Planned Battle Rating Changes (August 2026)

@racimazzedine how would you know otherwise? you don’t own either of them…

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I do own them, hello

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Vehicle: Yak-3U
Gamemode: Air Realistic Battless
BR Change: 5.7 - 6.0

Reason:
Ever since the Spitfire Lf MkIX got its BR raised, It became an incredibly oppressive 5.7 fighter. The Yak-3U counters if not the entire German Tech Tree.
Only a few US planes like the F4U-4B, F2G, and the P-51H, (which sits 0.7 higher), P-38K (by means of conserving energy the whole game.) can match by lieu of top speed and energy retention.
In the British Tech Tree, while most spitfires out-turn the Yak-3u easily, they do not have the endurance nor its ability to produce energy. The Spitfire F MkXIV Griffons are not competitive enough to handle a Yak-3U
Japanese props are in the same league as the British props, while they do out-dogfight the Yak-3U, they are still incredibly slower.

In an ARB match, the Yak-3U in its BR, controls the match easily, and I don’t even want to talk about trying to fight it in an uptiered 4.7 prop.

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See my previous post. I’m done arguing. Agree to disagree.

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i dont.
but he made them sounf the bmpt 10.3 that i dont even need to own them to see how bad his statement is

I always wondered. Couldn’t they just disable certain font colors for certain user types?

F-117 has a camera

So why would anyone prefer the one over the other

For example; American mains also have two tech tree Phantoms on either sides of their trees. F-4E and F-4J. But instead of making them identical to their 1980s upgrade variation, they made the F-4E Vietnam War era spec to keep it at 11.3, and the F-4J post-Vietnam to keep it at a higher BR with better avionics and weapons

What’s the point if British tech tree players have two identical Phantoms which plays the exact same at the exact same BR, with the only difference being one is carrier capable (only use in Sim and NT mode)

Vehicle: Yak-3U
Gamemode: Air Realistic Battless
BR Change: 4.7 - 5.3

Reason:
The F8F-1 is a text-book definition of what seal-clubbing is, ever since Gaijin “fixed” its rudder-stiffening at high speeds. It became more oppressive than the Yak-3U is. It’s FASTER than ALL fighters at its BR, and has the engine power and means to out-energy ALL props it commonly fights.

Though it does lose engine power past 3km and majorly changes its performance at 5km, most props at 4.7 range do not really possess the capacity the F8F has, in spite of its meager 4x .50 cals, they’re reliable enough to set fighters on fire in a few bursts.

Furthermore, I can’t list down a single fighter at 3.7-4.7 below that can reliably pin down an F8F that doesn’t willfully handicap itself. The F8F can and will win matches easily.

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Vehicle:

  • F-16A Block 15 (France),
  • F-16A Block 10 (USA),
  • F-16A Block 10 (Sweden)
  • F-16A Block 5 (France)

Gamemode: Air Simulator
BR Change: 12.7 —> 12.3
Reason: Despite the Israeli Netz having a better Flight model and better Missiles, as well as more CMs, it is on a lower BR in Air Sim. In Air RB, both the Netz and the F-16As are 12.3, so a Change for air sim would be possible to match its capabilities. Additionally the F-16A lacks an HMCS and radar missiles, considering the MiG-29A is on 12.3 aswell.

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You’d think people would want decompression, but instead we have dozens of people asking for more compression because usually they focus on single vehicles that they think should go down in BR, rather than looking at the whole picture

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ok i couldn’t sit by any longer once i seen that the t20 over performing was brought up. why does gaijin feel the need to have to manipulate every aspect of gameplay? why cant player skill be the reason for a loss or win and not the nerfing or buffing of a war machine based on player usages? the black prince is never played and has a br that makes it completely unplayed but there it sits or the elephant that had outrageous repair cost because someone at the office hated it. stop it just stop it! this has gone on long enough.

There’s so many aircraft that need to go up in BR it’s beyond a joke, there’s no room between 8.3 and 10.3 for anything to make sense going up or down, everything is too compressed.

Vehicle: Bf-109 G-2
Gamemode: Air realistic Battles
Change: 4.3 → 4.0
Reason: its a bf109 f4 that turns worse and is slower while being at a higher br for some reason
and the one thing it does slightly better than the f4 (climb) is not enough since its only such a slight increase

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It’s incredibly frustrating.

Hi Smin, I’ve wondered myself a gazillion amount of times, and I really wish i could get an aswer. So, here’s the question — Tiger II 105 isn’t making a cameo ever again? Like the boring ahhh mous does every WT anniversary, perhaps, this relic can find its way back maybe once. Or it’s removed like Ho-Ris are going to be — “to never see a daylight ever again”?

P.s. Yeah, I know ur a CM, not a devteam member, but ig you should know gaijins pov on this matter

Hey

There are no current plans to return this vehicle, the Panther II or Flak 341. Just like we mentioned with the Ho-Ri.

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I don’t think that’s the best comparison. A better example would be the F-4J and the premium F-4S, since the premium aircraft is actually superior to the tech tree version thanks to the Agile Eagle package.

The F-4J(UK) wouldn’t outperform the FGR.2 just because it receives AIM-9Ls and Skyflash SuperTEMPs. The FGR.2 would still have the advantage of more powerful engines and a larger countermeasure load of 90 compared to the F-4J(UK)’s 60. Those advantages would still make it the better aircraft overall.

The F-4J(UK) has been in a poor state ever since it was introduced in 2022. Giving it these missiles wouldn’t suddenly make it overpowered, it would simply make it competitive and enjoyable to fly again in the current meta. I covered these differences in detail in my post about the British Phantoms, explaining why these changes would improve both aircraft without creating any balance issues.

If you’ve spent a reasonable amount of time flying the F-4J(UK) in the current meta, I think you’d understand why so many players are asking for these changes.

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