Gamemode: Air RB
Plane: Lancaster MR.7 and Lancaster III
BR change: 5.0 > 4.7 or even 4.3
Reasoning: A way worse Lancaster Mk I (defensive armament wise). Sure, you have better engines, but does that really matter if your armament has been stripped down to just two dual turrets?
How? It literally has same stab speeds for either, except on Oplot M you actually have full CITV, opposed to T-80U-E1’s periscope without a thermal.
Thermal gen’s for the gunner sight are the same too, the magnification of the gunner sight is literally the same, for commander sight magnification Oplot is just a clear winner.
Not opposing the idea of downtiering Oplot but I do not see how superior FCS with CITV is inferior to same FCS without the CITV (Oplot and T-80U-E1 share T-80U FCS components, simply improving upon the original).
That would be a nice addition to distinguish it a bit more from its predecessor, but I’m not certain that, even with those plates, it would warrant a 2 BR step increase.
JH-7A ground RB BR has been increased despite lower amount of payload options compared to its contemporaries. Meanwhile its Air RB BR hasn’t gone down despite it clearly needs it.
MIRAGE 4K ground realistic 12.3 → 11.7
Su 24m exists at 11.3 that has fire and forget missiles, similiar payload. Despite that m4k with not thermal targetting pod and only laser guided weaponry should be lower br
What even are these
Gaijin lightly nerfing OP premiums and to balance it out also nerfing random light tanks barely anyone plays for no reason? I have never ever seen or heard anyone call the T13 C90 anything else than mid, it literaly was played for only 500 battles in the last month and yet gaijin somehow thinks its secretly OP? Could tanks that no one plays stop going up in BR because the only one that plays them are non braindead players? Same with the horrendously disgustingly overpowered ELCs with their menacing 90mm HEAT, which OFC isn’t getting its rangefinder that was promised months ago, only a BR increase? OH FRENCH PLAYERS ARE ACTUALY HAVING FUN? THAT MUST BE STOPPED IMEDIATELY.
IF HEAT WAS AT LEAST FIXED BEFOREHAND BUT NU UH. IT STILL DOESNT PRODUCE SHRAPNELL 1/4 OF THE TIME (THE UPDATE WHICH BROKE IT WAS ONLY 5 MONTHS AGO AFTERALL)
Proposed change:
12.0 - NO CHANGE
Weaponry - addition of Skyflash SuperTEMP
Reasoning:
Unlike their American cousins, neither of British Phantoms have long range slinging Sparrow equivalent, all three are stuck with 7E-2DF equivalent. Now, I propose here to remove AIM-7E at tier 3, put Skyflash DF instead and put Skyflash SuperTEMP at tier 4 instead.
For premium Phantom F.3, Skyflash DF can be removed altogether and replaced with just Skyflash SuperTEMP.
BMPT external belt 100% needs changes, either make it damage modules when it explodes or remove the external part so it kills the tank when it explodes
Maybe remove ammo box and we’ll see if it can stay the same br.