m also not exactly looking forward to 5th gens getting shoehorned into the game when the game itself is nowhere near ready, if that’s the “plan” for this year. Hopefully we don’t see those this year…
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which of the planes in the british tech tree can use the AARGM-ER? I assume the hornets
you would be correct, the F/A-18F by technical compatibility
not the legacy hornets though
tbh 5th gens will probably barely make a difference, most 5th gens carry less missiles (assuming you want to maintain stealth) and generally are less manurable then 4.5+ gen jets
you are kinda handy capping yourself for a gimmick that probably wont be very effective in warthunder
I think there is also something about the AARGM-ER being integrated on the EFT as well as germany’s next gen ARM but with the fact HOSBO is locked to the german EFT it will probably be another thing locked to the german EFT (ignore the fact that their Trenche 2 shouldn’t be able to carry brimstones as it was only introduced in Trenche 3 for the German and Italian EFTs but hey)
you are confusing it with the AGM-88E AARGM. Germany has not pursued AARGM-ER and doesnt really show any signs that they will
funny thing is, in the Grumman brochure for the ER, the EF is listed a future operator, my best guess is that they are banking on us procuring it for the EF EK at some point or someone else integrating it, only other AARGM operator is italy iirc
finland is getting AARGM-ER iirc. its the premier ARM for the F-35
Oh, looks like I need to switch topics. Maybe deliberately ignoring my posts?，Is Gaijin planning to equip the Bushmaster2 MK44 autocannon with the Mk 310 PABM-T programmable airburst round so they can effectively target reconnaissance drones? Just like the Germans use the PMC308, because right now NATO’s 30mm cannons can’t really threaten recon drones due to rate of fire issues.
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I won’t mention low-BR 30mm guns like on the VBCI2 type24（25）, because optical lock programmable airburst rounds pose a devastating threat to helicopters firing TOW, HOT, or even AS11 missiles.
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So essentially the nations already lacking Anti radiation are gonna be even more useless going forward? Neat
Big whoop if you use a F16 or F18 legacy as your only form of ARM and don’t get the new missile
best part of this update. you can 1 shot BMPT’s by shooting their missile now, first good thing the devs have done in a while lol